Hawk goes on his first job with his official partner.
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Hawk's Story: Fairy Tail
Chapter 1
That night, after Hawk and Cana got back, Hawk was again sitting at the bar listening to Gildarts. He was telling Hawk about one of his recent adventures. He even got Hawk to chuckle a couple times. Elsewhere the younger members of the guild were grilling Cana about Hawk. Even Laxus was listening in. "So what's he like?" Erza asked.
"Is he strong?" Natsu asked.
"Are you his partner now?" Lisanna asked.
"Enough with the questions!" Cana shouted causing everyone to shh her.
"Just tell us what he's like." Mira said.
"I don't know, he only asked questions." Cana said.
"What kind of questions?" Gray asked.
"Questions about me and the guild." Cana said.
"This is boring! Is he strong?" Natsu asked.
"I'm pretty sure he fought a dragon, plus he did burn your hand, so I'd imagine he is." Cana said.
"That's all I wanted to hear!" Natsu stood up and walked behind Hawk. "Oi Hawk, I challenge you!"
Hawk turned around. "What?"
"I challenge you to a fight."
"No thanks." He said turning back around.
"I didn't say you had a choice!" Natsu sent a kick for Hawk's head. Hawk ducked, then threw his head back into Natsu's face. Natsu dropped to the floor.
"You've got sharp reflexes." Gildarts complimented.
"Yeah I guess." Hawk shrugged.
"Natsu, leave him alone." Cana said.
Natsu picked himself up. "Fine." He then turned his attention to Gildarts. "Gildarts, you're going down!"
Natsu sent a punch at Gildarts face. Gildarts tilted his head to dodge Natsu's punch. He then punched Natsu in the stomach sending into the ceiling, leaving him stuck. "Looks like I win again."
"Why does he do that?" Hawk asked.
"He wants to be the strongest, so he figures if he beats the strongest he'll be the strongest."
"Oi Happy, pull me out!" Natsu shouted.
"Aye sir." Happy flew to the ceiling and proceeded to pull on Natsu. After several minute Natsu fell off the ceiling.
"Hawk, are you ready to become an S-Class Wizard?" Makarov asked.
"Why would you make me an S-Class Wizard? I've only been here two days."
"I've been asking some of the guilds about you and they say you should be an S-Class Wizard. Plus you and Cana are the only two eligable."
"I guess I could try." Hawk said, half heartedly.
"Great, I'll make the announcement in a week. Why don't you do a job or two this week." Makarov suggested.
"Sure why not. I guess I'll go tomorrow."
"That way you can rent your own apartment."
"That's true. Until then, I'm going to bed." He went to the back and went to bed. The next morning Hawk woke up early due to bad dreams. He walked out to the front and to his surprise most of the guild was there. The only one not there was Gildarts. Hawk walked and sat at the bar. "Master, why is everyone here so early?"
"Because if they are not out on jobs, they have nothing better to do then to be here."
"I get that, but why so early?"
"People around here have too much energy to sleep." Hawk shrugged and accepted that answer after watching the way the guild was acting.
"Hey Hawk, can I get you something to eat?" Mirajane asked in a flirty voice.
"Um sure." Mira left to get him something to eat. "Master, why does she and Erza act that way around me?" He wasn't use to the attention these girls paying him. His entire life he spent with his father and grandfather so he didn't deal with these situations very often.
"It's probably because you're the first boy around their age that seems more mature." Makarov answered.
"I still don't understand." Mira walked over with a plate of food. She watched him as he ate, which made him a little uncomfortable.
"Hey Scank, who said you could talk to him?" Erza shouted.
Mira hopped over the counter. "I don't care what you say bitch!" Mira shouted.
"You two take it outside." Makarov told them. They slowly walked outside never taking their eyes off each other. Makarov turned his attention to another member in the guild. "Oi Cana, stop drinking! It's only eight in the morning!"
"Jeez, calm down. It's five o'clock somewhere." She said waving him off.
"What am I going to do with her?" He asked himself. "Hawk how about you do something?"
"What can I do?"
"Take her on a job with you. That will keep her from drinking."
"I might as well, I work better with a partner."
