Natural Energy, the phenomena that flows throughout all living things. Humans who can access their Natural Energy manifest it through elemental abilities, and are referred to as Chieftains. One such chief is 12-year-old Z.K. Megashi. At his local academy, Z.K. hones and perfects his powers, making friends, rivals, and maybe even a few enemies.

Izuki Aobuki is a vagabond samurai doing his best to get by in the time after catastrophe. When a ghost from his past appears at the worst possible time, Izuki must fend him off single-handedly while avoiding disaster by fire and cherry blossom. A snippit into a story of life after ruin, half in Japan, half in California, told day by day from the eyes of a penniless samurai!