SessJak

SessJak is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Sesshōmaru and Jaken.

## Their Relationship

### Inuyasha

**Aristocratic Assassin, Sesshomaru**

It begins with Jaken guiding Sesshōmaru to what appears to be a tomb to find whether or not it is Sesshōmaru's father's grave. The temple is guarded by wolves but Sesshōmaru easily kills them with his poison whip. Jaken gets on top of the stone structure and uses his staff to check if it's the place. The lady screams, telling them that it's not the right place. So Sesshōmaru tells Jaken to find a boat while he walks off. Sesshōmaru demands a boat. Then they refuse and their leader attacks him, Sesshōmaru kills him and leaves the rest of his men to Jaken. Then they take a boat. On the way to another location, Jaken asked Sesshōmaru if they should consult Inuyasha, but Sesshōmaru states that he'd rather not think of his younger brother. He assumes that Inuyasha is still sealed to the tree for 50 years by Kikyō. Jaken says he heard from someone that the spell is broken and Inuyasha is free. He also states that the staff of two heads has been acting strange also and is sure it's because of him. He also states to his lord that speaking of the staff he was wondering, because he had been tossed in the water to remove the staff from his head due to his not being able to breath. So they continue their search for Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha's father's grave.

As Inuyasha tries to free her, he is stopped by a poison whip belonging to his older demon brother Sesshōmaru. After making sure that Inuyasha believes his mother has been brought back from the dead, Inuyasha successfully manages to free her by using his claws to cut off one of the demon's arms. He tells Kagome to look after his mom while he fights with Sesshōmaru and Jaken. Inuyasha is hit pretty hard after Sesshōmaru hits the ogre with his whip and then Inuyasha's mother stopped the ogre from further attacking her son with a bright light.

**Tetsusaiga, the Phantom Sword**

 As Inuyasha attacks Sesshōmaru, Sesshōmaru grabs his neck and stabs two fingers into Inuyasha's right eye, drawing out a small black pearl. Inuyasha attacks Sesshōmaru again, but he dodges and attacks Inuyasha. Just when he is about to strike him, the Unmother blocks Sesshōmaru and takes the fatal blow instead. Myōga says that even though she has no children, she has the heart of a mother and wanted to protect Inuyasha. Sesshōmaru tells Jaken to come to him and Jaken gives him the Staff of Two heads. He places the bottom of it onto the pearl, and the face of the old man on the staff laughs and opens a portal to the netherworld. Sesshōmaru and Jaken enter the portal with Inuyasha, Kagome, and Myōga quickly following behind.

They enter into the netherworld, which turns out to be demon lord's grave. Skeletal vultures circling the humongous skeleton in armor which happens to Inuyasha's father. Inside the skeleton Sesshōmaru and Jaken have found what they've been looking for; the Tessaiga, a sword that was made from the fang of Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru's father's own mouth. When Sesshōmaru grabs the hilt of the sword, he isn't able to pull it out, and realizes that his father but up a barrier.

**Showdown! Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru!**

Inuyasha resumes his fight telling her to stay where she is. Suddenly the sword begins to pulse and grows bigger and turns into a dog fang and when Sesshōmaru pounces onto Inuyasha with his left paw, Inuyasha jumps at him and cuts off his left arm. Inuyasha then declares that it was their father who chose to leave the sword to him, to hide his tomb in, and that he wasn't so worthless after all. Sesshōmaru attacks him one last time, but Inuyasha manages to defeat sending him off the skeleton. Jaken, shocked to see his lord defeated, rushes after him as the both escape to the normal world. Inuyasha takes back what he said about his sword earlier saying it's not a "piece of junk" after all.

**Naraku and Sesshomaru Join Forces**

The episode begins with a group of bandits coming across Sesshōmaru. He slays them using his newly acquired left arm which formerly belonged to a blue demon, but the arm is rendered useless shortly after. Jaken recounts the tale of how Inuyasha used the Tessaiga to sever his arm in their last encounter.

A man wearing a baboon pelt appears before Sesshōmaru having overhead his conversation with Jaken and expresses how he also despises Inuyasha. He offers him a human arm that has a shard of the Shikon Jewel embedded in it and informs Sesshōmaru that with this arm he will be able to wield the Tessaiga. In exchange, Sesshōmaru will exact revenge on Inuyasha for him. Sesshōmaru tells the man that he wants to know the name of the one he makes a pact with. The man tells him to call him Naraku.

