User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 428: When We Take Different Paths, Review and Commentary/@comment-24277053-20150413102129/@comment-7418318-20150413190044

"Lucy slapping Gray that was awesome, that is something Sakura would never do to Sasuke. Way to go Lucy."

I hope Juvia will do the same at some point. Considering how Lucy kicked and punched Gray several times before (only for comedic purposes I know, but still) it isn't really that surprising, thought it was still great.

Now if Juvia slapped Gray (which I hope she will at some point) it'd be really amazing.

I'm actually glad the "defeated" got up again. They were caught off guard by Natsu's strength, but aren't pushovers. Considering how Gray told them Natsu was out of their league I doubt they intentionally "played dead" to get the chance for this chapter's sneak attack, though I can't entirely rule the possibility out either.