User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 287: Real Family, Review./@comment-1454981-20120615162159/@comment-3290324-20120615163552

DaRinor you should know better than to think I would even INSIST that Natsu is on Laxus' level. I was saying that even Natsu would have put up a better fight than Raven Tail. I'm not saying the seed of doubt was surely the reason, but I think Iwan had some ulterior motive.