[indent]Natsu pursued the Crossbone Joker and despite all the ruckus, once he had caught up to the two, even with all the debris scattered and the mountainside crumbled down; the Echo Barbatos found it is to traverse with its hardened claws. Its strong frame and build endured the light pelting  while its powerful legs bounded it up the cliff side. [color=lightblue][b]"Don't take me so lightly. I may be just a first year here but I'm skilled,"[/b][/color] he proclaimed with little passion.  

He surged Echo Barbatos up the mountain and through the smokescreen. 

Within said smokescreen,  under the veil of Origin Zaku's poorly aimed missiles, he deploy the four funnels on his side upwards through the smoke -- stealthily changing his target from Crossbone Joker to Origin Zaku Phantom. The sound of extraneousness explosions dialed his cautionary instincts up to eleven. It was them that ushered him out the smokescreen and a few meters from Nanashi's Origin Zaku Phantom. Echo Barbatos let loose an odd, alien snarl from menacing face. 

A moment later and the thin whip of his tail-blade arced up before stabbing down at the Zaku-modded Gunpla. [color=lightblue][b]"Are you seriously the president?"[/b][/color] Natsu asked Nanashi. [color=lightblue][b]" 'Cause I'd like to join."[/b][/color]   [/indent]