Hikage seemed to have elicited a bit more surprise out of Leonis than she would have normally thought possible. "As long as one takes me, it doesn't really matter..." the girl said, having not thought too much about what might happen if she wasn't chosen she simply assumed as long as at least one Captain saw her merits she'd be fine. Judging by the words the young man before her said, it was likely that she had the eye of at least one Captain in a semi-positive way. Her new spell also garnered a bit of positive attention, as the lad congratulated her on it. "Arigatou," she managed not quite sure what to make of this. As he moved out of the way of the incoming spell, he shot up in the air, leaving the still spinning hedgehog to make contact with a pillar on the outskirts of the arena, barreling into it until it stopped moving and fell to the ground and dizzily stumbled before it disappeared.
Apparently to Leonis this match was over, he looked like he was about to cast a spell, the feeling Hikage got was one which made her eyes widen just a tad, but... it seemed that it wasn't to be. Normally such a thing would have infuriated the girl, but the boy before her, made her an offer that they could fight again after both becoming Magic Knights. She thought about this for a second before a hint of her first non-malicious smile appeared on her face. "Even if I don't make it this time, I'll come back until I get that fight..." she murmured as she extended her now empty right fist. Perhaps she'd really enjoy the idea of fighting this lad later, but if nothing else, he'd shown her that not all people she'd come across would be bad. She put her Grimoire away and gave the boy one more stare, such was used to confirm her earlier feelings, and she was quite certain she was right about this lad.