That tinging feeling jumping from the tips of his fingers was the same Leo felt back in New York. When he stood before Awiaza. During his quirk evaluation was almost the same the feeling. Sort of there when he first started off as leader and he and his brothers went to the surface for the first time in their life. Standing here in the arena with hundreds, if not thousands including those watching, eyes on him right now. April too, but he was feeling it more. Yeah, it was sort of like that feeling. With his heart rapidly beating in his chest, and small beads of sweat building on his forehead, he still remained calm on the outside. April seem that way too, from the way she stood there, with a small smirk on. A playful one but serious none the less.

It set him a little bit at ease, he was sort of glad it was a familiar face who was his opponent. Then again he sort of wish it wasn't, what he had in skills in the physical aspect she had in the quirk aspect. Even so, he had become pretty well adapted with it so far. Out his brothers, he seem to grasp his quirk and able to use it well. He just needed to remain calm, clear, and focused.

There was a reason why Awiaza called it and classified it as Zen.

I can't have anything break my focus, Leo tells himself, I've got to remain singular. I've got to fluid and like the wind free. Nothing can trip me up! No doubts! No distractions! But, keep an anchor.

April smirked a bit more, she didn't have to read Leo's mind to know what he was thinking behind those calm blue eyes. Still, she knew not to take him lightly, a thought she kept reminding herself, though not as much as the worry that remained sunken still. May, was still gone. With her mind parted off focused on her sister, made focusing a bit of a challenge. Though Izuku and Mashirao offered to look for her, still didn't settle her rising nerves. That twitched on her fingers.

They'll find her,she breathed calmly. I know they will. Damnit May, why did you go up and run off?

A question she knew the answer too and one that shouldn't have crossed her mind, because she missed Midnight's signal to start. Leo rushed her taking advantage of her distraction. Kirby held his breath, Urakara gasped! Iida nearly jumped out his seat, Leo was so fast like an arrow! He thrusted his palm at April, she just barely managed to jump back and dodge. She only had a minute to rest, the moment her foot touched the floor, Leo was on her like a heat missile.

Outlined by a phantomous silverish hue surrounding him. With three light grey dots in a single row on his forehead. His eyes remained the same...ish..they just seem sharper. And more intense than April thought. Dodging again, she managed to avoid his strike, followed by a single kick. Flipping back, Leo saw this and reacted instantly!

Appeared a second before the spot she was going to land, spun around like a top and delivered a back kick! That sent April back a few feet.

"Whoa!" Present Mic commentated, "Did you see that ladies and gentlemen! That was flawless! The eldest Hamato brother instinctive assault swift and hit its mark. Like a ninja. The eldest O'Neil didn't have time to react or think. It can be anyone's match still, but, who will be the top elder sibling?" He turned to Aiwaza. "Any comments?"

The man said nothing, his focus remained on the match. Just like all the others. Kirby clenched a hand over his heart. "April..."he whispered.

Splinter sat calmly, it amazed Toshinori. The man could sit there so calm and unfazed. Not even his eyes reflected or flickered once after what just happened. Then again, he was a Hamato. Still, Toshinori turned back to down below. The dust hadn't settled yet, that came up after April was knocked to the other side. So it was hard to tell what was happening or if she was even in the arena anymore.

I'm quite surprised, he expressed to himself, I didn't think she'd get knocked out first. Thought the match would have continued a bit more, considering her quirk. Then again, his eyes move to Leo who remained fixated on the dust, his quirk is impressive too. He seems to have gotten much better with it I see. No doubt with some extra help, he referred to Splinter. quite scary.

Toshinori recalled seeing Leo's quirk when he meet the family. Each of the brothers demonstrated their quirks to him. He thought Raph's was interesting it was, but right now Leo's was taking that spot.

Urakara's breath held itself in, her eyes searched for any sign of April. Next to her Iida did the same, a few of their classmates did the same. Donnie and Mikey's eyes where wide like plates. Raph's mouth nearly fell open, but he kept it closed.

"W-What just happened?" Kirishima blinked a few times. "It's like a I blinked and...and..."

The words froze on his tongue. Jiro sat up in her seat, this wasn't the same Leo she remembered back in the USJ. Sure the sort of glow was the same but...what she just saw was different. She wasn't the only one who noticed.

Momo too.

The only one who wasn't sharing in the others reactions, Kaminari who was no recovered and made his way over. "Aw yeah!" He exclaimed thrusting a hand fist up. "Awesome!"

Jiro turned to him. "Awesome? What's so awesome?"

He remained smirking proudly. Walked over and sat down. "Leo, his quirk. Dude's reaction, his auto-reaction. When he gets like that he reacts before others. Like automatic or something. Like back at USJ, but this time its twice a cool. Whoa," he noticed something on Leo. Pointed. "those dots are new though. Don't remember them back at USJ. Cool, he's improved."

