#Youkai Sesshomaru

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"Youkai Sesshomaru" (The Demon Sesshomaru) by: Kaoru Wada from: Inuyasha

[ka-go-me]

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Sesshoumaru🗡️

[deviousdevilx]

I thoroughly enjoy the contrast between his two forms, oh and when Nyanko Sensei decides to look human? Why not take the form of the grandmother as a teenager of the teen you live with! totally normal.

[dia-oro]

There this fic that is very old and a classic in the sesskag fandom, I didn’t even remember I downloaded it by a page that is already dead so I give it a cover that was well deserve, maybe at vacaction in the university I reread it.

[thecraftygingermom]

Yesterday after sharing my Sesshoumaru, someone asked if it would be possible to make his demon form...

#challengeaccepted

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[artytaeh]

don't mind me, i'm just fond of thinking about SESSHOMARU having a human s/o that ends up targeted by other humans, who judge her for being a youkai's wife / partner. i imagine them trying to kill her because of that,

and she ends up dying with an arrow on her forehead, while she tried to run away.

of course, SESSHOMARU didn't hesitate to return her to life with tenseiga. but the image of his s/o dead, dropped on the floor with void eyes, and an arrow stuck on her forehead as their pale face contrasts with the blood dropping from her wound...

... to the point where it becomes a habit of SESSHOMARU, to always kiss his s/o on that spot, where the arrow was. he does it almost to be sure that his s/o is alive, there with him, as if that death never happened and that arrow was never stuck on that forehead.

i like to imagine that despite tenseiga's healing, his s/o might have a tiny scar, or even something very light where the arrow penetrated her head.

this was a totally 4am thought. 💢

[vampirequeen019]

Sesshomaru human and demon version with short hair!!!

Daaaaammmmmnnn!!! 🥵🥵🥵

Sesshomaru versión humano/demonio de cabello corto🥰

[almondmilkcleanser]

𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇. 𝟑

𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋. You're a fox youkai who's just been betrothed to be married to this anonymous demon. But is he really that anonymous? He looks.. familiar.

✥ ` ■ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒. f!reader x sesshomaru ✥ ` ■ 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. Arranged marriage; opposites attract; ✥ ` ■ 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓. my perfectionism don't like det. ✥ ` ■ 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎. Teresa - moments x where roses bloom ✥ ` ■* 𝐀/𝐍. — Happy holidays <3 Leave a comment to be added to the update list! ✥ ` ■ 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐊𝐀𝐈 - @hisokaswaifu32 all-the-thngz-i-nvr-said traumatizedgirly meontheblock002 tcapter luv-for-fictional-characters rlurvey obsessedalpaca bontensbabygirl bunniotomia

“Explain this “arrangement” to me right now!” the castle consorts hid their faces in their palm. Your brash mannerisms were nothing new. They were encouraged even by your father despite your mother’s attempt at teaching you to be a studious, demure, quiet lady. 

“Oh, Y/N. This arrangement was long arranged since before you were born. You see, Sesshomaru’s father, the great Inu Taisho-” Sesshomaru nodded his head slightly at your father, giving him the OK to continue. 

“Him and I would meet during the seasons. “Oh, my daughter!” your father clapped his hands together. A triumphant smile plastered across his face. You stood next to Sesshomaru, your face flustered, grimacing and grumbling under your breath.

“Daddy! Explain the meaning of this!” you stomped your feet against the wisteria covered steps. Your father met the two of you outside of the castle gates inside the garden. Speckles of violets and morning glories danced in the air around the two of you; bright pigments of lavender, green, sage and yellow in preparation for the spring. It was going to be a beautiful spring according to the season oracle. But none of that mattered right now-

And its through his skilled knowledge of the land that we were able to expand our kingdom into such a beautiful creation that it is today. No war. No famine. Our kingdom has been designated to aide in a kingdom’s beautification from near and far. Sesshomaru was but a child then, but we agreed that if and when i have a daughter, she would be his bride. 

“Well, what if I don’t want to be his bride!” you protested, glaring at him from the side of your eye. Sesshomaru returned your stare with a his own. Letting off a short chuckle as he looked away.

