And the tension mounts when the subject about Max reaches the boiling point...and what's worse; Max is actually here to witness it.

Chapter 15: Maximus in the Middle

That was the sudden question that made Tigress go from angry tense to turnt up tense in a millisecond and she gave Po another dangerous glare from her and the others couldn't do anything but freeze up and not saying anything at all and she said, "I am not jealous!"

Po, on the other hand...wasn't really that convinced as he folded his arms and said, "I don't believe you."

"I may be agitated and irritated and slightly annoyed, but I am not jealous of Max!" Tigress shouted, in defense.

"I still don't believe you, Tigress. Ever since what happened a few months ago, you've been increasing your jealousy towards Max lately." Po stated.

The Hazards started to get a little surprised by what Po said about what had happened a few months ago that they had no idea about and Takami was getting curious about this and wanted to know if things had gotten bad or worse between Max and Tigress, but Tigress felt like Po was stop at nothing until she unveils the truth and she said, "How many times do I have to say it, Po? I am not jealous of Max!"

"If you're not really jealous of Max, why can't you just let Max do his own thing?" asked Po.

"I kinda did catch her lurking in the MMA facility each time Max trains with Jason and it's like...something snapped in her." Monkey pointed out.

"Was anyone talking to you?!" Tigress shouted.

Takami walked towards Tigress and he wanted to know what's gotten into her lately and doesn't want to be left in the dark too long and asked, "What has happened between you and Max?"

"It's none of your business, Takami." Tigress replied.

Takami blinked his eyes for this and he still needed to know what's been going on and he said, "Please tell me."

"What is there to tell?! I'm not jealous of that cub!" Tigress exclaimed.

"If you're not jealous, then why do you get angry each time I ask you about Max?" asked Takami.

The questions would continue to mount and Tigress felt like she was gonna pop off at any minute and as much as she tried to avoid it, that tactic would ultimately fail with each attempt and she felt increasingly frustrated and agitated at the same time until this one question pushed her to the limit.

"You miss Max being here at the Jade Palace?" asked Kovu.

That was it. She lost it and she lets out a huge roar and went in to attack Kovu for asking such a question and the others tried to hold her back, but Tigress refused to let them stop her and just lost control of herself as she attacked Kovu fiercely, but Kovu used one of his four elemental powers to stop her in self-defense and also punched her in the face hard.

The sight of her losing control of her anger was a sign that deeply confirms that there is a huge amount of jealousy and resentment between her and Max and it was evidently clear to everyone.

Just then, the door opens and everyone saw Max, Jason, Arizona and Musaki coming in the Hall of Heroes and when they saw the vibe around here, they were a little concerned and they saw Tigress on the floor, looking completely furious for some reason. Max looked at the others and said, "Is this a bad time?"

Once Tigress heard Max's voice, her natural instincts overtook her as she stood up and said, "You... you dare come in this palace now?!"

"Do we have to do this today?" asked Max, really exasperated.

"This is all your fault! None of this would've ever happened if you would've still trained here at the Jade Palace! Why is it that you stopped coming here?! Are you too embarrassed or ashamed to come here?! Why would you show your damn face around here in the first place?!" Tigress shouted, pointing the finger directly at Max while snarling and seething, which made Max very uncomfortable and the others on edge because they've never seen her like this, especially towards a young tiger cub.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...hold on one second." Musaki said, trying to calm the situation down.

"This has nothing to do with you whatsoever, Musaki! It's between me and Max!" Tigress growled.

Jason was really surprised to see Tigress act like this in front of Max and this was a big departure from the person he met the other day and he said, "If I may injercet here, could you tell me what this is all about?"

"And YOU! How dare you replace me as Max's trainer! I'm the original trainer here and I don't need someone standing in MY way! You've had fair warning and you'll pay the full penalty!" Tigress exclaimed, unsheathing her claws, ready to attack him.

Something tells Jason that this wasn't the same warrior that he met the other day and it's like she's ready for a fight and somehow...it's about Max. Jason blinked his eyes for a second and said, "I'm not here to fight you."

"What's the matter? Why can't you use your MMA to fight me?! Nobody owns Max but me!" Tigress spat out.

Max was getting completely agitated with this whole thing and he said, "You don't own me."

"Shut up! You're in enough trouble as it is!" Tigress screamed.

"Trouble?! Wh-wh-what did I even do?!" Max asked, getting flabbergasted.

Shifu knew that this was gonna start over again and he had no other choice but to interfere and he quickly got in the middle between Jason and Tigress and said, "That's quite enough, Tigress!"

"Why are you taking his side?!" Tigress spat out.

"I'm not taking anyone's side, Tigress. I'm just here to stop you before you do something you'll deeply regret." Shifu replied, angrily.

Jason could tell that this is a very personal matter and that he should not be caught in the middle of it and in a very calm voice, he said, "Okay...I think it's time we'd go."

Shifu turned to Jason and he said, "Please forgive my student for she knows not what she's doing."

"I know what I'm doing! I'm here to reclaim what is rightfully mine! I train Max! No one else can train him because I'm the best of the best!" Tigress shouted.

Max couldn't understand why he's caught in the middle, but he knows he hated that feeling and said, "Why am I involved in all this?!"

Jason calmly looked at Max for a second and he said, "Let's get out of here, Max."

"No one's going anywhere! Not until you fight me!" Tigress angrily demanded.

"I'm not gonna fight you." Jason replied.

Tigress struck the first punch directly to Jason's face and began to thrash him around, kick, punch, claw, slam and bash him straight until Jason had no other choice but to fight her back and she kept going at him with many thrashings and when she threw him down the ground, Jason grunted in pain and he stood up with a few bumps and scrapes, but remained calm through it all and he said, "I'm still not gonna fight you."

"I'll keep going at you until you do fight me." Tigress growled.

"For Max? Come on! What kind of example are you setting for Max?" asked Jason.

Tigress immediately lunged after him, but without thinking or warning, Max got in the way and she lunged at the tiger cub instead and violently thrashed him down while Max was screaming in pain and all the Hazards were very fearful of this and Takami interfered immediately by stopping the fight, pulling Tigress back right away and Max was whimpering in fear and once Jason saw Max being so scared, it was clear that these two tigers have very bad bitter blood.

"Why'd you stop me?!" Tigress shouted.

"You were gonna kill Max!" Takami shouted back.

Suddenly, Tigress realized that she was blinded by jealousy once again and that she nearly took Max's life again and she stormed out of the Hall of Heroes in a fit of frustration rage and everyone else was standing there, speechless and motionless at the same time and Kiba asked, "What was that all about?"

Looks like the rivalry took a turn for the worse...and Tigress completely lost it. Where will the others go from there?