A/N Sorry everyone! I have been rather lazy. This quote from the Fairy Tail manga completely ruined my motivation "A guild that would make its nakama cry.. That's not a guild at all." - Natsu Dragneel. However I am still going to continue! Hopefully I will update sooner.

I don't like this chapter much but there are some good parts in it so I uploaded it anyway.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters.

"Natsu!" Gray yelled while running. He ran up behind Natsu and jumped onto Natsu's back. Gray flung a rope around Natsu's waist and pulled it tight.

"What are you doing?!" Natsu asked shocked. His arms were tied to his side and someone had tied has ankles and legs together too.

Gray slid off Natsu's back and tied a gag on him. He placed his hands on his nakama's shoulders and leaned close to Natsu's ear. "Surprise," he said mysteriously.

Natsu struggled under Gray's grip and bit into his gag, irritated. Before he knew what was happening to him, he felt a sharp pain to the back of his head and fell unconscious.

When Natsu woke up, he found himself lying, unbound in a dark, dusty place. He rubbed his swollen wrists and ankles. Natsu pushed himself off the wooden floor and stretched his back. He then realised, he wasn't wearing any trousers. Instead he was wearing a dress. He fingered the hem of the dress which ended well above the knees. His collar was lower than he expected it to be and was in a V-shape. "Curse you, Gray." he muttered angrily. But he couldn't take the dress off or he would be naked. There wasn't anyone else in the room however Natsu still disliked the idea of stripping naked.

Natsu stood up slowly and blinked a few times. His skirt flapped around his thighs irritably. Natsu then noticed that he was wearing heels instead of his normal flat soled shoes. They were tied tight around his ankles and cut into his skin. Natsu kicked them off and heard them hit the wall at the other side of the small room.

A voice then called out from behind him. "Are you awake in their?" Gray asked.

"No." Natsu replied.

"Well, I'm coming in." Gray declared. He pushed open the doors dramatically and let a stream of light filter in.

Natsu shielded his face with his eyes. The sudden brightness made him feel a little uneasy. Gray grabbed Natsu's wrist and led him quickly out of the room. "Hey, where are your shoes?" Gray asked as he dragged Natsu along the corridor.

"I dunno."

Gray rolled his eyes. "You took them off didn't you?"

"I guess you could say that."

"Well, we shan't go back now. Everyone is waiting for you."

"Wait, what?" Natsu pulled away from Gray. He stood up straight to face Gray.

"They're waiting for you. Come on! Let's go," Gray reached out for Natsu's wrist again but Natsu slapped him.

"No. Tell me what is going on first." he demanded

Gray hesitated for a second. He couldn't tell Natsu about the competition. But he somehow had to lead Natsu onto the guild stage where everyone was waiting.

"Lucy..." Gray said. It was the only word that could get Natsu's attention. Her name could make Natsu easily stop in his tracks. Such a small word had a large effect on Natsu's mind.

"Lucy? What does Lucy have to do with this?" Natsu asked. He was fighting anymore. He was just curious.

"Agh-" Gray stammered. "Lucy wanted to see you in a dress. She said it would give her an idea for her story." Gray hastily made up the excuse on the spot. "Lucy said she needed to see what would happen if a guy cross-dressed in front of a crowd."

"Oh." Natsu accepted the explanation. "But why me?"

"Because she knew you wouldn't mind as much as the rest of us." Gray said simply.

"I see."

"Come on! Let's go." Gray said feeling relieved that Natus had bought his story so easily.

"Ok," Natsu said. He ran after Gray. If this was for Lucy, then it was alright.

"Ladies and gentlemen of Fairy Tail. We will now be having a very special guest perform for us. Please welcome him to the stage. It is the one and only Natsu Dragneel!" Gray announced on the guild stage. He waved his hands to where Natsu was waiting behind the curtains.

Natsu brushed the fabric to the side. He looked out into the audience and saw several guild members turn their heads in his direction. He pulled his head back and bit his lip. Natsu was still unsure about the idea of wearing a dress in front of the whole guild. But it wasfor Lucy...

He pulled the curtain back once again and stepped out. He resisted looking at the faces of his fellow nakama until he was centre stage. As he walked across the stage, he could here snickers from the audience. Natsu tried to ignore them. The snickers then turned into outrageous comments.

"Natsu is wearing a dress!" someone giggled.

"Wow. What a low-cut dress!" Another replied.

