Hinata fumbled with the spatha literally thrown at him for the first few moments. It was his first time with a 'live' blade, and it didn't even have the decency to be a katana, or one sided, orr sized to his fit! Plus it was heavy as hell, which was likely to do with the size and the fact it was made of metal, not bamboo. It was unyieldy in Hinata's unpracticed grip. Perhaps if it had been a handle of Japanese-make, then he could heft it easier, what with practicing with a tool meant to emulate katanas and the like. 

The brunet quickly cycled through staring at the metal blade in fear and staring at the prehistoric beast in fear. The blade he was provided was one handed, so using it in both hands was gonna make his strength better... but his speed much lower. It was better to use it one handed, then, since adding onto his pitiful strength but reducing his superb speed was stupid idea... He looked at the much lighter shinai in his offhand. It took a moment, but the circuits in his brain finally clicked. 

"Ha... Niten ichi-ryu is a thing... But I don't think I'd ever imagine any two-sword style being used like this..." Hinata joked to himself, holding the shinai in front of himself as a makeshift shield and holding the spatha behind his back in a way that would give quite a bit of force in he were to swing it. "Ami!" Hinata yelled, "Make a run for it! I'll cover you!"

It was a sound tactic, Amalea taking the master, and Hinata diverting the murderous pet tasked with hunting Ami down...

[i]'There's no way I'm gonna make it through this...!'[/i]