“You see, daddy! He doesn’t even want to proceed with the arrangement. And besides, he’s too soft-looking. You said it yourself that my husband needs to be a warrior!”

“Y/N, don’t be so crude, sweetheart.” your mother looked over at Sesshomaru apologetically. His expression remained neutral. “You can’t outwardly judge someone so harsh-”

“I’m assuming you’re going to blindly negate from the fact that I saved you from that large demon outside in the fields.” your father’s eyebrows shot up. “Your life was nearly over if I didn’t find you when I di-”

“I didn’t ask you to do that!” you huffed, crossing your arms as you looked away. “I would have figured out a way to take him down.”

“With a measly hand blade? I would have enjoyed watching that happen.”

“Tsk! Daddy!”

Your father pressed his fingers on both sides of his nose. He knew this wasn’t going to be an easy 1-2 process. 

“How’s this. Get to know him till the end of summer. By the time the last hydrangeas fall to the ground to welcome the winter and you still have your apprehensions, we will cancel the arrangement. And in exchange, I will let you choose whether to stay or go. Whichever you

decide.”

Your face softened. Your father must have really respected this Inu Taisho person. With a brattish glance at Sesshomaru, you took a deep breath and dropped your arms.

“Fine. But if this doesn’t work. I want that jade necklace you promised me and 2 horses for myself.” you walked off to the right towards your chambers, leaving your handmaidens no choice but to follow you.

“And he’s not staying in my room!” was the last thing you said before disappearing into the distance.

Your father looked at Sesshomaru with the deepest, most silent apology. “I promise you she’s not normally like this..”

Sesshomaru grunted in response. “If its alright with you I’ll take my stay outside of the castle. I suspect if that one demon was so close its best I linger around for a little while longer.”

“Ah! Yes! A-are there any other acquaintances of yours that we should accomoda-”

“Lord Sesshomaruuuuuuu! Wait for me!!!!!” Sesshomaru’s face showed its first expression this whole time; annoyance. A small green creature with buggy eyes and a large stick sprinted through the garden, his breath ragged and fumbled.

“Ah! My Lord! You ran away so suddenly and I- Hm? What is this place?” the creature looked around frantically, his eyes both in wonder but also in.. permanent worry?

“This is my wife’s kingdom, Jaken.”

“Your wife.” Jaken repeated. He looked around at your father and mother, the servants, and the flowers until it hit him,

“Your wife!?”

“This simply has to be a mistake. No women is worthy enough of the Great Lord Sesshomaru! Just what kind of bribery must have- OOF!” In a blink, Jaken’s face was to the floor with a large knot to his head. Sesshomaru pivoted on his heel, walking out of the castle, leaving Jaken on the floor to catch up to him.. Eventually. 

—

“Y/N! Are you crazy! You have to marry him. Do you not see him? He’s incredibly handsome.”

You crossed your arms, eyes darting bullets at your friend, Saya. Saya put her hands to her cheeks, her bright brown eyes glimmering at the inert fantasy playing in her head.

“To have such a strong demon under your arm and bear his children must be a dream come true!”

“Not for me! I don’t even know this man. He could be an absolute psycho.”

“Or a dream!” your other friend, Miko, piped up alongside Saya. You could see the soft envy in their eyes, but it wasn’t harmful. Your own friends didn’t even understand why you were so apprehensive. 

“I don’t know…” Miko sighed, rubbing her temples. “I just feel like I’m still young. Still wanting to explore the world. Or-”

“Still wanting to pickle yourself for that fool Hachiko. I’m telling you, Y/N. You’re going to get yourself hurt all over again and this time its going to stick.” Saya looked at you and Miko, who you felt was more of an older sister type of friend, with curious eyes.

“Who’s Hachiko?” Saya asked.

“Oh he’s some soldier in training in the neighboring kingdom that Y/N is head over heels about. But he’s just a peasant boy, no grounds for a pri-”

“Peasant boy or not, I love him. And no Sesshomaru is going to stand between us.” You stood to your feet to escape back into the garden.

“Y/N.” Miko piped up, her eyebrows scrunched in concern. “Just- think it over. Opportunities like this don’t come around often for women like us.”

