And we go through a little montage on how Max maintains his promise to see Blaze without anyone knowing while still adapting himself to MMA class.

Chapter 13: Routine Grind

Over the next two weeks, Max spent most of his days hanging with Blaze in the cave and now that they've gotten to know each other more and more, they were ready to have some fun with each other. Max taught Blaze a few things to have fun with; from playing hide and seek to playing tag. What Max did not know is that Blaze quickly got the hang of these games and they played a little bit of exploration and the occasional pranks and hijinks. Max became a huge master of pranks, but Blaze was a huge trailblazer in playing tricks which showcased when he used his fire breath to make Max think he was on fire.

After that prank, Blaze was laughing so hard that he just rolled around the ground hysterical and Max looked at him with a glare that reads 'Really?', but couldn't be mad at him because he can take a joke really well.

Towards that, Max taught Blaze a couple of secret handshakes to ensure what happens the next time they meet each other again and Blaze was a little slow on there, but Max encouraged him to keep trying until he got the hang of it. There were moments when the dragon grew increasingly frustrated because he couldn't get it right and in some cases, the only way to let out that frustration was to roar and breathe fire when he's angry.

Max calmed him down for a second and explained to him that he has to keep trying. Although painfully stubborn, Blaze agreed to just go with it and try it again and before long, they combined the fist-bump with a high-five, low five swipe and firm handshake grip and Blaze was amazed that he actually got it right.

Max felt happy for the dragon because he didn't even give up...at least not once.

Back at home, Max was dealing with the regular stuff; babysitting the panda cubs, doing a few chores, helping out with Sierra with Arizona's supervision, hanging around the Jade Palace and attending some of the MMA classes with Tae Kwan Do and Logan. At those classes, Max completely excelled in them and everyone took partial notice...even the headmaster's student teachers as they were captivated by those super awesome moves.

At some point in that class, The Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior showed up as special guests to see the process...yet they were surprised to find that Max was there and showing every single move off the book and it sent shockwaves to the masters...including Master Tigress. She had no idea that every move that he instilled in the Jade Palace would be showcased in front of many young kids. And on the inside...she was searing with fury and envy as she kept watching while the rest of them rooted him on.

Back at the cave, Max taught Blaze a few things about fighting and self-defense in kung-fu and Blaze wasn't quite sure if he would get the gist of this because he is a short, hot-tempered dragon who can virtually snap at the drop of a hat and whenever he gets a move wrong, the first instinct is to get mad and breathe fire. Max knew that the dragon's anger was just too distracting and prevented him from accomplishing those goals.

Max isn't one to give up though as he keeps on trying with every sense of persistence to teach Blaze and try to calm him down a bit during this process. Blaze ended up accidentally breathing fire, aiming at Max as he ducked out of the way. Blaze looked at what he almost did and he couldn't believe he just did that.

Meanwhile, he kept their friendship a secret because the last thing he needed was to have someone tell him he can't be friends with a dragon because they're enemies...but he knew he'd be safe around a dragon because his adopted father trained some dragons as well as traveling with them from place to place, so he's used to them.

Afterwards, they kept on learning how to fight and Blaze is starting to hang of it for a while as he sparred with Max for a while and Max has blocked and dodged some moves and punches thrown and Blaze repeated the same traits Max did and before long...Blaze has actually taught a few things about kung-fu and he looks at Max for a second and completely looks up to the guy.

With a smile, Blaze said, "I've got an awesome teacher and a friend."

Max agreed with that and he said, "Best friend."

Looks like everything's going really well for Max! Next chapter...Max and Blaze end up getting discovered that he's friends with a dragon! What will happen? You'll have to see!