"There are walls you cannot take down with only power..."
"However, if a power existed that could tear down those walls, it would be the Power of Feelings."
#39
Natsu Dragneel vs Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney
Score: 5.083
Highest Score: 10 x 2(
@Lenny,
@Arjuna)
Lowest Score: 1 x 3 (
@Tirl,
@Linali,
@Gryffindor)
My score: 2 (wait... I hate my fingers, why must they press the wrong number?)
This fight... where to start? So, after getting thrashed by DF Sting, Natsu and Gajeel get up saying that they were faking the whole time and that they now know all of Sting's habits. Natsu then, like an utter dick, puts Gajeel in a mine cart and sends him away, challenging Sting and Rogue to a 2 vs 1. Whilst he's in base. And they're in Dragon Force. And he
wins. Oh, and Mavis does some bullshit narration about friendship as it happens.
I don't care how much people try and explain this bullshit away, I will never not tear this fight to pieces. People often try and justify Sting and Rogue's loss to Natsu by saying that's just how weak they were, but I have a couple of issues with this. The first is that they were both in Dragon Force whilst Natsu was in base. No matter how weak Sting and Rogue are, Dragon Force should at least have put one of them near base Natsu's level considering the hype they got. Remember, Dragon Force was enough to propel Natsu from getting stomped by Jellal and Zero to trashing them. And before anyone says it, we have no reason to believe Sting and Rogue were using a partial Dragon Force, in fact Erza and Jellal both said that it was the same state that Natsu entered in the Tower of Heaven and against Zero. My second issue is that the "I saw through all of your habits" makes no sense being such a big factor because that only applies to Sting, he never fought Rogue 1 vs 1 so he shouldn't know his "habits", let alone the "habits" of a massively amped Rogue who can turn intangible. My third issue is that Natsu only won thanks to the bullshit of Second Origin, and while this technically goes for a bunch of the FT members, it really annoyed me here because he ditched Gajeel, the guy who actually trained, so that he could shit all over Sting and Rogue. Like, really? And this takes me to my fourth and final issue, the biggest issue... friendship
lost. When you look at this fight from an outsider's perspective, what do you see? A cocky mage ditching his friend and crapping all over two best friends. Even if you look from an insider's perspective, friendship lost. Sting was fighting to keep a promise he'd made years ago with his childhood friend and he was fighting for that with his other best friend. And Natsu (and Mavis via narration) crapped on them for it.
Best Spell
Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang
This was pretty much the only good part of the fight, it had been a while since a Unison Raid had been shown and damn did this deliver. The colouring of the blast is awesome, and I really like how Sting and Rogue did this because while we were bombarded with "Sabertooth mages only care about strength!", this was proof that Sting and Rogue actually fought for something more than that and were just as close to each other as any of the Fairy Tail mages.
Worst Spell/Moment
Base Natsu overpowering a Dragon Force powered Unison Raid with PoF
It's like Mavis and Natsu exist to ruin fights FFS.
Best Moment
Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang
As I said above, this was pretty much the only good part of the fight for me. Sting and Rogue actually seemed like they had a chance here considering how powerful Union Raids usually are. Plus this is easily the coolest Union Raid in the series, that colour combination is just badass.
Overview
Victor:
Natsu Dragneel, Fairy Tail
Losers:
Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney; Sabertooth