A Blade & A Cherry Blossom

At the end of the Edo period, where Samurai have all but gone extinct Chi Matasunei, last son of the Soma Minimoto Samurai clan buries his fathers body. After releasing his fathers spirit he sets out to fill his fathers long ago held position at the Emperors household.
Misaki is princess to the Japanese throne and only daughter to the great Emperor Okai. She has lived a sheltered life within the walls enshrined to her late mother. As Misaki worries for her future, an unexpected newcomer flips her world on its side. Odd dreams, nightmares, and long harbored grudges challenge to ruin everything the two hold dear.
A tiger and a fox engage in a dance of fate. One where the gods place their bets and their greed overpowers the world and the lives within. Can these two survive the journey to cultivation? Or will the fate of the gods intervene.