<em>After all this time, they had finally been able to work alongside their longtime sensei as more than just genin, but as chunin, and some of the most powerful in the village at that. She had been so proud of her team. Kimiriko, the Phoenix of Konoha, one of the finest Jonin in the village, rumored in certain circles to be next in line for the position of Hokage... Now she is dead.<br/><br/>They had been sent on a routine, class B mission to retrieve information about the founding of a new village within Konoha's country's borders. And, yet, somehow it had gone horribly wrong. Something... powerful had hit them. And, more than that, had a genjutsu that had stripped them of all memory of the incident. All any of them could remember was that she had died horribly to enable them all to escape with their lives.<br/><br/>And now, two weeks after they had returned and the best Konoha has to offer have tried to unravel the mystery and failed, after they all have begun to deal with the guilt and sorrow of their sensei's death and a proper funeral has been given, they have been called together for the first time to take another mission. But, before they can go to the Hokage to recieve it, they first have to pick up their nw squad member from the Uchiha clan's compound...</em>