Spar

"Brat, how did the old man die?" Kenpachi asked me while Yachiru is confused. We arrived at the training hall as he asked.

"Natural death?" I replied.

"I mean, did the old man die with regrets, did the old man die smiling, or what?" Kenpachi said as I thought about it clearly and the memory of the old man's expression before he died appeared in my mind.

"He died peacefully with a smile on his face." I said while Yachiru smiled but Kenpachi's face didn't change.

"A shame, many said he was one of the best. I would've fought with him if not for his age.I'm not interested in fighting anyine who can't fight back." Kenpachi said while Yachiru is nodding a lot.

"Kenny is the best." Yachiru said while nodding still.

"How about you, brat? How much did you grow in the time we haven't seen each other?" Kenpachi asked me as I smiled at him.

"Let's do it the old way. What do you say?" I said and Kenpachi raised his eyebrow before grinning.

"Looks like you're balls have grown harder, that's for sure. Yachiru, get us some bokken." Kenpachi said and Yachiru happily conplied as she jumped down from him and ran.

"Have you mastered the old man's swordsmanship? Show it to me. I've been wanting go fight it for a long time." Kenpachi said as Yachiru came and gave Kenpachi a bokken and threw another one towards me.

The old man's swordsmanship was pretty direct. His family was famous for their Ittoryu style or one sword style but what they didn't know was that the old man's specialty lies in Nittoryu, two sword style, or dual wielding, whatever you call it. It was a style that only him and me knows.

"I don't know if I have mastered them since I can't judge myself but now that you're here..." I grinned at Kenpachi and he did the same.

"Be my guest." Kenpachi said while pointing his sword at me.

Not wasting anytime, I rushed towards him and slashed down. Kenpachi leisurely raised his arm and blocked my attack. Kenpachi was caught off-guard when his blade touched mine.

"So you know how to use aura." Kenpachi's grin turned wider. Although he said aura, it was just a simple coating of mana. In a world where the mana is thin, coating your sword in mana is an impressive feat considering my age. By coating your sword in mana, it would be more sturdy and sharper, it could be whatever you want to be.

"If I didn't I would've been beaten to death now by you." I said in reply.

"Looks like the old man was right in picking you up." Kenpachi said while laughing causing his sword to push me back.

'Hm, not bad. His raw power is incredible, that's for sure. But I can't help but feel that he's still holding back a lot.' I thought as I stared at Kenpachi.

"You're not coming? Then I will!" Kenpachi dashed straight towards me. Slowing down my own time perception, a technique I learned from using quicksilver, my thought process kicked into full speed as I tried to think of the best counterattack and the best counterattack is by finishing it in one swift strike.

"Ittoryu iai." I brandished my bokken like yamato and sheathed it on my waist.

"Shishi Sonson." Time started running its normal course and I have succeeded in attacking as Kenpachi started touching his left neck, a line of blood appeared as even he cannot believe it.

"Kenny!" Yachiru rushed towards Kenpachi and climbed up him while carrying a towel, she pressed it on his wound.

"Brat, looks like your swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds. To manage to cut me with my mana covering my neck, you're pretty impressive. Apparently, this is not a fight or it would've been more enjoyable." Kenpachi said and I could not help but chuckle.

This guy is a genius, the moment my sword was about to slash him, he concentrated his aura onto his left neck and blocked my attack. If I changed the angle slightly, he would've been slashed in a different part of his body.

"How about it old man, did I manage to show you the old man's swordsmanship?" I said while Kenpachi grinned.

"Yeah, you did. But something tells me that it is not your swordsmanship. It was just a short moment but your body stiffened when your sword touched my skin. You were about to kill me, aren't you?" Kenpachi said and his words surprised me.

Truth be told, Vergil's swordsmanship is about killing anyone, be it demons, humans, or even Gods, as long as its in front of Yamato, it would be cut down if the holder had the strength to do so. That's why when the sword touched Kenpachi's neck, I forcefully changed the angle away from his body that's why a line of blood appeared on his neck.

Yachiru on the other hand was shocked, she glared at me while I rubbed my nose in embarrassment.

"My bad. It was on instinct." I said sincerely while Kenpachi roared in laughter.

"Even if you manage to wound me there, it wouldn't kill me. If having a wound is the price for having a good fight, then I'll gladly have it!" Kenpachi said with a maniacal grin.

"What a crazy old man." I said and I looked towards the entrance of the hall. The black haired beauty was staring at me in shock. Besides him, a mature man with black hair and stern eyes stared at me. His calm demeanor was assessing every info he knew.

"Shizuku, are you sure its him?" The mature man asked.

"Yes, father." Shizuku replied while his father kept looking back and forth at Shizuku.

"You've found a good partner, Shizuku." Shizuku's father said which made Shizuku's face beet red from embarrassment.

"Its not like that father! We were just classmates! Just friends! He only came with me because he wants to see Uncle Kenpachi!" Shizuku protested but Shizuku's father walked towards Kenpachi. Shizuku, on the other hand went towards me, sitting cross-legged as I concentrated on recalling the spar just now.

"Is the wound still bleeding?" He asked Kenpachi who replied with a chuckle.

"Its just a light wound. Its not enough to kill me." Kenpachi said to Shizuku's father.

"How do you assess his strength?" He asked Kenpachi.

"Kinjou, Higuchi family are fools, they worship the God of Fortune, Bishamonten, but they threw their fortune away. To let go of this kind of brat, if they are not fools, then they are blind! This brat, due to his instinct not only tried to kill me, his mana almost manifested. Although it was only for a split second, I presume he could manifest his mana. To be able to manifest one's mana at such a young age, this brat could become scary if he managed to reach his full potential." Kenpachi said as he glanced at Vergil sitting down.

"Yeah, what a scary kid. To sit down and reassess the fight just now and fix his mistakes as he bounced back harder." Kinjou said while Kenpachi just laughed.

"Then its better, at least I won't be bored any longer." Kenpachi said while Kinjou had a wry smile.