Discuss Would this work? [RP Idea]

[O-Ushi]

[CENTER][I]They say that death is the ultimate reward for the warrior.
Though they die, their spirits are reborn again and again,
Carrying with them the sins of the past.
A murder remains a murderer throughout time,
Lovers continue to love beyond their deaths,
They say the ultimate punishment of the Samurai
Was to be reborn as a Samurai
Unable to escape their history.
For these 14, that is true.

Though bodies die, and bones decay and rot
Sins of a life will echo on through time.

Gama-oyabun, Lord Toad, gasped as blood leaked slowly from his mouth. He gripped the blade of the sword with old, grizzled hand, trying - in vain - to remove the offending weapon from his abdomen.

"Nezumi..." he rasped, spitting it like a curse.

Nezumi laughed, the sound rich and hedonistic, echoing throughout the large hallway the three figures stood in. He fliked jet black hair from his eyes, a smile creeping across his face on rose-red lips. He turned to Neko, and smiled...

Hirose awoke with a start sweat dripping from his brow. He turned, fumbling for his beside table. Clumsily, he opened the drawer, and their it lay, a blade, shing dully in the half-light of the morning. He had scratched a name on it, three small characters.[/I]

Nezumi.

[I]He stared at the blade, he breath quickeneing in his throat. He thought of a blade, cold steel, breaking the delicate skin across his wrists, the warm, sharp pain, and the blood flowing like water from a bottle. He swallowed hard and, shakingly, closed the drawer.

It was the dreams. The dreams were getting worse.[/I]

This is the story of a group, reborn 250 years after the deaths of thier past lives. They are the spirits of the 14 Families:

Gama (Toad)
Nezumi (Rat)
O-Ushi (Ox)
Tora (Tiger)
Usagi (Hare)
Ryu (Dragon)
Hebi (Snake)
Uma (Horse)
O-Hitsuji (Ram)
Saru (Monkey)
Tori (Bird)
Inu (Dog)
Ousa-Buta (Boar)
Neko (Cat)

Though many have been scattered throughout the land, many have ended up in the ancient city of Edo, now called Tokyo. They attend Jyuushin Memorial Highschool, and are all plauged by the same nightmare, the nightmare of a day that made, or ended, the lives of their ancient counterparts. they now search to find the truth behind that fateful day.

This is the story of the 14 signs, a story of love, betrayl and honour in a city ruled by night.[/CENTER]

Basically, I'm trying to find a way to mix genres. The RP itself will be split in two, one set in the school in the modern day, while the other is set in an ancient city, ruled by the 14 clans of kenshi (note: kenshi, swordsman, not neccessarily of the Samurai caste). I wanted to draw comparisons from the ancient warriors to the present children, and I wanted them to discover the events that lead up to and the actions of the day that killed their past lives.

My question is, do you think it could work?