Now this was out of my head before the new year; what would happen if Po and Tigress had an argument...over Max? About who's the best trainer and who spends time with him more. Sounds kinda unusual...but this was inspired by a role-playing message between me and The Master of Stories. So...I hope you guys like!

Tug of Cub War

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Training Session

One afternoon in the Jade Palace, the masters were busy doing their usual training and Max was sitting there with Samurai and Phoenix, watching from the sidelines and they could tell that they were extremely extraordinary with their moves and Samurai said, "Man...I hope I can master panda style really well."

Phoenix laughed in response to that and he said, "I don't think your stamina would support it."

Samurai scoffed at Phoenix and said, "Shows what you know."

While the two of them were muttering amongst themselves, Max was just watching Po training with Tigress and wished that he'd rather train with Po than Tigress more because he looks up to the panda a lot more. He couldn't help but feel so inspired by him and wishes he can be more like him...except for the weight thing.

As Po and Tigress were sparring, Tigress couldn't help but notice that Max was admiring Po and that was something she didn't take very well because of the fact that she's twice as better than Po is and she has no problem giving out 20 years of kung-fu experience to him and her intensity ignited as she fought Po more, but in the end...Po comes out with the other hand and used his ginormous belly to bounce her off.

Max cheered for Po very loudly and he exclaimed, "Way to bring her down, Po! YES!"

All of the masters turned around to see Max cheering for Po and at some point, Max slowly stopped when he realized that they were staring at him. Tigress was also included, but she grew a little bit resentful that he was cheering for Po over her and she stood up glaring at him.

"I'm glad to see you're taking this to your enjoyment." Shifu stated.

Max chuckled nervously as he looked at Shifu and said, "Sorry about that."

"Oh, it wasn't your fault, Max. Not at all." Viper said, smiling.

Po was a little flattered to receive a cheer from Max and he comes up to him and said, "It's actually cool that you're cheering for the Dragon Warrior."

Both of them high-fived and fist-bumped each other to show that they're buddies and Max said, "You're my favorite warrior."

"Aw, come on..." Po said, humbly.

"No, it's true. You're like...the best warrior in ever!" Max exclaimed.

Tigress was fully disturbed by how much compliments Max gave to Po and it made her sick to her stomach when she heard Max say that Po's the best warrior in ever and she really wanted to tackle him if she wanted to, but didn't bother making a move because that would not fly with Shifu...so she kept it to herself until the rest of them were dismissed. But the jealousy was looming.

"I fully appreciate your admiration for the Dragon Warrior, Max...but try to keep it to a minimum. Understood?" asked Shifu.

"Yes, Master Shifu." Max replied.

Shifu nodded his head at that and he turned to the rest of the students and said, "That's enough for today. You're dismissed."

Uh-oh...Tigress is getting mad over what Max just said. That's just the beginning...so stick around!