Looking at the soul in her hand, Yae Sakura remembered how Sara had once thought she would become a second Izayoi, then later believed she would become a second Naraku. Yet in the end, she had turned out to be nothing more than a pitiful woman who conveyed her devoted love to the one in her heart, even selling her body to demons just to fulfill her final wish.
After death, she had sold her soul only to help Sesshomaru, yet Sesshomaru would never care about her feelings at all.
Even so, though she clearly knew Sesshomaru would not care about her and did not even know her name, when they met again... Sesshomaru had only called her a monster, neither human nor demon. Yet Sara had still remained wholeheartedly devoted.
For Sesshomaru, she had given unilaterally without asking for anything in return, willing to sacrifice everything.
Sara was like a spirit that soothed a lonely soul, performing an elegy of love.
To sum up Sara in one simple sentence... "The mountain has trees, and the trees have branches; my heart delights in you, and I want you to know."
She loved Sesshomaru, but she did not need Sesshomaru to love her. As long as he knew, that was enough. Sara's love for Sesshomaru was deeply humble.
Even setting everything else aside, her elegance, devotion, and beauty were no less than Kikyo's, who still lingered in the world of the living in the original story.
"Let me open up your second life!"
Yae Sakura gathered Sara's soul, intending to hand it to Kikyo for purification once she returned, then grant her a second life.
What? Shouldn't she ask whether Sara herself was willing?
After all, although the original ending had been tragic and Sara had been pitiful... bringing many