And the kids meet up their auntie Akami!

Chapter 25: Leader of the Okami Clan

Towards the next day, Akashi took Max, Saori and all of the kids to see the leader of the Okami clan and Kaiba was a little curious about those cuts on Akashi's eye as he keeps staring at it and he asked, "Uncle, how'd you get that scar on your eye?"

Akashi turned around to see his little nephew standing there and he lets out a simple chuckle and replied, "Well...it's kind of a long story, Kaiba. But I think I'll tell you about it when you get older."

"Aw, why do I have to wait until I get older?" asked Kaiba, whining.

Max clears his throat and looked at Kaiba straight in the eye and said, "Now, Kaiba...some things are not meant for anyone to know who's under the age of 13. Understand?"

"Okay, dad." Kaiba said, flattening ears.

Before long, they were on the center of the Heavenly Tower and most of them were amazed by how it looked like as opposed to what they were living before that and Yuki said, "Looks like being a leader of the Tora clan must be fabulous."

"It's not the most easiest job, Yuki. Trust me." Saori replied.

"You used to be the leader?" asked Sapphire.

"Yes, I did." Saori answered.

Max nodded his head in agreement as he knew about his mate being the leader of the Tora clan at one point and he said, "Your mother was the best leader at that time...and one of the most beautiful leaders."

Saori blushed after Max made those compliments about her leadership skills and being beautiful as well and she couldn't be more luckier to have him in her life and be that fortunate to have seven kids with him...and another one coming soon.

Soon enough, Akashi waved to his former guards as he walked past them while they bowed to Saori and Max as they came in...which pretty much stunned Akashi that they bowed to them rather than him as well and he looked at the guards and said, "What's up with that?"

"Good morning, Akashi." one guard said.

After that, they met up with Akami, who's sitting on her throne and she was surprised to see her father, aunt, little tiger brother and all the kids and she said, "Hi, guys! How are you?"

"Doing good, Akami." Max replied, bowing to her.

Akami stands up and walked down the steps as she hugged her father first and then she felt completely happy for Saori as they anticipate the birth of Saori's eighth child coming soon and she asked, "How are you?"

"Doing fine. I'm just so excited to see my new baby coming out." Saori said, smiling.

"So...what are you gonna name him?" asked Akami.

Saori giggled in response and she said, "It's still a secret."

Then, Akami turned to Max and she hugged him as well and he hugged back too and she asked, "How's life as a blacksmith?"

"A little exhausting. But...I'm loving every minute of it." Max replied.

"I had always known you have a passion for these things and now you're living your dream." Akami said, smiling.

Max smiled back as well and he said, "Not nearly as happy as I am seeing you follow Saori's footsteps."

Saori agreed with that and she was definitely proud of her niece taking on the task at being a leader of the Okami clan and Akami looked at all seven of Max and Saori's kids and they couldn't be anymore happier to see her in person. Witnessing all of this made Akashi completely emotional as tears started to come out of his eyes and Max saw it already and asked, "You gonna be okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. It just seems like long ago...Akami was my little girl and now she's all grown up. I couldn't be more proud of her." Akashi said, tearfully.

"Aw, come on, Akashi. You're gonna make me cry." Max said, voice breaking.

How cool is that! Akami's meeting up with her cousins! Stay tuned for more! On the next chapter,Saori's gonna give birth and Akashi has to look out for Max's younger kids to babysit...and get pranked on.

Voice of Akami: Veronica Taylor