It's physical.
Two nights later, after she spent every second, she could be catching up with her friends and meeting the twins, she snuck away.
"Bath time!" The great thing about being in the house of the West was the bathhouse. It was fantastic, even better than any bath in modern times. It was a lush pool of heated water with smooth stones and floating flowers and a man-made waterfall. The knocking bamboo and trickling water made for a great relaxing tune.
She slid opened the door and stopped.
To her dismay, his mother and the demoness was there; she should have known. "This is what I get for not training my power," She said to herself, "I'll come back," She said louder.
"Nonsense, join us." His mother said,
"That's ok, I actually really need to go train," She quickly bowed, slid the door shut and took off.
She spent the next several minutes grumbling about beautiful demons and her lack of smoothness. She grabbed her bows and arrow and made her way out from the Western Palace until she found a great spot to release.
"Smooth Kagome, real smooth," She held her bow up and released. She knew her form was off; it didn't feel right. She notched another and let it fly and then sighed, "Ugh."
She began to wonder why she was back.
I felt right, yet wrong.
She lifted her bow again.
"Your form is off."
She jumped lightly.
"It would seem you have lacked in your training since you have been gone," He noted as he walked up to her and pushed her elbow up slightly. She released the arrow, "Yeah, well, not much of its needed in my time."
"That should not be an excuse, Miko."
She lowered her bow, "I know."
"What happened," He asked,
"I walked in on your mother and your-
He glared at her,
"Um, the demoness."
"And you were unaware of me."
She nodded.
"That could be very deadly, Miko."
"Yeah, I know."
She lifted the bow again; he corrected her again.
"Your mother asked me to join them."
"It is good you did not."
"I wasn't fixing to get naked in front of them; Sango is one thing" She let the arrow fly.
"What does ones state of dress have to do with it?"
She lowered her bow and rolled her eyes "What do you have against that demoness anyway, have you ever tried talking to her?"
"She does not wish to talk, Miko."
She understood by the tone in his voice what he meant.
"She's pretty."
"So I am shallow and vain now, Miko?"
She looked at him "That's not what I meant, I just meant she's pretty."
She looked at her bow, "I mean, it's physical attraction part of?"
She lifted it again, and once again, he corrected her elbow and slid one of her feet with his foot. "Physical attraction is much more than what one sees with the eyes Miko" He was close to her.
"Hia"
"It is sight, smell, feel, and even taste."
She looked at him, "Tastes?"
"Humans would not understand, as I stated many years ago, release."
She let the arrow fly without looking and then fully turned to him.
"Demons are not drawn in solely on looks, Miko."
"Well, all of you are good looking."
He rose an eyebrow, "Are you saying you find me attractive?" Of course, he knew he was.
"You know what I swear I fell down and into an alternate universe, I think that's like the 3rd joke you have made."
He walked around her as she leaned on her bow.
"We rely not only on our beast but all our senses."
She watched as he walked around her "Sight is first but not foremost."
The wind blew, making her hair dance softly behind her.
"Smell is the strongest."
"Smell"
"Hn, I could give scent right now and have many females drawn to me for rutting."
She blushed "I really didnt need to know that"
"Females give off many scents, heat, pureness" His eyes met hers as he stood in front of her. She gave him a flat look, "You're smelling me arent you."
"I can smell you, but I am not smelling you."
She rose an eyebrow, and he moved to stand behind her. She felt him move her hair and then goosebumps raised on her skin as she felt his nose as her neck "Now I am smelling you."
She closed her eyes "So you find a girl and smell her?"
"Then taste."
She held in a breath as he licked her neck slowly.
"I can now track you where ever you go" His lips graced her skin.
"I thought you already could?"
"Your power Miko, my nose followed your power; now it will follow your scent."
"That all?"
"I can now read your emotions based on your scent. Anger, sadness, heat."
She swallowed, "So have you done this, to her?" Her heart was racing. He pulled back and let her hair fall "I had no desire, but mother was watching."
Kagome gasped, now understanding what he was doing "You're overriding it!"
"You have become useful to me yet, Miko" His tone was slightly teasing.
She gave him a flat look, "I'm glad to help and all, but a warning would be nice next time."
"Where is the fun in that, Miko."
She put her hands on her hips, " I beginning to think I am here only for your amusement."
He moved around her again. "When one has spotted a potential mate, scent is first and last."
"So, I'm confused by your mom and dad then."
"A mating of breed, nothing more."
"That's whats shes trying to do, hu."
"Correct, and as I stated, I do not bend to the whims of others."
"Maybe you could grow to like her? I mean, you grew to tolerate me."
He gave her a flat look, "Use that words lightly, Miko."
"Your jokes are getting weaker, my Lord."
"It to you three years and missing my person for you to finally use my title?"
"Hey, I didn't miss you that much" She snapped, but he saw the teasing of her eyes.
"Come, let us go back."
Kagome followed him and put her hand on her neck. "You really are a dog demon, aren't you."
"Hn"
"Hey, its this cheating?"
"Mating is no game, Miko."
In other words, yes, but he wasn't going to admit it.
"So, what does that do?"
"If done correctly with response from a potential mate, it would enact the need to feel."
"Does it always go in that order."
He looked down, and she could have sworn the white of his eyes were slightly pink.
"No"
"So attraction, scent, taste, feel."
"You humans skip two of the four steps, which is why marriage between you fail."
"Hu?"
"Dog demons mate for life, Miko, if all are done correctly and the heat is there, a mark would be set, and the female would be mated to her male for life."
"Wow, so love comes after?"
He sighed, "No, Miko, once a bond is formed there is no breaking it, yet why do I explain you simply do not understand, it is not that this happened over than span of one night."
She nodded, "Sesshomaru, why do you just look for a mate?"
"One should not have to look if you are looking, how can you be found."
" I never knew you were so deep," She giggled.
"Hn"
"Are you ok?" She asked suddenly, tilting her head.
"Why do you ask."
"Your eyes are slightly pink," She pointed to his eyes.
"All is well" He turned from her "Meditate Miko, least you get killed while here."
"Ah, you would save me," She teased.
"As I recall, Miko, I can't save you."
He then walked away.