Chestnut Blade
~Prologue~

It was a dark and stormy night. Well, actually, it was a clear, beautiful, sunny summer day. However, had it been a dark and stormy night, it would have certainly set the mood. A blonde-haired teenager watched her father and her younger brother spar playfully. She scowled to herself; her fists clenched tightly.
"'Tousan..." she muttered. "Gomen...but I can see that there'll be no other way."

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