They all finally get to head back home to the Valley of Peace! And you'll never believe how they'll get there...

Chapter 21: Reunited!

The next morning comes along and Max was the only one that got up and as stretched himself up, he couldn't help but see Arizona and Sierra cuddling each other and he lets out a little smile seeing both of them together and then he decided to get a little sneaky with Arizona as he quietly tiptoes around his wolf brother's bag and picks out a little feather and he quietly crept up to Arizona and places the feather above his head and he also heard him snoring.

He slowly snuck back to Arizona's bag and he sees a little kiwi in there and just then, he got closer to Arizona's face and once his mouth opened, Max dropped the kiwi inside of there, prompting him to chew and woke him up in surprise and he looks up and sees Max there and said, "Morning, Arizona."

Arizona then looks at Max for a second and he made that sneaky smirk and said, "Hey, Max. You pulling tricks on me again?"

"Maybe..." Max replied, innocently.

Arizona chuckled at this and said, "Guess you saw me and Sierra...like sleeping together, huh?"

"And I heard you snore."

Arizona scoffed in response and said, "I do not snore."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not, do not."

"Do too, do too."

Arizona lets out a little sigh and said, "Whatever, bro. Do not."

"Do too." Sierra quickly said.

Even Sierra weighs in on that, which made Arizona all the more embarassed to admit he snores a lot and Arizona, "Hey, Sierra."

"Morning, my snoring beauty." Sierra said, kissing his nose.

"Have you guys been kissing?" asked Max.

Sierra giggled nervously while Arizona dropped his jaw in shock after hearing Max's question and just blushed in embarassment and said, "Um...no. We weren't kissing while we were asleep, if that's what you mean."

"That's not what I heard." Max said, then making kissing noises and sounds.

Arizona did not know what to say after this and he turned to Max and said, "Maybe you should wait until you're older to experience that."

A few seconds later, Max popped out of the tent and he sees Shiang Zhi sitting on the log, looking at the sky and he comes over to him, sits next to him and asked, "Whatcha doing?"

"Just thinking. I had no idea that I had a half-brother the whole time." Shiang said.

Then, Shiang looks at Max and lets out a small smile on his face and told him, "Now after all of this had happened, I feel like I'm on cloud nine. I just hope that we'd get to know each other a little bit."

"How old are you?" asked Max.

"I'm 18. You?" said Shiang.

"I'm 8, but I'll be 9 in a few months."

Shiang chuckled softly and he said, "You'll become a big tiger after this."

"I wouldn't say big."

Shiang and Max looks up and sees Arizona coming out of the tent and sits next to Max on the log and he said, "He's one of a kind. He's like the best person you'll ever have as a brother."

"Or a friend." Shiang chimed in.

Max looks at the two of them and realizes how lucky he is to have two brothers by his side; his wolf brother and his half-brother who's a tiger. He said to them, "That's why I love both of you guys. I wish this moment could never end."

"You've been on my mind last night while I was asleep and if it's okay with you, I wanna be your brother. Not just a half brother, but a real brother." Shiang said.

Max then turns to Arizona for that particular reason and he smiled and nodded his head and then he turned to Shiang and said, "Cool with me."

"Thanks, man." Shiang said, giving him a fist bump.

Max also gave Arizona a fist bump as well as all three started laughing with each other and then, they see Musaki come out of the tent and he said, "Hey, guys. I see we're all getting along very well, huh?"

"Yep. Just about." Arizona replied.

Musaki chuckled and he told Max, "I'm glad to see you're okay, Max."

"Me too."

20 minutes later, the gang headed their way back to the Valley of Peace and Max was on Arizona's shoulders, just looking at the trees and enjoying a little ride with him. Max then asks Arizona, "So how long would it be until we get back?"

"I'd say...about 3 hours."

"Three hours?" asked Shiang Zhi.

"Yeah."

Max lets out a little sigh and he said, "I wish that we could get there faster."

Suddenly, they heard a shriek come out of nowhere, which alarmed them quickly and as they were bracing themselves for what's coming up next, in comes a dragon coming by and lands on the ground and looking at them.

"Someone call for a dragon?"

They then see Oak Sung riding along and Musaki dropped his jaw in shock as he sees his grandfather on top of a dragon and said, "Grandpa?!"

"Xing-Fu! Bet you didn't expect your grandfather to ride a dragon, huh?" asked Oak Sung.

"Grandpa!" Max exclaimed.

Oak Sung got off from the dragon as he sees Max coming in towards him and he hugs him tightly and said, "Are you all right?"

"Uh-huh. I'm fine." Max replied.

Musaki comes towards his grandfather and he asked, "How'd you know where we were?"

"Your uncle was worried about you, especially Max. So, he sent me a scroll asking for help and I could tell you guys got Max back safely." Oak Sung replied.

"Yeah, we got him back." Arizona replied.

"Do any of you need a ride back to the Valley of Peace?" asked Oak Sung.

All of them looked at each other with excitement and Max asked, "Could we?"

