We now meet Chiro years later, at the age of twelve. He currently sitting on plain, white bed, staring at the wall. Wearing a brown sweater, pants and converse. Tears surfaced his cheeks as he silently listens to kids outside of his small room talking.

"Hey, do you think Chiro will ever come out?"

"He's been in there all day, he won't come out!"

"Guys, leave him alone! He's sad okay. Let him work out his problems... If he needs someone to talk to he'll go Ki Ki."

Chiro couldn't help but smile. The conversation outside his door had led to one of his best friends. Ki Ki Ray-Dra Drea Ze. She was a kind girl, very helpful and supportive of Chiro. She was always there for him and he was always there for her. The only difference though, she was a girl. Meaning they couldn't hang out much.

She was usually in the girls' side of building. Boys couln't go there. Girls couldn't go to the boys' section. Chiro sighed. He kinda missed Ki Ki. She was obnoxious. Smart-elec. Book smart. Pretty. And she had a very good voice when it came to singing. She was strong. And... She always wore a small smile. Even when she cried.

Chiro's suddenly felt a sharp pang in his heart. Even though he and Ki Ki were best friends, he hated her. She was to much like his mother... More tears dripped out of Chiro's eyes.

"Mom..."

Memories flutted Chiro's mind. All the pain and happiness he wanted to forget came back. The day his father died. The day his first pet died. The day of his mother's death. His grandparents' death. Losing everything in that stupid fire. Those kids outside were right. If he needed someone to talk to, he would go to Ki Ki.

He was going to Ki Ki.

Silently, Chiro slipped out of his small dorm of the orphange and made his way across the building. He fell into the shadows as one of the orphange's guards past by.

"I don't paid enough fo this shit..." the guard mummbled as he past Chiro and went down the hallway from which Chiro came.

Quiet as a mouse, Chiro walked down the girls' hallway. He knew the girls' wouldn't mind if he made any nose or even entered their side of the building, they knew he was sensitive, respectful and wouldn't take advantage of them as some of the other guys in the orphange would.

With a deep, breath, Chiro lightly tapped on the warm, brown door with a fancy 'K' on it. A young girl, Chiro's age opened the door. She wore lose pajama pants and a large T-shirt Shocked brown eyes relax as they saw no threat, only a friend. The girls soft brown skin covering strong muscles lossened and the child smiled softly, revealing whitte, curved teeth.

"Hey."

"Hi," Chiro replied.

He looked down as Ki Ki led him in her small room. It was much like his. Only a darker shade of purple than the other girls'. Since her room was set up exactly like his, Chiro already knew where bed was across from him, beside a window. Her dresser was on ther far wall, next to a closet. Along the walls and shelves were her personal things.

"Some kids were talking about you. I was going to visit, but I got to caught up in my school work and chior... I'm sorry."

Chiro looked up to see Ki Ki looking down in shame. No... He didn't want to see her look like that! It only made him feel more bad.

"Ki Ki, its fine. You have your life. I have mine. Live yours to the fullest."

Ki Ki smiled that soft smile everyone loved. She gently wrapped her arms around Chiro.

"So what's wrong, Hero?"

Chiro smiled at the nickname Ki Ki had always called him.

"I... Its... My mom. She died years ago. I know. Gotta get over it. Its just hard. I mean..." Chiro let out a sigh of frustration.

Ki Ki releases him from the embrace. She gave him her all knowing look that Chiro knew far to well.

"Chiro, it's okay to hold on to the memories... Just don't let them hold you back. 'Kay?"

Chiro nodded painfully. He sighed as he sat on Ki Ki's purple sheets.

"Thanks. You always seem to know what to say."

"Always!" Ki Ki replied suddenly happy.

She sat beside Chiro and started telling him about the wonderful day she had.

"Today was AWESOME! I wish you had lunch with me! But you weren't. Anyways, Ottis Porteer asked me, yes me, out! But..."

Chiro smirked, suddenly feeling the humor in her voice.

"You rejected him." Chiro finished.

Ki Ki nodded with a small laugh. There's the smart-elec. Chiro thought.

"Chiro... You are going to do great things. You're smart. Kind. Strong... I mean just look at the size of those biceps! Woo!" Ki Ki joked," But in all seriousness, you WILL do great, amazing, big, things. Just don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Don't let the past think you can't. I belive in you. And one day, if you end up living in a huge mansion, I get the biggest room."

Chiro laughed. Obnoxious. Soon, Chiro left, before the guards could do another room check, seeing that it was way past curfew. But before Chiro laid down his head, he swore he could see a small figure watching him fall into a deep rest.