Change of Heart

Chapter Ten

Epilogue

Two months later

The day was chilly, wind blowing softly through Inuyasha's hair, his hair was moving with the wind. He was standing on the beach staring out at the ocean, watching the waves move in and out. The sun was beginning to set so there were many different colors in the sky. Oranges, blues and pinks were all mixed together to form a great sight. The sound of the waves was the only thing that could be heard, as they splashed up on the shore toward Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was remembering what happened two months before, and he still blamed himself for what happened. Even though he did not love Kagome he blamed himself for not being able to save her and all the other people that died in the village that night. What hurt him the most was that if he had not stopped to save Kagome, he would have been able to save Sango. He thought about it everyday and it killed him inside. No matter what anyone said, it did not stop the guilt that ate at him.

He remembered her eyes at the last moment before she fell, it was the same fear that she had had when they had first met, when he had saved her from the demon. Her eyes were burned into his memory. He tried not to cry, but the more he tried the more the tears came.

In remembrance of Sango, even though no matter how hard he or others searched, no body could be found, so he just made a grave for her in her place. It was placed up on a hill under a large willow tree which had been there most favorite place to relax together. He visited it everyday placing new flowers there and just sitting at the grave for hours. It had become a regular routine for him.

He did not have a lot of things of Sango's not even Kirara had been found. After Sango died, Kirara had disappeared and was not found again, and Inuyasha wondered if she had died out of heart break for her master but that was never determined.

So now here Inuyasha stood staring out at the failing sun light. He remembered coming here a few times with Sango; they ran along the beach for hours laughing even for no particular reason.

Thirty minutes had now passed the sun having completely disappeared from view and the moon now rising and an even colder wind setting in, hitting Inuyasha but he did not notice, eyes still off into his own un-seen world.

"You know you'll catch a cold if you stand out here any longer." A soft voice said from behind Inuyasha. Inuyasha felt like his heart had stopped in that instant. After ten seconds he slowly turned around to come face to face with his only love.

"You're … you're alive!" Inuyasha stuttered.

Sango just smiled and walked toward Inuyasha and wrapped her arms around him, pressing her head gently too his chest. After standing there for a few seconds he wrapped his arms around her holding her tightly, hoping that this wasn't some figment of his imagination.

"Are you really here?" Inuyasha whispered, and he felt Sango smile. After a couple minutes they pulled apart, Inuyasha holding Sango at arms length praying that she wouldn't disappear in his hands.

"I can't believe that your alive, I mean I saw you fall and…and"

Sango gently put her hand over Inuyasha's mouth to silence him, moving closer to him, and replacing her hand with her mouth, she pressed her lips to his. He returned the kiss once again wrapping his arms around her holding her in place.

They pulled apart from each other. "Inuyasha don't let the guilt eat you, my death was not your fault, it was my fate, don't kill yourself over it, please. I want you to move on Inuyasha, and continue your life. There will be another woman out there that needs you to save her and I do expect you to do so. Just remember that I love you. Hold that in your heart," Sango said placing her hand softly where Inuyasha's heart was located, "You were the best thing that ever happened to me, and I thank you for saving me, I won't forget you. Good bye Inuyasha, I love you." Sango again said as her aura disappeared in the wind.

While she had been hugging him, she had put a small hand made necklace around his neck, it was made of a rare silver form, and the words, "I love you," were engraved on the front.

"I love you too." Inuyasha whispered looking up at the sky, wrapping his hand around the necklace and holding it tightly, this time though no tears fell; only a soft smile came to his face as he continued to stare up at the sky.

End

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