"When citizens of a secluded village begin dying off in alarming numbers, the sole hospital's head doctor tries desperately to save his patients--but his efforts are in vain. ... The villagers discover their loved ones' corpses are rising from the grave with an insatiable thirst for human blood. Haunting, hallucinogenic and unnerving to the core, Shiki stares into the hearts of both the hunter and the hunted. Who is safe when the urge to kill in order...

Team Kakashi is joined by Team Guy in their pursuit of Gaara's kidnappers, Deldara and Sasori, but their way to the Akatsuki hideout is fraught with familiar enemies and deadly traps. Once inside, Sakura and Granny Chiyo must take on Chiyo's own grandson, the puppet master Sasori, whose complex tricks and genius puppetry demand every last ounce of Chiyo's and Sakura's strength and skill to counter.