Hinata stood staring at the place he had been even minutes after he had dissolved into nothing, staring at the trees and plants of her garden, but seeing only the thing he had become. She remembered the feeling of hopelessness when they knew that the war was lost, that Naruto was lost und so many had died for naught. The release of the Yuubi was felt even hundredths of miles away and his shadow was dancing in the blood red sky – the three darkest days in her live.
After that the waiting and hoping had begun, hoping that Akatsuki and the Yuubi had destroyed each other and waiting for the onslaught if one of them won.
But now she had the answer – Akatsuki had won, Uchiha Sasuke had won and was now wielding the terrible chakra of the ten tailed beast.
Hinata stood in her garden once again, waiting for the Uchiha to appear - why exactly she didn't know, but she knew that she needed more information, needed to know what had happened and what would happen. For one year she had known what power Sasuke possessed but she did not tell anyone – there was no need to. She had seen both of the Uchihas fight, had seen the power of their eyes and the feelings that were burning behind these red orbs. Once she could have slowed Sasuke down - but not anymore, no one could.
So Hinata did the only thing she could, she admitted defeat and looked into the red abyss of his eyes.