Hints
True fans of a romantic involvement between two characters, especially when they’re an alternative coupling, see hints of their romance in every little thing. Of course, it wouldn’t be different for the avid fans of the Sesshoumaru/Kikyou pairing; we have picked out a few details we’ve seen throughout the series and taken them as hints of a possible relationship between them, and they are:
1.Sesshoumaru and Kikyou normally appear close to each other in group pictures.
If you pay close attention to most group snapshots with the Inuyasha characters, Sesshoumaru and Kikyou appear either side-by-side or very close to each other. In one of the latest manga issues, for instance, there’s a two-page colored picture, drawn by Takahashi-sama herself for the 8th anniversary of the Inuyasha manga, featuring all of the main characters from the series, be it the good guys or the villains, and Sesshoumaru and Kikyou are standing side by side, and it kinda gives the impression that he is looking at her… Are those pictures just a coincidence? I don’t think so. They must have a reason to be…
2.Sesshoumaru has never threaten/tried to kill Kikyou.
So sure, Kikyou is already dead, but her body can still be destroyed. Sesshoumaru has tried to kill lots of people throughout the series, an yet, he has never even threaten Kikyou with death… And he kind of would have reasons for doing so, since Kikyou wants to kill Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru wants to end his brother’s life with his own hands… Besides, he has never clearly stated that he hates her, referred to her as “wench” like he usually does to Kagome for instance and, in the first movie, he doesn’t call her “kisama”, (in Japanese, the word “kisama” means “you”, but you only use it with people you consider inferior to yourself; Sesshoumaru often adresses Inuyasha and Naraku by “kisama”) so there’s always a chance…
3. Sesshoumaru seems rather “concerned” about Kikyou’s death.
In the first movie, when Jaken asks his master if he was really sure about letting Kikyou live, Sesshoumaru states with a somewhat soft tone that “She’s going to die…”, and then Rin asks him what he means by that, but he chooses to remain silent. Then, in episode 116, after Kikyou has saved Rin and is walking back to her horse, he looks slightly behind and wonders if the zombies of Jakotsu and Suikotsu have showed Kikyou her own destiny… The question here is: why would he care? Why did he even bother to wonder about Kikyou’s fate? Makes one wonder…
4.In episode 124, Sesshoumaru averts his gaze every time Kikyou is mentioned.
When Jaken is looking down at the fissure Kikyou had previously been pushed into, Sesshoumaru is standing right behind him, also looking down with an enigmatic expression of his face. The toad then declares that that is terrible shouki and there is no way that woman (Kikyou) survived, and Sesshoumaru abruptly turns on his heels and begins to walk off, as if he had just heard something he did not want to. Inuyasha then tells his brother to wait and the taiyoukai pauses for a second and looks back at the hanyou, who asks him if he had just watched as Kikyou was killed. Sesshoumaru, knowing that as true, must feel guilty or something, so he just chooses not to answer and look away. When an angered Inuyasha insists on commanding him to wait, Sesshoumaru finally speaks.
“What was your connection with that woman? Not that I want to know, but…” Notice here that he is careful enough to disguise his curiosity, maybe not wishing to let his brother know about his interest in the miko. As Inuyasha remains silent, he states that “Naraku was the one who killed Kikyou.” and goes on, sparing Inuyasha rather cruel words. “Besides… the one who wasn’t able to save her, Inuyasha, was you.” Hah, it’s almost as if he indeed felt somewhat guilty for letting Kikyou die, but takes the easy way out of his heavy conscience and blames it on Inuyasha…
5. Second closing video: Fukai Mori.
In the Fukai Mori video, there’s a scene in which Kikyou is wandering at night in a forest with her Shinidama-Chuu, and she’s heading to the left. Then, nearly right after that scene, we see Sesshoumaru, also in a forest during daylight and walking to the right… It might seen a bit farfetched to say this, but that little detail might be telling us that either the taiyoukai and the miko have already met in that forest and are now going their separate ways, or that they are yet to encounter in a not-so-distant future. Also, if you read Fukai Mori’s lyrics, you’ll see that they fit those two so perfectly that it’s almost as if the song had been made especially for them…
6. First movie’s closing video: No More Words.
Another closing video with a hint… In this ending, there’s a scene in which Sesshoumaru, along with Rin and Jaken are wandering around the area where the previous battles had taken place, consequently near the place he and Kikyou had met. Then, we get a close-up of the taiyoukai, who has a somewhat thoughtful expression look, and right after that, we see Kikyou and her soul-catchers. Now, isn’t that too much of a coincidence that Sesshoumaru seems to be in deep meditation so near the spot where he had seen the miko before…and then she “magically” pops up in the screen…? Yeah, probably just another one of the many “coincidences” revolving around these two…
7. Kikyou's apparent trust in Sesshoumaru. (Sent in by Shouka Shibata)
Kikyou confides in Sesshomaru. I mean, it's not straight out in the open all
the time, but in the movie Kikyou had revealed her plans ((of what she was
going to do after pushing Kagome down the well)) to Sesshomaru. Now if
Kikyou didn't have a sense of trust in Sesshomaru, I doubt she would've
shared any information with him at all about her other agenda.
These are all the hints I can think of for now. If you got anything else that hasn’t been described here yet, please, feel free to contact me and let me know.