I haven't proofread this chapter yet, but I'll do that tomorrow of the day after that and get out any mistakes I find. In the meantime, please enjoy chapter 6 and don't forget to let me know what you think!

Note: this chapter contains something about bra-sizes and I'm just telling you now that to some people the measurements may sounds a bit weird. I'm from belgium so I used the standard measurement from my country (since obviously that's the one I know best). It seems like almost every country has its own way for the sizes so it will sounds a bit weird for some people since the readers on this site come from all over the world. So don't pay too much attention to the sizes I used, I just needed to pick something to let it fit. Please enjoy!

Chapter 6

Naked training

By Neko Erza

Gray cursed loudly as he hit the ground hard. He rubbed the painful spot on the back of his head and crawled right back up, regaining his battle stance.

"Try to avoid contact with your opponent. You're not as able to block hits as you used to, this body isn't as strong. Focus on your distant magic." Erza said as she watched Natsu's and Gray's fight from the side.

"It's not my magic that's the problem." The ice mage grumbled.

The dragon slayer and ice mage had been fighting for almost two days straight, trying to get Gray used to this body. He had to learn how to estimate his body's defence, strength, weight, length, etcetera.

Especially his length he didn't seem to get used to, but maybe that was also because he had fought Natsu so many times already. He knew him and relied on his knowledge of previous fights with him; since he had always been taller than Natsu he was used to punch downward. Now, however, this tactic had only caused for him to get the pinkette's elbow in his face, making him hit the ground.

"It's already going a lot better than before, though." Lucy smiled.

"Not good enough!" The ice mage yelled annoyed. He didn't seem to get used to this body, which made it very hard when he was at close distance with an opponehnt. This body seemed to be the total opposite of his real one; his strength had always been an advantage, now it was a weakness. Luckily his magic was as strong as before.

"You just need to focus more in general, ice princess." Natsu said, "It's not as much your body that's the problem as it is your attitude. You're still just too stubborn to admit that you're not as strong and resistant as before. If only you could see that, then you wouldn't have as much problem as you're having now."

Gray glared at the dragon slayer and wanted to say something back, but got cut off by Erza. "He's right, Gray. You stubbornly try to fight with predominantly physical attacks. Even when you were a man you didn't use that many; you're plain stubborn."

Gray kicked a rock annoyed, a grumpy look on his face.

"Can we continue this tomorrow or something? I'm starving." Natsu complained as his stomach let out a loud growl. Happy, who was sitting next to Lucy, jumped up happily with an 'aye, I want some fish' and flew off towards the dragon slayer.

"Tomorrow you need to fight like you usually do, okay Gray?" Erza said with a stern voice.

"Yeah, yeah."

The scarlet mage's expression got a bit softer as she continued. "We all knew it's hard on you, but you know also everybody in the guild believes in you."

When Titania took off, Gray's expression showed a small smile as he heard her words. He looked over to Lucy and saw she was getting ready to go back to the guild too.

"Uhm… Luce?" The ice mage said, making her stop and smile questioningly. "I, uh, kind of need to ask you something…"

"What is it, Gray?" Lucy asked curiously as she saw a small blush appear on the raven's cheeks.

"I kind of… uuhh, well you see…" The red blush crept higher and turned deeper by every word.

"Just spit it out, no need to be embarrassed." The blonde said as she gave him a comforting smile.

He let out a sigh and tried to explain, but his words came out fast and mumbled. "I didn't really wanted to ask one of the other girls, because well… they would start teasing me or make jokes or ask embarrassing questions… Hell, Mira would probably tell the whole world…"

"I won't tease or tell." The blonde promised.

Gray stared at her for a moment, trying to see if she was being truthful or not and decided to tell her, "How do you well… fight with these?" The ice mage gestured to his bosom embarrassed, before continuing, "It really hurts while fighting, hell it even hurts just running down the stairs…"

"Finally! Men never seem to understand that." Lucy chuckled. "It can be pretty painful, but it's nothing a good bra can't fix."

The red on the ice mage's cheeks turned somewhat deeper as he murmured, "I don't want to wear one…"

The blonde sighed. "Gray, what did we all say about being so stubborn? I understand it's absolutely no fun for you and you might feel mentally uncomfortable with wearing a bra, but physically you'll be very glad. It really does do a lot; why else would we wear it?"

"I dunno. High heels are painful, impractical and uncomfortable, but you still wear them." Gray countered as he folded his arms.

Lucy opened her mouth to protest but it took a few seconds before she could come up with something to say. "Well… not all high heels are uncomfortable."

