Burned by a cursed seal Sakura Haruno is forced to rip up her roots from the Leaf Village and thrown to the wolves as she is banished. Five years pass, Sakura rises as Commander of the Waterfall Village and must return to the leaf to save them from the growing threat known as the 'Reapers'. Word Count: 294,051 Book One in The Haruno Series

Kakashi wakes up in the high-security wing of Konoha's hospital. He seems to have been severely wounded, his chakra is almost depleted and... he has no recollection of how he got there. Lady Hokage Tsunade orders Sakura, by far her best medical-nin, to tend to their "most difficult patient". She needs her most experienced officer up and functional yesterday, they are severely understaffed after the 4th Shinobi World War! She thinks that it's of utmost importance that with his strange case of amnesia, he sees "a familiar face" often. But Sakura soon realizes that something is quite off with her Sensei whom she has not seen in a long time... who used Fūinjutsu on him? And what did they seal? A journey to find out who Kakashi Hatake really is and how he can overcome the trauma of his past.