And parts of the Five gets to meet Max's MMA trainer for the first time and it's not exactly a first impression.

Chapter 8: Excitement

As the afternoon goes on, Blackhawk, Logan, Tae Kwan Do and Max were walking their way back to the MMA class and as they were heading forward, they see Po, Monkey, Tigress and Viper walking by and Tae Kwan Don was the first one to greet them and said, "Hey, guys!"

Po heard them and he walked towards the others and said, "Hey, how you doing?"

"Doing great. We're on our way to the MMA class. I think Max is excited to learn with Jason and Blackhawk's looking forward to work with Zyro. Believe it or not, I haven't seen both of them excited over this class. Max...I would expect his excitement, but I never expected it from Blackhawk and he's been with us for three months. It's very rare." Tae Kwan answered.

Monkey went over to Max and he was instantly surprised that he's growing a little and said, "Have you gotten taller?"

"Since breakfast." Max replied.

Monkey chuckled softly and patted his head and said, "You get taller every single day, Maxie buddy. I wish I could be your trainer one day."

"You would? You are kinda my favorite out of the Five." Max replied.

Monkey was surprised that Max is considered a favorite of the Five and asked, "Really? Am I second or first?"

"First favorite." Max added.

Monkey smiled in response to that and Tigress got a little irate that Max chose Monkey as his most favorite out of the Furious Five and each time she looks at the cub, jealousy gets rising up on her skin and it's like she wants to fight him, but after the events that occurred when she almost took Max's life away, she fears that it'll happen again and she'll snap at any moment. But that doesn't mean her jealousy's going away.

"Thanks for the favorite, Max. I'm just really honored to be considered a favorite of yours." Monkey added.

"So...who's your second favorite?" asked Po.

"Viper. Just because she's nice, sweet and not afraid to kick butt." Max replied.

Viper was also flattered by all of this and she said, "Why thank you, Max."

Soon enough, they saw Jason coming by and Max was completely stoked to see him and Max said, "Hey, Jason!"

Jason turned around to see Max along with Blackhawk, Tae Kwan Do and Logan standing there and he said, "Sup, guys? We're about to start training in a few."

"Cool." Max said.

Jason turned around and saw most of the Jade Palace masters standing there and he was super amazed to meet them for the first time as he's a big fan of their work and he bowed to them as they bowed back and he said, "Hello there. It is such an honor to be in your guys' prescence. It's like from looking at you guys in a poster from my room to here in person...I am not worthy."

Po chuckled softly in response and said, "Hey, that makes two of us."

"You're Jason, right?" asked Tigress.

Jason nods his head and replied, "Yes, I am. Jinzou Kamikaze...but people call me Jason. I've been teaching MMA for a year now."

"He's the best teacher ever!" Max exclaimed.

Hearing that Jason is 'the best' seemed to fill Tigress' thoughts with so mcuh revenge to use against not only him, but Max. Yet she knows that she's the best above everyone else and she said to Jason, "Word to the wise...don't get too comfortable teaching Max."

"Max is one of my best students. Well...student actually. We do one-on-one training sessions with him by request from my headmaster." Jason added.

"Interesting. Well...just want to let you know that Max has only one trainer in mind...and that's me." Tigress stated, in a serious tone.

Max clears his throat and glares at Tigress for a second and said, "Really? Do we have to do this now? I don't want to train with you."

Suddenly, it felt like the wind has kicked her off her feet after Max said those words right in front of her and it's like her pride has been shattered once again and Po could tell there's gonna be tension showing between the two of them again and he said, "Okay...well, I think we should head back to the Jade Palace. It's nice meeting you, Jason."

"You too." Jason replied.

"Maybe you should come to the Jade Palace sometime to see what we do." Viper offered.

Jason nodded his head and he said, "And you guys should check out my session with me and Max. You're all invited."

After they left, Max and the others headed inside the MMA class to start it up and meanwhile, Po cannot believe that Tigress would go far as to go at Jason when it comes to Max and he said, "Tigress...you just can't stop going after Max, can't you? Remember what happened last time?"

"Yes, I'm aware of what happened last time. I'm not gonna make that same mistake again." Tigress stated, gritting her teeth.

"And you were kinda rude to Jason." Viper pointed out.

"Yeah, he seems like a good guy. If he's training Max, it shouldn't be a problem." Monkey added.

Tigress snarled in response with the thought of Max training with someone else outside the Jade Palace and she said, "Well, I do have a problem with it."

Sounds like it's the battle of the tigers...even though Jason just met the Jade Palace masters and it looks like Tigress is getting the huge stages of green envy all over. Stay tuned!

Voice of Po: Mick Wingert

Voice of Monkey: James Sie

Voice of Tigress: Kari Wahlgren