And when the training session's over, we see a brotherly/friendly relationship between Max and Jason.
Chapter 3: Just Like Best Friends
After the whole session, Jason took a little breather for a second and he was completely amazed to see how Max accomplished all of those moves in one day and he's definitely awestruck over how much he's done at such a young age and it's like working with him has given him the strength and energy he needed to accomplish this feat, both intellectually and personally. As Max came in the room with Kiba, Jason turns around and said, "You guys have done really great today. Max, you've exceeded expectations many times better than what I saw before."
"Thanks, Jason." Max said, smiling.
Jason then turns to Kiba and he said, "Didn't expect you to be my student/volunteer of the day, but I guess this marks an amazing showcase of yours."
"Thanks, dude." Kiba said, happily.
Soon after, Headmaster Wing comes into the room and sees Kiba, Max and Jason coming in and from the looks of things, it looks like these three are getting along very well and he clears his throat and everyone grabbed their attention to the headmaster and said, "I trust that you all have been working hard."
"Yes, headmaster. Very hard." Jason replied.
"Good to hear, Jason. We're about to close up for the day." Wing added.
Jason nodded his head in understanding and he said, "Of course, master. We'll be out of there soon."
Wing nods his head as he walked out of there and mere seconds afterwards, Kiba said to Jason, "He's a big dude. Bigger than the Dragon Warrior even."
"But he's the most strong and wise here. Not to mention, the most hospitable. He's actually my mentor as far as life lessons go." Jason said.
"Your mentor?" asked Max.
Jason nods his head at that and said, "He's actually the one that brought me here a year ago and taught me how to be a great fighter, as well as being a teacher for kids. I didn't think that it would be possible, but Wing was never wrong."
Kiba could tell that there was something about Jason that he never noticed and he asked, "If you don't mind my asking, what did you used to do?"
Jason could tell that Kiba was trying to dig into his past a little bit and he said, "Let's just say I was pretty much a rebel tiger with a bad attitude. I'll just leave it that way."
Max was a little curious about that as well and he asked, "You were?"
Jason didn't want to give Max the full story because it might be too personal and he only said to Max, "I used to, but I'm not that person anymore. That's pretty much all I can tell you."
Max figured that there was something more to that, but decided to just leave it alone for now and nodded in understanding and he said, "Guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Absoultely. I'll be here then." Jason said, smiling.
Both of them bowed to each other and Kiba bowed to Jason as well and both tiger cub and white wolfdog walked out of there and afterwards, Jason's smile faded a little bit and knew that he didn't want to tell Max about what he used to be when he was younger, but knew that it would be a matter of time before it comes to light, no matter how many times he wanted to hide it.
Jason grabbed his satchel and made his way out of there to head towards his own room...in which is above the MMA facility and most of it was just a bed, a table, tiny kitchenette and a bathroom and as he sat down on his bed, he started thinking about his past a lot and said to himself, "How am I gonna recover from all the dumb stuff I did when I was a teenager?"
Looks like we're gonna dig up into Jason's past. Later on in the story, you'll know a lot more about him!