And we see the rest of the Hazards coming in the Bushido-Akio home.
Chapter 24: Little Visitors
During the time that Takami was present, in comes Ryo, Hope, Kiba, Kaizer, Faith, Ligress, Skyler and Layla walking into the Bushido-Akio house for a while and Takami asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Some guy named Headmaster Wing at the MMA facility invited us to come see what they do and we might get a chance to see what Max does." Faith replied.
"Oh, cool. Betcha we'll get to see Max at work." Takami said.
Seconds later, Musaki comes downstairs with both foxes on his back and he sees everyone standing there and he said, "Hey, guys. What brings you guys by?"
"Not much. Just chilling. How's fatherhood treating you?" asked Skyler.
Musaki sighed heavily and he said, "It's good. A little challenging at times, but for the most part, it's pretty cool. Anyways, I have to head to my apprenticeship training."
Musaki sets both cubs down to the couch, kneeled down to their level and he said, "Baba's going to do some training and uncle Mako is gonna look out for you guys. Can you try to be good for me?"
Both of them nodded their heads in response and Musaki smiled at them and he patted their heads and hugged them tightly and Layla witnessed Musaki's fatherly instincts kicking in and she was imagining what it would be like if she started a family with Takami soon and that they'd become parents.
Musaki looked up and noticed Layla witnessing his fatherly-like ways and he said, "I'm guessing you saw that."
"Yeah, I believe you are a good father, Musaki. Just don't doubt yourself." Layla added.
Layla's words started hitting him like a sack of bricks because after the fact that he was asked to take care of Noah and Luke, he did find himself in a lot of self-doubt lately because of his duties as a new father, but as soon as he realized what she meant...it meant a whole lot to Musaki to do his best to be a good father to those foxes no matter what.
"You think it really makes a difference?" asked Musaki.
"Of course. If I was a parent, I would never doubt myself if I'm good enough. There really is no right or wrong answer on how to be a good mom or dad. You just do your best." Layla added.
And Musaki was gonna take everything he said and just use it as an empowering statement he can do anything he can to do his absolute best to raise Luke and Noah possible and he said, "Thanks, Layla."
With a hint of confidence, Musaki was about to head to the apprenticeship and Ryo asked, "By the way, what sort of apprenticeship is it anyway?"
"Blacksmith. I get to polish and pound metal and it's something I've been wanting to do to make a living. Best part is...the majority of my position, I get to do something involved with weapons." Musaki replied.
That seemed to excite Ryo to the extent because he loves weapons a lot and loves to take better care, make and build weapons and he said, "That sounds like the coolest job ever."
"It is. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to have my own blacksmith workshop and maybe a weapons workshop too." Musaki stated.
"Dude, I want to see what you do. Like...take a job, go on training. Whatever it is, I want to learn." Ryo added, wagging his tail quickly.
Musaki always knew Ryo had a thing involving weapons and after Musaki mentioned it, he had no idea how much love Ryo has for weapons to that extent and he said, "I'll introduce you to Daisuke, if you want."
Takami yanked Ryo's ear and he told Musaki, "We have to head to the MMA facility first."
Ryo lets out a loud whine and said, "But I wanna see the weapons!"
Skyler sighed at Ryo's whining and she shook her head and said, "I have a whining pup as a boyfriend."
"I am not!" Ryo barked.
Coming up...everyone sees how Max does at the MMA training.