And Mako talks with Max about the situation that had occurred between him, Tigress and Jason.
Chapter 27: Talk with Max
Soon after Blackhawk, Max, Tae Kwan Do and Logan stepped into the house, they see Samurai come downstairs with a black cape on and Logan chuckled at this and asked, "What up with the cape?"
"A little bit of a costume party at the noodle shop. I'm going in as a samurai waiter, hence the name Samurai Samurai." Samurai chuckled.
Most of them were a little confused by that particular position with Samurai being used twice for that name and Tae Kwan Do asked, "Samurai Samurai? Really?"
"It sounded a lot better when I said it." Samurai replied, in response.
They had no idea what to say next, but just decided to drop the subject before either Logan or Tae Kwan Do say something a little embarrassing and Samurai smirked at them and said, "Don't have anything to say now?"
"You look awesome, Sam." Max cheered.
Samurai chuckled softly and rubbed Max's head and replied, "Thanks, Max. At least one person has good taste in my costume."
Tae Kwan and Logan looked a little offended by that statement and Logan tilted his head in confusion and he said, "I still think you look like a geek."
"Whatever. Oh, Max...dad wants to talk to you." Samurai added.
Max wasn't sure what to expect, but he nodded his head and went upstairs to go see his dad and Logan asked, "What does dad want from Max?"
"Not sure. Something about Tigress or something." Samurai replied.
Logan scoffed at that subject and made a smug look on his face and said, "And that's surprising because...?"
"Look, I don't know why, okay? Anyways, I gotta head back to work. Mr. Ping wacks me with a wok if I'm late." Samurai replied, heading off.
The thought of Mr. Ping smacking Samurai in the head with a wok if he's late showed a lot interest to Logan and he lets out a smirk and said, "I would love to see that."
Meanwhile, Max made his way towards Mako's room and as he entered in the room, he was really nervous about what's going on and he silently whispered, "Dad?"
"Hey, Max."
Max turned around and saw Mako coming in the room and Max fidgeted his fingers, assuming that he might be in trouble or something and Mako said, "Have a seat."
He walks over to the edge of Mako's bed and as Mako sat down and faced Max, all Max could do is look at him and asked, "Am I in trouble?"
"No. You're not in any trouble. We just need to have a little talk." Mako replied.
Max was relieved that he wasn't in trouble, but he knew that this was the beginning of the conversation and he said, "Samurai said you wanted to talk to me about something."
"Yes. Master Shifu and Takami came by this afternoon and discussed about what happened at the Jade Palace the other day between you, Tigress and Jason. Why didn't you tell me about this?" Mako asked.
Max blinked his eyes in deep surprise because he didn't expect Mako to know this directly from Shifu and he was a little petrified that he might be scolded for all this and Max replied, "I thought that you'd be angry."
"Me, angry? What would make you think that, Max?" asked Mako.
"Because I knew that it would be something Tigress related and that you wouldn't handle it directly because it gets on your nerves a lot and that you wouldn't understand and it'll turn into an all-out argument between all three of us and that it would never be resolved and Tigress would say that it's my fault that she's like this and it would hang over my head for the rest of my life." Max replied.
"Max...things like that are never your fault. And besides, Shifu told me about what you did for Jason that day. Don't you know how proud I am of you for doing that?" asked Mako, with a smile.
That was something Max didn't expect from Mako and he said, "You are?"
"Of course. I've always known you've shown a lot of loyalty, but you took control of a situation that was gonna end up going wrong. So, I'm not mad with the fact that you did it for your trainer. Shifu told me that Tigress was not herself whenever you're not around the Jade Palace and she seemed more envious of you outside the palace rather than being physically in the palace." Mako added.
Max's smile faded a little bit and Mako puts his finger to lift Max's chin up and Mako tells him, "Do not worry. We're gonna settle this. The three of us can sit down in my house and we'll have a talk about how are we gonna handle this situation between you two because you're much mature than Tigress."
"Okay." Max replied.
"That's good." Mako nodded.
Max was about to head out of the room, but not before asking Mako something else and said, "Jason said he's coming to dinner this weekend. Will Saturday be cool?"
"Of course it's fine with me." Mako said, with a smile.
"Thanks, dad." Max said, leaving the room.
You'll see the discussion that involves Max and Tigress take place soon!