Good. His idea paid off and he got the time to get back to his feet and jump back a bit to put some distance. Sadly one of his ideas involved attacking from below. Unfortunately chosing the training room as the place for this battle meant he couldn't resort to that. So instead he had to focus on his other strategies.

"You're right. I should put on a better show shouldn't I?" Natsu grinned and crossed his arms across his face. The air started growing thick with static electricity as tiny lightning bolts started wounding around his flames.

"Your blade's sharp alright. But your speed's the main problem for me. So lets even the field a bit." With that he separated this arms and the aura of flames around him suddenly sparked to life with lightning. It felt strange though. Fighting a strong opponent with everything he had was making all of his rage seep out of his mind and body. The thrill of the battle, the happiness of throwing his power and skill against a strong opponent. There was no replacement for this feeling.

"You're strong. Really strong. One of the strongest I've met in this place. What's your name anyway?"