Inuyasha attempts to attack Sesshōmaru with Tessaiga. He avoids the attacks easily and comments on how Inuyasha has yet to release the full power of Tessaiga. On the next strike, Sesshōmaru grabs Inuyasha’s wrist. As the poison from Sesshōmaru’s nails burns Inuyasha’s flesh, Sesshōmaru asks which will be the first to drop, Inuyasha’s wrist or the sword. Inuyasha comments that it won’t be the sword as he briefly overpowers him.

However, Sesshōmaru manages to knock the Tessaiga out of Inuyasha’s hands. To Inuyasha and Kagome’s surprise, Sesshōmaru is able to grasp the sword with his left hand. Jaken summons all the demons from the mountain, and Sesshōmaru demonstrates the true ability of Tessaiga, the ability to slaughter 100 demons with a single stroke.

When Kagome starts to run toward Inuyasha, Miroku tells her to wait. He steps in front of Inuyasha and says that he must put an end to “this foolish sibling rivalry.” As Inuyasha and Miroku argue, Jaken wonders if this is the monk that Naraku claimed could be more troublesome than Inuyasha. Unconvinced that he is a worthy opponent, Jaken asks Sesshōmaru if he can finish the monk off. When he goes to attack, Miroku unleashes the wind tunnel, partially absorbing Sesshomaru's ogre. Kagome exclaims that Miroku is the best. Then she turns to Inuyasha as an afterthought and says that he was good, too. Inuyasha sarcastically says that he could tell that was from the heart.

**Go Home To Your Own Time, Kagome!**

Jaken is seized by Miroku, who questions how Sesshōmaru knew *exactly* how to exploit Miroku's Wind Tunnel with the Saimyōshō, despite neither Jaken nor Sesshōmaru having met Miroku before. Jaken reveals that they were given the Saimyōshō by a demon wearing a baboon pelt and mask. When pressed for the demon's name, he reveals it as Naraku.

Badly weakened by blood loss and Sesshōmaru's venom, Inuyasha staggers to his knees, still holding Tessaiga upright. Jaken, believing he is unconscious, attempts to approach, but Sesshōmaru warns him to stop, and a small burst of energy fired from Tessaiga sends the imp fleeing. The sword responds to Inuyasha's will whether he's conscious or not, and if they try to take it, he will strike them down. Deciding that Tessaiga is beyond his reach (for *now*), Sesshōmaru at last retreats. Kagome, Miroku and Shippō rush toward Inuyasha, who finally collapses from his torso wound.

As Sesshōmaru is flying away, the Saimyōshō follow him; knowing they are after the Shikon shard, Sesshōmaru pulls back his robe to reveal the borrowed human arm is beginning to burn away. Ripping it free before it can injure him, Sesshōmaru tosses it to the wasps, who remove the Shikon Jewel shard and take it to Naraku. After lamenting Sesshōmaru's failure, Naraku notices Sesshomaru is right behind him; Jaken accuses Naraku of trying to trick and kill Sesshōmaru from the start. Sesshōmaru swiftly decapitates him, but when Jaken inspects the body all they find is the baboon cloak and mask. Naraku speaks to Sesshōmaru from somewhere unseen, urging him to keep his anger in check: Naraku may contact him again if he finds another chance to kill Inuyasha.

**Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga**

Jaken arrives to the deserted home the smith. It appears that Sesshōmaru has commissioned a sword from Tōtōsai, but the smith is gone to see Inuyasha.

Meanwhile, Sesshōmaru explains the same to Jaken by demonstrating on him that the Tenseiga is useless to kill. Shortly after, they attack a dragon, and Sesshōmaru takes his arm after defeating him.

**The True Owner of the Great Sword!**

Jaken reunites with Sesshōmaru, finally healed, and begin to leave. However, Sesshōmaru picks up on the scent of Rin's blood and finds her fresh body, mauled by the wolves.

Facing her death, he remembers her bright smile at his token of interest, and draws Tenseiga. The sword beckons to him, and Sesshōmaru uses the sword of healing to resurrect Rin. She wakes up with a revived breath, and Jaken is confused as to why he decided to revive the young girl. As Sesshōmaru departs without a word, she and Jaken follow him. Sesshōmaru seems to put the responsibility of choosing to save a human life on the Tenseiga.

**Kaijinbo's Evil Sword**

Coming out of the shadows are Rin and Jaken. After discovering the head, they ask who did it. Sesshōmaru said it was Inuyasha. He simply picks up the head, scaring Rin (though she might have faking it). Examining the fangs, Sesshōmaru can smell Tessaiga, which the fang broke it. He states that he's going to take the head somewhere. He orders Rin to stop screaming. She immediately obeys him and they follows him. What baffles Sesshōmaru is that he can smell the blood of his own and his father's.

