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Kagome finally recovered herself and returned to the spring, bathing Rin as quickly as she could manage while still being gentle, before dressing them both and nearly running back to the camp. When she arrived, Kagome found the demon brothers glaring at each other from opposite places across the fire. 'Men! Hmmph!' With a sigh, Kagome began preparing the morning meal.

"Sesshomaru, will you and Rin join us for breakfast?" She asked lightly, holding out twin dishes of fruit and sweet rice. Sesshomaru declined with no words but a bow of his head, but nodded towards his ward, who happily joined Inuyasha in devouring the proffered food.

"Yummy! Yummy, Kagome-sama! Arigato!" The little girl zealously exclaimed around a mouthful of mandarin slices.

Sesshomaru stood and motioned to Kagome, " Miko, this one will speak with you."

Kagome raised an eyebrow, looking from Sesshomaru to Inuyasha quizzically. "Like hell! Whatever you have to say to her you can say in front of me!" Inuyasha snapped back in answer for them both.

Normally, Kagome would have 'sat' him for sure for the chauvinistic display, but frankly, she wasn't in the biggest of rushes to find herself alone with the full blooded youkai.

Sesshomaru stopped and turned back to face his brother, "Perhaps, whelp. However, this discussion is not for the child." He looked pointedly at Rin, who was humming to herself as she munched.

Inuyasha snorted and returned to his interrupted meal, "Feh!"

Kagome, having now spent nearly all of her high school years with the indigent hanyou, took that as "Fine!" and stood to follow the Lord, dusting imaginary bits of lint off of her skirt as an excuse to keep her eyes averted.

The pair walked silently away from camp, slipping into the cool, early morning moisture of the forest. They continued for a few minutes until Sesshomaru stopped, presumably satisfied with the amount of privacy their distance afforded. He turned towards Kagome and studied her silently.

The miko fidgeted under his cold stare and silence, still unsure what motives he held behind the expressionless mask he bore.

When it appeared he was in no hurry to satisfy her curiosity, she snapped, "What?!? Did you drag me out here just to stare at me?

The elder snorted, "Quite. No, miko. There are questions you have. I will entertain them."

Kagome's fire was squelched by his response. He wasn't one to talk, let alone offer to answer questions, and now that he had offered, her mind clamped shut.

"Hai..."

"You may ask them now." He answered, only barely veiling his impatience.

"Well, first, I wanted to talk about Rin."

"The child is not your concern."

Kagome glared as menacingly as she could, which wasn't much comparatively speaking, though the demon Lord was amused by her attempt, "She is if I decide she is!" He raised an eyebrow at that. "I won't stand idly by and see an innocent girl be ill-treated!" Kagome stomped her foot in frustration. Sesshomaru growled at her accusation but before she could continue, she was surprised to see something akin to guilt cross the youkai's face. It was there only a moment before it was gone again behind the stoic facade, and Kagome was sure that if she had blinked, she would have missed it. In fact, the knowledge that she had seen the raw emotion, for however brief a time, caught her off guard and she lost the reprimand in her voice 'For just a second, he looked so much like Inuyasha. I could see the family resemblance. Is that all that really separates them? Emotion? If he really does feel so strongly, I feel sort of bad that he keeps it all locked up.' Kagome lowered her voice and continued more calmly, "Sesshomaru, she is growing. I just noticed that she is beginning to outgrow her kimono. And her clothes are badly in need of repair."

Sesshomaru nodded curtly, "I see. I will rectify that. It would reflect poorly on someone of my stature to have his attendants improperly dressed. She will visit the seamstress when we return to my lands."

Kagome smiled warmly. "Good. That will make her very happy, you know."

Sesshomaru sniffed. "That is of no consequence."

Kagome shook her head. 'Well, it would be too much to expect him to admit he cares for her.'
"Okay, so, what are the courtship rites? I mean, why did you think I was Inuyasha�s mate?" She asked, continuing to her more pressing line of questioning.

"Inuyoukai choose their mate, sometimes in the instant of meeting, primarily on scent. Even an inu not of full blood would feel drawn to the scent of his would-be-mate, even if only unconsciously. The scent alone brings comfort and strength."

"But Inuyasha says he hates the way I smell."

"Perhaps. Is it not a weakness to need comfort from another? To seek it, yet hate the uncontrollability of it?"

Kagome nodded, only lightly grasping the enigmatic response. Sesshomaru continued, "It is ingrained in the youkai blood to infuse his scent with that of his chosen, indicating her unavailability to be with rival males."

"And...?"

"You smell of Inuyasha." He finished with a smirk most reminiscent of the half-demon. Kagome thought of all of the times she rode on his back, of the times he lent her his haori.

"Continue, onegai."

