"I love how the moonlight seeps through the trees." Sakura whispered, tracing out the shadows on the grass, holding onto Naruto.
Something then dawned on Kankuro, as he leered at the vamp who had bitten him. "Hey, wait a minute."
Stopping, the group looked over to their blood sucking comrade. He appeared displeased or angry.
"This is Suna, a desert" stating the obvious, "how the hell can there be trees and shrubs?"
His response, a snicker from Shino which grew into a laughter among the others. "The master made their settlement here; they have the power to change the environment."
How was Kankuro going to argue with that? A master, there was someone in charge around here? Maybe the puppeteer could manipulate their master to change him back into a warm blooded, longing, human again. "Where is this master?"
They began traveling through the roots and darkness. "We'll be reaching our destination soon." Naruto replied adjusting Sakura's arm clinging on his scarred neck.
Flowing out from black bark on fallen leaves, a faint orange flare began to grow along with soft chants entwined with cackles.
"Have we down, gone to town?"
"You're not very pretty, what a pity."
"You gotta die, don't you cry."
Twitches came over Kankuro's face as he hid behind the Aburame. "What is that? We're not seriously walking to that?"
Licking a fang, Shino eased his frighten vampire. "There's nothing to fear."
To Kankuo's prediction they did approached three girls surrounding a kettle, dressed in stripped socks, black gowns and pointed hats. Two of them were blonde stirring with their broomsticks, as a brunette, with a pig on the end on her broom, flew over head, pouring in unknown liquids.
"What we've found, a creepy sound."
"Give your lung or thy tongue."
The brunette flew near the ground as she stepped off, holding onto her small pig. "I put a spell on you-"
"No, you just messed it up, we must start over!" Scolded the older blonde, shaking the contents of the potion off her broom.
"Shizune!" Whinnied the other blonde. "Why did you have to ruin our piece?"
"Forgive me, Tsunade, Ino." She bowed then they noticed the vampires a few feet away, watching them.
"As you were, ladies." Shino spoke with another devilish grin. They strolled away as Kankuro's twitches never left him.
"Were those witches?" He asked as Shino nodded.
Sakura then gave out a hiss, Naruto laid her down near a pumpkin patch, checking her stomach wounds. He began to remove her jacket, but Shino stopped him.
"Don't do it now, you may heal her in our kingdom, we're almost there." The Uzumaki understood, he place his beloved on his back. They finally arrived, blood underlying gates, mysterious thick fog, and poisonous rose bushes, decorated a taunting breathing castle, Kankuro's new home.