Change of Heart

Chapter Four

Sango's P.O.V

I awaken in the middle of the night. I keep my eyes closed, and I can hear a fire crackling, some one walking on the ground. I try to think back to earlier and I remember faintly I was crying, running through a forest, and then a demon coming after me, I remember being squeezed and crying out, and then he came. He told me he would take care of everything. He gave me his kimono to put on, since I remember being very cold. He had spoken so gently to me, almost like Miroku accept some thing was different, something I can not pin-point. If I remember clearly he said his name was Inuyasha and he protected me from the demon that tried to hurt me.

I hear something, It sounds like the person in the room is humming, it is a soft song, very calming and also very sad. I open my eyes and look around the room at this Inuyasha. He has long silver hair, with dog ears sticking out of the hair, which for some odd reason I think is quite adorable. I can see golden eyes, he is good looking, even better than Miroku. He is putting wood in the fire making the flames lick the new wood and start burning it. Inuyasha noticed that I had awakened and is looking at him, he had stopped humming, and I wish he hadn't. He looks deep into my eyes like he trying to find something.

"Hello, how do you feel?" He asks me lowering his eyes back down to the flames.

"I have a little headache, but other than that I feel okay." He gets up and comes over to me. He lowers himself to where I lay and puts his hand on my forehead, feeling the temperature. He removes his hand from my forehead and brushes my bangs aside, he then cups his hand under my chin pulling up slightly so I would look up at him.

"You're very hot." He says and I can see the concern that is filled in his eyes. He breaks eye contact and gets up, goes outside for a minute and comes back with a wet cloth. He pushes me back down on my back, since I had been upward, leaning on my elbows. He puts the cool cloth on my forehead and makes sure the blankets are on me completely.

"You should rest some more." He says to me and keeps his hand on the wet cloth.

I just nod my head not really wanting the pressure on my forehead to leave.

"Thank you." I whisper to him and he just nods his head up and down. "What were you humming a minute ago?' I ask.

He looked surprised at the question. "Just something my mother used to sing to me. Never forgot it. Every night before I went to bed she would sit by my side and sing to me. I always loved it." He smiled softly and I saw a lot of pain in his eyes.

"Did she die?" I ask.

"Yes, when I was young."

"I . . . I know how you feel." I stutter a little scared if I tell him he might do something like what Miroku has been doing to me.

"You do?"

"Yes, my . . . village was destroyed and I watched my little brother die in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it." I say and I can feel the tears sliding down my face as I turn my head away from his gaze. It hurt to tell the story; because it brought memories back that I wanted so much to forget. I only hoped that this man would not do the same as Miroku did to me and take advantage of my feelings, which I desperately did not want to happen. He takes his hand off my forehead, and readjusts his position, putting my head in his lap, getting me comfortable and fixing the cloth on my head. He pats my shoulder and smiles down at me.

"Go to sleep." He says to me.

"Will you be here when I wake?" I ask looking up at him.

He nods his head, and I close my eyes drifting off once again into sleep.

Inuyasha's P.O.V

I looked down at her sleeping form; I am still cradling her in my lap. I gently wipe the tears that had previously slid down her face away. I don't even really know this woman, but for some reason I wish I could take away all her pain, which I knew she had a lot of. It was evident in her eyes that a lot of things had been taken away from her. I really shouldn't care about some woman, but deep down I feel that I must protect her, even from herself. I wish that I could just wipe all her pain away but I know that I can not so I will look after her, take care of her and make sure no harm will come to her. I just hope that I myself will not cause her any more grief than she has already suffered.