This is where Kabishi eventually finds Saori and forces her to come back with him in the most extreme measures...and Max is there to save her and protect her.
Chapter 15: Kabishi vs. Max
By the next day, Max was busy carving some wood to make some sword holders and he was definitely most focused with it and after several minutes, he officially completed it and stuck the blade of the sword into the handle and one look at it, he knew that he has to sharpen it to give it that shiny new sharpness to the tip of the sword and after that, he took a look at it and see if it looks brand new and he said to himself, "Looks good, Maximus. Could use a little shine though."
He walked across the counter and found some sword shining spray and he puts a little spray on them, polished it and takes it to the sun where the beams shone brighter and he said, "Perfect."
After that, Max just placed it back with the other swords and as he heard a knock on the door, he turns around and sees Arizona come in and he said, "Sup, Zona?"
"How's the blademaster?" asked Max.
Max chuckled at that new nickname he just gave him and asked, "Blademaster?"
"Yeah, that's what I'm gonna call you from now on." Arizona said, with a smile.
"This blademaster's working, Arizona. Just sharpened another sword." Max replied.
Arizona was really amazed with everything Max has done and by looking at every sword he had sharpened, it makes him see that he's got a whole lot of accomplishments he made under his belt and said, "Hard worker."
"I just love doing what I love doing." Max replied.
Arizona chuckled at this and said, "You know, I've never been this proud of you before in my life with everything you've done. I always told you that you could be successful with anything if you can set your mind to it."
"Well, I do have you to thank you for it...as well as Saori." Max told him.
"Which reminds me...how did it go with you and Saori last night?" asked Arizona, excitedly.
Max looked at him with somewhat of an embarassed and awkward look and he said, "It was a good night. We just went out to eat, looking at the stars."
"You guys weren't mating, right?" Arizona teased.
"Arizona!" Max exclaimed.
Arizona started laughing at this and Max rolled his eyes and scoffed at Arizona's teasing assumption and replied, "You know we would never do that until we're married. Come on. You've been hanging out with Akashi too long."
"I was just yanking your tail, Max." Arizona said, chuckling.
Both brothers were laughing with each other and Arizona lets out a happy sigh and said, "I'm just glad that you had fun with Saori...as well as everything about you. Your accomplishments that you set out doing on your own and it's just awesome to see you grow into the person that I knew you would be."
"You really mean that?" asked Max.
"I sure do. I'm proud to be called your wolf brother." Arizona said.
That warmed up Max's heart to know that Arizona is very proud of him and he's also proud of Arizona for being a part of his life and said, "And I'm proud to be your tiger brother."
Later that day, Saori walked around the village after having the time of her life with Max last night and she felt so madly in love with him again that she's forgotten all about Kabishi and she knew that Max was the one for him.
She was totally unaware that someone with a hooded outfit lurked around to find her with a dagger on his paw and he said, "There you are. This will make you think twice about leaving me, bitch."
He then followed her every move and Saori couldn't help but shake this feeling that someone was following her and she just thought it was nothing, but she knew that someone was right behind her and was ready to fight back if she needed to.
As soon as she got to a private area, she thought that she might lose him and when she turned around for another glance, there's no one there...in which she breathed a big sigh of relief and said, "Good riddance."
"To you, bitch."
That startled her because she knew that voice coming from anywhere and when she looked around, she asked, "Who's there?"
"You know damn well who it is!"
That sunk her heart to know that it's not who she thinks it is and she said, "Kabishi?"
The hooded figure unveils his hood and reveals a very pissed and rageful Kabishi coming in and he said, "You've made the biggest mistake of your life leaving me."
"So? What are you doing here anyway?" asked Saori.
Kabishi growled at her face and said, "To bring you back here! You're gonna be my wife and that's that!"
"I would never be your wife! Not after what you did to any other girl you treated!" Saori shouted.
That put Kabishi in a shock mode because he didn't think she would know about his raping duties and quickly lied, "I don't know what the hell are you talking about."
"I saw you torturing two young ladies, forcing them to mate with you and that if you didn't...you'd kill them." Saori growled.
"And what if I did?" asked Kabishi.
"For years, I've had to put up with you for so long and you've lied to me, taken advantage of me and kept me as your prisoner! Well, guess what...those days are over! I'm in love with someone else!" Saori exclaimed.
