Author's note: Here are some things you need to know or at least keep in mind while you're reading this fic.

- If you do not like the Sesshoumaru/Kikyou pairing that's too bad. I like this couple and I think it could work. But this story isn't about their romance, how they met or anything like that. It mostly focuses on their son and what he has to do with the connection of Rath and Nohiro.

- In order for this story to make sense and not be confusing you need to be done with the Dragon Knights manga. If you are not finished there are 26 volumes and you need to read at least up to 25. SPOILER! In volume 25, Nadil talks to Rath about how he was the Demon King of the East and after he died his soul was trapped in the casket underneath the Dragon castle but, his soul somehow escaped and went into Illuser's body. Because Illuser was a dog dragon I decided to make Sesshoumaru the father because he is a dog demon and I thought that it would fit nicely.

- This story also explains why Nohiro has no memory, contains healing & purification powers, and how he is connected to the Faerie Tribe.

- This is just a short idea that I thought of and I think that it was a decent idea. So, I am going to keep this story short. I'm not sure how long it is going to be but I will tell you that the number of chapters will range from 4-6 chapters. It will be very short.

If there are any grammar mistakes let me know and I will fix them.

As far as announcements go, I think that's it. I read over this story and I noticed there were some mistakes with this story. I won't make any major changes but I will change some parts that don't make any sense.

I hope you enjoy! :)

A miko was in pain as she breathed heavily in her sleeping chambers. The room was empty except for the futon that she laid on. Her chamber was a large room with wooden floors and the walls were covered with painted scrolls that were hung up neatly in a row against the wall. On both sides of the room were three sliding doors. The night was cold and chills went down the miko's spine as she breathed in the night air. She was preparing herself for child labor but the child was refusing to come out. Sweat dripped from her forehead all the way down her neck to the top of her chest as she kept on breathing. She turned her head slightly to the right as she gazed out the window, which revealed a full moon in the night sky.

"Anata, where are you?"

The child stirred within her womb and the miko quickly shut her eyes in pain as a slight gasp escaped from her lips. With ease and concentration, she lifted her knees underneath her sheet and trembled as she set herself in the position. She took one deep breath and began to push.

The Yokai Lord of the West was in his Daiyokai form as he gazed down at his kingdom of Dusis. After Naraku's defeat Sesshoumaru took over the islands near the Western Lands which he ruled. In exchange for the Dragon Tribe and the Faerie Tribe's loyalty, he was to exterminate their enemy Nadil.

The Daiyokai winced slightly as blood trickled down his leg from his wounds. The histrionic Jaken ran to his master's side and nervously inspected the wound.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, these wounds are very serious. We must leave this land at once my lord. Your enemies are everywhere. We need to flee and let your wounds heal."

The Daiyokai scoffed. "Are you blind Jaken? It is already too late for me. I have to hurry to her. There's not much time left."

As Jaken quickly grabbed hold of his fur, Sesshoumaru leaped up and ran towards his mansion. Jaken held on to Sesshomaru for dear life as he begged at the top of his lungs.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, please be reasonable! Your wounds from your battle with that yokai are far too serious for you to enter into your own mansion! Please reconsider."

Sesshoumaru ignored his servant's plea and continued to where his wife and soon-to-be-born hanyou child will be. He smirked to himself as he remembered his past hatred towards his hanyou of a brother. There were countless times when the two of them would try to kill each other. To think that he, the powerful Inu Daiyokai Sesshoumaru, would have a hanyou child from a mortal woman. He almost laughed at the idea.

He changed. He changed to become a human-loving yokai, just like his father. With his miko wife in his thoughts, Sesshoumaru quickened his pace and ran towards his mansion.