"The Salamander with make-up!" More shouts came out from the audience.

Natsu bit his lip. He could taste the strawberry flavored lipstick someone had applied to his lips. He didn't want to imagine what they had done to the rest of his face.

The wizards of Fairy Tail stared at Natsu. Their eyes were full of laughter and mock. Natsu scanned everyone's faces. They all seemed to show the same annoying happiness. The same look was on all of there faces. But in the corner of the room, there was one face that didn't show any pleasure. That face was Lucy's.

Lucy was looking at the ground with her arms folded across her chest. She had only turned up to the guild that day because the others had dragged her along. She didn't want to humiliate Natsu. Lucy didn't want to hurt him just for some stupid competition.

Natsu focused his attention on her for longer than necessary. It was hard to believe that she would have wanted him to dress up like a 'girl' for her story. But it was even harder to believe such a story when she looked so lonely and depressed.

Gray leaned casually on the podium. "So, everyone! What shall we get Natsu to do?"

"Dance!" someone yelled.

"Alright," Gray said. "And if you don't, we will chain you outside the guild so everyone can see you in that dress."

Natsu scowled. He could easily escape from such a punishment but then he would seem like a coward, a chicken. And he didn't want to be seen as weak in front of the guild.

But this was an event that he had been forced into. If he continued with the performance like Gray asked him to, Natsu would also be considered weak as he was following orders. And that would mean that he was weaker than Gray.

Seeing as Lucy wasn't interested in the whole performance, the best option would be the second one, to leave. But there was one more option Natsu could consider. And he did consider it, and chose it.

Someone screamed. The guild was sent into a mass of confusion..

On the stage, Natsu had stripped to almost naked. But it wasn't Natsu who had stripped. It was Gray.

"Haha! I fooled you all didn't I?" Natsu grinned delighted as he ripped off a wig resembling Gray's hair.

"I hate you Natsu," Gray spat furiously.

"I know," Natsu replied evilly.

(An hour before, behind the guild's stage)

"Alright, Gray. I know that there is something going on. And you better tell me what it is," Natsu said grabbing Gray by the collar.

"What makes you think that?" Gray asked innocently.

"Well what do you think? Over the past couple of weeks I have had to endure all these annoying and random acts of insanity while the rest of the guild seems to be living a normal, peaceful life. Why is it just me?"

"How am I supposed to know? Maybe it's because you have done something that the guild wants to rebel against?"

"Gray. You are hiding something. Tell me what it is," Natsu demanded. He hated feeling in the dark zone where he never knew what was happening. It irritated the Hell out of him.

"Or what?"

Natsu thought for a moment. He then leant across Gray's shoulder and whispered into his ear. "Or you can swap positions with me. Play the game that I was about to play. You can be the one in a dress."

Gray bit his lip. There was no way he could let Natsu find out about the competition. However being humiliated in front of the guild would be almost as bad. "Well what about Lucy? What will she think, if I appear instead of you?"

"Oh don't worry," Natsu said sneakily. "There are some wigs in the storeroom. Wigs of your hair and my hair.I'll pretend to be you and you can pretend to be me."

Gray nodded slowly. Agreeing to Natsu's deal could be the worst mistake of his life. It could lower his status in the guild. However it would be worth it for the tickets.

Natsu laughed evilly. "There must be a big secret for you to agree to this."

You bet, Gray thought.

"Gray-sama was wearing a dress!" Juvia exclaimed delightedly to those around her. Most of the guild had already left the guild by that time and Juvia ended up talking to herself.

The wizards of Fairy Tail didn't know what to say. They had all excepted to see Natsu in a dress and make fun of him. However it was Gray they saw in the dress; the organiser of the competition and event was now in the position where Natsu should have been.

"Well that concludes today's event!" Gray said hastily rapping it up. He shot another devilish glare in Natsu's direction before heading back behind the curtain.

Natsu followed him and slapped him on the back. "Well that was fun!" Natsu said cheerfully.

"Only for some people," Gray spat.

Not for others, Natsu thought thinking of Lucy's miserable face throughout the event.

From the audience, a single blonde haired girl fled far from the guild. She ran outside into the sunshine and breathed a sigh of relief. She should never have doubted Natsu for being weak. He was smarter than she thought. Natsu was as cunning as the rest of the guild in his own unique way.

A/N This is kind of a turning point chapter but I don't think it is at the halfway point yet.