Updated. The aftermath of the Hades battle and the call before the storm.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Hawk's Story: Fairy Tail

Chapter 26

Fairy Tail was taking a minute to catch their breath when Happy, Carla and Lily came running. They were being chased by Grimoire Heart foot soldiers. "Shit we're out of energy! How are we supposed to beat that many?" Gray shouted.

"Hey Punk, get off your ass!" Laxus shouted at Hawk.

"Yeah, I know!" Hawk shouted back. They managed to get to their feet, but they were on weak legs.

"Stop right there!" A group stood in front of them. It was the rest of the guild, led by Makarov.

The soldiers stopped dead in their tracks. They noticed Hades had been defeat and then hightailed it out of there.

Then the celebration began. Everyone was hugging, cheering and crying. Freed cried the most because Laxus was back. Cana ran over to Hawk and jumped into a hug. Hawk's legs were weak so she fell on top of him. "Hawk you did it!" Cana cheered.

"Don't give me too much credit. Thank Natsu. He was the real hero." Hawk told her.

"Yeah, but I'm not going to kiss him."

"I guess that's true." He smirked

Makarov walked up to Laxus. "I'm glad you came." He told him. Then... "If you think I'd say that, you're crazy! How dare you step foot in our Holy Land while in exile!" He shouted, before gripping his side in pain.

"Master, you don't want to reopen your wounds." Mira told him.

Everyone began to make their way back to camp, helping those beaten up to their feet. Hades stopped Makarov before he could leave. Hades told him how close he was to acquiring The One Magic. Makarov then told Hades that true magic isn't birthed in the darkness he followed. It was born through the desire to protect that which is precious to them and that's why Hades lost.

Makarov went to leave again, but Hades had one last thing to say. "Makarov, tell the Mercenary Brat that if he encounters Ghiller again, he will die."

"What are you talking about? Who's Ghiller?" Makarov shouted.

"The brat will know."

...

As the group gathered to get patched up, Cana seemed lost in thought. Lucy noticed and walked over. "Cana, how are you feeling?"

"I hurt all over, but I'm glad everyone's safe." Cana smiled.

"Well almost everyone. I haven't seen Gildarts." Lucy said sadly.

"Me neither." Cana mumbled. She took a sip out of her drink and then saw something interesting out of the corner of her eye.

"You got exiled, how lame." Gildarts chuckled.

"Totally lame." Hawk chuckled.

"Shut up, both of you!" Laxus shouted. Hawk and Gildarts were sitting next to Laxus, teasing him.

Cana was so taken back she spit her drink everywhere. She looked over to Lucy and then they started laughing. Then they went off to go heal their wounds.

"But other than being totally lame, Laxus got a lot stronger." Hawk said.

"Stop calling me lame, Punk!" Laxus shouted. Hawk completely ignored him.

"Really? How strong?" Gildarts asked.

"He'd give you a hell of a fight.

"Really then we should fight." Gildarts told Laxus.

"It's pointless, you'd still win." Laxus said.

"Gildarts fight me!" Natsu shouted charging in.

Gildarts slammed his fist into the side of Natsu's head, slamming him into the ground. "I guess I win again."

"Wow, that was fast." Hawk said. "While you guys fix Natsu, I'm gonna go find Cana. Bye Gildarts, bye Lamo."

"You're gonna get it!" Laxus shouted, jumping to his feet. He immediately regretted that, clutching his side in pain.

Hawk ran away, laughing anyways. When he was out of sight he slowed down to a normal pace. "Cana where are you?" He called out.

"Don't come over here!" She shouted. She and Lucy were in the healing spring, naked.

Hawk didn't hear what she said however. "What?" He peaked his head through the brush.

Before he saw anything a rock bigger than his head hit him in the face. He tumbled backwards and crashed into a tree. He dropped to his hands and knees, blood was gushing from his nose. "God damn it! Oh my god that hurt! I think you broke my nose!" He cried.

Cana and Lucy walked out of the spring. "Sorry, we were naked." Cana said.

"So what! I've seen you naked before!" Hawk shouted, holding his hand under his nose, watching the blood pour out.

"But Lucy was with me."

"Well you didn't have to hurt me!" He continued to shouted.

Cana rolled her eyes and walked over. She pulled a towel out of her bag and held it his nose. He flinched when she touched it. "Is that better?"

"Yeah I guess." He pouted. "So what are you up to now?"

"I'm going to go tell Gildarts." Cana said.

" Do you want help?" He asked using his serious voice.

"No. I have to do this alone."

"It'll be fine. You'll do great." He kissed her on the forehead.

They eventually found Gildarts catching fish for lunch with Natsu. "Gildarts! Cana needs to talk to you!" Lucy called over. She ran over and dragged Natsu and Happy away. They hid behind a tree and watched. "You two go back to camp." Lucy ordered. Natsu and Happy just looked at her in confusion.

"So what do you need?" Gildarts asked.

"You know I joined the guild to find my father, right?" Cana asked.

"No actually, this is the first time hearing it. Was he part of the guild?"

Cana hesitated. "It's you Gildarts."

Gildarts sat there for a minute, taking in this information. Then he let out a scream. "You're my daughter!?" Cana nodded. He began to panic. He dropped to his knees and began listing women that could have been her mother. It was a list of at least a dozen.

"How many flings have you had? I can't believe a pervert old geezer like you is my father! Goodbye!"

"Wait!" Gildarts shouted after her.

"I've said all I need to say." Gildarts cut her off and pulled her into a hug.

"You're Cornelia's child." He said.

"Let go of me." She muttered not fighting the hug.

"Cornelia is the only woman I ever loved and the only woman I ever married. She left me because I was always working, about eighteen years ago. I heard she'd passed away, but not that she had a child. I'm sorry I didn't realize it was you."

Cana gently pushed him away. "It's okay. I'm the one who hid it from you. Sorry, I was so selfish."

"I can't believe I had a daughter this close to me." Gildarts mumbled.

"Don't be like that. Let's just stay as we are. I will say this, I'm glad to meet you, Father." She said with a wink.

Gildarts couldn't help but cry and hug her. "I'll never let you feel lonely again." He told her. They hugged for a moment. "By the way, since I'm your father I have to protect you from boys, right?"

"I guess that's what most fathers do."

"Okay then. Then tell me, where can I find Hawk?"