Kenji Tetsuro

Kenji Tetsuro is the main protagonist of the fan-fiction, What Lies Within . He is a third-year at Kuoh Academy who was previously an Exorcist prior and is the wielder of the Ultimate Longinus, the True Longinus.

Appearance
Kenji is a handsome young man of European-Japanese descent. He has medium length black hair which can be considered quite neat and messy at the same time. He possesses sharp green eyes which fall under his thick eyebrows.

During the start of the series, he commonly wears the Kuoh Academy boys' uniform.

Another choice of wardrobe he is shown to wear is his old Exorcist uniform under the highly classified squad, Blackwatch, which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with light green details including the shoulder epaulets which has a brown Sam Browne belt passing diagonally over his right shoulder and two rows of gold buttons on the front. Along with that, he wears a pair of white gloves and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. He also wears the uniform trousers and black boots which go with the trouser's leggings. He also often wears a cape as well.

Personality
Kenji is naturally a lazy person and his inclination is to do as little work as possible and usually spends his days sleeping, watching the clouds, writing calligraphy, playing the piano, or playing games of shogi. When he is faced with the potential for conflict or commitment, he responds first by saying, "troublesome," and then by trying to find some way out of it, either by pretending to be indisposed or even outright saying that he doesn't want to do whatever it is. He is also shown to be a little bit of a procrastinator.

Although he describes himself as a hedonist, he has a strong moral compass and dedication to his friends. In the past, he has been given the responsibility of leading his friends into battle, for which reason he does everything that he can to keep them safe, for which reason he is given even more responsibility for even more of his friends, and so on. He still clings to his lazy origins as much as he can; even if he can't spend his entire day being idle, he at least avoids having long-term goals. He follows a different code of conduct, contrary to social norms, believeing that, "respect isn't given, it's earned."

Kenji's past continues to influence who he is and how he acts. He also admits that he believes that having a loving family is all someone really needs in life, due to his lack of a family during his childhood.

Kenji has also taken much inspiration from Sun Tzu's Art of War in his battles and favors his philosophy with a very well understanding.

History
Kenji was born somewhere in Japan, east of Kyoto and near Yokohama. He was orphaned at a very young age and lived in poverty with no home and no parents, living off of scraps from what he could scavenge, and on some days, he went without food. Eight years of living in harsh and unforgivable conditions, especially at a young age, he was soon found by Shouyou Tetsuro, his teacher, and adoptive father, after seeing potential in him.

Shouyou took Kenji to Italy, where he'd take him in as his own and train him. Sometime at this point, Kenji awakens his Sacred Gear and Shouyou would then later enlist Kenji into Blackwatch, a highly classified Exorcist group of elite, handpicked members, most with very special and versatile sets of skills. During his time in Blackwatch before it's unfortunate end, Kenji made several and important bonds with its members. To him and many of its members, Blackwatch was a family, despite taking on thousands of life-threatening missions.

When Blackwatch met its unfortunate end, Kenji disappeared for nearly two years to cope with the loss and not only that but to figure out himself. It is shown during this time gap that Kenji had traveled to the Himalayas meeting Shakyamuni, the Buddha who willingly helps him.

About a year prior before enrolling into Kuoh Academy, he saves the Youkai Faction in Kyoto from the first attack by Gilgamesh and his followers during that time and is hailed as the "Hero of The Youkai Faction". He then stays at the Youkai Faction for a year, during which, Yasaka and Kenji would fall in love with each other before the start of the series.

His inability to protect many of his friends that day still haunts him, especially the crushing guilt and regret that consumed him when Kokabiel forced him to execute his own teacher in front of his surviving comrades of Blackwatch. As a result, he is very protective of his current friends and holds very little value to his own life.

Powers & Abilities
Immense Speed: Kenji has shown incredible speed in combat much faster than the average human, it is shown that he is capable of moving faster than the speed of sound and is able to keep up with Vali in his Balance Breaker form.

Master Spear-man: Kenji is well-versed in fighting with a spear and demonstrates extraordinary proficiency in wielding the True Longinus which takes the form of a spear.

Senjutsu: It is only briefly mentioned that Kenji has some sort of skills with Senjutsu.

Inscription Magic: A type of magic that allows Kenji to write down magical spells, symbols, or arrays and activate them to create the desired effect. The writings can be transcribed into anything or with any medium so long as it is clearly written and it is shown that Kenji is very proficient in this magic type.

Immense Combat Skills: Despite being a human and physically weaker than supernatural beings, Kenji has shown immense skills in combat which Vali admits he can stand on equal ground with him, even in his balance breaker form, prompting Kenji the title of the "Strongest Human".

