Yo minna! I'm back with another chapter! It picks up right where chapter 8 ends. Enjoy! ;)

Chapter 10

Gray swallowed a lump of enormous size. His eyes wandered down to the young woman caressing his bare chest. She looked amazingly pretty. The white of her hair sparkled like shimmering diamonds. The tone of her voice as she wondered about what a girl and a boy could do had the blood racing up to his face tinting it an abnormal hue of red. She was a little closer than comfortable. It wouldn't be the first time that Mira acted inappropriately.

And the Ice-Make mage had thought he'd go to the guild to pick a fight with Natsu. But the Flamebrain wasn't there. Mira rested her head against the left side of his chest and listened to his heartbeat. It must be beating fast. Embarrassed by whatever the lovely Mirajane might interpret, he gently placed his hands onto her shoulders and expanded the distance between both of them.

"Mira, what are you doing?" asked Gray bashfully.

"It's such a hot summer day and I need to cool down…" was her vague answer which didn't necessarily answer his question.

"Where is everybody?" Gray wanted to know once again to slightly divert from the topic. Obviously both of them were alone in the guild and he had heard about the rumor that went around. Lucy and Lisanna had tricked the white haired beauty to drink some mystical brew that changed her personality. And if Mira wasn't the nice and caring girl anymore, she might have other things in mind. Inappropriate things that also ran through Gray's mind. He was a guy after all. It was natural for guys to think of certain physical activities. Girls were usually more restrained. But he also knew Mira. She used to be quite the feisty young woman. If a part of that girl had awoken, he couldn't tell what she was referring to when she wondered about them being alone.

"I told you they are out on missions. Natsu spontaneously departed with Lucy and Lisanna. I think they're going to have a lot of fun. And I, well I'm stuck here with almost nothing to do" Mira explained. "It gets lonely, you know!"

"What about the others who come in daily? The old man or even Nab? He never goes on missions" Gray still kept a distance to the girl in front of him.

"Well, it seems like a special requests has fluttered in that fits Nab's expectations. He left yesterday evening. Master is at a meeting in Clover Town. I also thought about doing a quick mission nearby to kill the boredom. But now that you're here, you can keep me company," said the take-over mage.

"Why don't you do it then? I could also squeeze in a quick mission" Gray was still red in the face.

"Oh, yeah? That will be fun. You and me, together on a mission" Mira sparkled as Gray verbalized his thoughts, although he was aiming to have her go alone. "I actually thought about taking that one mission at the new resort nearby. A lot of robberies have happened in the honey moon suite and the owner wants a couple stay for the night to take down the thief."

"Um… I think… I'll pass" Gray stuttered not wanting to hurt Mirajane's feelings for turning down the opportunity to spend a night in a love hotel. It wasn't like she's unattractive, quite the contrary, he felt unintelligibly drawn to her at the moment. "I mean, don't you think it's better to send in Gajeel and Levy. It would be the perfect matchmaking opportunity."

"You're right! I have to jot it down in my diary" said Mirajane as she walked to the bar to get her book. Gray was relieved and slowly made his way to her side. Peeking over Mira's shoulder to have a look into her secret plans to set up dates for their guild mates, he saw that she had nothing written down. She quickly shut it and turned around. "Gray, it's private!"

It was awfully strange that she was not busy planning out dates for all of them. He truthfully feared that the rumor wasn't a rumor at all and she really had other agendas, secret agendas she wouldn't even write down in her little calendar.

"Well, but you had a look and there's only one way for you to make it up to me. Trust me, you will break a sweat" the friendly white haired girl turned into a serious, somewhat frightening, woman with darkened eyes. A sinister aura emerged out of the nothingness and surrounded her. It sent shivers through Gray's body and being an ice mage, it was not an easy task to achieve. He swallowed again and backed away. She walked up to him and delicately ran her hand over his cheek.

"Um… does it… involve physical exhaustion?" Gray was trembling while forming his question.

"You bet your perfect ass!" Mira said and pulled him towards the back of the guild. They walked to a private section and the white haired girl started to strip off her dress.

