And the Bushido-Akio family finally meets Max's MMA instructor for the first time...for dinner.

Chapter 28: Setting Up for Dinner

Saturday evening

Max was pretty much anious about the whole dinner meeting with Jason because after finding out about Jason's past, he wasn't sure how the entire family will accept it, but tried to remain as positive as possible and hopefully it'll work out well and soon, his ears picked up and heard someone's footsteps coming in and it was Arizona coming in the room and he said, "Hey, Zona."

"Hey, buddy. You nervous?" asked Arizona.

"Yeah. I hope you guys will like him." Max replied.

Arizona chuckled softly as he got down on Max's level and he said, "What makes you think we won't?"

Max wasn't really that sure if he can tell Arizona about Jason's tragic and hard past just yet and all he could do is just say, "Please don't judge him."

"Max...all you've done is said nothing but good things about Jason. You even told him that he's your favorite trainer to train with. We will never judge him for anything. You know that." Arizona said, putting his paw on his shoulder.

Max nodded his head in understanding and he said, "I just want you guys to like him."

"And we will." Arizona added.

Soon enough, both Max and Arizona came downstairs and both of them smelled every single aroma of food possible that's being made and cooked and Arizona couldn't help but take it all in and his ears were fluttering up and down from the smell and Max saw his ears fluttering and he said, "I saw that."

Arizona rolled his eyes at this and gave Max a noogie for old time's sake and said, "Very funny, bro."

Everyone was getting ready for the entire gathering and Sage hated wearing something festive and dressy and he said, "Why do I have to wear this crap? Why couldn't I just stick to just wearing my underwear?"

"We don't want to scare the guest. And besides...you need to show some table manners." Arizona stated.

Sage growled in response to that and he said, "Screw that. Manners are just bull..."

Arizona lets out a warning growl and lowered his eyebrows down and said, "I dare you to say it."

Sage wanted to finish what he just said, but eventually backed down and he hated that feeling of backing down and Arizona lets out a smirk and said, "I didn't think so."

The others got themselves ready for the attire while the others assisted in setting the table, cooking the food and placed every ounce of food on the table and Mako placed a guest chair in between Max and Arizona so that Jason can feel right at home and everything looks like it's ready and Max was getting ecstatic about the whole thing.

"Jason is gonna love this." Max stated.

Soon enough, they heard the door knock and Max immediately knew that it could be him, so he walked to the door and as he opened the door, he saw Jason and Headmaster Wing standing there and Jason said, "Hey, Max."

It's just the start. Stay tuned for more!