And here's the aftermath of the whole thing.
Chapter 18: The Worst is Over
30 minutes pass by and after cleaning up some of the lead wolf's blood out of the floor, they were getting back to the visit and throughout that time, Max was still a little shy, but eventually loosened up a little bit and started being around Saori and Taiga more and as Taiga told a few stories, Max was definitely amazed by everything he heard and started looking up to him a little more. Tigress on the other hand, wasn't so thrilled about Max being around and sees this as him stealing all the attention.
"You really did all of that?" asked Saori.
Taiga nodded his head and it made Max really inspired and said, "I wish I was like you."
Taiga chuckled in response and he rubbed Max's head and said to him, "You're a special little boy, Max."
Max was surprised to hear this come from him and he has never heard that term before in his life and asked, "What's special?"
Now that surprised all of them except for Tigress and nobody had a clue as to why Max has never heard the word 'special' before and Akashi answered, "Special is you got something that no one else has or that they wish they had. And if someone is special, it's you."
"No, I'm not." Max replied.
"Oh, yes you are. I see something in you, Max. You may not know what it is now, but I know that you're worth something. You just have to believe it." Akashi answered.
That term wasn't sitting well with Tigress and she just couldn't believe how someone who's been through some stuff could label themselves special and it just seemed impossible, but she's starting to get a little bit envious towards the cub and Taiga noticed that right away and didn't want to cause a huge stir between them.
"So...what do we need to know about you, Max?" asked Taiga.
"About me?" asked Max.
Now we get to Max's backstory told in his own words.