Sesshomaru decided that, unfortunately, clarity needed to be dealt out. He would not have the disrespectful whelp tarnish his honor.
Even if it was only in his mind.
"I shall make this perfectly clear, so that even you cannot misconstrue anything in your feeble mind."
He looked over his shoulder to see the boy standing.
"The miko is a companion - friend as you would say. She is deserving of any and all honor, loyalty, and assistance This One and The West can offer."
"And that's all there is?"
He looked forward once more, approaching the edge of the tree line, he let his voice carry to Inuyasha on a breeze.
"Indeed."
For now.