The ice mage raised an eyebrow.

"It doesn't matter anyway." Lucy said quickly. "That's not the case with bras."

"I had hoped you'd say that the pain would just disappear after a while." The raven sighed at the thought of a bra being the only solution.

"Too bad it won't." The celestial spirit mage chuckled. "Especially not with that size. It really surprised me actually you'd have such a big size. I mean, you'd think that when a man turns into a woman, he'd be kind of flat, maybe an a-cup."

"Really?" The ice mage cocked an eyebrow and smirked, "And I thought only men discussed sizes."

"Oh stop it, Gray." Lucy chuckled with a light blush as she got what he meant. "I really didn't need to know that."

Although she thought the comment was a bit dirty, Lucy was glad the ice mage had made it. It was the first time in days that he had smiled honestly and seemed like his own self again. Even just the slightest bit, he seemed more okay with the whole situation than before.

"Should I help you pick one out?" The blonde offered.

"I guess so… although I really don't feel like it." The raven sighed. "But if I want to fight properly, I don't think I'll be able to without one."

"I don't get why you think it's so bad."

"It just hurts my pride. Men shouldn't wear women's clothing. I mean, no offense towards cross-dressers and stuff I don't mind them, but it's just nothing for me. I only like taking them off."

Lucy hit his shoulder playfully and tried to sounds stern, but couldn't supress a snicker, "Don't say such dirty stuff. We'll find something that suits you. Walking around in pain isn't an option, your shoulders will start hurting too if you walk around like that for too long."

"Please don't tell anyone, though. Especially not that flame-brain." The raven said a bit bashful.

"Like I'd tell Natsu something like that." She tittered. "He can be so naïve and dense. I mean it's Natsu. Do you think he even notices that you're a girl now?"

"Haha, yeah you're right." He agreed, but Gray knew better than that. Of course he knew Lucy didn't mean it literally, but the raven was quite sure the dragon slayer was more attentive and aware of things than people gave him credit for. Gray had already suspected this before he was cursed. He had seen him give quick glances or looks a few times when Lucy or Erza were wearing something short or showing a lot of cleavage. He was a man after all; nobody could be that dense, especially not on his age with raging hormones.

But now Gray was absolutely sure. Since he was turned, he had noticed he hadn't been imagining Natsu's not-so-dense-behaviour. The pinkette clearly treated Gray differently at times, like when he was hurt. He had a more protective nature over girls. And now that he was a girl himself, he only noticed the behaviour more. He caught all the secret and lingering glances whenever Natsu and he fought the last few days, his eyes flashing towards his chest whenever he was about to strip (because he still couldn't hold that back, especially not while fighting.)

The dragon slayer definitely was aware that Gray was a woman.

Gray took a deep sigh before he cautiously stepped over the doorstep. He had been in a lingerie shop before. He had been in a few with previous girlfriends to buy something nice for them which he could then enjoy later.

But this time didn't feel like those at all.

"This is my favourite shop. I buy all my underwear here." Lucy smiled as she stepped in behind the ice mage.

The raven wasn't really surprised to see that the shop had, apart from all standard and casual lingerie, a whole bunch sexier, more lacy stuff too. It wasn't really a secret to anyone that the celestial mage had some in her closet that could even make Erza blush.

"I think we'll find something for you over here," Lucy gestured towards a certain part of the shop, "here are the basic stuff, I suspect you don't want anything too fancy."

Gray nodded while he uncomfortably looked around. The shop keeper looked at him with a slightly questioningly look, not getting why the raven girl was so tensed. She gave the ice mage a warm smile and asked, "Can I help you with something?"

"Ah, y-yeah…" The ice mage fidgeted uncomfortably, looking over at Lucy.

The blonde snickered lightly at the pleading look of help he gave her. "My friend here is also a mage, so we're looking for something that's very supportive."

"Same taste as you, Luce?" The woman giggled. She seemed to know the celestial mage well.

A light pink colour crept to Lucy's cheeks. "No, no. Something basic. Nothing fancy."

The woman smiled at Gray and hold out her hand. "Hello, I'm Nina. I'm sure we'll find something that fits you."

Gray quickly shook her hand, gave her a small smile and whispered lightly, "I'm Gray."

The woman gave him another smile, but looked at his clothes with a puzzled look. He was wearing one of his own t-shirts (which almost reached his knees and looked more like tent, then an actual shirt), his now even more baggy black pants which were tucked into his boots and his white coat that almost dragged over the floor.

"So nothing too fancy and basic. Any colour preferences?"