Expert Tactician: Kenji is a very calculative and observant strategist.

Immense Stamina: Kenji possesses a great amount of stamina which allows Kenji to fight for a large amount of time, even in Balance Breaker mode.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While prefering to use all means neccassary to quickly deal with an opponet, Kenji is also a highly capable bare-handed fighter.

Perceptive Combatant: Kenji is an extremely perceptive combatant, able to deduce the workings of most attacks instantly.

Nature Affinity: 

Equipment
True Longinus (黄昏の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス, Tōrū Ronginusu): Kenji's primary weapon. It is the first and most powerful Longinus, as it is the same spear that St. Longinus used to kill Jesus Christ. A single stab from it can kill and vaporize a high-ranking Devil instantly. It can create an energy blade that is made up of powerful Holy energy that can vaporize an Ultimate-Class Devil with ease. It can also extend and retract according to Kenji's will. It has shown to be capable of shielding Kenji against fatal attacks, and split powerful energy blasts with a single slash. It can also release enormous Light Energy Projection easily vaporizing devils and make a pillar of light out of light energy.
 * True Longinus Armiger (黄昏の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス武装, Tōrū Ronginusu Busō): Also called the Armed Bearer of The Phantom Holy Spears it is Kenji's sub-species Balance Breaker. It creates ten identical spears that surround Kenji with a phantom-like appearance, each with different abilities. And since the spears are identical in appearance, it makes it hard for the opponent to differentiate between which ability is going to be used by the wielder. It also has a passive ability which allows Kenji to levitate, fly, or teleport short distances at incerdible speeds and can even be used as projectiles. Final_fantasy_xv_armiger.jpg
 * Elementum Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to cast very powerful elemental attacks or imbue the spear with additional elemental damage. The elements through this ability are also special because they contain a holy elements to them.
 * Impetu Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to manipulate the forces of gravity, attraction, and repulsion.
 * Tempus Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to slow down or completely stop time.
 * Illusion Manus: Ability to cast a powerful illusion.
 * Statera Manus: Grants the ability to heal any injury or cure any poison/curse effect on himself or person of his choice.
 * Ruina Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to smash or break anything and everything the spear comes into contact with.
 * Maledicite Terrae Manus: Negates immortal beings. Attacks from this ability nullify healing or regeneration and can also curse targets with a deadly and uncurable poison if desired by the wielder.
 * Hauriendum Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to absorb energy from magical attacks and nullify them rendering them useless or even suck the magic power from a living being, as well as use the absorbed energy to restore his own, or even increase his powers and attacks.
 * Exspiravit Manus: Grants Kenji the ability to phase through solid objects and attacks.
 * Generalis Manus: Gives Kenji the ability to create and command an army of warriors. The amount and appearance of the army are up to Kenji's personal choosing. In addition, the strength of the army corresponds to the opponents' strength.
 * True Longinus Götterdämmerung (真冥白夜の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス・ゲッターデメルング, Tōrū Ronginusu Gettādemerungu): also known as the Holy Spear of the Pure White Night, is the original Balance Breaker of the True Longinus. It has yet to be shown in the series.
 * Truth Idea (覇輝トゥルース・イデア, Turūsu Idea): also known as the Brightness of Supremacy, is a forbidden form exclusive to the True Longinus which is similar to the Juggernaut Drive. Azazel calls it "The Dying Will of the God of the Bible". It can create miracles, though it depends on the user of the spear, as it is the will of the God from the Bible that decides if Truth Idea can be used.

Quotes

 * "Yeah, yeah... now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with my bed." (Chapter 2)
 * "*Sigh* Sometimes I wish I was a cloud. Just floating along... going wherever the breeze takes me. That's my style. Just not into putting effort into stuff. Geez... who knew being an Exorcist was so much work..." (Chapter 3)
 * "If you've seen the things that I've seen and been through, you learn to not take yourself so seriously. Guess that's why I am as I am now." (Chapter 5)

Trivia

 * Kenji stands at a height of 6ft and his weight is 167 lbs.
 * Kenji's birthday is on February 1st.
 * Kenji's appearance is based on Yūichirō Hyakuya from Owari no Seraph.
 * Kenji's personality and history are based on a mix between Gintoki Sakata from Gintama and Shikamaru Nara from Naruto.
 * Blackwatch is a reference to the popular video game, Overwatch.
 * Armiger is Latin that roughly translate to "bearer, armed".
 * Manus means "Hand" in Latin.
 * Götterdämmerung means "Twilight of the Gods", and is the German Translation of "Ragnarök".