And we see the training session with Max and Akashi take hold.
Chapter 7: Little Training
The next morning, Max was patiently waiting for Akashi to come out so they can start training again and he's more than excited to show off some new moves to use on him and he stood on one of the tree brnaches so he can see him on a high position and waited for several minutesand within around five minutes, he sees Akashi coming out of there and he knew that he was gonna look for the cub and he's good at keeping himself unseen.
"Max? I know you're out there." Akashi said, walking by.
Max was still on top of the tree, unable to be seen by Akashi and he wants to keep the element of surprise to himself and wants to sneak him and he whispered, "Akashi's gonna be surprised when I pounce him."
"Oh, really?"
Suddenly, Max looks up and sees Akashi standing on the other side of the tree behind Max and that shocked the cub deeply as to how he found him and asked, "How'd you know where I was?"
"I can read your aura." Akashi replied.
Max rose his eyebrow in confusion to what Akashi just said and asked, "My Oo-rah?"
Akashi chuckled at Max's misinterpretation of aura and he rubs his head and got down on his level and replied, "Your aura. You see...it's where you know where everyone else is and if you find them, you'll already know where they are so you wouldn't have to make a long guess as to where they are and stuff."
Max was still confused on what it meant and asked, "What does that mean?"
Akashi knew that it's all too big for him and he could understand why and he said, "Don't worry. You'll know sooner or later. Now, let's do some training."
"Okay." Max said, happily.
Once on the ground, Akashi teaches a form of self-defense and Max was a little eager to take it all in and Akashi told him, "When it comes to self-defense, it's very important to make sure that you need to know where your opponent is and to also protect yourself from getting attacked."
"So...how will I know if someone does attack me?" asked Max.
"You just have to keep your eyes on them at all costs and fight them back." Akashi answered.
Soon enough, Akashi gets in front of Max, goes down on his level and pulls out his paws and Max was a little confused as to what's he doing and Akashi said, "Punch my paws."
"Punch your paws?" asked Max.
"Yeah, just punch them. Imagine they're someone that treated you so badly and you want to get back at them." Akashi replied.
Max was a little reluctant to do so because he's afraid that he'll hurt Akashi by accident and he blinked his eyes for a second and Akashi could sense his worry and said, "Max...don't worry. I'll be okay. Just punch my paws. You won't hurt me."
"You promise you won't get mad?" asked Max.
"I promise. Just go for it." Akashi replied.
With that sense of calmness, Max went forward to punch Akashi's paw and Akashi encouraged him to keep going and with that, Max punched Akashi's paws numerous times and punched them a little harder and Akash could tell he's getting the hang of it more and after that, the two went forward to do a little sparring session and within that round, Max has started to learn a little bit of self-defense by blocking and dodging all of Akashi's punches...which surprised him.
"Whoa..." Akashi whispered.
He was still determined to put it to the test to see if Max got it down pat and before long, Max immediately reacted by blocking all of Akashi's punches and dodging every move he makes and out of nowhere...he did the sick backflip in the air and got down on his feet and at this point, Akashi stops everything and looks at Max with an impressed look on his face.
"Who taught you those moves?" asked Akashi, in disbelief.
"You did." Max said, with a smile.
Akashi smiled back as well and he gave Max a whole lot of respect on attempting those moves at such a younger age and he said, "I taught you well, Maximus."
"Thank you." Max replied.
Is it me or is Max getting stronger by the minute for someone his age? It's awesome to witness. Stick around for more!
