In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake histhrone, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright byrunning away!

In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heirto the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki'speaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt endwhen his clan is betrayed from within. Now the lone survivor of his family and afugitive, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back,he'll have to do what he does best-run away!

Now in hiding inSuwa under the protection of Yorishige, Tokiyuki takes on a coveridentity-Chojumaru, an apprentice of Suwa Grand Shrine. When OgasawaraSadamune, the governor of Shinano and vassal of Takauji the usurper, shows up toattend a sporting event at the shrine, he's not just looking towin-if Sadamune finds any Hojo refugees, he'll have free rein totake over Suwa completely! Thinking the best way to hide Tokiyuki is in plainsight, Yorishige sends him onto the field to take on Sadamune...