Heritage - Prologue

Alice examined at the weapon in her hands. It was a fairly small katana, about 15 cm in length. The small jewel grains glittered as the light hit the black blade. Alice smiled. It's perfect. This kanata would surely replace her broken Kanata.

Her eyes traveled to the tuska [handle] of the katana. It consisted of a fairly simple design with the patterned color of white and pink.

"How much?" She asked the storeowner.

"One million beli." She replied with a bright smile.

Behind her mask, Alice frowned. This blade was most definitely not worth one million beli. Sure it was a good katana, but at most it would be worth five hundred thousand beli.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand beli."

This time, the storeowner frowned. Her neatly plucked eyebrows furrowed as she glared down at the katana.

"Two hundred and fifty measly beli is not enough for this intricate blade dear customer!"

Alice almost scoffed. Its much more reasonable that one million beli.

"This blade certainly is not worth one million beli." She argued, moving her mask into place. "Please don't try to rip me off owner-san. I do not take kindly to being played." Placing a large emphasis on the words 'do not Alice's tone became significantly colder.

Clearly shaken by the dark aura emitted by Alice, the owner visibly trembled. This girl's bad news...'

"F-Fine. Three hundred thousand beli! That's the lowest I'll go!"

Alice nodded, pleased by the price. "Thank you owner-san." She handed the bag of beli to the shaken woman and grabbed the katana on the table. Underneath her mask she smiled softly and placed the katana in her right kimono sleeve. Thoughts consumed her as she tried to think of a name for her newly bought katana. She was so consumed of her thoughts that she didn't notice the sound of running men coming her way.

BAM

Head collided with chest. Ouch… Alice looked up glaring holes through her mask at her perpetrator.

"Ah! Sorry!" He apologized as he quickly glanced behind his shoulder.

"Ace! We have to go!" A man yelled.

The one named Ace nodded before bolting off.

"Pirates! Stop!"

Alice raised an eyebrow. Pirates? Huh. I would have never guessed that they were pirates." She let out a small giggle. Oh... he left his hat.

She picked up the said hat next to her hand. Ace … huh.