A/N: Hey every1, sorry I haven't updatedin a while, I've been so busy. But here's another chapter or two for ya, and I'll try to be better about posting more chapters.

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Romaji-chan

Chapter 5

Kagome Arrives and Cincco's Confessions

The rest of the night was spent quietly. Cincco never let go of the young child, and stayed up most of the night; helping Miroku's arm as it slowly healed, and afterward gave him a big lecture on personal space. Earlier that evening, he had grouped Sango. Again. Miroku didn't even bother to listen, he pretended to fall asleep from the healing, but Cincco knew better. She had seen the trick many times, and it wasn't going to stop her.

The next day, everyone was up early; excited about Kagome's visit, and the explanation from Cincco. About midmorning Kagome emerged from the well to find a young girl in front of her.

"Hello." Kagome said. Before the girl could return the greeting, a young woman came through some trees and bushes.

"Maria, I told you not to go off on your own it's dangerous out here."

Kagome noted the woman's strange eyes. If nothing else. Was she from the village? If so Kagome had never seen her before. But all of Kagome's thoughts returned to Cincco's sea green eyes that were going back between the small child and herself/



'I've never seen eyes like that.' Kagome thought to herself. Suddenly Kagome became very tense. 'She's a youkia! But she doesn't look it. She looks human. The small girl, she's youkia too!'

"I'm sorry about that. She wasn't disturbing you was she?" Cincco asked as she picked up Maria.

Kagome was hesitant. They seemed nice enough. But with her experiences with youkias they weren't nice. With the exception of Shippo that is. And on occasion, Inu-Yasha Finally Kagome realized that it would be rude of her not to reply, they hadn't done any harm. Yet.

"N-no. She wasn't disturbing me." Kagome replied somewhat uneasily. But Cincco didn't seem to notice, and if she had, she wasn't showing it. Before anything else was said, Shippo came flying through the air.

"KAGOME!!!"

"Shippo!" Kagome laughed.

"Oh Kagome! I've missed you sooooooo much! Why do you always have to leave?"

Kagome looked down at the young fox demon in her arms.



"I've told you before Shippo. I have to go to school some times."

"I know, but I still miss you." Shippo said with a pout.

"I miss you too Shippo." Kagome told him softly. After a few seconds Shippo was back to his cheery self.

"Oh Kagome! Guess what? We made new friends while you were away. This is Cincco, and the other one is Maria." Cincco put Maria down and to Kagome's surprise, they bowed with respect.

"It's a pleasure to met you Kagome. Like Shippo said, my name is Cincco." Kagome just nodded in response. Now she was really confused.

"We'd better head back to the village. Everyone's waiting for us." Shippo pointed out. Kagome nodded and they all head out.

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Back at the village, Kagome was greeted as usual. Sango gave her a hug, InuYasha grumbled, and Miroku gave her a slap on the behind; only to have InuYasha slap him on the side of the head and growl threatingly. Cincco couldn't help but laugh at the sight, and old Keade shook her head. Once all was said and done, and Maria was playing with the other village children, everyone sat down to hear what Cincco had to say.

"Well I'm sure you've all realized that Maria is my daughter." Everyone gave out small gasps. They had know that Maria looked and acted like Cincco, and that Maria meant a great deal to her, but none of them had fully anticipated Maria was Cincco's daughter. Not to mention she didn't seem much older then Kagome!

"But if you're the mother, then who's the father?" Sango asked. Cincco was silent. It was obvious that she was trying to gain courage for what she needed to say.

"Who was it Cincco?" Miroku demanded. Even though it was a demand, his voice held encouragement, kindness, and understanding.

"Sesshomaru." Cincco said clearly. Everyone gasped again. What was going on? Did they her right? No. The name must have just sounded like Sesshomaru. Yes. That's it. While the rest of her companions were trying to let everything sink in, Kagome was deep in though.

'So that's why I felt a youkia near by when they greeted me. Maria has demon blood from her father. But it still doesn't explain why I feel a youkia near by still.'

Cincco somehow smiled to herself. "I'll explain." She said simply. "I met Sesshomaru not long after I discovered my powers. We became fast enemies. After an extreme battle, I thought I had wounded him enough to keep him off my back for a while. But I was wrong. Late that night he came back. And raped me. I was powerless to stop him. I couldn't cry out because my family would have heard me, and I couldn't let them know about me secret life. I couldn't let anyone know. When I truly knew I was pregnant, I thought I could kill the baby then go after Sesshomaru, but the he started to threaten to go after my friends if I did. So I had no choice but to have the baby, and that was Maria."

"But why did Sesshomaru have her?" Keade asked with interest.