"The male aggressively will protect and defend his potential mate, looking over her and showing her that he would be an appropriate provider for herself and any pups he would sire. He would stay by her side to declare his attentiveness and would attack any males who would dispute his claim. This would continue until the female has accepted and the mating made complete, or until she declines, in which case the male often will never seek another."

"Inuyasha does do some of those things," Kagome admitted. 'His jealousy of Kouga comes to mind,' "But he has left me for Kikyo on more than one occasion, he has sent me home and tried to keep me away from him, and fights with me constantly. Not exactly the tale-tell signs of a budding romance. Besides, why wouldn't he have said something by now? He knows I care for him, wouldn't he have just said..."

"Miko," Sesshomaru interrupted, "First, it is not uncommon for a male to test the loyalty of his intended once he is confident her feelings are requited, sometimes willing her away to test the strength of her resolve. As well, and as is more likely, his blood is so defiled by his human mother's that he may not be fully aware of all of the stages of the courtship, nor of the reasoning for some of his behavior." Kagome could feel herself become angry again as Sesshomaru insulted Inuyasha and his mother, but before her ire could surface, he was continuing, "Still, his instinct is there and half-demon or no, the youkai cannot be ignored. This one is surprised, though, that you bare at least no intent mark."

"Huh?"

"Males mark their females, temporarily at first, until they are permanently marked during mating. If mating is declined, the mark will eventually fade. You have no mark." He finished flatly.

"Hmmm� Neither does Rin.� Sesshomaru set his jaw at the miko and Kagome sensed that she had slipped something that the other had not intended to reveal yet, perhaps even to himself. Finally, he answered her unspoken question, "Sometimes, a mate is chosen but is too young to initiate full courtship. Some steps remain, but the mark is excluded until maturity. Also, circumstances may dictate the preclusion of he mark, due to the danger it would call upon the intended. Given the current state of affairs, it is safe to assume that that is the case with the hanyou." Sesshomaru began walking back to camp, indicating the subject was closed so far as he was concerned, but Kagome still had questions.

Racing to catch up with him she asked, "Sesshomaru, you have always been very vocal about you distaste for humans. Why would you accept that any of son of your father would take a ningen mate?"

Sesshomaru did not turn to answer her question, "It seems that the offspring of our sire have inherited that part of his blood."

Kagome smiled wryly to herself. 'It appears they have. Indeed.'

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Back at camp, Sesshomaru motioned for Rin to follow as he began to leave. "Rin, you will be fitted for a new kimono when we return home."

"Yippee!"

Kagome returned in time to catch the happy exclamation of the girl as the pair disappeared from view. She smiled brightly before loosing herself in thought.

'Hmmm...Could he?...Nah...He does seem to sniff my hair a lot, especially when I return from my time. Thinks I don't notice it...And the group does complain about how grumpy he is when I'm gone...He spent all those nights on my side of the well...But, I can't believe he's just testing my loyalty with Kikyo, he couldn�t be that dense or that cruel...Though all of that would explain Houjo and Kouga...Heck, he even growls when Miroku gets too close- not that I mind the extra protection from the pervert...but...He did try to send me home and seal the well...Course, now he never lets me leave...And he says I�m just a shard detector...Kikyo again...And wench and bitch aren�t exactly pet names...Then again...What about that stuff at my house? Ugh!...That was definitely...um...yeah.'

"Oi, bitch, what was all that about?"

Kagome shook her head, trying to clear her disjointed thoughts. "Hmmm?"

"What'd Fluffy want?"

Kagome blushed. She couldn't very well tell him about the entire conversation. Even if he didn�t go into a rage for his brother having such intimate an discussion with her, she wasn't sure she could form the words to repeat it. 'And he'd probably deny anything, anyway.' She sighed. He'd either be embarrassed or angry at Sesshomaru, then he'd get defensive and irritated. The last thing they needed on this leg of their journey was another reason for tension while they traveled. Seeing as how the intimacy the two had shared hadn't done anything to improve their outward relationship, Kagome reasoned that this wouldn't either. "Oh, Rin's getting older, becoming a woman..." She answered vaguely, secure in her knowledge that Inuyasha was easily embarrassed by the workings of the female body. She wasn't disappointed when he didn't probe further. Granted, it wasn't the entire truth, but it wasn't a lie either. She had asked about Rin...

Inuyasha crossed his arms into his sleeves and snorted, "Feh! Don't understand why Fluffy keeps her around anyway, as much as he hates humans."

Kagome smiled and began repacking camp. "Yeah, well, I guess he hates Rin as much as you hate me."

Kagome didn't see the blush that spread across the hanyou's face and he didn't see the smug smile on Kagome's lips.

"Feh!"

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