And Max tells everything and what does the end result bring?
Chapter 16: Max Tells All
Max clears his throat and looks at everyone excluding Tigress' angry killer look and gives his answer as to why he didn't tell anyone else yet and he said, "I kinda didn't want to tell you guys about this because you'd react the same way Tigress did and everything she said...you guys might've sided with her. I was gonna tell you when the time was right. So...for 2 weeks, I kept it a secret in between spending time at home, the Jade Palace, kickboxing class and when I have free time, I'd sneak out of the house or the Jade Palace to check on my dragon buddy and most of the time, he'd drop me off at the palace roof because I didn't want to cause a stir to the entire village when they see a dragon fly there."
Everyone looked at Blaze and the dragon knew that he spoke the truth and he nodded his head in response and he said, "I had no idea what real friendship was at first...until Max came along. He's an amazing person that I've met...in all my years of being alone in a cave for so long."
"How old are you, by the way?" asked Samurai.
"12." Blaze replied.
The reaction was full of shock and realization that this was a kid dragon and Mako asked, "Where are your parents?"
"I don't remember having them. I got separated from them when I was an egg." Blaze replied.
Mostly everyone couldn't believe that Blaze never saw or knew who his parents were and Samurai said, "So...you've been alone all your life?"
"Yeah. Mostly on purpose because I've been called 'beast', 'monster', 'demon' and things like that because they believe all dragons are evil. So...I let them believe that they are what they say they are...kinda like what that angry tiger dude said." Blaze stated.
Max could tell that he was referring to Tigress and just gave out a semi-cold stare and said to her, "This is why I never tell you anything because no matter what I do or say, you always go against it...because you think I'm too small or just too young to accomplish anything! You always tear me down, make me feel like I'm worthless and that I'll never amount to anything. I guess that's what you like to do; write me off and make me feel like I'm gonna be a failure...like you're gonna watch me fall while you stand there, making that disgusting smirk on your face and say, 'Next time, you'll think before you 'steal' my family away from me'. You think I wanted to compete against you because of who's position I'm taking? That's just ridiculous! I would never, ever steal your family, friends and position away from you! But you let your jealousy get in the way of it and you wanted to harm me on purpose so you'd keep your title! I know I'm a kid, but I've been told that I can do big things too and everyone else believes in me...except for you. Face it...it's all you'll ever do anyway. You're just gonna keep belittling me and belittling me until there's no one left to belittle. And if you think me being friends with a dragon is a bad thing, that's your opinion. And if he's whatever you call him, so am I."
Max had finally stood up to Tigress and stood beside Blaze and not once...did everyone move or said a word after that, other than look at Max and realize that he's gotten a lot wiser than he originally was when he was younger, but has gotten much more stronger and loyal than that and he made one last look at Tigress and said, "Before you tear someone down, find out who they're really all about."
Blaze came over to Max and hugged him tightly after that and he said, "No one has ever stood up for me before."
"I just don't like it when someone tries to underestimate or judge someone when they don't even know who they really are." Max replied.
Monkey walks over to Max and he was still in awe and Po, Mantis, Samurai, Mako, Logan, Tae Kwan Do, Arizona, Musaki and Summer stood beside these two and Monkey said, "You stood up to Tigress. Not all of us could do what you did without taking a risk on being beaten up by her."
"Someone had to tell her the truth...the real truth. And it might as well be me." Max stated.
"Okay...can I just say I've never been this proud of you before, Max?" asked Musaki.
Arizona was still on a verge of shock and awe that he actually stood up to Tigress in front of everyone and he said, "You stood your ground, Max."
"Okay...all the stuff about you not being cool and all? I take it all back." Logan stated.
With that, Max climbed on top of Blaze and walked out of there with everyone else but Tigress following behind him and headed back to the Valley of Peace and Tigress said, "Where do you think you're all going?"
"We're gonna show the village that not all dragons are as they think they are. And if you try to stop us...good luck with that." Max replied.
Tigress was shocked that Max had to absoulte nerve to stand up to her the way he did and Po was right behind them as well...provoking more shock to her and asked, "You too, Po?"
Po lets out a deep sigh and he turned to Tigress and said, "Well...Max does have a point. All the things he said to you reminds me of the first night as the Dragon Warrior at the Jade Palace and although I didn't stand up to you at that time, I wished I would've had that courage to do the same thing to you."
After that, Po walked away...leaving Tigress in a mixture of shock and complete humiliation that she's mistreated Max all those years and each time she's tried to write him off, he always comes back swinging and with all the words he said to her, she fell on her knees and couldn't believe that everyone, including half of her comrades actually followed Max and it was like parts of her pride are shattered and broken and the little cub was the one person that completely underestimated her instead of her underestimating him and this was one of those what goes around comes all the way back around moments.
"Maximus..." Tigress said, with a shaky yet whispered tone.
But the drama between the two tigers is just fired up! Stay tuned!
Voice of Max: Ben Diskin
Voice of Blaze: (also) Ben Diskin
Voice of Samurai: Jason Marsden
Voice of Mako: Kyle Hebert
Voice of Monkey: James Sie
Voice of Musaki: Samuel Vincent
Voice of Arizona: Nicolas Roye
Voice of Logan: Mikey Kelley
Voice of Tigress: Kari Wahlgren
Voice of Po: Mick Wingert