"When Maria was three years old, Sesshomaru kidnapped her. Ever since I've been tracking him. Hunting him. Many times he's send out monsters and minions, claiming that I would have to fight for Maria. It was obvious from the beginning that he only wanted to see my pain. And like a fool I let him. When he came, I thought it'd be like all the other times. But it was different, he had Maria with him, and she was finally returned to me. At last." With those final words, a single tear slid down Cincco's cheek. But she whipped it away quickly. "What am I doing?" She demanded herself. "Worriers don't cry, and worriers don't love."

"But you love Maria don'tch ya Cincco? She's yer daughter." Shippo asked timidly. Cincco smile at the young kitsune.

"Yes Shippo. I do love Maria. She's the most important person in my life." Shippo nodded.

"I've noticed that Maria is three-fourths demon." Miroku finally said. Cincco nodded in reply.

"But that doesn't make sense! How could she be three-fourths demon if that bastard Sesshomaru is full demon (damn him) and she's," pointing at Cincco, "human!" Inu-Yasha shouted.

"Inu-Yasha you're the biggest dork on the planet." Shippo stated while crossing his arms and shaking his head. InuYasha's face turned beat red with anger.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" He yelled.

"Inu-Yasha." Cincco said calmly, her face smooth showing no emotion.

"What?"

"I'm half demon. Inu-Yasha."

Inu-Yasha stopped dead in his tracks.



"What did you just say?" Inu-Yasha asked his voice raspy.

"I said-"

"I know whatch ya said." Inu-Yasha said quickly.



"Then why did you ask?" Shippo inquired. Inu-Yasha gave Shippo a death glare. Then he turned back to Cincco. She sat calmly as if nothing out of the ordinary was wrong. She sat calmly as if they had know all along.

"Why? Why didn't you tell us?" Inu-Yasha demanded. When he didn't get an answer, he continued. "Why wasn't I able to sense it. Or any of us for that matter?"

Cincco opened her mouth to speak, but instead a small voice answered.

"Because she's lived around humans for so long that you wouldn't be able to tell if your life depended on it." Everyone turned to find Maria standing in the doorway.

"Maria…" Cincco murmured.

"And don' think for a minute that living among so many pathetic lives was easy for her. Because it wasn't. It was like Hell for her. And Mommy didn't have anyone to turn to. She was all alone it seemed like. Always facing numerous demons trying to kill her for some damned reason," Her expression was hard and full of anger. The others listened in awe at the young girl before them. "Mommy was killed many times, but because of some unknown force, she was revived, with the power she needed to defeat the enemy. One day he came. Sesshomaru. They had many battles, and he toyed with Mommy's mind for over a year. After one fight, Mommy was extremely wounded, and she thought she had injured Sesshomaru greatly. But she was mistaken. After sleeping for a few hours, Mommy sensed something, even in her weakened state she kept her guard up. Minutes passed and no one appeared. Mommy was exsuasted and couldn't keep her energy up. She was about to go back to sleep when he came, and raped her." Before she could say any more, Maria felt her energy fading, her eyes grew heavy, she needed to rest. She began to fall to one side. Miroku reacted first and ran to catch her, but Cincco was quicker, and before Maria even hit the ground, Cincco caught her.

"Sorry Miroku. Nice try." Cincco told him slyly.

"Wait a minute, I wasn't going to do anything!" Miroku exclaimed as Cincco sat by the fire again. Maria in her arms.

"I know you wouldn't Miroku. I was just giving you a hard time." Cincco looked at the little girl in her arms. As she closed her eyes, she began to glow with a blue light that surrounded her. Maria began to glow too, only instead of blue, she began to glow violet. Their friends didn't know what else to do besides watch, and wait. Wait for what, they didn't know. By now, the blue and violet lights had merged together to create a bluish/purplish glow, then turned to a pure bright light within seconds, and disappeared just as fast. Cincco opened her eyes and sighed. It was silent for many, long minutes.

"Cincco?" Shippo squeaked.



"I'm all right Shippo, and don't worry about Maria, she's just resting. Everything you heard is true. If you have any more questions I'd be glad to answer them." The others didn't say anything for a while, but finally Keade spoke.

"How did Maira know everything about that? For being so young it's surprising she has so much knowledge."

Cincco nodded. "She's had the strange ability to see into the past ever since she was born. At first when she was a baby she would cry, and when I picked her up to calm her down, I would see everything she saw. But now whenever it happens she always seems to turn into someone else. I'm not sure what do do if anything." She sighed and looked at Maria. Maira stirred slightly but didn't awake.

Inu-Yasha was even more confused then before. What would this mean for him, and the others? And would Sesshomaru get envolved again? He shook his head, trying to be rid of the thoughts. He didn't want to think about them any more. At least not tonight.