After reuniting with her father, Yuki and Max have lunch with the Yashida's and there's nothing like a father-daughter reunion.

Safe and Sound

As everyone was sitting down for lunch, Max sat in between Yuki and Akashi as Yang and Lei served some lunch and as they ball sat down, Max looks up at Lei and he said, "You know, I really appreciate you taking Yuki in for the night."

"It was a pleasure. You should actually thank Suko for it was him that brought Yuki here." Lei replied.

Akashi nodded in agreement and looked at Max for a second and asked him, "So...how have you been doing?"

"Fine. But I couldn't sleep for what feels like months since Yuki was missing. Me and Saori have been worried sick about her and the kids were missing her too. I knew that something wasn't right with Yuki, but I just didn't know what it was. I tried to ask her what was wrong, but she would always told me 'I don't wanna talk about it'. Last night...something told me to head to the forest to find out what's going on and is my daughter safe, but there was no one there. But I knew...I knew that something happened to Yuki." Max answered.

"How'd you figure that out, Uncle Max?" asked Kira.

"A father always knows, Kira. It's an intuition I have as a parent and you know when something's wrong with your cub, you always have to know and trust your gut instincts." Max answered.

"Had you knew about this, what would you have done?" asked Akashi.

"I would've found the guy and use up my aura to make sure that he never does this to my daughter or any other innocent daughters out there. When I got the message from Suko this morning, I was both relieved and disturbed that someone so cruel could do this to my daughter." Max answered.

"What really upsets you is that you didn't see this coming or why Yuki didn't tell you, isn't it?" asked Akashi.

"Part of me is upset that she didn't tell me, but another part of me just wants to hold her tightly and just make sure everything's okay. Sometimes, I feel like I didn't do my part as a father." Max added.

"Oh, don't stay that, Max. This came as a surprise to us as it is to you." Lei added.

Max looked up at Yuki and he said to her, "You know it's very important to tell me, right?"

"Yes, dad. I wanted to tell you. So much I wanted to tell you, but I was too scared to tell you because if I did, Kuzan would just kill you, mom, my siblings, Uncle Akashi, Auntie Miyo, the ones I care about and he'd tell me stupid lies about you guys; saying that wolves and tigers should never be together, that you and mom have disowned me and that I'm a burden to the whole family, lies about Ikuto being a serial cheater and killer and rapist and that my family is better off without me. Deep down, I knew all of those things were lies because I know that my family loves me a lot." Yuki answered.

"You should always know that me and your mother will always love you no matter what anyone says. You're still our daughter...our brightest ray of sunshine in our lives." Max said, looking at her.

Yuki smiles at that and she nuzzled him as Max kissed her forehead and she said, "I love you, daddy."

"I love you too, Yuki. That's why I want you to be safe and not let anyone hurt you. How long has that guy been doing this?" asked Max.

"A year now. He thinks that I'm his girlfriend, but I've never seen him before in my life. I've already got a great boyfriend in Ikuto and he makes me so happy and safe." Yuki answered.

Max looks at Ikuto and smiles at him and he said, "I do appreciate you looking after my daughter. All of us should find where this Kuzan lives and teach him a lesson in messing with my daughter or any other girls out there."

"We can definitely arrange that." Akashi said, in agreement.

"So do I." Ikuto added.

"Ikuto, you sure you want to do this? You'd take a big risk to take down Kuzan and his thousand armies." Yuki said, a little worried.

"I'm willing to put my life on the line for you, Yuki. Kuzan has something he doesn't have...Rake." Ikuto answered.

"Who's Rake?" asked Max.

"You'll see...when he's ready for battle." Ikuto answered.

Yuki nods her head at this and she's definitely in good arms with Ikuto around and is deeply appreciative about everything this morning and Max said, "After lunch, I'm gonna take Yuki home because I know that Saori's a little worried about her. And I have to check on her too and see how she's holding up...as we're expecting."

Akashi dropped his chopsticks after that initial confirmation that Max and Saori are expecting a new member of the family and asked, "You just don't stop, do you?"

"We both agreed that after our new baby is born, that's it. We're also in the process of adopting a young black panther and a mountain lion, both brothers." Max answered.

"Sounds like someone's getting a big family." Lei said, excited.

Yes, you heard right. There are more kids in the Bushido-Akio house. One that's gonna be born into the world and two that are gonna be adopted. Stay tuned for more!