And Akashi reveals his frustration about how Max's birth mother treated him that way.
Chapter 9: To Protect Max
That afternoon, Max and Saori were playing hide and seek outside and while they were playing that game, Akashi and Miyo sat on the steps of the front of the house looking out for them and the fun that he had with Max prompted him to think about what he saw earlier that day about all the scars and burns he's gotten and how he wished that he'd do something about it sooner when he saw the cub's birth mother leaving him.
Miyo could tell that it's starting to bother Akashi a lot, which is very understandable...but for some reason, it started to make him more furious at any given moment and it concerned her a lot and she said, "What are you thinking now?"
Akashi lets out a deep sigh and replied, "Right now...it doesn't really matter what I think. I just can't believe that this mother would put him through this much pain. No cub deserves that."
"I agree. It's just horrible that his own mother would harm an innocent little boy." Miyo added.
"If only I would've gone after her and attacked her..." Akashi started, but got interrupted by Miyo.
"Are you saying what I think you're gonna say?" Miyo asked, raising an eyebrow.
Akashi was gonna finish the rest of the sentence, but eventually simmered down afterwards and took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry. It's just...it's all too familiar to me because I've seen kids suffer a lot in the streets years ago and if I had told myself if I were to give up being a streetfighter, I'd help these kids out of their suffering to give them something better. I wanna make good on that promise right now so Max can't go through more suffering than I did."
"I know you wanna do that, Akashi...and I stand by that. But don't do something you know you'll regret." Miyo reminded him.
Akashi sighed deeply at this and said, "All right. I just want to protect Max, that's all."
"So do we. I think we should give him some time until he tells us why his mother abandoned him." Miyo added.
"That's just what I was thinking. Plus, you already know how I can find out so quickly." Akashi stated.
She already figured out that his aura will be the main factor of finding out about him that he'll know eventually and she said, "You and your aura. When do you not know what you'll think about?"
"I know what you're gonna think about next." Akashi added, giving her a sly smile.
Miyo's response was stomping his feet and Akashi lets out a yelp/whimper after getting his foot stomped and Akashi started rubbing on it to stop the stinging and Akashi whined and said, "That's just mean."
"Such a pervert." Miyo stated, shaking her head.
Well...that's pretty much that. But stay tuned for more!