-Begin chapter Thirteen-
The Saint Shields"Mom!"
Max's eyes widened in surprise as he saw his mother standing in the entrance to the dojo. Her hair was in a ponytail at the base of her neck, and she wore her long scientist coat.
"Not happy to see me, Maxie?"
"No…it's just that I wasn't expecting you to be here…"
Max's mother winked at her son. "I know, but I just had to see you. Besides, I have some business here…"
Max smiled, "Okay then."
"I need to go to the BBA office here, do you want to come with me?"
"Well…it is close to the beach where we were going to train today…sure."
Max's mom smiled. "I don't have a car, so we'll just have to walk."
"Fine by me."
With that the two headed out of the dojo, after Max quickly explained to the rest of his team what he was going to do. The BBA building was a bit out of town, probably a twenty-minute walk from Tyson's dojo. As they got further from the main part of the town, the area around them got more "forestry". There was still a road though, and two sidewalks on either side of the road. Max and his mom chatted while they walked in the semi-peaceful "forest" area.
Max looked to the other side of the road and spotted the Saint Shields walking the other way, to town. They, however, didn't seem to notice Max and his mother. Max pretended not to notice until the tall person wearing a strange hat moved forward a bit, revealing a girl with blue hair, that even when kept in a ponytail reached halfway down her back. Max was to busy watching the Saint Shields, or more rather the girl, to notice his mom's warning about a crevice in the sidewalk and he tripped, breaking his fall with his arms to make sure he didn't hit his face.
"Max! Are you alright?"
Max looked up at his mom and stood up. "Yeah, mom, I'm fine."
Since only a deaf person couldn't hear Judy's, Max's mom, exclamations, the four Saint Shields turned to look over at the two.
"Hey, Max!"
Judy looked over to the Saint Shields, just noticing them for the first time. The one who had called out to Max was the girl with the blue hair, her other striking feature was her piercing green eyes.
The Saint Shields waited for a truck to pass by before walking across the street to Max and Judy.
"Hi Max, how's it been lately?" A short kid with dark green hair and the same green eyes as the girl, asked.
"Fine, Joseph. How have things been for you and your team?"
"Oh they've been just fine." It wasn't Joseph, but a different member of the Saint Shields. He looked to be about sixteen. He had green eyes like the other two, this was Ozuma, the team captain. He had spiky gray hair with a large red stripe down the middle of his head.
"What about your bit beasts?"
"They're in good hands, don't worry."
"As protector of the…"
Mariam bonked Ozuma, "Max said they're okay, and we don't need to here that speech again, Ozuma."
Judy smiled and started to walk towards the BBA office again. Max blinked and then chased after his mother.
"Wait up mom!"
The Saint Shields chased after Max and Judy. Mariam spoke first. "Max, where are you going now?"
"Eh? To the BBA office with my mom then to the beach to train with the guys."
"Can we come with you?"
"Sure, if you want to that is."
Mariam looked back at the other three and they nodded their heads in agreement. Mariam looked back at the blonde. "Of course we want to."
-End Chapter Thirteen-
yes yes, short, you don't have to tell me that