A huge bonus ending to wrap up this story!

Alternate Ending

The next morning, Max woke up after a huge 12th birthday party yesterday and as he woke up, he stretched himself up and yawned a little bit and jumped out of his bed with only his sweatpants and before he even took one foot to the door, he noticed something shiny glowing through the window and as he turned around, he saw a pair of silver white-striped tiger wristbands that fits Max's size that was left for him. He was astonished by this gift...not just on how awesome it looks, but hhow did it get there in the first place. With those wristbands, he sees a note underneath it and he plucks the note off and read what it says.

A little birthday present we all thought you would love! I figured you would want a pair of wristbands with a white-striped silver look because you've been wanting those for 4 years. Trust me, I read your aura during that time and why I waited for 4 years, I don't know. But I know that you will enjoy it a lot. This is a gift from me, the Jade Palace masters and the Elemental Hazards...something that you'll remember us by. Happy 12th birthday...day after, Maximus

-Akashi Okami

P.S.: Don't lose them! If you do, I will know about it soon.

Max chuckled at this and knew that this was classic Akashi at his most moments when he knows something that he will come at him really quick and he picks up one of the wristbands and placed it on his left wrist and it fits perfectly well and he puts on the other on his right wrist and as he puts them on, he knew for a fact that he feels invincible in them, but still remains his humble self.

He takes one look at the mirror with those wristbands and he smiles a little and said to himself, "Maximus...welcome to the start of your life."

He does a little warrior kung-fu pose stance to show off his cool yet very determined demeanor to showcase the inner purpose of himself and he knows that there will be twists and turns during that age, but he's more determined to remain true to himself no matter what life throws at him like a true warrior on the inside.

He puts on his bandana on his head and as he wraps it around his forehead, it shows that he is definitely coming into his own as a young man and will grow and mature to be the best young man he can be, but still keeping himself in a good place.

"Hey, belated birthday cub! Breakfast time!" Samurai shouted.

"Come and get it before Samurai eats it all in one sitting!" Tsunami added.

"That is not true!" Samurai exclaimed.

Max chuckled softly as he left the room and headed downstairs to join the family for breakfast and as he sat down, the entire family was just completely living life as normal as they ate and Zoey asked, "Slept shirtless again?"

"Yeah, Samurai said it helps in case I burn up under my covers." Max replied.

"Hey, I don't always sleep with my shirt on, you know." Samurai pointed out.

Mako clears his throat to cut the conversation short to prevent anyone from losing their appetites and he turned to Max and said, "How did you enjoy your birthday yesterday?"

"Enjoyed it in the best way possible." Max replied.

Phoenix noticed those silver wristbands on his wrists and asked, "Cool wristbands, dude! Where'd you get them?"

"They were there when I woke up and Akashi left me a note saying that this was my birthday gift after 4 years of hoping to have these one day and it looks like he knows me so well." Max answered.

"Are you gonna thank him?" asked Luna.

"Of course I will." Max said, happily.

"You're welcome, little guy!" Akashi said, coming in all of a sudden.

Everyone greeted Akashi in and he sat down in between Max and Phoenix and Akashi said, "So...little Maxie's all grown up, huh?"

"Almost grown up. I mean, 12 is like the jumpstart of my life." Max answered.

"Well...I just hope you enjoy being that age because it goes by so fast." Akashi added.

Max nodded in agreement with a very enlightening smile and said, "Trust me, I will enjoy every last moment of it."

And that's it! Thanks to everyone who read and subscribed! Huge thanks to Master of Stories and SpiritualLoneWolfXIII for lending me their characters on this story! AniUnvierse is out!