Minutes later, they were all flying on that dragon on the way back to the Valley of Peace and they could take in the adrenaline rush they felt when they're in the air. Oak Sung then looks up and asked, "Everyone okay?"

All of them exclaimed in different responses all stating they're okay and then he looks at Max and said, "Now that your birth father's out of your life now, you gonna be okay?"

"I'll be fine." Max replied.

"Perfect. We should reach the Valley as soon as we fly down from those clouds." Oak Sung added.

Sure enough, the dragon flew down below the clouds and it was there that they saw the Valley of Peace from below and Musaki exclaimed, "We are home!"

The dragon swoops from the air and lands all the way down to the boulder that has the view of the valley, as well as the Jade Palace. As they come to a stop, Musaki and the others hopped out of the dragon and he said, "We know the way from here. Thanks, grandpa."

"Anytime, Xing-Fu. And Max...welcome back." Oak Sung said, with a smile.

"Thanks, grandpa." Max said.

"I better head back to Shanghai before your grandmother knows what I'm doing with this dragon." Oak Sung commented, then flew away.

All of them waved bye to him as they started walking towards the Valley and as they walked in, it felt the same way before they left, but Max knew he was back home...and in one piece. He was super excited to see his panda dad again and he couldn't wait to see his little brothers againas well. Arizona looks at Max and he said, "We are back home, Maxie."

"Yeah, we are."

Just as they almost reached back to Mako's place, they stopped and saw Mako standing on the side of the house, anxiously waiting for Max to come and suddenly, Max shouts, "Dad!"

Mako's ears perked up as he heard someone call his name and when he turns around, he was definitely shocked and also relieved that he saw Max.

"Maximus!"

Mako quickly dropped what he was doing and just ran across the village to see Max and sure enough, Max runs in all fours to see his panda dad and as they got close, Max leaped up and landed on Mako's arms and just hugged him tightly. There were a bag of emotions Mako released; from joy to excitement, relief and now that he knows he's okay...really grateful. Max started crying and Mako just hugged him so tightly that he didn't want to let go.

"Oh, Max...I'm so glad you're back." Mako said, tearfully.

"I thought I'd never see you again." Max said.

Max looked at his panda dad and saw tears coming out of his face and he asked, "Are you crying?"

"I'm crying because I'm so happy that you're okay." Mako added.

Max smiled at him and just resumed hugging him again and he said, "You won't believe what I went through."

Just then, Sierra, Arizona and Musaki came towards Mako as they saw him hug Max and it was a very sweet moment for them and Mako looks up and he gives all three of them a smile and said, "Thank you. I always knew you would bring Max back to us."

"Just like I promised. He's like family to me too." Arizona said.

Just then, Amir and Shiang Zhi walks by and Shaing was a little nervous meeting Max's panda dad after that kidnapping catastrophe a few days ago and he said, "Hello, sir."

Mako looks up and he sees Shiang Zhi come in and he said, "Why did you come back here?"

"Listen, I didn't want to kill my half-brother. That was my dad. He forced me to come here to get him. I didn't really want to, but I had no choice. And for that...I am truly, truly sorry." Shiang said.

Mako was a little unsure about why he's here, but after hearing his sincere apology, he's always one to accept it and he said, "You're forgiven."

"I'm also his half-brother. Just found that out for myself." Amir added.

"I'm Shiang Zhi and this is my brother, Amir. We're the two only living cubs out of 10 by our birth evil dad." Shiang added.

Mako nodded his head and he said to them, "Let's head home."

Minutes later, they finally get inside the house and Max walks in and sees Duke, Bakari and Isaiah walk by and the three cubs were so happy to see Max alive and they went in for a hug and a little cub-pile. Duke was the most happiest to see Max as he hugged him on the floor with his tail wagging quickly and said, "I thought that you were dead."

"I almost did, but I'm still alive." Max said, with a smile.

"I knew you'd come back. Duke and Sage didn't think so, but me and Bakari did." Isaiah stated.

Bakari looked at him with tears in his eyes and he said, "I missed you, Max. I'm glad you're okay."

Suddenly, Sage walks down the stairs and he was surprised to see Max standing there and he immediately walks up to him and hugged him tightly, which surprised the younger sibs and also Arizona, Musaki and Mako.

"I knew you'd come back, Max." Sage said, tearfully.

Max was a little surprised that Sage missed him so badly and he asked, "Were you worried about me?"

Sage looks up at Max and he quickly said, "No, I was just...hoping that you'd come back home."

"We saw that, tough guy." Arizona said, with a chuckle.

Sage growls in frustration and he said, "All right, I missed Max, okay? Don't judge me."

Mako lets out a smile and he comes closer to Max and said, "We're all glad he's back home."

Bakari, Duke and Isaiah came to hug Arizona and to explain their joy for having Max back and Bakari said, "I knew you'd bring him back. Thank you."

"Just like I promised." Arizona said, with a smile.

Next up, the masters' reaction about Max's homecoming!