That works for Hisame!

Off they go?

Yes. If they encounter trouble, Hisame should focus on escaping with her charges.

If Chihiro wants her hands free to potentially fight, Hisame can take the other six - no sense dropping them, since Hisame's pretty sure 'trouble' is likely.

Very well.

And Hisame takes all four wriggling tarps.

Just in time, apparently - very soon after Chihiro has a split second of warning before someone's dropping down towards Hisame.

She launches herself in an acrobatic leap to intercept Sesshi.

She lets herself be intercepted.

And Hisame flees, keeping a hold on her tarps.

...Where's the dog?

Does not seem to have climbed into the trees with Sesshi.

Sesshi isn't giving her much room to look, though.

Well, either she can handle it or she can't.

Chihiro can try to make this a roving battle, covering ground to flush out Chamaru while still keeping Sesshi away.

Sesshi allows her to do that.

There's a shout in the distance.

Who is it?

Seems to have been Hisame, though she sounds more angry, not distressed.

Perhaps some of the puppies got away.

She attempts to disengage in that direction.

Sesshi isn't letting her do that easily.

Of course not. Still, she has to try.

If she's willing to risk injury, she'll manage.

As long as it's not debilitating.

Then she'll get away. Sesshi seems to be staying in pursuit, though.

Hisame, meanwhile, has somehow kept a hold of the puppies, even while under attack from Chamaru. She can't fight back, not like this, so she's mostly just booking it towards Elieyha, even as Chamaru tries to drive her away.

So now...

She needs to distract Chamaru and keep Sesshi away from Hisame. Difficult. Can't spare too much attention to either task or the other will overwhelm.

She throws a spread of shuriken into Chamaru's path to drive him off.

He lets that drive him back a bit.

Hisame uses that opportunity to pick up speed, spending a bit less of her effort and attention on guarding herself.

Good, that's the goal here.