Nadil was walking in the mansion of the Demon Lord of the West. The mansion was large, surrounded by gardens, that contained several rooms connected by a network of open halls and bridges that were exposed to outside to the gardens. The yokai had been wandering for a while and calculated that he has gone through at least a dozen rooms and still no sign of inhabitants. His previous battle with the Inu Daiyokai left both of them with serious wounds. The Inu's soldiers were fighting his own army so naturally no one was left inside the mansion, except for a few guards and several servants. They were easy targets and quick to slaughter. Nadil clutched his left side as it kept bleeding from his constant movement. Even if he was injured himself, he was still able to give the Inu wounds that would lead to his death if left untreated. Lord Sesshoumaru had the miko, Lady Kikyou, as his wife and she was left in the mansion unprotected. He smirked as his plan was going perfectly. With his wife left vulnerable, there was no doubt that Sesshoumaru would rush to her to ensure her safety and that would lead to his death. As he was making his way towards the miko's chambers Nadil looked up at the sky and gazed at the full moon.

His lips rose to a grin as he was getting closer to his goal. "Fantastic. The night of a full moon is the perfect time for slaying an Inu yokai."

He continued on his way as his mind was set on his prize. If his assumptions were correct then he would be receiving a powerful ally. The hanyou child of a dominant Inu yokai and an influential miko, both incredibly powerful, would become a great asset to his yokai army. Suddenly, a cry from an infant broke Nadil out of his thoughts. Nadil turned his head towards the sound of the baby's cry. He chuckled. Finding the miko was easier than he expected.

Kikyou panted as her grip on the sheets loosened. She calmly set her legs down as Rin and the midwife were cleaning the child and wrapping it in a blanket.

"Congratulations my lady, it's a healthy boy."

Rin smiled at the baby and took Kikyou's hand. "It's alright Kikyou-sama. You can rest now."

Kikyou smiled at Rin then suddenly sensed a powerful yokai heading their direction. She looked towards the direction of the incoming intruder.

Rin looked at Kikyou. "Kikyou-sama, is something wrong? What is it?"

As Kikyo began to sit up the midwife rushed to her side and placed the crying hanyou newborn in her arms.

She looked at Kikyou and frowned. "Kikyou-sama, please don't move. You need to recover from child birth. At least hold your child. I promise that nothing will happen to you."

Kikyou looked at Aiko and smiled as she held her hanyou son in her arms. He had white little dog ears and lengthy silver hair with magenta stripes on his eyelids. As Kikyou cooed her baby to sleep, she looked up at the clouds that were beginning to cover the moon and fill the night sky. It seemed that a thunder storm was on its way. "Rin, you and Aiko take him and flee from here. Go to the gardens and ride on A-Un. He can fly and you can escape with my son."

Aiko looked at her in disbelief. "My lady, what is going on?"

Kikyou handed her baby to Rin and slowly began to stand up. "A powerful yokai is on his way here. I believe he has come to either finish me off and take my child away."

While Aiko looked at the miko in disbelief Rin looked down at the sleeping hanyou. She promised Sesshoumaru that she would take care of Kikyou and the newborn baby until he returned and she was determined to keep her promise. She shook her head confidently and smiled. "There's nothing to worry about Kikyou-sama. Sesshoumaru-sama will come for us, I know he will."

Kikyou walked over to the other side of the room and picked up her bow and arrows. She placed the quiver on her back and looked at Rin and Aiko. "You must go and find Sesshoumaru. Take my son to his father. I will stay and hold him back for as long as I can."

"That won't be necessary."

All three women turned their heads towards the south entranceway. Nadil slowly opened the door and laughed as he formed a sword with his magic and pointed it at Rin. Kikyou immediately stepped in front of Rin and Aiko stepped in front of Kikyou. Nadil frowned at their actions, these women thought they were being brave by putting themselves in danger's way for their comrades but it was all in vain. They were going to die anyway.

Aiko glared at Nadil and pulled out a knife that she hid in her clothes. She held it out defensively in front of her. Nadil frowned. Even if she was skilled, it was useless against him.

