~Kagome~
He shrugged at her. The great demon lord, made a simple move, and shrugged at her. What the hell was going on? "Would you rather I continued calling you miko?" He asked after a moment. She shook her head softly. She didn't quite know how to react to his sudden change in personality. She knew he was watching her, but she couldn't get herself to speak just yet.
"Are you alright Ka-go-me?" He said her name in sylables, in attempt to tease her. He face turned a light pink. "Just peachy."She mummbled before facing him fully, looking him dead in the eye. "Weren't you going to explain something to me?" She demanded, desperate to change topics before her arousal was sniffable to the demon dog. His expression became serious, and he nodded, turning his eyes from her to the fire infront of them.
"You see mi-Kagome..." He caught himself with a tiny smile. "I do not dispise ningen, nor hanyou. Nor do I believe full demons to be of any higher ranking." He sighed. "Though this Sesshomaru can understand why it is understood as such, among you and your friends." He paused a moment, and glanced over at Kagome before continuing.
"When it comes to Inuyasha, this one has reason enough to despise him, and him alone. Not all hanyous in general. Though it just happened that Naraku was one as well. In actuality, hanyou's do not disturb me. They are the result of demon and ningen mating. Not normal, but plausible." He saw her eyes widen at his confession. He continued, "The same applys to the ningen population. They are weak, yes. They can be a nusance, true. But not all are so, and they cannot help they way that they are born, with weakness, or frailaty. It is as so. I cannot blame them for a weakness they cannot control." Her eyes were the size of the great moon in the sky above them. He looked away, and to the small sleeping fox on the other side of the clearing. "Full demons are not all on the same ranking. Just because one is a full blooded demon, does not make them strong, or powerful. You must work to become as such, and strive to be powerful. Many demons do as such, while others do not. In some cases, hanyou's can surpass full demons. They are not of any lower respect than full demons." He ended, staring once more into the fire before them.
Never before had she heard him speak so much. She was not only in shock of what he'd said, but the fact of hearing his voice in general stunning her into silence. She made herself speak.
"What has Inuyasha done to create such a hate in you?" She whispered softly, watching his face carfully. He shook his head. "Must you ask?" She looked confused. He sighed. "There are many reasons miko. But I suppose telling you of the larger one wouldn't really hurt..." He paused before launching into yet another story.
~Sesshomaru~
"This ones half brother was born five short years after myself. From a different, mother. A ningen one. This one knows the tale Inuyasha has told you; that this one has tortured him, and treated both he and his mother like dirt. This is only half true. I did as such, because Inuyashas frail ningen mother, was able to slip into my fathers heart, gain his trust, and was able to murder him with her own dainty ningen hands." Kagome gasped audibly. "Slipped a purifying dager into his demon heart. And because he trusted her, he was never able to see it coming. Blinded by love had never been more true in his case. I despided her with all my being, and in my young state, was unable to do much. But this one grew up, knowing, and remembering it all. When this Sesshomaru was around the age of 16 in ningen years, I took her life in revenge of my father. That was when Inuyasha had decided to take advantage of my own mothers ill state, and take her life as well." Tears had long ago formed in innocent Kagomes eyes, and were now falling freely done her flushed face.
"I'm so sorry Sesshomaru..." She whispered hoarsly. He looked over at her, his usualy emotionless eyes showing his greif, and surprise at her tears. She actually cared for him enough to cry for him? He couldn't believe it. He just wanted to hold her, to tell her to never cry again.
"That is only one of many reasons I despise that hanyou you love." He said, adding that to see her reaction. Her eyes narrowed. "I do not." She said, with more volume to her voice.
"I do not love Inuyasha."