Hinata surveyed the area quickly, and continued forward. The shinobi she'd fought and dispatched had separated her from her team and she needed to regroup quickly.
There was a dull ache in her temple, fleshed out across her cheeks. She could feel the sensation making itself known as her body catapulted her across the terrain. The vessels around her eyes channeled blood, chakra, and a familiar, blunted pain. Overuse, she thought. I've been using these eyes so much.
She felt her body tremor as she launched herself forward. The motions were minor, but they shook her. She could feel the minute spasms in her muscles, exacerbated as air hit her sweat-soaked skin, chilling her. The kunoichi continued forward.
Moments later Hinata detected the familiar shapes of her team amid the world awash in chakra topography.
She saw a bundle of chakra, shattered and netted together; infinite pieces combined as a whole. There's Shino. And where…there they are. Kiba and Akamaru appeared in the periphery, chakra synchronized between their disparate forms. Kurenai was there too, her silhouette awash in lines of genjutsu. I don't see any other fighters near us. We should keep moving until we reach our objective.
"Sparrow," Kurenai said, acknowledging the Hyuuga as she rejoined them. "We've gotten far enough away from our initial clash, and this is the most defensible position we'll be able to get to before we put ourselves at a disadvantage by trying to rally ahead. We'll make camp here."
Hinata nodded once in acquiescence, looked quickly at their surroundings, and dispelled her doujutsu, and took a knee in rare shock as the world suddenly threw itself back into color. She closed her eyes gently and deepened her breaths. That had been the longest she'd maintained her elevated sight.
"Hound, you've got first watch," Kurenai continued, eyes sliding away from the battered girl. "I'll take watch after Hound. Ox, bring Sparrow back up to speed."
As Kurenai moved to establish their camp, Kiba and Akamaru began their patrol the perimeter. Shino knelt beside Hinata and carefully shifted her weight fully to the ground.
"Rest," his deep voice rumbled. "We will replenish your chakra. Why, you ask? Because..."
Hinata felt the kekaichu alight on her skin, feeding her chakra points as she faded into a healing sleep, safe in her teammates' hands.