And the core of this story is that Max has spent so much time in MMA class that he barely comes to the Jade Palace. You'd think that it'll ease the tension between him and Tigress, but...think again.

Chapter 4: Visiting the Jade Palace

After Blackhawk, Tae Kwan Do and Logan came out with Max and Kiba, Kiba lets them know that he's gonna take Max to the Jade Palace for a while and promised to have him back before dinner and once they were on their way, Max climbed on Kiba's shoulders and was surprised that he's growing and said, "Man...you've grown a lot."

"I'm not too heavy, am I?" asked Max.

"Nah, you're not too heavy, Maxim." Kiba said, his voice straining as he was holding onto Max.

Upstairs at the Palace

By the time they made it there, they walked inside the door of the Hall of Heroes and saw Shifu, Po, Tigress, Crane, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, Takami, Ryo, Skyler, Faith, Hope, Kaizer, Ligress and Layla there and all of them noticed Kiba coming in with Max and Kiba said, "Hey, guys. Mind if you have a visitor?"

"Hi, everyone." Max said, waving at them.

Everyone said 'hello' to Max and most of them came to him and gave him hugs, high-fives, fist bumps and many other greetings whatsoever and Shifu bowed to the cub and said, "Hello, Maximus."

"Hi, Master Shifu. Long time, no see." Max said, bowing back.

Shifu nods his head in agreement and said, "Yes, it is. How have you been, young man?"

"Doing great. You?" asked Max.

"The very same." Shifu added.

"Since breakfast." Po stated.

Layla was the most excited to see Max and she said to him, "We missed having you here all the time ever since you took some MMA class."

"Yeah, I know. I miss it too. I miss being around all of you guys as well. But my MMA instructor is really awesome and really cool. I feel like I can learn a lot from him and it's one-on-one instead of a full class, which is also cool." Max answered.

"What's his name?" asked Takami.

"Jason. He's an MMA fighter and he's really patient, encouraging, easy to learn with and always has a lot of energy...even though I wore him out a few times. Didn't know I did that, but anyway..." Max replied.

Ryo chuckled in response to that and said, "He sounds like a great person to train with. By the way, he's not better than any of us, right?"

"Not really. But he's completely well-trained and well-disciplined. His tactics are kinda hard though. But...for the most part, I tackle them down quickly." Max replied.

For each and every mention of Jason, Tigress is starting to get a little envious about this whole thing. It's bad enough for her that she has to deal with the fact that he's at the Jade Palace almost everyday with most of the Hazards, but it's another that he's not present there that really sets her on edge and especially hearing about his new instructor and feels that this Jason has got something she lacks in and in her mind, it's like he's the new trainer for Max and she's chopped liver...and she hates being the chopped liver.

"...and I think he's pretty much the best trainer I've trained with. He's not just a trainer, but he's kinda like my best friend." Max added.

"That's really great to hear. Sounds like you're doing quite well for yourself, Maximus." Viper said, happily.

"Just don't be a stranger to come back to the palace anytime you want." Shifu added.

Max chuckles softly and said, "Don't worry...I'll always come here. Even if it's just to hang out, have company and things like that."

"Speaking of which...I'm gonna take him home now. And by the way, Ryo...I'd advise you not to head to the your room tonight when you go to sleep." Kiba said, leaving a smirk on that last part.

Ryo could tell that Kiba had did something to trick him again and he lets out a soft snarl and said, "You're up to something..."

Something tells me that Tigress is not satisfied with Max being in the MMA class and it's like...she doesn't want anyone else to train him but her. Wonder what it means? Stay tuned to find out!

Voice of Shifu: Fred Tatasciore

Voice of Layla: Kelly Hu

Voice of Takami: Nolan North

Voice of Ryo: Jason Marsden

Voice of Viper: Lucy Liu