And the masters come to see Max for the first time!

Chapter 5: A Visit with Max

Max was getting ready for his MMA session with Jason and we see Blackhawk coming downstairs and Max was the first person he saw and he said, "Morning, kiddo."

"Hey, Blackie." Max said, waving his hand.

Blackhawk comes all the way downstairs and grabs himself an apple and bites into it to get some energy for some serious training and he said to the cub, "I'm starting to wonder how you got so well-advanced with Jason."

"I'll never tell." Max said, chuckling.

Suddenly, there's a knock on the door and Max walks over and answers the door and to his surprise, he saw Po, Kiba and Monkey standing there and he said 'hi' to all three of them and Max gave Kiba their signature handshake/bro-hug mixture and Kiba asked, "How are ya, little guy?"

"I'm okay." Max replied.

"We all just came to see if you're okay. Heading to MMA class?" asked Monkey.

"Mm-hmm. Me and Blackhawk are just waiting for Logan and Tae Kwan Do to come down so we can get ready." Max said.

"Cool. You know that Po's volunteering Jason today, right?" asked Monkey.

"Yep. I'm so excited for this!" Max exclaimed.

Po could share Max's enthusiasm in the same way as he's also looking forward to this too and maybe he can be a little bit of a mediator to help squash this rivalry between Tigress and Max and show that there's no competition whatsoever. He chuckled and said, "Me too, buddy. We're gonna have so much fun!"

"Me and Kiba came with him to give Po some support in this." Monkey stated.

Just then, Mako walks to the door and sees Monkey, Po and Kiba standing there and they said 'good morning' to him and Mako said good morning to them back and Mako asked, "What brings you by?"

"To check on Max and see how he's doing." Kiba answered.

"You know...with what happened with Tigress sometime ago, we were all worried for both of them. But our main concern is how Max is doing." Monkey answered.

"Well, thank you very much. He's doing fine. Although...he wants to talk to Tigress and maybe try to start over again." Mako said.

Kiba's ears perked up in surprise and asked, "Does he really?"

"Yep. He wants it settled as much as you guys do and I'm very proud of him for that." Mako added.

Kiba looks down on Max and he lets out a warm smile and he was actually amazed that Max would still have that willingness to still forgive Tigress after everything had occured and Monkey said, "I'm still surprised at how Max is used to all of these things."

"It's nothing new. I think for him...it's a symbolic term that entails giving forgiveness and compassion to others, even if they don't really deserve it." Mako stated.

"Kinda like his birth parents?" asked Kiba.

Po elbowed Kiba after that statement, thinking that Max might still be damaged by that memory, but surprisingly...Max said, "Yes, even my birth parents."

And that sent the shock factor to new heights after Max's response and they never expected Max to respond like this and Monkey said, "Now I'm speechless."

"Hey, are we going or what?"

They turned around and saw Logan and Tae Kwan Do standing there and Max said, "Yeah, we are."

Mako cleared his throat in response and he said, "Have a good day, boys."

Stay tuned to see how Po's day as a volunteer at the MMA class will be!

Voice of Blackhawk: Ben Diskin

Voice of Logan: Rico Rodriguez

Voice of Tae Kwan Do: Josh Peck