19 Potential
"So kiba…" Sitting on the dining table, along with everyone else present. Ken asked, "You said you were trained by Okita Souji, right?"
He was sitting at one end of the table, on his left was Kiba, followed by koneko, on his right was Aneko, and directly opposite to him was Rias-at the other end.
Kiba turned his head towards Ken, his mouth filled with food as he raised a finger and hurriedly started swallowing the food in his mouth, Only after finishing his food and gulping a glass of water, he answered "Yes?"
"Like the famous samurai? The famous captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi…" Ken asked again to confirm his doubts.
Kiba again confusedly nodded, wondering what Ken was thinking, but his net question left him speechless "Then why do you use Western swords?"
"Eh….What do you mean?"
"I mean, why don't you use a katana or something? Like, your teacher was a famous samurai, and Japanese swordplay mostly revolves around precision and swift attacks, and your specialty lies in speed and accuracy. So why not use katanas, Instead of using Western sword art–Which is more inclined towards strength and heavy strikes"
"Tha–..." At that moment, everyone had stopped eating and was paying attention to the conversation between the two. When Kiba wasn't able to answer, Rias voiced out her opinion "I think it's because Kiba wants to be an Ideal knight, Right Kiba"
"Haha…That's true… "However, Ken Kun does make a point…" Kiba sheepishly answered, "As you already know, My sacred gear-Sword Birth allows me to create different swords, so after my sacred gear manifested– shisho's first task for me was to imagine a sword I was most comfortable with and manifest it using my sacred gears…"
He closed his eyes, and a dark, double-edged sword with red lines glowing ominously in dim light appeared in his hands. He opened his eyes and said in a nostalgic tone "This is the first sword that I created with my sacred gear….From that moment I just continued to wield these swords…"
"Shishou? Not sensei?" Akeno chimed in, eager to learn more about her companion.
Despite being members of the same peerage and serving the same king, they didn't often talk about their past. So when Ken raised the question, Akeno thought it was a nice time to know more about her colleague.
Kiba nodded his head at Akeno's question "Shishou has an abnormal obsession with the term 'Shishou'. One day I addressed shishou, as 'master', and Shishou stopped training me for the next ten days"
"..Lucky" Koneko silently muttered with envy as she continued to munch on her meal.
Everyone chuckled at her antics and were about to go back to their meals when Ken raised another question "Your sacred gear can create swords with different abilities right" Upon getting another nod of approval from Kiba, Ken continued "Then why do you always stick to creating basic swords with different elemental properties like a ice sword, or flame sword.
Why not create something like durability negating sword, a sword capable of bypassing different techniques…
A sword that helps you accelerate your speed while holding its handle…
A sword with which you cut your opponent once, but they get hit multiple times–the number of times scales upon the amount of time you're fighting against your opponent….
A sword cutting through everything…
A sword capable of rejoining everything…
A sword capable of creating his user's clone…
A sword capable of reflecting any form of physical or magical attack back to the castor…
A sword capable of incinerating everything it touches…
A sword that can shoot laser beams with a mere flick of the wrist…
A sword capable of copying other techniques with a simple touch…
A sword that inflicts unhealable damage onto the enemy…
A sword that always brings victory…
A sword…
A sword…"
Ken continued to ramble as he chucked his weird fantasy onto the Poor Knight, He only stopped when he noticed the flabbergasted expression of everyone sitting in front of him.
"Oops! I went overboard…"
They recovered from their shock, and when Rias was about to say something, Akeno beat her to it as she giggled "Ufufu…You sure have some wild imagination Ken-kun" She covered her mouth with her hand and lewdly moved her eyebrows.
Ken wanted to say 'All rights belong to their respective authors, I own none of it' but he refrained from doing so.
Kiba laughed dryly "Actually I've tried doing some of the ideas that you've just suggested, But it seems I need to achieve the Balance Breaker to even try creating these swords you've just mentioned…" His expression went down as though a terrible thought flashed past his eye.
Rias also noticed his change in expression, so she tried to cheer him up "It's okay Yuuto. I am sure you will achieve Balance breaker one day, and then you will be able to create all the swords you've dreamed of…"
That seemed to do then Job, when Kiba lifted his head and said "Hai! Buchou"
"Say Ken-Kun…" Akeno leaned forward, her breast sandwiching between her and the table as she eyed hum "..Don't you have anything to say about me?"
Ken's eyes sub-consciously gravitated towards her pancaked breasts, until a deadpan voice entered his eyes "...Her eyes aren't on the table, Pervert"
"Oh…! What were you saying again Akeno-senpai"
"I said…" She further leaned forward, her v-neck shirt teasing him with her cleavage, but this time his eyes remained focused above, albeit he did sneak some glances from time to time "...Can you lend me some of your fantasy ideas"
'I will happily lend you more than just my ideas…' someone from the internet would've said if they were in Ken's shoes when he noticed the teasing smile on Akeno's face.
But he didn't say that, but instead pondered "Hmm…The simplest thing you can do with lightning, aside from directly hurling at the opponent is to channel it in your nerves–Which will greatly enhance your perception and reaction speed.
Another thing you could do is to generate Fields around yourself that act as a barrier and protect you from harm. By controlling the charges, You can also control the attraction and repulsion through the Coulombic force….
And you can also partially transform yourself into lightning to increase your speed and agility…Yeah! That's all I can think of at the moment"
Akeno was perplexed after hearing all of that, the question she asked was a form of teasing, she didn't think he would take it so seriously.
But she received quickly, and adopted an alluring smile "Then…Will you help me with these ideas, sensei~"
"Akeno!" Rias interjected when she noticed what Akeno was trying with her Ken.
"I don't mind"
"See… Ken-kun has no problem with me" Akeno stuck her tongue playfully towards Rias.
Rias glanced back and forth between Ken and Akeno and sighed in defeat "FIne…whatever, Now let's eat before the food gets cold…"
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Lying under the starry sky, with his back laid on the grassy field, Ken was absentmindedly playing with magicles as continued to gaze at the moon.
"Huh…Kenny?" Until a voice called from behind him, He didn't need to turn to identify whose voice it belonged to–only one person called him by that nickname
She sat next to him as she as she chided "What are you doing here? And at this late at night?"
" I couldn't sleep, so I thought why not train for a little bit "Ken gestured towards the glowing greenish orb situated between his hands.
She leaned forward to inspect said sphere, and only then did Ken notice what she was wearing–A white negligee and red glasses, that paired well with her crimson hair.
"Why are you wearing the glasses buchou?" He couldn't help but ask that, As far as he knew, she didn't have bad eyesight as he never saw her wearing glasses in school
"Oh, This! It's just for the appearance, I can think more clearly when I have my glasses on. Fufufu, this is the proof that I have been in the human world for so long"
"...I never took you for a chuuni, Buchou"
"..."
Rias stared at Ken with a straight face, who stared back with a blank face as she simply said "I am not a chuunibyou"
"Yes. You are"
"It's called appreciating the Japanese style of animation through imitating it"
"Still chuuni, though"
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Which one's better--
Okita-san
or
Okita-san
