And here's where the last chapter left off. Max and Arizona come home for a little lunch and what do they find? Or should I say...who?


Chapter 11: Unexpected Guests

Later that day, Arizona and Max made their way back to Mako's house for a little quick lunch before they could get back for some training and Arizona looks up at Max and said, "You really took down both Ryo and Kiba today."

Max chuckled softly and replied, "Well, flipping their tails made them stop fighting and they didn't expect to have this move coming from me."

Arizona lets out a smile and said, "I guess they saw what's coming to them. You're more mature than these two combined."

When they made their way inside the house, they made their way to the kitchen to get some snacks, but before they could even make their way in...they spotted a black wolf coming in, gathering every snack possible and Max said, "Who are you?"

That one word nearly skipped a sense of fright to the black wolf and he looked at both Arizona and Max and felt like they were intruders and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Max and this is my wolf brother, Arizona. Who are you?" asked Max.

"Yow-Ni. One part of the streetfighting posse from South China. Now can you tell me what are you doing here before I call my crew to rip your freaking faces off?!" Yow-Ni replied, putting his dukes up growling.

Arizona comes up to Yow-Ni and he said in a stern voice, "Dude...we did not come here for war."

"Then what are you here for?" Yow-Ni growled.

"Hey...Yow-Ni. Cool down, will ya?"

They then see Sage walking downstairs to get something to eat and he comes to Arizona and Max and told Yow-Ni, "That's my tiger brother and his wolf friend."

Yow-Ni then shifted from threatening to calm and he said, "Sorry about that, man. I thought you guys were intruders."

"Why would I intrude my own house?" asked Max.

"Guys...this is Yow-Ni. He's an old friend of mine and streetfighting partner from South China." Sage replied, as he towards Yow-Ni's side.

"Wait...streetfighting partner?" asked Arizona, confusedly.

The others came down the stairs and Sage brought them over to the kitchen and Sage told them, "Guys...this is K.C., Panko and Banzai, my co-leader."

"Sup?" asked Banzai.

Max felt greatly confused as to how Sage knows them well and he asked, "How did you even know each other?"

"They're my own family from the streets of South China...like the only ones I call family when I was younger." Sage answered.

Arizona scoffed at this that he saw them as his own family and he replied, "Your family?"

"Yeah. Back when I had nothing. But I'm not gonna go into too much detail." Sage added.

Banzai looked at Max for a second and he then asked Sage, "This little guy a part of your family?"

"Max? Yeah, he's my adopted brother. A little bit of a pest too." Sage replied.

Max took that as an offensive statement to be called a pest and he said, "I am not a pest! You're the pest!"

Sage also took that as an offensive remark and said, "Since when?!"

"Since ever!" Max replied.

Yow-Ni went on Sage's back with his knuckles and he said, "Want me to beat up this guy for ya?!"

Arizona blocked Yow-Ni out of Max's way with a serious growl and said directly at his face, "You'd best get away from my little brother."

"Hey, what the heck's going on here?! I'm trying to take a nap here!"

Duke comes out with Bakari, Zacharias and Isaiah to see what the noise was all about and Sage told them, "You guys need to get back to your rooms and finish napping!"

"We were...until we heard a noise and we only wanted to see what's going on." Isaiah replied.

K.C. looked up to see a white wolf pup, a little lion cub, a tiny snow leopard and a little panda cub coming in and he asked, "Who are these little brats?"

"Brats?! I take full offense to being a brat!" Duke exclaimed.

Arizona looks at the white wolf pup and he calmly said, "Duke, calm down. You guys just go back to your rooms now, all right?"

The younger ones did what they ask and most of Sage's posse seemed surprise with the fact that he's got many siblings and K.C. asked, "How many adopted brothers and sisters you have?"

"40-something." Sage replied.

"40-something?! Damn!" the posse exclaimed.

Arizona clears his throat at them and he glared at the others and said, "Guys...there's like a kid here. Keep your language down, will ya?"

"Hey, Sage...besides Bam and Brock, did you do any other streetfighting?" asked Yow-Ni, excitedly.

"I tried. But this whole Valley's so boring. And I've been constantly told that my days of streetfighting are over. But you can't take the streetfighter out of this guy." Sage replied.

"Is there anything else you guys do that doesn't have anything to do with streetfighting?" asked Arizona, exasperatedly.

K.C. scoffs at Arizona's rebuttal and he said, "Gamble, getting girls. But we mostly fight in the streets because we defend our turf."

"You guys need a new hobby." Max commented.

Yow-Ni took that part hard and he angrily glared at Max and he said, "Say that again..."

Arizona can obviously tell that streetfighting is the only thing they know and that it's something they can't give up on and he said, "All righty. We need to refuel our energy before we head back to the Jade Palace...and after we get our snackage...you guys are going with us."

"Oh...no way. I am not gonna go back there again!" Sage growled.

Max stared at Sage for a second and replied, "You have no other choice."

"There is no way...and I mean definitely no way that we're going to the Jade Palace!" Sage replied, folding his arms.


I'll leave you guys guessing what happens after that. Stick around for more!