"Something not too girly, no pink or purple or something. Black should be good." The ice mage answered, seeing way too much pink and flowery stuff in the shop. Black was neutral and Gray had always liked dark underwear on his girlfriends the most.

"You'll need more than one, Gray." Lucy skipped in. "Maybe you should also take something lighter, so it won't show underneath lighter clothes. White or grey maybe."

"Whatever." Gray huffed, wanting to go home more and more by the second.

"We just got some lovely new collection in, I'm sure you'll find something to your liking. Which size are you?"

"Uhm…" A blush spread across his face. How was he supposed to know? "I don't really know…"

"Oh. Well, I'll bring some different sizes, so you can find out. But I guess you're about the same size as Lucy, maybe a smaller band size since you're shorter."

"I wear a 80E." The blond smiled.

"If you want I'll go look for some models and bring them to the fitting room. You can undress in the meantime."

Gray nodded, an unhappy look on his face as he slouched towards the fitting room.

"Oh come on, most men are happy when they can go to a lingerie shop." Lucy tittered.

"Yeah, when they aren't the ones trying them on."

"I'm just teasing. Come on, Gray, it's not that bad and you'll feel better. It's only for a little while."

"I know, I know. But I'm still not happy about it." The raven said as he closed the curtain. "By the way, I don't have any idea if it will be the right one or not once I have it on."

"Nina is really friendly and knows a lot about this. Nobody leaves her shop with a bra that isn't 100% right. It's really important to wear the right one and sadly enough more than half of the women wear the wrong one." Lucy said as she picked up the white coat the raven had already lost halfway through the shop.

"Yeah. Yeah. It's important."

"I have a simple black and white model. Both a 80E and a 75E. Try them both on and tell me which one fits best." The woman handed the bra's through the curtain.

Gray took the models and stared at them for a few seconds, then let out a sigh as he took his shirt off. He turned his back towards the mirror, not feeling like seeing himself do this. He took the black 80E and put his arms through the straps. He reached behind his back, trying to hook it close, but didn't manage to do so. He cursed lightly as he tried again and also failed again.

"How the hell do you close these things?"

Lucy snickered softly. "Not as easy as it looks, huh?"

"Just help me, please." Gray pleaded as he only managed to fasten one hook and not the two of them.

"First time?" Nina asked a bit surprised.

"Yeah… long story." Lucy said as she stepped into the cabin and helped the ice mage fasten it. "It's too big, I think. The hooks are closed on the smallest point, but it's still somewhat loose."

"If you don't mind, I'll take a look?" Nina offered to help, but Gray had already stepped out of the fitting room. "Oh, teehee, most people aren't so eager to walk around like that, even though it really helps me a lot to help them find the right size."

But the raven hadn't even thought about being embarrassed about it. Most people in town (and the surrounding towns) had already seen him naked. He shrugged, "I don't mind."

The woman's eye fell on the black guild mark peeking out over the rim of the bra and her eyes widened in recognition. She pondered for a few seconds whether she would say something or not, but decided to do so subtly, "Are you perhaps family of the Fairy Tail ice mage?"

Gray turned towards the woman abruptly. "Well… kind of… How?"

The woman snickered. "Now that I take a better look at you, you look really like him. I see him in town very often. You wear your guild crest in the same place and you also don't seem to bother few clothes very much."

"Yeah, but this one here is way cuter." Lucy chuckled as she hip-bumped the ice mage.

"I'm not cute." A low grumble responded.

"You also have the exact same clothes as him." The woman smiled knowingly, slowly trying to get the picture.

"Yeah… but I rather not talk about it." The raven turned around and rushed inside the fitting cabin again.

"I'll bring you a 70E. The cup-size was good, but the band size wasn't the right one. I'll bring it in a minute." The shop keeper said.

A few hours later the ice and celestial mage sat in the guild again. Gray desperately tried to supress the urge to strip since he didn't feel like getting comments about his knew underwear. But even though he didn't like to admit it, he actually felt better wearing it, it didn't hurt as much as before.

"I'm proud of you Gray." The blonde whispered with a smile. "I actually really thought you wouldn't put through with it."

"I didn't really have a choice, did I?" He sighed. "But I do have to admit that I think training will go better wearing it; it really bothered me before. I definitely appreciate you girls fighting way more now."

"Men always underestimate us." Lucy answered proudly. "Although I think you should also buy a new outfit. This one is definitely not suiting you. You look like a pile of clothes."

"Don't push it."

"Okay, okay. One step at a time. Maybe after that same make-up?"

