To prove his point he held his right hand out and in a flash of white light a small silver colored sword appeared sitting on the palm of his hand, "I managed to make a small sword but I can't seem to get it to do the things yours did."
Junichiro nodded, "It's a mental thing, I'm sure. You've spent so long picturing swords as their larger versions that truly accepting what I can do eludes you."
He held up his own right hand and in a flash of white light a sword bent into the shape of a ring appeared, "Tell me, why isn't this a sword?"
Kiba looked at the 'sword' sitting on Junichiro's palm and frowned, "Because it's a ring."
Junichiro gripped the ring shaped sword in his fingers and began to unbend it with relative ease. He'd made it out of pewter, after all. So it wasn't very hard to straighten out the ring into a small sword about the same size and shape as the one sitting on Kiba's palm, "Tell me what the difference between the sword you made and the sword I made really is."
Kiba looked between the two small swords and frowned, "Nothing."
"Exactly! There is no difference." Junichiro rolled the sword back into a ring shape, "No matter how I shape it, it's still a sword in the end. You can do the same thing. Once you realize that..."
He dismissed the little sword and his hands both flashed with golden light as ten rings connected by small chains appeared on his hands once more, "You can push it to the limits. Making magic swords with Sword Birth is easy, once you go through the process of designing them anyway." That got a nod from Kiba, "I can help you design some magical swords if you have a problem doing it on your own."
Junichiro made the offer as he knew that while Kiba was an excellent swordsman, he had no imagination. To fight Riser, Kiba only made swords to stop fire and wind but nothing that could counter or compete against regeneration. It was clear that Kiba's thought process on making magic swords was simple and straightforward. That would need to be changed to get the most out of Sword Birth.
"Kiba, I want you to focus on Sword Birth now. We're going to make you a new sword. I'm not sure of your process so I'll tell you how I make a sword into jewelry. It's a multistep process so follow along and let me know as you complete each step."
Kiba nodded and sat down on the ground and crossed his legs to be more relaxed and focused. Once Kiba was ready, he began, "First, let's make something from my home country, Hihi'irokane. Hihi'irokane is a legendary Japanese metal with a close relationship to fire, some even say it is fire itself turned to metal. It's a lovely light shade of red and is always warm to the touch. Can you picture the metal in your mind, Kiba?"
Kiba silently nodded, not wanting to speak and risk breaking his focus, "Good. Now shape the metal into an ingot or a simple rectangular brick. Once it's formed, flatten it out in your mind until it forms a long bar. Fold the bar in half. Then stretch it back out. Repeat this process a few times, at least five. Nod when you're finished."
He looked away from Kiba while the blonde continued to work on the process of folding the metal in his mind. It might seem like something that could be imagined instantly, but in reality Sword Birth slowed the process down. Otherwise Junichiro would be able to instantly imagine any kind of sword with any kind of metal and bring it to life with whatever magic he wanted. Sadly, it wasn't quite that simple, not too complicated, but not that simple.
His gaze swept over the three ladies watching the process. Rias was on the edge of her seat practically vibrating in excitement. He wasn't too surprised about that. Rias was a Japanophile, after all, and Kiba was working on making a sword out of a legendary Japanese metal.
Akeno, meanwhile, looked slightly interested in what was going on, but not nearly as invested as Rias. Koneko, on the other hand, looked bored out of her mind and was munching on cookies to keep herself occupied. He gave all three of them a smile before turning back to Kiba. Just a minute or so later, Kiba nodded his head.
"Excellent. Now that the last fold is completed, stretch the metal out until it becomes a katana blade. Just the blade itself with a proper tang for the handle to come. Don't forget to place a hole in the tang for a pin to hold the handle on."
While Junichiro could use all the proper terminology for making a katana, he didn't believe that Kiba would be able to follow along. Kiba seemed to prefer western swords so he kept the terminology simple but understandable for him.
After Kiba nodded once more, Junichiro continued, "Alright, next we need to made the tsuba or guard, and the handle. For the tsuba you can keep it as simple as a plain circle made out of brass, or something more complicated such as Hihi'irokane with a complex design. Whatever you do, let me know when it's done."
After another nod came the last part in the super simplified process. When doing it himself, Junichiro actually imagined the entire forging process in his mind step by step to make his most powerful swords with Sword Birth. He doubted Kiba could do the same.
"Now picture the handle. A simple wooden handle covered in ray skin, properly wrapped, with a buttcap. Once it's finished, construct the katana. Slide the tsuba and handle on, insert a pin to hold the handle in place, and picture the fully completed katana."
Another nod and he continued, "Now, for the magical effect of the weapon, we want it to be able to absorb fire and convert it into magical power to refill your own reserves. imagine flames wrapping around the blade of the sword and it drinking them in, the power of those flames being fed into you from the handle of the sword. Once the effect is in place comes the last step before we finalize it. The sword you've been making this entire time, is tiny, so small that you can easily roll it into a circle to create a ring to wear on your index finger. Once the sword is properly shaped, finish it."