This idea came into my head in Christmas 2011 and I started imagining what if Musaki, Arizona and Max were stranded in a deserted island and were separated? In this one, I decided to test Arizona and Max's brotherhood and see what might happen if Arizona is separated from Max.

Warning: this may have some intense yet crazy violence and some mild language...but mostly action violence. Enjoy!

Rescuing Max

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Enjoying Company

It was a clear, summer day in the Valley of Peace and Arizona walks around the valley, making his way back to the Jade Palace and as he was walking, he walks past Mako's village and he sees Max sitting on the porch and not long after, Max gave him a wave and Arizona comes over there and he said, "Hey, buddy. How's it going?"

The young white tiger cub looks over at Arizona and he replied, "Pretty good."

Arizona comes over and hugs Max and high-fived each other all while they're laughing with each other and Max asked, "So...where were ya going?"

Arizona lets out a deep exhale and replied, "Just heading back to the Jade Palace after a little walk. I think I needed it after some crazy training."

Max giggled a little bit and he said, "I bet you might be sleepy."

Arizona cracked a smile and he pats Max on the head and said, "Yeah, I guess I am. But that's pretty much how you train everyday."

Max was also curious to see which new moves Arizona made during his training and he asked, "Can you show me what new moves you have?"

The young grey wolf was surprised to hear this come out of a seven and a half year old tiger cub's mouth after he heard him ask what moves he'd like to see and it intrigued Arizona the most and he said, "All right, sure. Might want to get some space though."

Arizona stood up, stretched his body up a little bit and with Max beside him, Arizona started off with a basic stance and did a high kick in the air with his leg and whatever move Arizona did, Max would copy it and make it even better, which also impressed Arizona a lot. As he continued on, Max completely wanted to do everything Arizona would do because he still sees him as his brother, despite the fact that they're two totally different species.

Later on, Max punches Arizona's paws to form his exercise and Arizona was surprised when he punches them harder and faster and when he punches it on the stomach, Arizona groans in pain and lays flat down on his back and Max was a little afraid that he might've hurt him and he walks over to him and he asked, "Are you okay?"

Unbeknownst to Max, Arizona tilts his head towards him and replied, "Yep!"

That surprised Max when he found out that he was okay and Arizona started laughing as he got up and Max was in relief that he's just fine and he said, "I'm sorry I hit you."

Arizona dusted himself off and he said, "You're good, Max. Just remember not to overdo it too much, okay?"

"Okay." Max said.

Just then, Musaki comes over and he sees Arizona carrying Max on his back, just running around and laughing with each other, having some fun and Musaki could see that these two really get along so well almost as if Arizona is an extended member of his family. Soon enough, Arizona stops and sees Musaki standing in front of him and he said, "Hey, Musaki. Didn't see ya there."

Max pops out and he said, "Hiya, cuz!"

Musaki smiled at Max and he said, "Hey, Max. Glad to see you're having fun with Arizona."

Arizona sets Max down to the ground and then, Max comes over and gives Musaki a hug and he graciously hugged back and he took a quick look at him and sees that he's growing a little and he said, "Whoa, Max...you're getting a little bigger, aren't ya?"

Max nodded his head quickly and said, "Yeah. I might be even bigger than my brothers!"

Arizona was also surprised to hear this as well and he comes down to Max's level and he said, "Think you could take me down when you're much bigger than that?"

"Yeah!" Max said, excitedly.

Musaki comes over to Arizona and he said, "Shifu told me to find you because we have to spar together."

Arizona was completely ready for this and he said, "All right, I'll be there."

Max looks at Arizona for a second and he asked, "Do you have to go?"

Arizona looks at him and he got down to his level again and he said, "Yeah, little buddy. Me and Musaki have some training to do."

Then he got close to Max's ear and whispered out, "I'm gonna kick Musaki's butt this time."

Max started snickering at this and that obviously made Musaki a little annoyed to hear this and he said, "Dude, I can hear you. Besides, I'll kick yours...again."

Arizona turns back to Max and he said, "Wish me luck, buddy."

Max nods his head and he hugged Arizona yet again and Arizona hugged him back in a big way and they waved 'bye' to each other and as they walked back, Musaki said, "Last one in the training hall gets to spar with Po for a week!"

Arizona chuckled at that comment and he said, "I don't think so!"

Great beginning of this story, right? A slight little change about Max...I reduced his age to seven years old, soon to be eight because I wanted him to be young and innocent, but still be timid and a little scared around strangers at times. Don't worry. Arizona is still 17, soon to be 18. Hope that clears it up. Well, it just got started and there's more coming up!