SessKoh

SessKoh is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Sesshōmaru and Kohaku.

## Their Relationship

### Inuyasha

**Vanishing Point; Naraku Disappears**

Ahead, Kohaku leads Rin through the forest, ignoring her questions. He suddenly halts, as Naraku sends a signal for him to kill Rin, but hesitates as he raises his *kusarigama*. Terrified, Rin narrowly evades several of his attacks, trying to reason with him, but is finally knocked unconscious. As Kohaku raises the sickle over her body, he notices Sesshōmaru standing a few yards behind them.

Naraku sends another signal; instead of killing Rin, Kohaku turns and levels his weapon at Sesshōmaru instead. Mildly surprised, Sesshōmaru raises his claws, but Inuyasha suddenly arrives and punches Kohaku, knocking him backward. Kagome checks on Rin, confirming that she is unharmed. Inuyasha tells Sesshōmaru to let Kohaku go, but Sesshōmaru tells him to stay out of it; Kohaku was about to attack *him*, not the other way around. Inuyasha understands that Naraku wants Kohaku to get himself killed by Sesshōmaru, regardless.

As if to prove the point, Kohaku launches his *kusarigama* at Sesshōmaru. Inuyasha swats it aside with Tessaiga, but Sesshōmaru lunges forward, grabbing Kohaku by the throat and lifting him off the ground. Mockingly, he remarks that he never knew Inuyasha cared about him enough to protect him from an enemy. Inuyasha angrily retorts that he will kill Sesshōmaru if he doesn't let Kohaku go. Ignoring both Kagome's pleas and Inuyasha's threats, Sesshōmaru tightens his grip as he stares at the boy. Sesshomaru thinks to himself, that the blank expression on Kohaku's face bothers him- despite being seconds from death, his eyes show neither pain nor fear. After a brief pause, Sesshōmaru releases Kohaku, dropping him to the ground.

Rin awakens; she is pleased to see Sesshōmaru, but startled to see Kohaku, who runs into the trees, where he is retrieved by Kagura. Kagome thanks Sesshōmaru for sparing him, to which Sesshōmaru remarks that Kohaku was *trying* to get himself killed. Having realized he was doing so on Naraku's orders, Sesshōmaru refused to play Naraku's game. He departs, with Rin following him, much to Inuyasha and Kagome's surprise.

**The Stealthy Poison Master: Mukotsu!**

Sesshōmaru then demands to know where Inuyasha was and Mukotsu asks who he is. When Sesshōmaru replies, "I was just about to ask you that" Mukotsu voices his shock that he'd kill someone whom he does not know. He then begins to attack him using all his best gasses specifically designed to kill demons, but Sesshōmaru easily overpowers and kills him. Inuyasha then quickly arrives and, once seeing Kagome, Sango and Miroku's bodies, demands to know what Sesshōmaru did, but Kagome insists Sesshōmaru saved them. But Sesshōmaru states that he did not save them, but that Mukotsu couldn't answer his questions "so he got rid of him". He then tells him that he caught Kohaku's scent, indicating Naraku must be close by and asks Inuyasha where Naraku is. Inuyasha says they haven't been able to locate him and that they now have the Band of Seven coming after them; meaning Naraku must be near, though. Sesshōmaru then leaves.

### Hanyo no Yashahime

**Inuyasha: Since Then**

Six months later, Kohaku decided to investigate, and surprised the skeleton body as Sesshōmaru called the demon Root Head. Then Kohaku quickly to the house where his sister, nieces and nephew and Rin were. Sango wanted him to take care of her son Hisui.

**The Dream Butterfly**

In the Feudal era, Kaede tells Hisui and Kohaku that Setsuna is Sesshōmaru's daughter. When Setsuna and Towa were newly born, Sesshōmaru took them away from the village. A few years later, Setsuna returned to the village alone. Hisui and Kohaku found Root Head's roots around the Tree of Ages and deduce that Setsuna and Moroha were sent to the future.

**Takechiyo's Request**

**A Place (Not) for Towa**

## Manga

**Parting Thoughts**

**Meidou**

**Darkness of Hell**

**The Master of Hell**

**The Return**

**A Merciful Heart**

## Evidence

* Despite his admiration for Sesshōmaru, Kohaku finds his actions enigmatic at times, and is unable to determine what his true motives are.