You looked back, your mouth pressed together. Without saying much else, you walked out of your room, into your personal garden.

[carnal-lnstinct]

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pairing: sesshomaru x human!reader content: established relationship, domestic fluff, humor, slightly ooc sesshomaru: eating human food A/N: I found my old sesshomaru rp blog and got inspired to write this. Also didn't proofread this so fingers crossed.

The soft sound of a crack and annoyed grunt that followed brought your eyes up from your bowl just in time to see two bits of broken chopsticks fall to the floor from his hand. His brows were tense, the squint of golden eyes cursing the flimsy workmanship of tools, all tools by default, made by human hands. His hold was careful, delicate, and precise in maintaining an acceptable grip on the tools, yet a small adjustment between his fingers and clawed digits had snapped through yet another pair of chopsticks. They are perfectly adequate for humble village folk who made do with them, but for a powerful youkai like himself more comfortable with the luxury of those fitted for his hands, these may as well have been twigs pinned by carriage wheels– Exercising restraint or no.

That annoyed look on his face said it all for you and you purse your lips to stifle a soft titter, trying to hold your own food in your mouth while you chewed. Sesshomaru’s stare then finds you, the daiyoukai setting down the bowl of cooked meat from his other hand and letting the remaining pieces of chopsticks fall before him.

He was one whose presence you allied with mastered grace and control, yet witnessing him struggle to even hold human chopsticks in his hands without breaking them forced an amused smile on your face. Endearing him all the more in your graces. You love every chance you get to see that dignified composure break and learn about these tiny flaws of his. Sesshomaru was someone you could describe as nothing less than beautiful perfection in this world, especially compared to the likes of a human like yourself. Without much guidance or thought, you held him on a pedestal but when moments like this happen you learn that even a regal creature like himself could be relatable. His stubbornness to prove himself never failed to expose who he was behind his title and eminence. A man, like any other, who every once in a while deserves a private moment of being his honest self. You just wish it lasted longer, but his pride in his heritage would not allow him to be as such for more than a passing moment.   

It’s not his fault his powerful claws could do such a thing without even trying, it couldn’t be helped. But it’s his determination to dine with his wife in her human village, to try and try again despite a repeat performance of broken pair after broken pair. It spoke highly of the restraint he must truly hold himself to when those same claws brush over your skin and you press yourself into them with complete faith. 

“You find this amusing?” He dryly delivered to your ears only making your smile widen.

“Not at your expense, My Lord.” You uttered in an airy tone with your eyes lowered from him, trying not to allow a laugh to slip. You can feel the sear of his glare and hesitate to make eye contact, only to give yourself time to compose before the urge to laugh takes over. You set down your own bowl and reach for his, gathering a saucy, rare cut of meat. “I can look into having a special pair fashioned for you.” Maybe Master Totosai would help? If you asked nicely, but maybe humble chopsticks fit for a demon would belittle the blacksmith’s skills. It’s not like you can just waltz up to any other demon, let alone make such a trifle of a request. You’ll run it by Jaken to see if he can be of assistance

You let the last bit of juice drip from the helping before lifting it up toward Sesshomaru, looking up at him expectantly. 

“I am not concerned with this.” Sesshomaru answers, composure restored as he ran a hand through his hair, loosely tucking it back behind his ear and tossing the length over his shoulder. He closes his eyes, a quiet sigh falling from his nose and he leans forward with an open mouth gathering the helping from the end of your chopsticks.

“Shall I continue to feed you, then?” You insisted in a lighthearted tease with an arch brow

“...” His brows narrowed as he chewed, keeping his eyes closed as he did. You smiled lovingly.

“It would be no trouble at all.” 

He reopens his eyes and looks at you, glare softened. Safe to assume how you would go about this little chore you encouraged piqued his curiosity. When his mouth stills and throat softly bobs, he answers.

“Do as you like.”

[crescent-dreams]

Winter Holidays

Who can say no to a little holiday cheer?

Behind Blue Eyes by @clara-of-asgard

Teen | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: Sesshomaru tries to understand human celebrations by observing his wife but something happens to her eyes.

