And this is where the beginning of the end of the rivalry will go down.

Chapter 18: Arranging a Visit

The next morning, Mako was heading his way to work, but he thought that it would be best to take a quick trip to the Jade Palace to regard the issue between Tigress and Max and that yesterday didn't really go quite as planned as Max would've liked to have and he walked across the steps to the palace and by the time he got there, he saw Po and Viper standing in front of the Hall of Heroes and he said, "Good morning."

Viper and Po turned around and bowed to Mako and said, "Good morning, Mako."

"Is Master Shifu here?" asked Mako.

"He'll in here in a few minutes, Mako." Viper answered.

Mako nodded his head in understanding and he said, "Can't stay long though. I have to head to work."

"All right. How's little Max doing?" asked Po.

"He's doing all right. I gotta say I was really puzzled when I saw the claw marks on Max's face. Probably upset, maybe." Mako answered.

Once Po and Viper noticed that Mako was talking about what had happened between Max and Tigress, he can tell that he was stunned and Po was nervous to hear that and he said, "I'm sure she didn't mean to claw him. Sometimes she doesn't take it too well when someone beats her in her own game."

"I see. Listen, can you tell Shifu that I will help Tigress and get to the bottom of this whole matter? I hope that I can finally put this rivalry to rest." Mako added.

Viper seemed a little skeptical about this idea and she asked, "You sure you want to help Tigress? Not that I don't believe you can, but when someone brings Max's name up, Tigress shuts down and doesn't want to talk about it."

"Whatever she does to me, I'll take it in stride. But I'm gonna be as firm and honest as I possibly can, even if she doesn't accept the truth." Mako added.

Po and Viper weren't quite sure about this because Tigress has been putting up walls around the whole thing lately because she cannot bring herself to control her jealousy and resentment towards Max, but if Mako is really serious about it and wants to help her in any way, they have no other choice but to allow Mako to do this, regardless of what she'll do to him.

"Guess we can't stop you." Po stated.

Mako nodded his head at this and he said, "I'll come over sometime this week. Don't forget to let Shifu know, okay?"

"We understand." Viper added.

Think Mako will succeed? You'll see soon and Mako gives some advice to Shifu about being a better father. Stay tuned!