Kaijinbō the swordsmith has completed the sword Sesshōmaru has commissioned him to make from the fang of Goshinki, former incarnation of Naraku, who broke the Tessaiga. But as Jaken comes to take possession of the sword in his master's name, Kaijinbō kills him and goes to Inuyasha to try and kill him, too, possessed by the sword's lust for revenge. Sesshōmaru finds Jaken's body, cut in half, and revives him with the Tensaiga. Jaken explains his observation that the sword, called Tōkijin, seemed to have possessed Kaijinbō.

**Sesshomaru Wields Tokijin**

Meanwhile, Kagura seeks out Sesshōmaru (who is resting with his companions Jaken and Rin) and informs him of Tōkijin's location and the destruction of Kaijinbō, which she covertly observed. She takes a moment to flirt with him, finding Sesshōmaru very attractive, then hints that he may have power enough to kill Naraku before she flies away. Kagura muses to herself that she is still bound to Naraku by her heart, but she would rather die than remain his puppet forever.

**Inuyasha's Soul, Devoured**

Sesshōmaru, Jaken, and Rin walk through the forest. A voice welcomes Sesshōmaru, and says he expects Sesshōmaru has come to talk about the swords.

Sesshōmaru asks about Inuyasha, and how he has changed sometimes into a pure demon. The tree demon explains that Inuyasha is sometimes overcome by his demon blood to preserve his life. However the more often Inuyasha transforms, the more the blood will control him, eventually turning him into a mindless killer. The Great Dog Demon, knowing this, gave the Tessaiga to Inuyasha, to protect him from his blood.

**The Demon's True Nature**

Sesshōmaru returns to Jaken and Rin.

