Then there was Rias. While he hadn't straight out confirmed that she was still slated to marry Riser, he'd picked up a few things that made him certain she was engaged to him. She always got this slightly depressed slash pissed off aura about her whenever the subject of the future came up. While she clearly had some hope and a desire to fight her fate, part of her seemed to think it was inevitable. It didn't help that he'd figured out what major sin Rias practiced, Sloth. The girl was lazy as hell. Her idea of training had previously been working with the peerage for a couple of hours once a week. That was it. She knew the wedding was coming and still did nothing to seriously prepare to fight Riser.
Other than that, she was actually pretty fun to be around. They spent a lot of time talking manga and anime. Her knowledge of the subject completely eclipsed his own, but that was to be expected since he spent the majority of his time in his workshop either making stuff for customers or himself. He'd spent a lot of time in his last life on the subject and some time in his current life on the internet seeing what had an analogue and what didn't. With her interest in it, he spent some time telling her about anime from his past life as stories he'd come up with.
If anyone had the connections to make the anime he remembered from his last life into a reality, it was Rias. To that end, she suggested that he write down all of his ideas. He'd taken her advice, but went a step further and made something to read his subconscious and conscious mind to get as much of the story lines as he could remember. Though only the ones with completed stories. He didn't feel he was anywhere near creative enough to come up with satisfying endings to stories like One Piece, which had still been going strong when he died.
He smiled at the thought of bringing shows like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure to life. While he'd never been the worlds largest fan of the series, he'd watched the available anime at least once so he could follow the references. Aside from that, he thought, like many, that Dio would make a semi-decent role-model for Gasper to imitate... to a point. They were both time stopping vampires, after all. Just as long as Gasper didn't mimic the more psychopathic parts of Dio. He might need to make a small item with a pocket dimension to hold a road roller for Gasper...
Junichiro opened the door to the old school building and made his way to the second floor where the peerage members awaited. As he stepped inside, Rias smiled brightly, "Junichiro-san! Excellent. Before you and Kiba get to training, there's a couple of things to talk about."
Junichiro sat down next to Koneko on one of the couches and gestured for Rias to continue. She did, "First," She handed a couple of sheets of paper to Akeno who carried them to Junichiro, "The contract you requested. Take a look over it and let me know if there's anything you don't like so I can change it. After that, it'll be up to you to decide when we sign it."
Junichiro accepted the pages from Akeno but didn't look them over just yet. Instead he waited for Rias to continue, "Second, I was hoping you would be open to all of us observing as you teach Kiba. We'll stay out of the way and won't interfere, but we'd all be more comfortable there together."
Junichiro shrugged his shoulders, "That's fine. I wont be giving out any grand secrets or anything. What else?"
Rias smiled brightly, "That's all for now." She climbed to her feet and gestured to the teleportation circle carved into the floor of the room, "While we do have stairs leading down to the training room I requested built after meeting you, it's much easier to teleport down."
That caused Junichiro to arch an eyebrow in surprise. He'd made an offhand comment about how dedicated areas were better for training and Rias had, apparently, immediately gotten one. He wasn't surprised about how quickly the job got done. If there was one thing he remembered clearly, it was how ridiculously fast the Devil construction companies could be. Magic helped.
The group of five stepped into the circle which was subsequently powered by Akeno. With a flash of red light, they disappeared from the meeting room and appeared below ground in a massive empty white space. The only thing breaking the scene was a computer console sitting on a pillar. Rias grinned brightly and practically skipped to the pillar, "When you mentioned a training space, I though to myself, 'what would be good in a training space' and it got me thinking."
She turned to look at Junichiro with a wide grin, "So I got something a little more than just a big open space."
She pushed a button on the console and, in response, magic circles sprang to life all over the walls, floor, and ceiling of the room. The circles quickly transformed the barren white room into a simulated Roman Colosseum, complete with seating.
Junichiro let out an impressed whistle while Rias preened a bit and explained, "There's only a few settings and we have to spend a little time to recharge the system every day during the week to give it proper power for the weekend. Still, it's very much worth it. With this we can train in a few select environments as a team or alone as needed."
Junichiro grinned at that and looked around the room. He didn't bother asking who designed it (he assumed Ajuka had), rather his mind was going over the possibilities and thinking of ways to make something similar, but with far more features and better magic efficiency so it didn't require manual charging like the current system.
He was brought out of his planning by Rias speaking again, "We'll take some seats to watch you and Kiba train from."
Junichiro nodded at that and led Kiba toward the center of the arena. They didn't stand too far apart since this wasn't a duel but rather instruction, "Alright Kiba. First things first, did you manage to emulate anything I showed you during our previous fight?"
Kiba nodded, "I did, not much though."