He walked over to the job board. Nab was standing there looking at jobs as well. "So you're the new guy. I'm Nab, it's nice to meet you." Nab greeted.
"I'm Hawk." He said shaking Nab's hand.
"Do you need any help picking a job?"
"No thanks. I'm just gonna pick a high paying one. It's likely more dangerous and I'm good at those." Hawk grabbed a job worth a hundred thousand jewels. "This will do." He began to walk out and he walked by Cana. "Come with me."
"Wait why?" Cana asked. He didn't answer he just kept walking. She followed him, a little aggitated he didn't answer. She walked outside and he was waiting. "Why did you call me out here?"
"Master told me to take a partner with me on a job." He answered.
"What if I don't want to go on a job with you."
"I'll give you seventy percent of the earnings."
"You've got yourself a partner." She said, with a big grin. Hawk chuckled. "Hey that's the first time I've seen you smile."
"Yeah, I haven't had much to smile about lately. I guess we should stick together since you make me smile." He didn't notice Cana blush.
There was a long silence while they were walking, then Cana realized she didn't know what kind of job they were on. "What kind of job is this?"
"I don't know." He answered.
"What do you mean you don't know!" She shouted.
"I just grabbed one that had the most money."
"Jeez you sound like Laxus. Give it to me." Hawk pulled the paper out of his pocket and handed it to her. She read it and was shocked. "This job is for teams of four or more!"
"Why, what's the job?"
"Wipe out a group of rogue Wizards that has taken a village hostage. I don't know why this is on the board and not assigned to a group."
"Sounds easy, let's go." Hawk started walking again.
"What do you mean easy? There is a small army of Wizards!" Cana shouted, chasing after him.
"So my father and I took out whole armies. Two potiential S-Class Wizards can handle this." Hawk could tell Cana wasn't so confident so he stopped to reassure her. "Trust me, we'll be fine." He told her looking her in the eye. Normally she wouldn't have trusted him, but there was something in his eyes that told her to trust him.
"Fine let's go."
That night they arrived at the village where the Wizards were. It looked like an old western town. Cana took out one of her cards and activated it. It was a spy card. The spy was a little bird with a camera on it's head. Whatever the bird saw was shown on the card. She had it fly down to the village. It looked in all the windows and found most of the Wizards were in village cantina. There were five other Wizards in the police station guarding the villagers that were in the cells. "Are all the villagers in the prison." Hawk asked.
"It looks like it." She said.
"Then I'll handle this." He walked down to the village and stood in front of the cantina. He cracked his fingers then put his hands on the ground. A large pillar of black fire came out of the ground, engulfing the cantina. The pillar disappeared and the cantina was nothing but ash. This left the group of bandits crispy and unconscious, but alive. "That was easy."
"Hawk! The guild is always getting in trouble for destroying things!"
"Sorry, you should have told me sooner."
The five Wizards guarding the villagers came running out of the police station. Hawk charged them with his sword drawn. Three of the Wizards charged him. Hawk quickly cut them down. The other two charged Cana. She threw multiple exploding cards. Two cards hit one of the Wizards and exploded. The other Wizard dodged and he sent some sort of bladed energy at her. He was too close for her to dodge, but that didn't stop Hawk from jumping in the way. The energy shreaded his shirt cuttng up his back. Luckily the sheath to his sword absorbed some damage. "Oh my god, are you okay? Why'd you do that?" Cana shouted.
"Get him, quick." Hawk said. Cana was hesitant but she took out her exploding card and threw it at the Wizard, taking him out. Hawk dropped to the ground.
"Hawk are you okay?"
"Free the villagers, there might be a doctor." He managed to say.
Cana ran off and freed the villagers. When she came back with a doctor, Hawk was passed out. "Hurry, you have to help him."
"I'll do what I can." The doctor said.
The villagers carried Hawk to the clinic and the doctor patched him up. The next morning Hawk woke up in pain. Cana was asleep next to his bed. He gently shook her awake. "Hawk you're okay." Cana said.
"Other than the extreme pain, I'm fine. I've had worse happen." He said, getting out of the bed.
"So you're ready to go?" She asked skeptically.
"Yep." He answered. She shrugged and they headed out.
