The two tiger leave the Valley of Love to head back home to start their new life!

Chapter 12: Back Home

After spending a whole week on their honeymoon at the Valley of Love, Max and Saori were checking themselves out of the village they stayed in and knew that it was a pleasureable experience for the both of them and after leaving, they saw their dragon ride was waiting for them to come aboard and all of their stuff were already on there and Max climbed onboard and brought Saori up there beside him.

"We hope you two have enjoyed your stay at the Valley of Love." one staff member said.

"We have enjoyed it very well, thank you." Max said, very courteous.

Saori agreed the same way as well and she said, "It was an extreme pleasure to start our married life."

"I wish you all the best of luck."

Soon after that, Saori grabbed onto Max very tightly as the dragon opened its wings and took off into the sky, away from the Valley of Love and the both of them were eager to come back home with their families and all while going up in the air, both tigers looked back on all the wonderful experiences that they will take away from this honeymoon and it was a wonderful way to kick off the marriage.

But they knew that it was just the beginning of it all. No matter what happens, they'll strive to take whatever life comes at them and just never give up on love. Saori looks at Max and she places her head on his shoulder and said, "I'm looking forward to come home."

"Me too, Saori. You think anyone missed us?" asked Max.

"Of course, sweetie. Who wouldn't?" asked Saori.

"There's Sage."

Saori rolled her eyes at that and remembered Sage and she knew that she wouldn't miss him at all, but she has to deal with the fact that Sage is now a part of the Tora Okami family unit, despite all of her disgust towards him. She said to him, "The first thing I wanna do when I get back to the Heavenly Tower is to hug my step-parents, my wolf brother and all of my family."

"Hey, how about me?" Max asked, playfully.

Saori giggled softly and she said, "I can never leave you out."

Max chuckled in response and he also stated, "I know. By the way, I'm moving to the Heavenly Tower as soon as we come back home."

That definitely excited Saori because now they'll be together all the time in the same place and she said, "I've got my fingers crossed."

An hour went by and as the dragon dipped down towards parts of the Valley, they can see the Heavenly Tower further away from where they are and they knew at that moment that they were finally home. As soon as they landed back towards parts of the forest, Max and Saori hopped out of there and got their stuff out of there and he looked at her in the eye and said, "Welcome home, Mrs. Bushido-Akio."

"It's good to be home, Mr. Tora Okami." Saori said, with a smile.

Only a couple of minutes later, Max and Saori walked past Arizona's house and Max knows that he cannot resist coming by to see them and when they did so, Arizona immediately came out and embraced the two newlyweds and he said, "My tiger brother and my tiger sister-in-law! How are you guys?"

Max and Saori hugged Arizona deeply and Max said, "We're doing awesome."

"Did you guys have fun?" asked Arizona.

Saori smiled at that as she held Max's hand and replied, "The best honeymoon we've ever had."

Just then, Sierra comes out and she immediately gave them a welcoming hug and said, "Great to see you both back home! We missed you guys a lot."

"So do we." Saori added.

Arizona chuckled softly and took one look at his tiger brother and couldn't believe he's actually grown up, but is proud of him regardless and he said, "You guys wanna head to the Heavenly Tower?"

"Yeah, we are. I bet Akashi's really excited to see us come back." Max added.

Saori nodded her head at that and she also told him, "Let's hope he didn't spy on us."

Arizona chuckled at that and he said, "I wouldn't worry about that. I made sure that he wouldn't spy on your wonderful time together."

They're home! How will Akashi react when they see them come back? Stay tuned!