Nadil scoffed at the pathetic scene in front of him. "You think that will keep you alive? You might as well give up since you are all-"

An arrow shot from behind Aiko and hit Nadil's right shoulder. His eyes narrowed as the arrow vanished and left his shoulder burning and bleeding severely. His smug look changed to an evil stare. He looked at Kikyou who was aiming another arrow at him and glaring right back.

A huge amount of Reiki began to surround her arrow. "Your head will be next."

Nadil pointed his sword downward. "I did not come for you, I came for the child."

"As if I would let you." Kikyou sneered.

Nadil hmphed and charged towards Kikyou, lifting the sword over his head. As he swung the sword down, Kikyou shot the arrow and Aiko rushed towards Nadil and was slashed from her left shoulder all the way down to her right hip. Aiko coughed up blood as she fell to the ground and lied limp. Nadil hissed as his chest was burning greatly. The miko had aimed for his heart but lucky for him it didn't pierce it. However, if he was hit by one more arrow he was a goner. Rin clutched the hanyou infant closer to her and backed away from Nadil as Kikyou aimed another arrow at him.

Nadil made a small laugh as he lifted the sword up in the air. "Now die."

Nadil suddenly leaped back as Sesshoumaru swung his sword and managed to cut a few slices of Nadil's hair. As Nadil recomposed himself Sesshoumaru stood in front of Kikyou and Rin. Sesshoumaru didn't turn around to face them. "Both of you go quickly. A-Un is right outside. Use him and get out of here."

Rin looked at Sesshoumaru with a sad expression on her face. "But Sesshoumaru-sama, what about you?"

Without moving his head Sesshoumaru glanced at her and quickly looked back at Nadil. "Go."

Kikyou nodded. "Hai." She turned to Rin and gently nudged her shoulder. "Let us go Rin."

Sesshoumaru's eyes didn't leave Nadil as the two women escaped to the gardens.

Nadil scowled. "Don't think that your power will protect those two. You will need more than that to stop me."

Sesshoumaru didn't reply. He continued to glare at Nadil waiting for a move. The sword in Nadil's hand vanished and fire began to burn in the palm of his hand. Sesshoumaru immediately swung his Bakusaiga and unleashed green-colored energy as Nadil released a blast of fire. The collision caused an explosion that set the room on fire. Sesshoumaru leaped out of the burning chambers and landed in the gardens in front of Kikyou who was holding their newborn as Rin was getting on A-Un.

Nadil summoned his wind magic and brushed away the burning room out of his way and triggered the rest of the mansion to be set on fire. As the fire spread among the mansion, walls began to crumble and pieces of the roof fell down and caused a loud crash. The sleeping hanyou in Kikyou's arms stirred and began to cry. Both Sesshoumaru and Kikyou looked at their son as Kikyou gently rocked him in her arms.

"Oh dear, I guess we woke him up. I'm sorry for waking you." Kikyou whispered as she sadly looked down at their hanyou child.

Sesshoumaru walked behind Kikyou and gazed down at his newborn son. He gently placed his hand on the infant and rubbed his head. Kikyou looked at Sesshoumaru and then at their son. She slowly began summoning Reiki around herself and the baby.

"Sesshoumaru, I'm going to use my strength to place my spiritual powers and soul inside Nadil and destroy him. That way, he can be purified from the inside out. I still have enough strength left to help you defeat him."

Rin gasped. "No Kikyou-sama! You can't possibly mean-"

"Rin don't." Kikyou interjected.

Kikyou gazed up at Sesshoumaru. He looked dejected as he realized her intent. She smiled. "Thank you. For everything."

Sesshoumaru looked at Kikyou gravely. "Kikyou. You-"

"Anata, don't look at me like that. I'm happy. I don't mind if my life ends like this. You, Rin, everyone and our son were my happiness."

She grimaced slightly as their son continued to cry. "If I were allowed one regret, it is that I won't be able to watch our son grow up."

