And this is where Hachiko and Mokani are staying...at the Bushido-Akio house!

Chapter 10: Home for the Holidays

After the volunteer work, Mako came back to the orphanage and picked up both Hachiko and Mokani as they followed him back to his house, but fear and anxiety were inside both feline cubs' minds, thinking that it might not last long and that they were gonna be back at the orphanage sooner or later and Hachiko asked, "So...how long we're gonna stay?"

"As long as you guys want." Mako replied.

When they heard that from Mako, hopes were a little high...but they also have a feeling of disappointment that it might not be longer, but as they went in the house...they never expected it to look exactly like this before and their eyes widened up like they stepped into a new world and Mokani whispered, "Wow..."

"Pretty amazing, huh?" asked Mako.

"I've never seen anything like this before." Hachiko stated.

Soon enough, Max meets up with them along with Bakari, Isaiah and Duke and Isaiah said, "It's awesome, huh? We had that same reaction when we first came here."

"I was 7, Isaiah was 6 and Bakari was 5." Duke pointed out.

"And how old are you guys now?" asked Mokani.

"I'm 8, Isaiah's 7 and Bakari just turned 6." Duke answered.

Hachiko blinked his eyes a few times at the sight of the place and he said, "You think we'll be okay here? I have a feeling we might go back."

Max could tell that as amazed that they're gonna stay with them, he could sense the fear of them going back to Bao Gu any day and he looks at them and said, "Don't worry about it. My dad will make sure that doesn't happen."

"How can you be sure?" asked Mokani, in disbelief.

"You have to trust my dad." Samurai said, walking past them.

It was the last thing both of them wanted to do is trust someone they barely know, but they know that the purpose of it is just to be good and then Samurai said, "Most of the adopted kids that live her were nervous about fitting in our family too. Mostly because it's so big. But don't worry, you guys. You'll fit in just fine."

"You guys can hang with us in our room if you want." Max stated.

At Max's room

Max was hanging with Mokani and Hachiko; participating in some of their fun and both of them wanted to have fun for once instead of worrying so much and Mokani asked, "How do you share a room with your brothers?"

"Not that easy." Max answered.

"We share this room for one year and we kinda like to bug each other a lot." Isaiah answered.

"We call it our ruckus room." Duke stated.

Hachiko rose his eyebrow in response and he said, "Why do you guys call it a ruckus room?"

"Funny you should ask." Duke added, with a smile.

With that, Duke pounced on Max while Isaiah and Bakari dog-piled on him as well and they gave each other noogies and wrestling and many things. Mokani didn't really think that was possible that they were having fun and Max said, "It's what we do...sometimes."

After that, Max went over to them and he said, "I have a feeling you guys might be the next ones."

With that, he gave both Hachiko and Mokani some noogies and they were laughing with each other and soon, Reiko came in and said, "All right, boys. Let's all settle down and get some rest."

"Yes, mama."

I'm pretty sure they'll catch on soon. Stay tuned!