Behind Closed Doors by @sereia1313

Explicit | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: Against his wishes, Sesshoumaru's mother throws a lavish Christmas party. The reason for all his arguments? She's using it as an excuse to get him and a certain miko together.

Best Christmas Date Ever by @kaoruhana08

General | Modern Era AU | Complete Summary: “You want us to bake together?” She asked, turning to face him. “As in bake our Christmas cake together?”

Christmas Memories by @valgreys

General | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: As he watches his mate run around with Christmas preparations, Sesshomaru reflects on their life together and how important she is to him.

Clarkson Chronicles by @sereia1313

Mature | Feudal/Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: A four-part series showcasing Kagome and Sesshoumaru's relationship over a series of Christmases.

Coffeeshop Christmas by @mitsiepitsie-blog

Explicit | Modern Era AU | Complete Summary: Kagome is stuck working on Christmas Eve, and to make matters worse, there isn't a drop of hot cocoa in the office. Luckily, the coffee shop just across the road is open for business. And, as it appears, very willing to receive her.

Demonic Christmas Trees by @mythicamagic

General | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: While making the rounds of gift-giving in the Feudal Era, Kagome stumbles upon Bokuseno. She decides to brighten up the Tree Youkai by giving him a little decoration, much to a certain Daiyoukai's confusion. For Dokuga's Holiday Exchange.

Love is a Battlefield by @mrfeenysmustache

Teen | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: Sesshomaru has never run from a battle in his life…. Until that battle is better fought with hearts than swords. Sometimes a retreat is necessary to survive, but learning to jump back into the fight is necessary too.

Midnight Kiss by @mynightshining

Mature | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: Only ten minutes to midnight and a new year would start. Only ten more minutes then she could drag herself to her empty, cold, and companionless bed. Kagome completely resigned herself to living out the rest of her life single and hopelessly in love with the one person who would never reciprocate.

New Year by @sereia1313

Mature | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Kagome is fully prepared to spend New Year's Eve alone, but fate has other plans.

Sesshoumaru sees the time knife by @gaykagome

Teen | Feudal/Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Christmas carol-esque shenanigans land a love-sick Sesshomaru in the modern era for a day where he learns a lot about love, reality TV shows, and the linear passage of time.

The Snowman by @cat-zchen

Explicit | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Sesshoumaru thought the snowman was just a convenient thing to play with, but he soon learned that it could mean so much more than fun in the bedroom.

A surprise for Christmas by @cat-zchen

Teen | Feudal Era Canon | Complete Summary: Kagome took tentative steps until she stood directly before the middle one of the boxes. It almost reached the underside of her breasts, the edge slightly pressing into her woolly jumper as she reached for the big red bow. She let the silken material glide through her fingers, throwing a questioning glance over her shoulder.

Sesshoumaru leaned against the back of one armchair, nodding in encouragement. “Open it.”

To Bargain with the Demon by Chiaztolite (Ao3)

Explicit | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Kagome needs help to save an orphanage from getting demolished for a new skyscraper project. Sesshōmaru agrees to lend assistance, but he has a price in mind: he wants Kagome to pose as his fiancée and attend his mother’s Holiday party with him. As things quickly heat up, can Kagome keep her heart safely stowed away and maintain her relationship with Sesshōmaru… strictly business?

True Stripes by @wbficaholic

Explicit | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Kagome has a sweet holiday surprise in store for the Lord of the Western Lands.

Work Function by @mrfeenysmustache

Explicit | Modern Era Canon | Complete Summary: Kagome keeps herself occupied at all times, even on the holidays. The past can’t haunt you if you pretend it doesn’t exist, right? Fate is about to step in and prove her wrong in all the best ways.

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Scent Headcanon — Inuyasha Omegas

Notes: Inuyasha is my favorite anime, so the fact there aren't many fanfics of it makes me kinda sad.

Warnings: spoilers on Naraku's, might have grammar errors

»» Youkais and Hanyōs have a bigger sensitivity towards all senses, but principally scent. So this is a big thing for them, also they can sense if someone is pregnant just by their scent.

»» Bankotsu smells like a river, a little like metal and blood, considering he is always fighting. When he is mad his smell becomes more putrid, but fortunately, he uses natural suppressants and also has great control over his scent.

