Even after the confrontation with Sabi, Max shakes it off like it's nothing and moves on.

Chapter 10: Gaining More Strength

Soon after the gang left the market with all of the groceries on the list, most of them were surprised by that scenario between them and Sabi. Po was still surprised that Max didn't seem that much affected by whatever happened and took it like nothing had actually happened and he said, "You're not shaken up."

"Why should I be?" asked Max.

Po was at a loss for words and Monkey stepped in to finish the sentences and said, "That panther girl really insulted all of us...and we just met her for the first time. Yet after all of this, you're not letting that get to you."

"Why is that, Max?" asked Shifu, a little curious.

Max turns to the others and asked, "If I spend all my time and energy getting her back, that's considered a distraction from what I'm supposed to do. It's easier to just let it go and not let that affect you too much."

Ryo blinked his eyes twice and he detected a little bit of envy for Max's way of how to deal with things and not take it too personal and he said, "I envy you, little man. You know how hard it is to walk away from a fight?"

"Only ones that are not necessary." Max replied.

As the gang continues to make their way to Mako's place to drop off the stuff, everyone else was still blown away by Max's advice and Takami said, "I learned something from Max today."

At Mako's house

Everyone went inside the house and left mostly every single grocery bag in the kitchen for them and just quickly, Sage came down the stairs and kept his eyes on one of the items on the bag; sushi. Max looks at Sage frantically looking for the sushi and once he found it, he was completely excited to eat some.

"Just couldn't wait, huh?" asked Max, folding his arms.

Sage turned to Max for a second and he replied, "Did you get the spicy tuna roll?"

"10 boxes. By the way, you owe my dad 20 yuan for those boxes." Max responded.

Sage ate the first box in one bite and replied with his mouth full, "I'm already worth it."

Arizona rolled his eyes as Sage consumed the entire box full of sushi and he said, "Just gotta have your sushi, huh?"

"Duh...it's like my one true love. Hey, Zona...did you manage to get my condoms?" asked Sage.

Everyone turned to Sage for a second the minute he said 'condoms' and for Max, it was the very first time he had actually heard it and Max asked, "What are condoms?"

Arizona chuckled softly at this because he didn't expect Max to ask that so suddenly, especially for his first time and he said, "I'll tell you about it when you're older...20 years older."

Tigress went over to Sage and just slapped him in the face, causing the white wolf to whimper in pain and he said, "Cruel..."

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Absoultely no class." Tigress stated.

Sage rubbed his face with his paw and he said, "Hey...you never know whenever you come prepared for pleasure."

Back at the Jade Palace

Max was still doing some training with Kiba for the tournament and he's gotten progressively better with each move and throwdown skills he's garnered. He kept on punching Kiba's paws harder and harder with his fists and feet, pretending as if Sabi's face was on one of those paws. Kiba encouraged him to keep going and use that girl's face as motivation.

Max went all the way around and go as far as he would go and came out stronger than ever as the two of them sparred with each other. Kiba went ahead and did some basic sparring moves where they did some backflips and Max dodged all of the swirling lynx round kicks, a very big first for Max.

After only 20 minutes of sparring, both of them completely needed a rest and Kiba lets out a smile and said to Max, "You've done awesomer than you did yesterday, man. I could never keep up with you."

"I couldn't keep up with you, either." Max responded.

"Well..this is gonna be awesome, man. I'm so excited for you that I can burst into pieces." Kiba added.

Just then, Po comes in the room and he can see that these two were working as hard as ever and he asked, "How'd it go?"

"I think Max has got it down pat, Po." Kiba replied.

Po was happy to hear that and he knelt down on Max's level and he said, "You gotta get yourself prepped for the pre-match in a few days, little guy. It's like before the main event to see if your skills are suited up to bat. There's no pressure and I believe you can do this."

"You sure, Po? I think a lot of people wouldn't take me seriously if they see a nine year old participate." Max said.

"Age doesn't matter. What matters is what you got in here." Po said, pointing at the tiger's chest.

"In my heart, right?" asked Max.

"Of course. You can do anything you can set your mind to, Maxie." Po replied.

It did give Max that extra confidence push he needed to succeed in this and it was enough for the tiger cub to take in and he said, "Thanks, guys."

"All righty, we're through today, bud. You hungry?" asked Kiba.

Max nods his head and he quickly got on Kiba's back and headed out of the training hall and Po's stomach rumbled and he knows that he's hungry too and he said, "Wait for me, guys!"

Max looks like he's amped up for the tournament! Stay tuned for more!