And finally, Max brings Saori back home after spending the night with Max and the reaction that Miyo and Akashi gave out from him keeping Saori safe. It really shows how much these two tigers love each other.

Chapter 18: Bringing Saori Back Home

They finally got to parts of Amatersu Village and Saori made a realization that where Max lives isn't far from where they're at and she said, "That didn't take long."

"Well, I've lived with Arizona and Sierra for a few years now because I wanted to stay with my wolf brother and Sierra's kinda like my wolf mother to me. I do whatever I can to help them out and Akashi and Miyo are like family to us and we don't wanna be further away from them, so the walk from Arizona's house to the tower takes about 10 minutes." Max replied.

Saori chuckled softly at this and she said, "You always surprise me."

They eventually made onto Heavenly Tower and as soon as they went in, Miyo was surprised to see both of them...mainly Saori and she hugged both of them and said, "Saori, are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Saori replied.

Miyo lets out a big sigh of relief and she looks up at Max and she told him, "When I heard about what had happened, I was so terrified. But when Akashi told me that you were there to save her and take her to Arizona's home, I couldn't tell you how relieved I was that someone could get her out of there safe and sound."

"She spent the night with me." Max added.

All of a sudden, Akashi immediately sprinted over after what Max just said and he asked, "I know you did. So tell me, Max...did you have the intentions of checking her out?"

Miyo quickly stomped Akashi's toe, which resulted into him letting out a painful howl and whimper and she said to him, "I oughta fix you for this."

"No, we didn't do any of that." Max replied.

Akashi quickly rubbed his toe with his hand and he looks up at both tigers and said, "Aside from what Miyo did to my poor little toe, I always knew you'd bring her back here."

"So did I." Miyo agreed.

Saori looked up at Max and she lets out a smile and she hugs him tightly and says to him, "Thanks. I'm glad I got to spend the night with you."

"Me too." Max said, with a smile.

Not long after he left the tower, Max thought it'd be a good idea to check up on Arizona and Sierra before going to work and as they went to their house, Arizona's oldest son was the one to answer the door and he asked, "Hey, Chiang."

"Hey, Max. My dad's upstairs." Chiang replied.

As Max came in, Chiang led Max up to the bedroom and when he entered inside, he saw his dad coming out of the showers and he said, "Hey, dad."

Arizona was surprised that he saw Chiang and Max standing there, while he got on his towel and said, "Son...we talked about this, remember? Wait until I'm dressed."

"Sorry, dad. I thought you were still asleep." Chiang responded.

Then, Arizona sees Max standing there behind his oldest and he said, "Hey, Max. I'll be ready in a minute. Wait for me, all right?"

"Okay." Max replied.

10 minutes later

As Chiang and Max were talking with each other and joking around , Arizona comes down with his shorts and a grey vest jacket and sat down on the couch and Arizona asked, "What brings you by?"

"Just thought I'd come in and say hi before going to work. And also...how's Sierra doing?" asked Max.

Arizona blinked his eyes a few times and replied, "She's doing fine. I seriously don't know how she does it...carry a baby for so many months."

"Did you forget that we were also in mom's belly too, dad?" asked Chiang.

"That part too. The wait's killing me, but I know for a fact that this is gonna be something I'm looking forward to." Arizona replied.

Max smiled at his wolf brother and said to him, "You'll make a great dad. Trust me, I already know."

"You did a good job with me, Mick, Savage and Rio. I hope we don't have any sisters." Chiang replied.

Arizona chuckled and rubbed Chiang's head and replied, "Well, you never know."

Just then, Chiang walked upstairs to his room and Max lets out a little laugh and said, "He's grown up, hasn't he?"

"Yeah, he's a chip off the old block." Arizona replied, chuckling.

Just then, Arizona looks up at Max and he said, "I knew about what had happened yesterday...between you and Saori. And I also know that you brought her here for safety."

Max started to get a little nervous as to how he's gonna explain this to Arizona between the fight between him and Kabishi and her spending the night with him and Arizona said with a smile, "Do you have any idea how proud I am of you for getting her out of harm's way?"

"Too proud, maybe." Max replied, scratching the back of his head.

"Aw, are you kidding me? I'm really happy to see that you stood up to that creep who kidnapped her. You're growing to be a very strong tiger." Arizona said, smiling.

"Thanks, bro."

They both hugged each other and as Max felt the embrace, Arizona said, "You've grown up a lot."

"I've still got some growing to do." Max said.

Happy moments! We've got plenty more coming up! Master of Stories, Akashi, Miyo, Saori and others; weigh in! Next up, a little reconciliation between Max and Tigress.