Sesshoumaru closed his eyes for a moment and opened them to look at her. "Kikyou, there's no need for you to risk your life to destroy this filth. Even if I did live and raise him, I could never compare to you. There are things that you, as a mother, would give him that I cannot. That is a mother's role to her children."

"But Sesshoumaru-"

"That's so sweet, it's sickening."

They both looked towards the burning mansion. Nadil was covered in blood with his body burning from the explosion. He glared at Sesshoumaru who stood defensively in front of Kikyou. "After the pain you inflicted on me, I will kill you all."

Sesshoumaru quickly picked up Kikyou bridal style and set her on A-Un. When she was secure he turned back to face Nadil. Sesshoumaru clutched his sword as he stared at Nadil. He smirked to himself as he realized that after this battle his death was almost assured. His wounds weren't allowed to heal and his vision was getting faint from the loss of blood. He found it ironic that he would die a death similar to his father. Around the two yokai the air grew chilly as thunder was heard and rain slowly began to pour on the ground. Kikyou covered the infant's face from the rain with her sleeve.

Sesshoumaru quietly whispered. "Rikimaru."

Nadil frowned. "What?"

Sesshoumaru clutched his sword so tight that blood began to drip from his grip. "The child's name will be called Rikimaru."

Kikyou looked at Sesshoumaru and repeated the name. "Rikimaru."

Sesshoumaru turned to Kikyou. "Go now."

Kikyou nodded. "Hai."

Rin pulled on the reins and A-Un quickly leaped in the air and sped away. The rain poured harder as Nadil and Sesshoumaru clashed swords. Kikyou looked back to see the forms of Nadil and Sesshoumaru disappear in a flash of lightning.

Nohiro was hiking in the land of the faeries. Demons were gone and the forest was thriving with fairy magic. The name Rath still brought him a headache every time he tried to think of his connection to that name. But it was useless. No matter how hard he tried, he would come up with nothing. As Nohiro was making his way up the mountain he came across old ruins to, what appeared to be, a temple. It seemed to be a shrine that was made of metal.

The entrance to the temple had a golden pathway to the door which was bronze with strange writing on the frame of the doors. The door knobs were also gold that had a full moon carved into the center. Nohiro twisted the door knobs and entered the building. There were silver marbled stones that covered the walls and the floor was solid gold bricks.

Miyabi sat on Nohiro's shoulder as she gazed at the stone carvings that were embedded in the walls. The left side of the temple, on the wall was a carving of a tall man with pointy ears, knee-length hair, and a crescent moon underneath his bangs. There were two stripes on his cheeks, the sides of his wrists, and one stripe on each of his eyelids. He was wearing armor with a spiked pauldron that covered his left shoulder that was attached to the upper section of his cuirass. His kimono had a chrysanthemum flower crest at the collar and sleeves. His pants were Sashinuki Hakama, which were gathered at the ankles with his footwear consisting of flat pointed ankle-high boots.

The man held a sword and was posed as if he was about to attack something. Next to the man was a shorter figure. He was an odd looking creature with pointy ears, large eyes, and in his hands was a Nintōjo. Above the two figures was a carving horde of yokai in the air heading for them. Miyabi gently tugged on Nohiro's ear and pointed to the carving.

"Nohiro-sama, doesn't that look strange tall creature look like a yokai?"

Nohiro turned to look at the carving at the left wall. To him the carving didn't look like a yokai at all, in fact his long hair and pointy ears almost resembled a faerie. However, the armor and the eyes definitely did not belong to a faerie. The long haired yokai had a stern look on his face that Nohiro felt some familiarity with it. It was almost as if . . . he knew that person from somewhere. Nohiro shook his head at that thought. There was no way that it was possible for him to know a yokai. Nohiro wasn't a fighter so he kept himself from as much danger as he possibly could.

