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

Happy birthday Laxus....or not?

I do not own Naruto or fairy tail and the first person to comment will be dedicated.

The day was October 10. It was the day of the anniversary of the day when the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to save the village from the wrath of the Nine-tails. On this day, the entire village celebrated the Nine-tails' destruction and the service that the Fourth Hokage gave to this village. It was a joyous day, filled with cheers, festivities, and fun. However, for one person in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, October 10 was the worst day out of the year. This person was Laxus Dreyar.

Today was Laxus's birthday, they day he would turn twelve. Today should be a happy day for him. Today should be a day of celebration. However, for the past 6 years, since the first time he actually participated in the festivities of the day, the day of October 10 was a day of fear and hiding. Now, the villagers had never been fond of Laxus, in fact they hated him; however, he could usually tolerate this as they normally just looked down on him with scorn and hatred. Usually, these were just looks and he would not be in any sort of danger.

This day was different. He had first attended the festivities of the day when he was 6. For the week, he was in the ICU wing of the hospital (the injuries he sustained would have put a normal person in the ICU for months; however, Laxus's increased healing factor helped out). The next five years were not too much better. While he had not been admitted to the hospital, the villagers would pick this day in particular to hunt him down and try to kill him before the ANBU could arrive to save him. He never understood why. Why did they hate him so much? Why did they want to kill him? Why did they always refer to him as that 'Demon Brat'? It wasn't until recently that he found out why...the Fourth Hokage never killed the Nine-tails and in fact sealed the Nine-tails inside Laxus. Laxus knew the Nine-tails never meant to harm the village, but the villagers didn't know that and they would probably never understand.

Laxus had gotten up early in the morning and was preparing himself for the upcoming day. He had to get out of his apartment quick and go find some place on the outskirts of the village so that the villagers wouldn't find him and he would be able to perhaps get in some training. This was the only thing about today that Laxus was looking forward to...an entire day of training with no one to bother him, hopefully. However, there was one more thing that he found himself enjoying about this day in particular. It was on this day, about 4 years ago that he found out that there is actually someone in the village that cares enough for him. Four years ago, he found a wrapped gift card to his favorite place, Ichiraku, tucked underneath his door. At first, he thought it was the village playing a joke on him, getting his hopes up by giving him an empty gift card. However, he soon realized that card had enough on it for practically a month's worth of ramen. He was ecstatic. The next year, another present was left by his door. This time, it was Gama, the frog wallet that he had looked at in the store for days on end. It was wrapped the same way as the gift card was, hinting that it was from the same person. The following year, wrapped the same way, was a box containing his signature orange jacket. Again, this had been something that he had wanted for weeks before his birthday, but he had never been able to afford it. He asked the Old Man, the Third Hokage, who was one of the very few who actually cared for Laxus, if he had gotten him the jacket.

The Third Hokage indicated that it wasn't him. This only made Laxus happier, knowing that there was actually someone else in the village who cared. Last year was just as good. He got the pair of goggles that he had desperately wanted, which were again too expensive for him. While he no longer wore the goggles, replaced by his Leaf headband, he had a special place for them on his shelf. His only regret is that he didn't know who it was that had given him these presents so that he could thank them properly.

Laxus was just about ready to head out when he heard a knock on his door. He was cautious as a knock on his door today was usually proceeded by a loud crash of the door being smashed in and an angry mob chasing after him. However, a familiar voice that he trusted followed the knock. "Laxus, are you in there?" Laxus opened the door to reveal Kakashi-sensei.