"Why are you stripping? I usually do that…" Gray asked and couldn't look away either. She wore nice lingerie that accentuated her flawless, feminine gorgeousness. He had seen her like that many times in the issues of the Sorcerer's Magazine, but now she stood in front of him.

"Well, I'm getting ready for the physical activity" she explained her act of stripping down to her underwear. Then she charmingly strolled her way over to the boy and not even once disrupted eye contact. Her round blue eyes shimmered like the ocean and Gray was pulled in by the current. The blood was circulating in his body. Although he wasn't Natsu, he thought that his insides were boiling.

She lifted her arm and maneuvered it around him as if she wanted to pull him closer to her. A nosebleed was on the verge to break out. He tried to divert his attention to keep calm. But she was so close to him. There was no other way to interpret her crazy actions. She was seducing him.

Then, she pulled out a change of clothes from a shelf behind him and put on casual street wear. "The delivery to restock the guild's supplies got in today and since you're here, you could help me with those. Elfman usually does, but he's on a mission."

They were almost out of juice in the bar and fresh vegetables and meat also had to be moved into the fridge. Gray was to carry the barrels of Cana's booze into a corner.

That was why she stripped. She wanted to change into other wear, so the dress wouldn't get dirty while carrying around boxes. The black haired mage sighed and wasn't sure whether he was relieved or disappointed.

In the late afternoon, they finally finished stocking up and Gray rested on a table. Mirajane prepared a refreshing beverage behind the bar and brought it to him. It was a very hot summer day and although Gray wanted to strip, he fought hard not to because he didn't trust himself around this particular female company. She had put dirty images into his mind.

"Oi, Mira. What did you mean earlier when you asked about what a boy and a girl could do when they're alone?" He wanted to clarify things and reminisced about the past before he teamed up with Erza, Lucy and Natsu. He was mostly working alone and Mira was one of the few people if not the only one who was genuinely interested in his adventures. No one could have a decent conversation with Natsu, and Erza was out on missions most of the times.

"What do you mean? There's a lot a girl and a boy can do" Mira inquired while sipping on her drink.

"I can't think of much…" Gray stared at the ceiling and thought of Juvia. She would have an even more narrow-minded view on this topic if she were alone with him.

"Let me give you a hint. It wouldn't be the first time for us. Remember?"

Gray's last sip went down the wrong pipe and he coughed heavily.

"What wouldn't be the first time for you?" Natsu crashed through the doors and childishly wanted to know. He had put a claim on Mira, she was his teacher. No way was he going to let her teach Gray, too. Just walking up to his rival left a trail of destruction behind him. The tables and benches were overturned, a few caught fire.

"You wanna fight, Flamebrain?" Gray jumped up and pressed his face against Natsu's.

"As if you had a chance of winning, stripper!" Natsu was full of confidence.

"My, my, boys. Haven't I told you not to fight, anymore?" Mira tried to break it off, and by the puzzled look on her face, one could tell that she was scheming something in her wicked mind. Last time it was a kiss between two boys, what would it be this time?

Lisanna extinguished the little flames on her way to her sister and pulled Mirajane away. Afraid that her sister might introduce another way of having the boys reconcile, she just had to remove her from the scene. They walked out of the guild and halted in a quiet corner outside. The noise of the fighting boys was still audible, but not as bad.

"Mira-Nee, can I ask you something?" Lisanna started the conversation.

"What is it?" She asked and still looked at the building behind them. Worried that something unforeseen might happen, Lisanna had to claim her fullest attention by stepping on her sister's foot. "Ouch, what was that for?"

"Don't worry about them, they could beat each other up on a daily basis" Lisanna said.

"You're right, so what's up? What do you want to ask me?" Mira was all ears.

"I've got to confess that we had eavesdropped on you and Gray talking. I know it wasn't right, but what did you mean with 'it wouldn't be the first time'?" Lisanna voiced her curiosity.

"Oh, forget about that. It's history, long in the past!" Mira smiled and refrained from sharing any information. A loud thump in the building had her run back into the guild.

"What's on your mind, Lisanna?" Lucy asked her friend, who seemed to be pondering over something important.

"I think Gray might have been her secret lover!" The white haired said.

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