"Yeah!" Mikey exclaimed overhearing. Turned to Kaminari with a hyped smile. "Our bro went through some intense training, we all did. But, Leo was extra. He reacts instantly, and-"

"I know that," Kaminari informed.

Mikey chuckled a thin smile on lips. Pointed to his own forehead, chuckled, and continued. "-those dots on his forehead, the Nine Virtues of..of...hey Donnie," he turned to his brother. "what where they called again? I forgot."

Slapping hand over his face mentally, Donnie sighed. "The Nine Virtues of Dhyana."

"Nine Virtues of Dhyana?" Kaminari repeated curious. "That's what those things are?" Mikey and Don nod. "What do they do?"

Grabbing Donnie's arm roughly, Mikey shakes Donnie wildly. "Let me tell him! Let me tell him!"

Unable to respond, from the violent shaking, someone else does, arriving to the seats. "They are the attributes assessed with Leonardo's quirk," you explain, "the pinnacle of his focal has increased. He has reached a new level of," you give a quick thought. "enlightenment. He is on a plane completely different than what is around him. His mind is free of bounds, so he can process, move and react faster than before. Though those three dots are just the first level. It seems he is able to keep them longer, he opened them and they are steady."

The sound of your voice turned Urakara and Iida, both glad to see you, Izuku walked to your side with Mashirao behind you. "May!" Uraraka stood up with a smile.

You look past her to the arena, focused on the still settling dust, eyebrows drawn together. Where was April, there was no sign of her. Noticing the worry carried in your expression Iida did his best to alleviate it.

"This is simply a tournament, there is no need to be concerned," he said, "the teachers won't allow any harm or terrible harm to happen. They'll step in I'm quite sure to prevent such an action. Despite the severity of the attack that just happen. Which seems as though your frien-"

His words weren't helping, Izuku was trying to gesture him to stop along with Urakara and few others. He didn't, you though just walked down the steps stopping at the bottom and just stood there. Pompoms to your side, hanging. Not sure what was going through your mind, Izuku only could read the transfixed expression swept on you. Yet, he felt something else he couldn't quite put his finger, except he seem to see a bit pass the face you had.

Still, that didn't stop him from saying something. "May," he said softly, "are-"

Your eyes lite up and a smile spread across your face. "She's okay."

He wasn't following, turning to him with your smile on. A assuring and proud smile. Repeat what you said, "She's okay, Leonardo might have surprised her but," you turn back to the arena, he followed and saw your words.

The dust finally settled, the smile you had beamed on Urakara's and a few others. The brunette jumped out of her seat with a rooting fist thrusted up, cheering. Louder than you.

"Alright! Yeah, April!"

April still remained inside the arena, the back of her ankle just a half an inch to the broader. Her hands up, flashing of blue hue flickered in her eyes from the telekinetic shield she managed to put up. A confident smirk on her lips, it was clear by the hard breathing she doing that it was a challenge. But, she managed to pull it off. Her eyes on Leo, unwavering. Leo's eyes sharply doing the same. He stood just a few feet across from her, Splinter paid careful attention to his eldest son. Reading the calmness cast over his eyes, his mind swiftly shifting multiple ways to counter and attack. Searching for a weakness of some sort. Every fiber of his body silently shook ready to spring and act once he did. With his mind assisting Splinter knew April couldn't use the other part of her quirk to try and disrupt. From their training it provide ineffective.

So her only choice was to utilize the more...physical aspect of her quirk. Right now that meant putting up a defense to keep Leo at bay. She needed to get out of this position, this spot. Her own mind thinking of a way, she had to be careful with keeping her eyes directly with Leo's. If she even as such moved them an inch he'd know what she might do. Even she raised a simple pinky, there was a possibility he might know. He was watching every ounce of her, smirking to herself, laughed a bit inside.

This so wasn't like training the last few weeks. When they spared against each other. There was something different she couldn't quite pin on Leo. Yes, she expected him to react and know at least her movements by her body language. Attacking before she even had a chance to do anything with her quirk, but he wasn't expecting that she managed to put up a defense at the last second. That strike he delivered was precise, sharp. It was almost as if he had his katanas.

No wonder his training required a great deal of mediation and focus. He had to block out everything around him, find himself...while she tried her best to ignore the overhead commentary from Present Mic and cheers from the seats. Urakara and May, whom she was glad to hear. Wishing she could just slide her eyes back to her sister to make sure it was, knew that wouldn't be the best move. Leo would strike should her guard down for a second.

His reflexes will react the moment I move, she mused, staying here isn't going to help. Trying to trip him up won't work really. He'll realize it in a minute and that still wouldn't be enough to counter. I could try to put the defense down for a moment and let him come. Convert my telekinesis to my feet, then push it to coat around me increasing my speed and movements...I might just be able to keep away for a moment. Damn those dots, she grunted, they're lingering longer than before. Leo really focused himself, like a dart. Wait! That's it!

