This is gonna be a turning point in this one-shot series. Bet you never saw this one coming that it's gonna shift into drama. I know you wanted hilarious...bbut I thought I could do a little bit of seriousness in it. For example...

The Truth About Max

Early that evening, Arizona was walking around the barracks hallways and there was one thing on his mind...Max. The grey wolf sees Max as his own little brother even though he's a tiger, but still feels like he's got all the responsibilities and sensitivity of an older sibling and he knows that he would do anything for him. He then walks to his room and sits down on his mat and looks back on how everything had happened for an entire year and a half.

Remembering the time that his abusive birth mother came to stalk him, he felt that he always had that attachment to Max and how he took his role of an older brother and a protector very seriously because he can easily relate to him. But often times, he wondered...did killing his birth mom seem like the right thing to do?

The grey wolf definitely remembered the time that he had confronted her in that epic final battle between him and her and it all seemed like it was all a blur, but he knew what he had had to do, otherwise, Max's mother would've won the war and would continue to make Max's life miserable. He lets out a deep sigh and covered his face while letting out an exasperated sigh while thinking this over.

"Did I do what was best for my tiger brother?" whispered Arizona.

Arizona was unaware that Tamaki was standing there in his room, looking worried about him and as the white-striped tiger entered the room, he knelt down in front of him and as Arizona opens his eyes and finally saw Tamaki there, he had no idea how long had he been there and he said, "Didn't see you there."

"Is something bothering you, Arizona?" asked Tamaki, in a concerned tone.

Arizona blinked his eyes a few times and wasn't really quite sure if he would tell him what had happened between him and Max's mother because Tamaki would see his opinion of him...a killer. Tamaki grabbed Arizona's paw and he said, "You can trust me."

Arizona looks up at Tamaki and he said, "Bring your brother and most of the others here."

Seconds later, Tamaki; along with Takami, Ryo, Chronos, Kiba, Zack, Hope and Kaizer came into the room to let a few things off of his chest that he had kept for a year and a half and he said, "I know most of you have met Max before."

"Yeah, he's a sweet kid." Takami answered.

"Me and Hope haven't met this kid...so why tell us now?" asked Kaizer.

Arizona then responds, "Well...most of you know him as this happy-go-lucky, fun kid that you've seen, but he wasn't always like this."

Kiba seemed a little intrigued about this and he asked, "What do you mean?"

"What I may tell you will completely shock you guys. In his early childhood, Max have suffered a lot of things and dealt with a lot of things that no other cub should deal with. His parents were very dysfunctional and completely violent with each other and often times, Max is put in the crossfire of it. What's crazy about that is from the time of Max's birth, his dad was in his early or mid 20's while his mom was 15 or 16. His dad left the picture leaving the mom with her cubs and she gave them a lot of cruelty...but Max was her favorite victim to victimize because she reminds him of her dad and her boyfriend, so to make him feel the same way she felt, she had molested Max when he was 4 and did it the same way her father did to her so he would suffer. Then, she made the most selfish decision...she abandoned him when he was 5 to a pack of wolves and they would molest him too...sometimes in a physical sense. He finally ran away from them a few months later after enduring the horror he's been in and has spent most of the time all alone in that forest; dealing with the rain, the cold and heat. I guess someone had saw him laying there on the ground and they took him onto Bao Gu Orphanage. Even though it was stable, some kids bullied him a lot because he was a white tiger and in Max's mind, he felt like he would never have a family because of what his mom did to him and that another amily might hurt him the same way she did to him. But my friend's uncle met Max when he was six and he took him in, put him in a good home with his new brothers and sisters and made him feel like he's part of the family. But often times, he would have nightmares about his mom coming for him and do something a whole lot worse to Max than what she had done. A year ago, Max finally felt like he was settled in...until his mother came back for him and would go to extreme lengths to get him back and she could not stop stalking him when we kept him safe in the Jade Palace and I took it upon myself that I would not let this woman harm Max ever again and that I'd do anything to keep him safe. One day, she kidnapped him and tried to take him as her prisoners to molest him again, but me, Musaki, Shifu, Po and the Five fought back big time to save Max. But when it came to me and her...I was not backing down and fought her with all my might and then...it happened. I viciously killed her. You can say it's wolf instinct, but that's what I had to do...to protect my tiger brother." Arizona explained.

The reaction from everyone else was one of shock, sorrow and surprise because they didn't expect this to happen to Max when he was a younger cub. Tamaki was completely speechless and Takami felt dumbfounded at all of this and Chronos took a sharp breath and whispered, "That's horrible, man."

"Yeah, I know. I just disgusts me when a mother would do something like this to her own son because she had a traumatic past." Arizona agreed.

Hope covered his mouth in shock and blinked a few times and couldn't imagine being placed into that position and just stayed silent throughout the whole thing, but did feel sorry for Max.

"Why couldn't he tell us that himself?" asked Zack.

"He's too young to know that." Arizona replied.

Takami lets out a deep sigh and he said, "I didn't realize that."

Arizona then looks up at Takami and asked, "If your younger sister had been molested by a stranger, what would you do?"

Takami couldn't imagine the same thing happening, but when that thought came to mind, he replied, "Find this guy...and kill him."

"Kami...revenge isn't always the answer." Tamaki reasoned.

Kiba just broke down crying for Max and said to Arizona, "That's the saddest thing for a kid to go through, man."

"Kiba's right. No cub should ever feel like they're nothing because of what had happened." Ryo stated.

Arizona then said to them, "I know it wasn't his fault and I believe him. We're all hoping that we can stand by his side and let him know that he's loved and that he's surrounded by people he can trust to show that we care."

"You're absolutely right, Arizona."

All of them turned around and saw Shifu standing there and said, "Gained a lot of wisdom, have you?"

Arizona stood up and he said, "Yeah. I've known this from personal experience...because I used to be molested myself by Dai Ling and his stupid comrades. I used to think that it was my fault for making this happen, but I realized that it wasn't my problem. It's theirs. So...why bother holding on to what they did? I forgive them and Max's mother, but I never forget them."

"At times, we must forgive and forget. It is difficult to move on, but you'll feel a great sense of burden you've kept and it'll lift you up and set you free so you can move forward with your life. Remember this in your life." Shifu added.

"Yes, master."

"That goes for the rest of you too." Shifu said.

"Yes, master." the others replied.

Later on, Arizona looks on and sees Max playing hide and seek with Kovu and Borko and he lets out a smile, knowing how far they came within a year that their friendship has grown stronger and as the others looked on, everyone has a sense that Max will become someone.

Max runs over to Arizona and hugs his waist and Arizona unexpectedly accepts the hug and he asked, "What for?"

"Nothing. Just felt like you needed one." Max replied.

Arizona smiled at that and continued hugging him and he said, "I'll take a free hug anytime."

Max lets go and continues playing and Chronos looks up to Arizona and he said, "Lucky kid."

"Yeah, he is."

If this wasn't what you expected, I apologize. I thought I can balance out some friendships, funny moments, sensitive and sweet moments and serious moments...so I hope it's cool with SpiritualLoneWolf XIII. Stay tuned for more!