On the right side of the temple on the wall was another carving. It was a woman who was surrounded by tiny spheres. Nohiro guessed that the tiny spheres were water lights. She had long straight hair that was tied in a loose ponytail that went down just below her waist. She wore a jacket with sode-kukuri through the sleeves and open shoulders. She also wore a nagabakama along with tabi and rice straw sandals. On her back was a quiver full of arrows and her bow in her left hand. Her left arm was extended in front of her as her right arm pulled an arrow back and was aiming at a horde of yokai in the sky.

Nohiro looked at the miko carving and then back at the yokai carving. They both were facing the same direction – towards the end of the room where a small alter stood. Nohiro walked over to the altar and gazed around it. The altar was about four feet long and four and a half feet wide with a height of five feet. On each side of the altar was a painting of a large inuyokai. The inuyokai had a purple crescent moon on its forehead with red eyes. It also had large ears and a huge line of fur that circled his right shoulder.

Past the altar was the painting of the same woman that was carved on the right wall of the temple. In the painting the woman had her hair loose and flowing smoothly down her back. All around her there seemed to be some snake-looking yokai and faeries flying around her. They were all smiling and the woman was smiling in return.

Looking at the painting of the woman Nohiro felt as if he knew this woman. He felt as if she was a very important person in his life. "Hey Miyabi, does this woman look like any ancient faerie you know?"

When she didn't reply he turned to his shoulder to find her missing. He turned around the temple. "Miyabi? Where are you?"

"Over here, Nohiro-sama."

Nohiro turned towards the painting where Miyabi flew out from behind the painting. When she landed in his hands he looked at the painting. "What were you doing behind the painting, Miyabi?"

She flew to the painting and tried to pull it off the wall. "I found something behind the painting, Nohiro-sama."

He gently pulled the painting off the wall and set it on the ground, next to the altar. Behind the painting was a small hole in the wall. Inside the hole was a long black box that had Chinese bellflowers covering the entire box. Nohiro carefully lifted the box out of the hole and gently set it on his lap as he sat down to open it. When he did, he placed the lid to his right and set his gaze on an old and worn scroll that was neatly rolled and tied tightly with a white ribbon.

Nohiro untied the ribbon and slowly opened the scroll. Miyabi peeked over his shoulder and whispered. "Nohiro-sama, what is that?"

"It's writing. By the looks of the dialogue I'd say that this is a journal of some sorts. Let me read it out loud."

It has been fifteen years since I was given life once again by the Faerie Tribe. Within those fifteen years I was able to meet and love the Inu Daiyokai Lord of the West. However, our happiness did not last when we would be separated by death. On the night of the full moon, when our son was born, a powerful yokai named Nadil fought with the Demon Lord of the West. Nadil won and took over whatever lands he could, but with the Demon Lord gone I fled to the Faerie tribe to raise our son Rikimaru.

My name is Kikyou and this is the record of me and my hanyou son.

Author's note: I thought I might write this story since the manga of Dragon Knights didn't explain Nohiro's connection with Rath so I thought I might as well just make something up. If you didn't like the pairing Sesshoumaru/Kikyou I'm sorry but in order for the story to work I need that couple.

Anyways . . . I used some terms that some people might not be familiar with and I do apologize for the inconvenience.

Definitions: I know that some of these words most of you probably already know but just in case . . .

Anata – a name that Japanese women call their husbands

Daiyokai – a demon more powerful than common demons, most of them have large life spans than most demons, Inu Daiyokai refers to the demon species that Sesshoumaru and his father come from and Daiyokai refers to demon general

Reiki – Spirit Energy or Spiritual power

Bakusaiga – Sesshoumaru's signature weapon, he receives this in the Final Act for those of you who haven't watch it

Pauldron – a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm

Cuirass – defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate

Kimono – a loose, wide-sleeve robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash

Chrysanthemum – the oxeye daisy, having white ray flowers with a yellow center, native to China

Sashinuki Hakama – a type of traditional flowing Japanese pants

Nintōjo – the Staff of Two Heads

Sode-kukuri – cords for the sleeves of the jacket

Nagabakama – a very long hakama, type of Japanese pants

Tabi - socks