Fairy Tail: The Guild Hidden in The Leaf: Book One

Aftermath

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It was the day after the funeral and although things were hard in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, everyone was starting to settle down and get back to work repairing what was destroyed in the attack. By this time, word had gotten around about the battle between Team 7 and the One tail of the Sand. Most of the villagers acknowledged Freed as the sole reason for the defeat, however even he knew that if it hadn't been for Laxus, the demon would have won. There were a handful of villagers that acknowledged that the reports were accurate and that Laxus had played a vital role in the defeat of the One tails, particularly the group of villagers that he had saved during the invasion and the same ones who were starting to have a change of heart about The Leaf's Demon Brat'.

The battle was still echoing in Freed's head. Laxus had managed to show off some amazing abilities there, including the summoning Jutsu and that blue sphere that Laxus had shoved up Gajeel's ass. Freed knew Laxus had access to the Nine-tails power but the power Laxus demonstrated wasn't all Nine-tails. Making himself a jinchuriki was completely out of the question, after seeing what Gajeel had become, but he had to find some way to increase his own power if he ever hoped to avenge his clan and kill his brother. A summoning contract was on his list of things-to-get and he already had an idea on how to get his hands on one, and that one Jutsu of Laxus's had to be at least on par with his own Chidori. Laxus had found a Jutsu that had surpassed him and now it was Freed's turn to come up with something to surpass Laxus. Of course Freed knew Laxus, being on his team and after all the small competitions they normally had when it came to training. When he surpassed Laxus, Laxus would find a way to surpass him and the cycle would just keep repeating, neither one of them willing to let the other one get ahead of the other. He realized that this was where he would get his strength from, the rivalry between the two of them.

It was getting late in the afternoon and Kakashi had called a team meeting, not at the usual training ground, but in a private meeting hall in the Hokage's tower. There was something that needed to be discussed and it needed to be discussed now. Team 7 arrived at the meeting with Kakashi already present. The fact that he was even early for this meant that this talk was going to be important and the team already had the idea that it revolved around a certain blonde-haired teammate of theirs.

"Kakashi, you're...early?" asked Evergreen, coming into the room. Evergreen had just been released from the hospital after they reset the broken ribs she had from Gajeel's sand. Thankfully, those were the worst of her injuries and she was just bandaged and told to rest for a week to recover.

"Yes, well I've been meaning to talk to you about the events in this past exam" said Kakashi. "First, I must say that I am actually impressed by your performance in the exams. To be honest, I didn't fully expect the four of you to grow so much."

"Wait? Does that mean you didn't expect us to pass?" asked Evergreen. This realization pissed off the other three members.

"To be honest, I nominated the four of you to give you the experience of these exams. It is rare that someone passes on their first time around. However, I knew you were ready, which is why I nominated you" explained Kakashi. "However, there was one person out of you that particularly caught my attention...Laxus."

"I'm going to leave the five of you alone. Have fun Kit" laughed Kurama as he retreated back into the darkness of his cage.

"Hey! Get back here! You're as much a part of this as I am!" shouted Laxus, but he got no response.

While that was happening Bickslow mumbled " tisk now you pay attention to him even though you....." Freed was only able to catch the first bit and was confused by Bickslow's reaction.