[indent]His fingers tightened over the hard case in his hands. Seeing and hearing the dark change in Nanashi's demeanor had resonated with him on a logical manner. He could believe that such darkness existed in this student rather than the sheer positivity that he was exuding earlier. It was just ... natural. To be able to show such happiness would mean an near-equal amount of sadness or negativity laid in parallel. 

Without so much as a furrowed brow, Natsu looked up at Nanashi and said, [color=lightblue][b]"I'll take you on."[/b][/color] 

He walked around in opposition to Nanashi and pulled out Echo Barbatos from its case. The Gunpla was still beautiful in its own right, not taking any serious damage from the earlier match. [color=lightblue][i]Good, this is what I wanted. I wanted to battle more, to be with Echo Barbatos more.[/i][/color] 

He set his GP base in and set Echo Barbatos down in the arena. [color=lightblue][b]"Let's go."[/b][/color][/indent]