"Is something wrong Chichiri?" Miaka came rushing next to Chichiri as he stared thoughtfully into the ocean. Chichiri was startled by Miaka's entrance," Oh no! Everythings fine no da!"

"Is there anything you want to talk about?" She stared into his eyes but he just turned his head away and did not reply. A few moments later," Chichiri...if you don't mind me asking you this..."

"what is it Miaka?"

"well...I was wondering...Why...Why you always were that mask of yours?" Chichiri reached for his mask and slowly yet caustoiusly removed it revealing a gory scar sloppily scratched on his left eye."How did you get it?"Miaka had a curious expression on her face and seemed very interested in the scar. Chichiri stared at her through his right eye,the only eye he could see this curious naive girl with,"It's a long story no da..."

"I have lots of time!"

"If you must know..." Chichiri didn't seem happy on the thought of telling anyone his past but it occured to him it was the best thing to do,"It all happened when I was eighteen, Like you i also fell in love with someone. Someone dear to me, no da. I had a best friend too, no da. One that i trusted. We'd been friends ever since I could remeber, no da. We were best friends,Hikou and I. We did almost everything together."

"wow...sounds tragic..." Miaka stupily interuppeted.

"BAKA! THAT'S NOT THE TRAGIC PART, NO DA!"

"oh...hehehe...^_^;"

"TANIKAKU...Everything was going fine,no da, until that day..."

"What day? what day! WHAT DAY?!?!"

"I'M GETTING THERE(keep this up and it'll take hours for me to finish!)"

"Well on that day I saw my "best" friend Hikou and my fiancee...Kouran. I caught them...I saw them kissing! I was so outraged, no da. I mean my best friend, no da! And my lover! I couldn't handle it... so I stormed off. I kept running and running. All I could think about was how I was betrayed."

"That's horrible!"Miaka was very sympathetic towards Chichiri,"Why if a saw Tamahome kissing Soi or Yui... I'd go ballistic!"

"Then you better go ballistic, no da!"

"Why is that?"

"...Nevermind!(well Tamahome was thinking that Soi was you...)"

"I feel somethings being hidden from me! anyways! go on!"

"ok...I guess Kouran felt guilty...so she commited suicided that night...I never hated her for it but I don't understand why...Why she loved him and not me...And if she loved him so much why did she accept my proposal, no da...Well one day later that week...There was a storm and I was going to confront Hikou about what he did. We were furiously yelling at each other. until the harsh wind knocked him over into a raging river. I grabbed his hand, no da. I tried to save him,no da, I really did, no da. But the rapids was carring a log that was swiftly moving through the river, no da. At first I hadn't noticed it...but when I did it was too late. I felt an immence pain in my left eye. The pain of the bark scrapping away at my eye,no da...so I let go of Hikous hand...I could here his bloody screams and shreiks until they seemed to fade away with the current...He...he... he drowned, no da. I could have gone after him...but I didn't want to, no da."

"OH!That's horrible!"Miaka cried.She gentely wrapped her arms around him and whispered,"It's ok...(not really)I'll always be here for you. We all are."

"Thank you, no da. So I wear this mask to hide this...this scar, no da, and so when people see me I have a happy face on to smile at everyone with. It's no use depressing yourself,no da." Chichiri gazed off into the ocean.And he thought to himself...Every day I pray they forgive me...