»» Inuyasha's smell is very strong, sometimes a bit overwhelming, very floral, like you're in a field of flowers on a sunny day. When he gets angry, which is quite often, is like his smell starts to wither slowly and becomes a bit faded.

»» This is a mixture of scents, since Kõga lives with his entire pack in a cave under a waterfall, he smells like all of those. A mixture of all the scents from the wolves in the pack, cave, river, and a bit of forest. When angry his scent spikes, and the more prominent smells are forest and river. His smell is not normally strong, a bit subtle.

»» Naraku doesn't have a scent, neither of his incarnations does, considering he is a fusion between 100+ demons and a dying body, even if he had a scent it would be too overwhelming to anyone, even himself.

»» Now Sesshomaru has a very clean and fresh smell, he smells like a rainy day, the smell of grass and flowers together in a light rain. When angry his smell becomes more watery as you can only smell the water, as if in a storm, and also a faded sense of ocean.

»» I feel like Tõga's scent is a mixture of Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's, I mean they gotta have picked from one of their parents. His scent is very floral but has a subtle rainy smell to it. When he gets angry the change is also subtle, it only alters a bit, like you can't smell the rain as much.

[ka-go-me]

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[officialinuyasha]

Yashahime - Takashi Shiina Blog Translation : Shonen Sunday S January 2022 [Part 2]

11/29/2021

The early lives of the three princesses as depicted in the original work, the anime, have a fantasy flavor and an awareness of “fairy tales”. Towa-chan and Setsuna-chan “grew up just the two of them in a forest protected by a barrier, and the subordinate of an evil witch attacked their paradise”, which is very romantic. Meanwhile, in the comicalization I tried to create an image of the personal tragedy of kids whose parents were Sengoku warriors. Using the scene from the previous chapter where they’re transported in an ox carriage, it’s simplified, and I thought an image of “war” was necessary. 

The idea “to select mu onna as android wet nurses” came from depicting “the reliability of the serious Sesshomaru-sama in a gorgeous mansion modeled after the Rokujouin mansion of ‘Genji Monogatari’ in a casual way”, and the story came together as “youkai are sometimes frightening and different beings than humans, but regarding the Yashahime they are friends and family”. 

The imps/little onis who are together with the mu onna are a yokai called kanashibari, and originally (1) appeared as tormentors of (Inuyasha’s) mother played by the mu onna in order to trick Inuyasha by Lord Sesshomaru. I love them so much, their eyebrows and eyes, their body shape, their clothes, everything about them is just too much for me. They’re creepy-cute. Therefore, when I had the mu onna appear again, the circumstances are that I wanted them to be together (with the princesses) by all means, so they were called out. I did the setting as adding to the atmosphere where such things hang around as a demon dressed as a court lady, and it was like “Since we worked with Lord Sesshomaru before, we have often worked with him on the same spot again”... Yeah, exactly that.

I tried to draw Konton-san, who has shaved his beard and changed his eyes (when compared to the anime) after a meeting with Takahashi Rumiko-sensei, where the topic that it might be interesting to increase the level of beauty of enemy characters in Shiina's version was brought up… Well, it was like “In Shiina’s universe is that how it is? Lol” (laugh). In addition, I also let my personal desire to draw a “cool Jaken-sama” explode. Considering the fact that he was so scared of the band of the seven, he doesn't seem to be that strong against the storyboard mid-boss level, let alone the small fry (laugh), but I plan to have a more detailed account of what happened here later on. For now, I'd like to say that he did his best to protect the children, and I'd like you to record the charming voice of Cho-san, who plays Jaken in the anime, in the style of Gilboa-san from ‘Gundam UC’: “Take care of Tikva... Take care of my family... (Boom)".

Needless to say, Towa-chan's narration at the end contains my thoughts on the much-loved masterpiece "Inuyasha" and "Yashahime". When they start running in the style of an anime opening, I think it would be more exciting if you could play the theme song of the first half of the first season, 'New Era', in your brain. I made it with that in mind. Like “Let's run, let's take you to the promised place (2)" (laugh).

