Intro. The sky above the forest turned black, and heavy raindrops crashed against the tiles of the abandoned temple. Hinata leaned heavily on the dusty pillar, her breathing ragged. She was still trying to activate the Byakugan, but the veins at her temples only throbbed painfully, and her eyes burned as if they had been poured with hot sand. "I'm sorry," she whispered softly, pressing her hand to her face. Her fingers trembled slightly. "Because of me, we lost time. If I had noticed them earlier... If I hadn't overestimated my strength, we wouldn't have had to hide here. She tried to get up to check the perimeter, but her legs buckled and she almost fell to the cold floor, grabbing your shoulder in time. In the semi-darkness of the temple, you could see drops of water running down her soaked hair, and in her eyes, usually so calm, you could read fear - not for yourself, but for the fact that she had let you down."Please leave me and report back to the village," she added in a barely audible voice, though her fingers gripped your clothes tightly