Kabishi did not like that one bit and he couldn't think of anything else but rape her and he said, "Last chance...come home!"
"I am home...so you can take your raping ass to hell." Saori said, in a cold tone to his face.
She walks away from him, but Kabishi definitely wasn't gonna stand for that and he said, "So be it."
Kabishi quickly runs towards her and grabs her on the arm and drags her over to a private place where he can do some serious raping for vengance. Saori started screaming and trying to remove herself from him and exclaimed, "Let go of me!"
"Shut up!" Kabishi screamed, slapping her in the face.
Saori tried to run away from him, but Kabishi digged his claws towards her, making her groan and scream in pain and screamed, "If I can't have you as my bitch, no one can! I'm gonna treat you like those girls I raped and tortured...and killed!"
"The hell with you!" Saori shouted, pushing him down.
She started to run, but Kabishi grabbed her again and pinned her to the tree and said to her, "This is what happens when you leave me! And it's all your fault!"
"Screw you!"
Kabishi then picks her up by the waist and takes her to secluded place where he can hold her hostage and go full length revenge against her and her screaming became louder and louder and Kabishi punched her and shoved her down the ground hard to shut her up and he plans to take her clothes off as fierce as ever and when he reached to take off her shirt and pants, she wasn't gonna have it.
"You better stop this! Max is gonna kick your ass!" Saori shouted.
"That punkass is a manipulating rapist! He can't protect you!" Kabishi shouted back.
They were unaware that a very furious and angry Max saw Saori planning to get raped and by the minute he started stripping her, he knew he had to stop up and do something and he quickly got on all fours and immediately kicked him in the shin hard.
Saori could not be any more happier to see Max coming in to the rescue and she said, "Max! You came!"
Max looks up at her and asked, "Are you all right?"
"I think so." Saori replied, panting.
Kabishi got himself up and he looks up at Max and lets out an immediate growl and shouted, "You dare interfere with my mate?!"
Max growls at him in response and asked, "Since when?! You have no right to treat her like this!"
"I can treat her however I want to because she's my bitch!" Kabishi screamed.
That definitely offended Max to the core and he snarled, "Who do you think you are, calling her that offensive name?! You're the one who's a bitch!"
"I'm nobody's bitch, you punkass bitch!" Kabishi screamed.
Max snarled in response and he pinned him down to the ground and punched him in the face, but Kabishi fought back with a simple kick to the back and bashed him on the head and after that, he went after Saori and clawed her in the face, but Max stood up and shoved him down the ground before he could even start harming her, then clawed his face, punched him in the face and flipped him to the ground.
"Stay close to me, Saori." Max replied.
Kabishi got up and saw that he was right in front of her and said, "Move."
"Make me." Max said, in a cold tone.
"Do you have any idea on who you're dealing with here? I can kick your ass and beat her to a bloody pulp! She's my wife!" Kabishi screamed.
That took Max by surprise that Kabishi's gonna take her in as his wife and he growled at him and added, "You're a no-account good for nothing, woman harming asshole of a bastard! Saori would never marry someone like you after you kidnapped and harmed her."
"Damn right!" Saori replied.
"You shut your mouth, you hear me?! You're coming with me and that's that!" Kabishi screamed.
Max punched him straight in the face and bit him in the arm, causing Kabishi to roar in pain and Max grabbed his dagger and planned to stab him and said, "I know how to use this."
Kabishi could tell that he's a big threat to him and he snatched the dagger away from Max and he looks up at both tigers and said, "This isn't over."
"And for the record...you're the manipulator and rapist!" Max shot back.
Kabishi walks off with a huge amount of vengance and he's willing to go the extra mile to get her back...and possibly kill her and said, "You'll regret leaving me for him."
Meanwhile, Max looks up at Saori and he looks at her and said, "Are you hurt?"
Max then checks on her and he notices a few scars and beats on her face and hands and said, "That jerk shouldn't have treated you like that."
"Or any other women." Saori added.
Max agreed with what she said and he said, "Come on, I'll take you home."
As Max offered her a hand, Saori immediately took it and walked her home and she definitely felt safe around Max's arms and said, "I'm glad you came when you did."
"It's about doing what's right." Max answered.
Wasn't that cool or what? Master of Stories; Akashi, Miyo and Saori and the rest of ya...what do you think of this scene? Next up, Max and Saori spend a night together.