[indent]Natsu was close behind Sousuke, pushing his excessive, yet subtly placed boosters to their limits. Outside of the battle, on his leftward monitor was an image of Sousuke. A part of him felt the same anger but he could comfortably say that it was being glazed over by nonchalance. The Crossbone Joker was on the offense now, beating and pushing the X Strike Gundam towards the Earth. As he was following the Crossbone Joker's path he noticed its discarded Joker Magnum; he swiped it from dead space and continued on. 

Alarming beeps warned him of shots fired. 

Natsu threw the Echo Barbatos into an advanced maneuver, having the Gunpla swirl just out of range of the first shot, before veering from the rest. All the while, clear to see afterimages were copying its movements in the desolation of space. [color=lightblue][i]God. Crossbone Joker's fast. Faster than my Echo by a bit. I think its using Trans-Ams and if it works in the same manner as the show ... Meaning it'll be out of commission after a moment. Shit! No, I can make it![/i][/color]

Natsu pushed Echo Barbatos' boosters to its limits, emitting its plavasky particles in a trail of twisting lasers. [color=lightblue][b]Fin-Funnels go."[/b][/color] 

The four funnels circled the Joker Magnum's barrel, spinning and aiming down its sights at the fleeing X Strike Gundam. A high-whine permeated Natsu's ears as he got a feel for the power of his partner's weapon. As it surged to full power, Natsu fixed his aim on X-Strike and fired its high-powered beam. Simultaneously, he fired his Fin-Funnels long-ranged weaker beams, extending and amplifying the weapons already impressive firepower. 

[color=lightblue][b]"I'll call this the Wild Card Surprise."[/b][/color][/indent]