After Kakashi dressed the burns parts of his fingers and rested, everyone resumed their way towards the village.
On the way, Max decided to know team 7 better as he asked their full names and did some small talk. Team 7 were also interested in Max, so they talked most of their way back to the village.
Sasuke was participating in the small talk every now and them, but he still maintained his cold front to everyone, especially to Naruto.
Max didn't know from were the hostilities of Naruto and Sasuke came from, but that didn't mater to him, since Kakashi told him about something that would needs to happen when he gets to the village.
'Interrogation, huh.' Max had it in mind on the way.
Kakashi also told him that he hasn't heard of people doing what he does. He told him that he should tell the hokage about it and only him. He said that there was an elder in the village that was quite fond of people with strange talent, so he could have some danger if information spreads to far in the village.
Since he still needed to go to the village to get stronger, he decided to just raise his guard and mind what he says.
The trio didn't hear any of it, but they didn't understand enough about the fight to need a reminder about it.
A couple hours later, they finally made it to the entrance of the village. Max looked at the walls of Konoha, impressed as they stood tall and colorful.
Kakashi went towards the guard house for a while and came back. In his hand he had a laminated document which he gave to Max.
"This is a temporary permit to access the village. For now, just have it on you and don't loss it." Kakashi said to Max.
Max saw that the permit had his name and age and nothing more. Since it was only a temporary one, no more information was on it.
"Still, you'll have to follow me first to meet the hokage before going around the village." Kakashi finished saying as the walked through the village.
It was the first time seen so many people for Max. That much activity in his surroundings had him a little overwhelmed.
As they walked, people greeted the group their own way. But things got weird when the looked at Naruto. Max noticed this and looked at Kakashi for info.
Kakashi on the other hand only shook his head telling Max to let it go. He couldn't tell him what the reason for it was, so he just continued his way.
Max on the other hand was getting bothered by those looks for some reason. When he was halfway towards the hokage's office, he placed his left hand unconsciously on the sword hilt.
The trio on the other hand was oblivious to what was happening around them, or that would be what appeared to other. Naruto could be seen acting a little more reserved as they walk, but not enough for Sasuke and Sakura to notice.
When they were going up the stairs to the hokage's office, Max felt a lot of eyes on him. Max couldn't help but to stop in place as he was now gripping the sword hilt.
Kakashi was the only one that noticed this, which made him chuckle a little. He knew that anbu took the security of the hokage seriously, so Max was been watched carefully. Sadly for Max, his guard had been up on his way to the office, which means that he could noticed that he was been watch.
Kakashi made a signal in the air, which took away most of the eyes away from Max. This made him relax a little and continue walking. But he still didn't let go of the sword.
'What the hell is happening? Are they targeting Naruto in some way? What is up with those gazes? I feel that if they want, they could kill me at any moment.' Max was trying to not panic as he walked.
*tap*
Suddenly, Kakashi tapped Max's shoulder. Max looked at Kakashi's face and saw that his eyes were smiling with a little amusement. This told Max that he was acting up with out reason which made him feel a little embarrassed.
After that happened, they finally made it to the hokage's office. While all of them entered, Max have not noticed that Kakashi didn't let go his hand from his shoulder.
The trio were the first ones to make a line in front of the desk of the hokage as they were the first ones to enter the office.
Max on the other hand took things a little slower as he looked a t the people that were behind the desk. Both were old but looked completely different.
The one that sat on the chair looked like any old grandpa. His disposition was very light and caring and wise at the same time. He wore a white cloth and had a had on with the symbol of fire on it.
On the other hand, the old man that was standing at the right was cold and gave Max some dangerous vibes. He had most of his face covered on bandages and used a black cloth to cover the right side of his body.
As he was positioning beside the others, Max almost drew his sword on instinct. The standing old man was looking at Naruto in a way that he felt was too dangerous.
Max felt that the old man thought that he owned Naruto.
"Let it go."
"But-"
"Just do it." Kakashi told Max as he pressed his shoulders strongly to control Max's reaction.
Kakashi felt the presence of Danzo before entering the room, which made him think how unlucky they were. Max could notice some of the ill will that the villager had towards Naruto, which would be shown even more if Danzo was the one doing it.
Naruto lowered himself a little in the presence of Danzo, but the hokage's disposition covered most of the vibes that Danzo was sending to the trio.
Danzo got curious when he saw what Kakashi and Max were doing. Kakashi was fast enough to stop the sudden aggression of Max, so Danzo only noticed that Kakashi was taking control of someone.
"Sorry about that. Max over here have not faced strong people before now and is a little jumpy. Please forgive him." Kakashi said as he let go of Max and scratched his back.
"I didn't expect for you guys to be so late. What happened that over in the Land of Waves. Also, nice to meet you Max, I'm the Hokage of Konoha. Sarutobi HIruzen." The hokage introduced himself as he saw the mood in the room going bad.
"Max helped us with the problems that we faced on this mission. But by doing so, he got his right hand injured. I felt responsible for it, so I decided to bring him here for treatment." Kakashi said as he let go of Max.
The hokage looked at Kakashi for a moment. He then smiled and spoke.
"Raido."
"Yes."
A new person entered the room. Max saw how fast that person was and felt a little bothered by it, but he let it go at the end since he still got time to reach that level of speed.
"Take Max to the medical team to be examined and stay with him. I don't know if we'll need him for the report later but is best if he gets checked and healed first. We like to treat our allies with courtesy." The hokage said.
"Yes."
Raido accepted as he moved towards the door after signaling Max to follow.
Danzo on the other hand only give a side glance at the retreating figure of Max, before focusing on team 7 again.
Max exited the offices and noticed that the expression of Raido had changed a little. He only signaled Max to stay quiet as they made their way towards the infirmary.
After leaving the building, Raido finally sighed and looked weirdly at Max.
"What?" Ma couldn't help but to ask. He was confused and with a lot of questions seen how Raido was behaving.
"Of course you didn't noticed. Kakashi just told the hokage to protect you for some reason. By how he behaved in front of Danzo, it seems that he wanted to protect you from him especially." Raido said as they continue walking.
'That should be the elder that Kakashi warned me about.' Max thought.
"Anyway, welcome to our village. All give you a quick tour as we move towards the infirmary." Raido said.
On their way towards the infirmary, Max got to known Raido a little better. Raido full name was Namiashi Raido and he is a jounin that worked as a bodyguard to the hokage most of the time.
As they talked, they reached the infirmary. Max couldn't help but to feel relieve knowing that his right arm was going to be finally treated. He didn't like the feeling of not been at a 100%.
***
Moments after Raido and Max left the office. The people on the office talked some things about the mission and the danger they encountered.
After hearing some of it, the hokage dismissed Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura from the room.
After they had left, Danzo was the first one to speak.
"You let those two go, Kakashi? That's weird especially for you."
"I was also injured and out of chakra. By the time that I fully recovered, Haku had already left. That boy's strength is something that I can't fight against with that condition." Kakashi said not caring for Danzo's insult.
Danzo knew that Kakashi was dodging the issue, but he couldn't say more since he didn't have any eyes there to confirm his suspicions. So, he decided to aim at another thing
"And that boy. Max, right? What can you tell us about him?"