The image of Rin-sama (formerly Rin-chan), who is sealed in the epilogue, was changed to a more old-fashioned single hakama (hitoegakama) and thin silk (but for various reasons it's not as sheer as the original) because I felt that a properly dressed lintel would look like an Edo period samurai wife, but the rest of the story follows the original.

I think it's a statement of intent that “the story is the same as the anime as a general framework”, but as I've said many times before, the extent to what is considered a "general framework" will differ from person to person, and I'll be rearranging various parts including character situations and motivations, so it's not the same as the original anime, but the world line is surprisingly very close to it. I think I've managed to create a good balance and distance between the two versions, so please enjoy what I've made of the original work and the way I've rearranged it.

So, up to this point, this is the prologue and departure arc. The first volume containing these three chapters is scheduled to be released around January 18th and it will have a gorgeous specification with color pages, so be sure to buy it, please. The fourth chapter, which begins a new development in the next issue, takes place in the village of the exterminators led by the grown-up Kohaku-kun. I’m also preparing a surprise unique to the manga worldline, and I’m currently working hard on writing the story, so please wait for it.

Source: https://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/11/29/9444067

Notes: 

1- It refers to the original work. 

2- The very beginning of the song.

[sesskagarchive]

From the Archives: February 2024

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NicoRavenPen

Dokuga

Recommended by Wicked, for:

"All of her fics are so good, and she has such depth with both Kagome and Sesshomaru"

Recommended reading:

Death Becomes Her Rated MA. From 2012-2015. Incomplete Drabble-style fic. Summary: Unexpectedly, Sesshomaru finds himself in the company of his brother's miko but cannot bring himself to leave her where he finds her because of one fact that intrigues him. It would seem that due to unknown circumstances after the defeat of Naraku, Kagome is now unable to die. Told in 100 word snippets and rated for possibilities due to a darker nature.

Like Mother, Like Son Rated T. From 2011. Incomplete Chapter fic. Summary: A few years after the well closes, Kagome finds herself in a situation that she would have thought impossible: She was the assistant to Sesshomaru's mother, the former Lady of the West. A series of one-shots surrounding Kagome and her experiences with the two Inus, working for a now-modern, chic youkai clothing designer…

Substitute Groom Rated MA. From 2011-2015. Incomplete Chapter fic. Summary: ~~What will Kagome do when her groom's mysterious brother shows up and tells her that he isn't coming? Well he comes with a strange offer, and in the heat of the moment she takes it, agreeing to marry him instead. A story about how they learn to love…

Recommend a creator who's no longer active in the SessKag fandom for this monthly spotlight HERE!

[chickenstilldancing]

Funny how the idea behind this fanedit came from a joke between me and a person who shares my same passion for Sesshomaru's fashionable footwear but then as got to work I accidentally realized how much you can say about Sesshomaru's personality and growth by the analysis of his character from the knees down.

I'd like to deepen this topic in the future, though until then let me suggest just a few things:

• Sesshomaru is quite literally able to fly and yet mostly he just walks on his foot. It is not given a reason but he's the type of youkai who saves energy unless the situation requires it, his every step is calculated, measured, so this characteristic of his makes sense.

• Sesshomaru's path knows no real obstacles, his real opponent is himself, so he just walks ahead, nothing can stop him, he really "walks all over you", like a tank. (Well, not entirely true, Inuyasha gives him a hard time, doesn't he?).

• He is also thoughtful, often just "standing there doing absolutely nothing" (to put it in @sesshoumaruonly 's words, thanks for your definition), like a statue, even in the middle of an action.

• Other times his stillness means something different. For example when facing Kagura's death. Then within him there are helplessness, compassion, grief.

• Typical of him, his lightning-fast movements too, so that in battle his feet barely touch ground (except for when he's calculating his next move or foretasting his enemy's impending defeat.)

• On rare occasions he even is capable of kneeling, the mere thought of which he should abhor as an act in direct contrast to his own nature, instead he finds himself doing exactly that first upon using/testing Tenseiga on Rin (you'd say almost an instinct of protection coming out unconsciously), then three more times during the Underworld arc, again because of Rin.