First 2 year gone like blur for John. Sisters in the orphanage called him Axel and John decided that in this life from now on he is Axel. While his body is still a baby he thought his powers and how to use them efficently.
Sonido; while this technique is for speed with this speed will not be problem but he thought he could still go faster he also thought what if he use sonido with his arm?
Enbu; Axel remembered that this is from Toriko. He read Toriko manga but didn't remember every technique. He needs to train this to understand the effects.
Haki; this is his favorite but he knows for haki he need to work really hard. His body need to top condition. Haki has levels beginner, journeyman and master but he didn't believed it end there. Axel thought what if there is awakening for haki like devil fruit?
Truth-seeking orbs; this technique really owerpowered, enough said.
For kaleidoscope he thought something really good but decided to wait until he could control all the other powers perfectly.
When he was 2 year old he learned year was X770. He remembered timeline a bit.
Fairy Tail members will be coming back at X791 for their 7 years disappearance.
So they disappear at X784 when Axel was 16 years old.
When he was 4 he start to training like a madman he start with sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, squats and running. He start with 10 and slowly work his way up. Whenever he could he helped sisters at the orphanage and villagers. Everyone liked Axel and some ask why he works so hard his answer always the some protect to ones I love and for adventure. When he was 6 he start to go to the forest for small hunt like rabbit or something. In the forest inside of a big tree he found a sword. Everyday he wake up at 5 in the morning he took his sword and worked to the stances for 2 hours, at 7 sisters wake up for breakfast after breakfast he was doing some labor for sisters after that for villagers. That usually end at 10 than he starts with 25 sit-ups, 25 push-ups, 25 squats, 25 pull-ups and run. He didn't want to start with 100 because that will effect his body growth and damage his body. After that he goes to orphanage for lunch. After lunch he starts sonido, enbu and haki training until dinner. For haki first is observation, then armament, then conqueror but no matter what he couldn't unlock his conqueror. He unlocked his observation when he was 7 after that he start to work his haki more, 1 year later he could start to use armament.
When he was 9 years old he was hunting in the forest, he was distracted, suddenly a bear came out of trees and start attack Axel. Bear trying to hit Axel with his paw, he jump backwards but bear chase him immediatly and ram it's head to his torso. Axel feel his bones didn't break but definitly suffering internal damage, blood in his mouth verifiy it. Axel swing his sword towards bears neck but bear hit the sword with a hard paw blow. Axel felt he discolate his arm from his shoulder but didn't let go his sword and bear slash his chest with his claws and blood start to pour. He thought this definetly leave a mark. Bear throw Axel away and he hit his back to the tree, bear start to come towards to laying Axel. Axel start to stand up while furiously thinking;
'I'm not gonna die, I will live. I will stand at the top. I'm Axel Cole and I will not bow down, not you, not anyone.'
With this he release his conqueror haki and bear fainted. Axel look to the bear and take his sword his other hand and killed the bear.
'So this is conqueror haki. It feels like I made a domain around me and this domain reflects my will and my will was too much for the bear so bear couldn't take it and fainted. I will add this my training menu too'
While he was training everyday like crazy 2 years passed. In 2 years he worked harder for his haki. Thanks to this right now he was journeyman stage for all of them. In those 2 years he also worked hard for his enbu. He deducted that this is esentially a dance style but this dance link all the cells in his body and when all these cells work together his speed, reflexes, power and perception increase. He understand that normally his cells didn't work together. Like all humans is different his cells too, so for them work together he needed a cataclysm and bear was that cataclysm. Under death thread all cells think only one thing and that is survival. He also found a weakness from this technique. Even one cell didn't work with others or tired then this technique disappear also enbu require too much stamina and too much focus. He need to do it subconciounusly, so training again.
When 11 he heard from villagers that there is a monster in the forest and he headed towards there. While he was going there, an old man taking short cut to his guild through forest too. He found what he was looking for , this monster colored green and pectorals, abdominals, hands, ears, and facial features colored a bright shade of purple. This monster looked like vulcan but forest version. When monster saw Axel start to attack him without hesitation. Axel was waiting something like this so he coat his sword with his armament haki and start to evase with his observation. Axel was using this monster for training his haki. When he finally had enough he jumped back re-sheat his sword, close his eyes and waiting for the attack at the right moment. When monster saw Axel close his eyes start to yell and run towards Axel. Axel open his eyes release his conqueror haki and said ''Lion's Song'' and cut monster in half with that done he turn towards his right ''You can come out now.''
''Ahahaha you did good kid, one moment I thought you need help.''
This was the first meeting of Makarov Dreyar, Master of Fairy Tail and one of the wizard saints.
And Axel Cole, future first ranked wizard saint and future God of Ishgar.