"Oh Lucy, he's not your little dress-up doll." Levi said as she sat down beside the celestial mage.

"Yeah, listen to Levi."

The little bluenette smiled. "But that's not really why I came here. Gray, there's someone looking for you."

"Who?"

"A girl from Blue Pegasus. She said her name is Lysabelle."

The ice mage suddenly went pale. "Tell her I'm not here."

"Who is she?" The two girls asked in unison.

"My… girlfriend kind of thing." The raven answered, his cheeks colouring slightly red.

"Girlfriend? Why didn't I know of anything?" Mira suddenly skipped in, an offended tone to her voice.

"Just tell her that I'm not here, please."

But Gray already saw the girl coming towards them. She looked at Gray curiously for a few seconds and turned then to Levi. "Is he here? We were supposed to meet last night, but he never showed up."

Before he could stop himself, Gray cursed, "Dammit I knew I forgot something!"

The Blue Pegasus girl looked at him puzzled. The raven's mind went into overdrive as he tried to think of a way to cover up his stupid mistake. He wasn't planning on telling her what happened, she would be turned off immediately. The fact that Mira, Levi and Lucy were looking at him full of curiosity made him even more nervous.

"I, uhm…" Then he remembered what the woman of the lingerie shop had said. "I'm family of Gray's. I was supposed to come and tell you that he couldn't make it last night, but I totally forgot. I'm really sorry."

"Family? Gray never mentioned his family." The girl smiled. "But you two really do look alike. Are you his sister or something?"

"Yeah, sister." The raven nodded quickly. It definitely was believable. "I… don't see him very often, so I suppose he doesn't talk that much about me. I had to tell you that he's really sorry he couldn't make it last night."

"What happened?" The girl asked. Gray tried to think of a good reason but was interrupted by Mira.

"Gray got called out on a mission. Very important, he couldn't possibly decline. But it might take a while before he returns. It was pretty far away and hard."

"Oh well… that's really too bad." The girl pouted. "Then I'll come back another time. Can you ask him to contact me when he returns?"

"Sure."

The girl left the guild hall and everybody stared at him with a big smile on their faces. "Why didn't you tell us? I mean, it looked like you've been dating for some time now."

"A while. And you guys know I don't like to talk about my private life."

"How the hell did a stupid stripper like you get such a pretty girl?" Natsu's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Maybe because I'm a stripper." The ice mage immediately responded with a smirk. "But I don't expect a flame brain like you to get that. I mean, when was the last time you even had a girlfriend?"

"Bastard." The dragon slayer sneered as he launched a flaming fist towards the ice mage.

And so another one of the many battles of Fairy Tail broke loose. Chairs and people flew all around. Tables cracked and barrels were rolled. Everyone that didn't feel like fighting along hid behind the bar and waited for it to cool down. Which took a pretty long time.

After a whole time the only two that were left fighting were the ice mage and the dragon slayer, until they fell to the ground, completely worn out. They lay beside each other for a while trying to get their breaths back.

"So you've been dating that Blue Pegasus girl for a while now, huh?" The pinkette said once he had sucked enough air to his lungs.

"Somewhere between 2 and 3 months."

"She really doesn't fit you, you know."

"Don't start again." Gray grunted as he sat up.

"No, I didn't mean it like that. I mean that you can-" Natsu stopped in the middle of his sentence. He meant to say that Gray could do better than her. But that wasn't anything like him to say something like that. Especially not to the Ice princess.

"I can what?"

"Nevermind." The pinkette said quickly. "You two just don't seem to fit together."

"You really are a flame brain." The raven grinned as he stood up and walked back to his place at the bar counter.

The dragon slayer's eyes followed the ice mage until he sat down. And even then it took Natsu a few moments to realize that he was still staring at the female raven.

End of chapter 6

Finally managed to update one of my stories again. I really hate that I don't have time to write more...

I really wanted to let Gray experience something only a woman can. I decided buying a bra was the perfect way to do that! I mean, a lot of men underestimate the pain that boobs can give you (especially when you run down the stairs or something). I thought about the cup-sizes I should use a pretty long time. I mean the way they are drawn in the manga are of course ridiculously unreal, so they had to be big, but I wanted to keep it believable so I decided to go with an E, it's big, but not unrealistic big. I don't really know if these sizes are used in other countries and parts of the world (I'm from Belgium, so I based it on European sizes) and I also had to search for the specific English terms, so I hope it makes some sense.

Please do let me know what you think of the story! Or what you'd like to see happening in the next chapters, I might just include it. Thank you for reading!