Hikage was interested in the fight, this one, and any one she could have. It wasn't about winning or losing, it was about the last breath, pulling out all the stops and offering everything you had in the heat of the moment. At the very least, she'd found that Leonis was the type of person she felt compelled to fight, as long as possible, as much as possible. He was a person whose fighting tactics and skill she aimed to obtain for herself in some way. So as his grin grew so did hers. She heard out his next words and after them that malicious giggle would escape her again. "Kufufufufufu~ I've never been a rival before... but this shit is giving me tingles!~ You should know though..." she stared at him with great intensity, if this was rivalry she was fine with that. "I won't be destroyed by anything. Even if I have to put all my pieces back together, as soon as I can hold a blade again... I'm coming for you. Battling my hardest is what I want... and if you couldn't stand up to it, it wouldn't be worth it. So show me what you will turn into, and I'll fight you with everything I've got," she respected this lad for wanting to evolve and all. And if it meant she always had something to do, and a new challenge to face, even if it was out of one person, than she was satisfied. As their conversation progressed she hadn't noticed the leaving of the Captain and their superior officer as he carried him off. No, this moment of intensity between the two young people and freshest recruits to the Black Bulls was one which gave her tunnel vision and a special excitement down in the pit of her stomach she couldn't explain.