A smile curled in her mind, that gleamed slightly in her eyes. Leo twitched for a moment. With a plan set in her mind, April dropped one hand, then the other. Dropping her defense, a shock and confusion to others.

"What is she doing?"Iida said adjusting his glasses. Looked to Urakaka, who held the same question in her eyes, but with a gleam of confidence.

"I don't know," she said, "but, something tells me April has this. She knows what she's doing."

Like Iida Izuku was unsure. It wrinkled in his brow. "She's at disadvantage," he mumbled his own observation, "if she can't read his mind when he's like this. She won't be able to dodge or push a thought on him. Not to mention his physical skills are higher than her own. He can strike in a blink of an eye. Any way she moves her or gestures he's already most likely figured out a way to counter it. Those dots haven't disappeared yet, he's still locked and focused. If she tries to flee, he'll just knock her out. She's close enough to the edge as it. That was his whole plan, getting her that close. Almost like chess, he's got her king cornered. It's like he's the queen with multiple moves, any direction she chooses will end in a checkma-"

"Izuku-chan," your voice cuts his observation, "she'll find a way out. She has a plan already formed, I can see it in her eyes. There is no doubt she won't get out."

The assurance held in your words showed, it danced in your eyes that couldn't stop smiling and cheering. It gushed on your cheeks that you buried a bit in your pompoms. It was cute and sweet, he couldn't help but smile a bit himself. Feeling eyes on you, turn to him, it took a moment to realize he was staring and jumped aside.

Waving his hand before him, with a deep flush. "I-I didn't mean to..."he stammered over his words. Tugging on his collar.

Unsure why he acted like that, couldn't help but laugh. His reaction, his flustered reaction...was..no seem familiar. Not sure what came over you, reacted placing a hand on his shoulder to calm him. The moment he felt your touch, something warm and radiant could be felt. It was calming and relaxed his spiked nerves. Strange was all he could think of, but that was all that crossed his mind, because the action taken place down in the arena drew his attention and yours.

Leo rushed April with a thrusted strike. It happened so fast Izuku was sure he missed the whole motion. Kaminari shot up from his seat cheering for Leo. Expecting victory, to pause and see that it wasn't. Again narrowly managing to dodge April, made her away from certain elimination. Coated in a thin flickering outline of her own telekinetic energy, taking a moment to catch her breath, moved again. Dodging Leo's strike, pushing off and providing good distance. Staying on her toes as she did at the beginning of the match, Leo kept striking each empty spot. He pause for a moment then charge her again, she'd push herself away avoiding it. If a strike managed to get too close, she with a swipe of the hand send a small push his way. He was pushed back a few times, but soon saw through it. And was careful with how close he'd get.

Creating distance and staying on the run was the smart thing to do, but, April needed to switch it up. The next part of her plan, still smirking to herself inside, she didn't need to read his mind it was clearly seen. Jumping back again, this time flipping ended up on her hands. Held herself there for a moment, took a deep breath...this had to be timed right, she had to concrete to do this...utilize this, if only Present Mic would stop his yapping then she might...no, no she calmed down. Now was not the time to get distracted, feeling Leo coming from the small vibrations the tips of her fingers felt his swift steps produced. The closer he became the more she could feel...and...with a arm drawn back and strike ready Leo drove it forward!

Kirby shot from his seat and heart dropped, Splinter sat calm, while others held their breaths. Some covered their faces but peeked through the slits of their hands to see, everyone on edge, dropped their jaws. At what happened.

Leo's strike plunged like a spear, April holding her breath pushed off and over Leo, landing behind whipped around and thrusted motion of the hand pushed Leo across and away. The force was strong enough to cause a small updraft, but strong never the less. Some thought she might have pushed him too hard, and he might be lodged in the wall of ground. Wait a few seconds, for the particles of dust to settle, see the eldest Hamato was...fine.

Out of the arena, but fine, a few scratches nothing serious. Dazed a bit, but soon came to his senses.

"W-What?" Leo shook his head a bit, blinking a few times, turn around finding April across the way pointing at his feet with a smirk. Looking down he sees to his surprise and dismay, himself out of the arena. "Dang it!" he hissed under his breath, looked to April. Smirking, she smiled and they both bowed to one another.

Respectfully.

The crowd roared in cheers, Kirby sighed relived. Splinter smiled proud, even gave a small little applause.

Midnight stepped forward. Announcing the winner. "Leonardo is out of the arena, the winner, April!"

The crowd cheers rose higher, your own cheers joined theirs. Throwing up your arms and pompoms wave them congratulating April. Hearing you, April finally turned around to you. Giving you a wave, you smile grew. Noticing Izuku next to you, April gave him a nod. He returned it, hearing Urakara's cheers April looked to her. Their eyes meet and smiles grew. Threw up a thumbs-up gesture.

Taking a in a few more seconds of glory, she exited the arena with Leo. Both of them throw an arm around the others shoulder and head back to their seats.