Oh my God. I'm actually stunned at how brilliantly executed that was.
Natsu just played the Tree Dragon like a freaking fiddle.
People says it's uncharacteristically smart but he's never been straight up dumb, he's always had a good sense for battle and strategy even if his preferred strategy is a slug fest because if the shoe fits you know?
But like, the second he realized he couldn't punch a demon he grabbed a stone slab to beat it with.