**Naraku's Barrier - Kagura's Decision**

**The Howling Wind of Betrayal**

**The Plot of the Panther Devas**

**Target: Sesshomaru and Inuyasha**

**The Panther Tribe and the Two Swords of the Fang**

**Jaken's Plan To Steal The Tetsusaiga**

**Sesshomaru and the Abducted Rin**

**Vanishing Point; Naraku Disappears**

**Gap Between the Ages**

**The Female Wolf-Demon and the Lunar Rainbow Promise**
**Jaken Falls Ill**

**Sesshomaru and Koga: A Dangerous Encounter**

**The Stealthy Poison Master: Mukotsu!**

**Inuyasha Shows His Tears For The First Time**

**The Big Clash: Banryu versus the Wind Scar**

**The Sacred Vajra and the Mystery of the Living Buddha**

**Koga's Solitary Battle**

**Lured by the Black Light**

**The Exposed Face of Truth**

**Final Battle: The Last and Strongest of the Band of Seven**

**The Power of Banryu: Duel to the Death on Mt. Hakurei**

**Beyond the Darkness – Naraku Reborn!**

**Farewell Kikyō, My Beloved**

**The Woman Who Loved Sesshōmaru, Part 1**

**The Woman Who Loved Sesshōmaru, Part 2**

**3000 Leagues in Search of Father**

**Hosenki and the Last Shard**

**The Demon Linked with the Netherworld**

**The Demon Protector of the Sacred Jewel Shard**

**Final Battle at the Graveside! Sesshōmaru vs. Inuyasha!**

**Destroy Naraku with the Adamant Barrage!**

**Forever with Lord Sesshōmaru**

**The Bond Between Them, Use the Sacred Jewel Shard! (Part 1)**

**The Bond Between Them, Use the Sacred Jewel Shard! (Part 2)**

### Inuyasha The Final Act

**Naraku's Heart**

**Kagura's Wind**

**Meido Zangetsuha**

**Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga**

**The Great Holy Demon Spirit's Test**

**Mausoleum of Mount Azusa**

**Among the Twinkling Stars**

**Sesshomaru in the Underworld**

**A Complete Meidō**

**In Pursuit of Naraku**

**True Heir**

**Magatsuhi's Evil Will**

**The Day of Days**

**Kohaku's Shard**

**When the Jewel is Whole**

**Inside Naraku**

**Naraku: Trap of Darkness**

**Naraku: Trap of Light**

**Naraku's Uncertain Wish**

**Thoughts Fall Short**

**Toward Tomorrow**

### Hanyo no Yashahime

**Inuyasha: Since Then**

**Farewell Under the Lunar Eclipse**

**Sesshōmaru and Kirinmaru**

**The Three Princesses Strike Back**

**Sesshōmaru's Daughter**

**Wielding the Tenseiga**

**The Silver-Scale Curse**

**The Barrier of Mount Musubi**

**The Girl Named Rion**

**Hisui the Demon Slayer**

**Takechiyo's Request**

**Battle on the New Moon, Part 2**

**A Place (Not) for Towa**

**Zero's Wish**

**Kirinmaru of the Dawn**

**Moroha and Family, Together Again**

**The Three Princesses Escape**

**When the Grim Comet Falls**

**Osamu Kirin's Apparition Conquest**

**The Grim Butterfly of Despair**

**Father and Daughter**

**A Never-Ending Future**

## Manga

**Parting Thoughts**

**Meidou**

**Darkness of Hell**

**The Master of Hell**

**The Return**

**A Merciful Heart**

## Evidence

* Jaken deeply respects and always praises Sesshōmaru, much to Sesshōmaru's annoyance.
* At times, Jaken gets too carried away and winds up insulting Sesshōmaru, which usually leads to a couple bumps on the head.
* Jaken is condescending to all but Sesshōmaru.
* Jaken is (reluctantly) aware of Sesshōmaru's compassion toward Rin, he knows that he, too, must responsibly protect her or else face the wrath of his master.
* To Jaken's credit, unlike Myōga (who immediately abandoned Inuyasha in any dangerous situation), Jaken was completely loyal to his master, even if his usefulness was minimal; he always stuck by Sesshōmaru's side even in times of danger (except on one occasion, where he tried to back out by bidding Sesshōmaru 'good luck' and got whacked on the head).
* Sesshōmaru resurrected Jaken with Tenseiga after he was killed by Kaijinbō - an action that seemed contradictory to Sesshōmaru's cold, unfeeling personality, especially as he had other priorities at the time.
* In InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, Sesshōmaru's desire to protect Jaken and Rin—even at the expense of his pride—proves he really does love them.
* Sesshōmaru genuinely cared about Jaken, and while he rarely showed it, he did appreciate his loyalty.
* Sesshōmaru become more caring towards Jaken, whom he used to threaten to kill on a regular basis and treated like a slave if he failed to accomplish a certain task. Afterwards, while he would still strike Jaken whenever he annoyed him and would force Jaken to accompany him even during dangerous situations, he would tell him to stay back when facing an enemy that would endanger Jaken if he was too close.
* Sesshōmaru lets Jaken grab and sit on his mokomoko-sama.

## Quotes

* *"Silence, Jaken."*―Sesshōmaru.
* *"Jaken, we're leaving."*―Sesshōmaru.
* *"Jaken. Do not say it."*―Sesshōmaru.
* *"He was testing, he was teasing, he was testing, he was teasing, he was testing. He was testing!!?"*―Jaken.
* *"That would meant that I was cut down without chance of survival!! And to think I devoted myself to you all these years!! Lord Sesshomaru, it's so unfair!! Why did you do that!!"*―Jaken.
* *"Doesn't he feel anything? I am I the only one feeling sick? If he can handle it, I can! I can do anything once I set my mind to it!! Then again, maybe not."*―Jaken.
* *"But why would Lord Sesshomaru use healing powers? I only seen him do that once before, and it was to bring Rin back to life."*―Jaken.
* *"Lord Sesshōmaru, it looks like they are born."*―Jaken.
* *"Lord Kirinmaru! Lord Sesshomaru is not the kind who would take action for personal matters!"*―Jaken.
* *"Yes, Sir."*―Jaken.
* *"Lord Sesshomaru."*―Jaken.
* *"I don't think we should leave these two like this."*―Jaken.
* *"Wait for me, Lord Sesshomaru!"*―Jaken.

## Trivia

* In "Jaken's Plan to Steal the Tetsusaiga," Jaken said that he had been serving Sesshōmaru for "several decades," but in "Sesshomaru and Koga: A Dangerous Encounter," he said that it had been "centuries." It is possible that in the latter case, Jaken simply exaggerated the amount of years he had been in Sesshōmaru's service in order to make his record seem more impressive to Ginta and Hakkaku. It *is* known, however, that Jaken had been with Sesshōmaru for at least 50 years at the time of Inuyasha's awakening, as he was by his master's side when the Panther Demon Tribe attacked Japan shortly after Inuyasha was sealed to a tree by Kikyō.