The trio

Lisa

"Let's go." Sydney said excitedly as she hopped on her bike.

"Just make sure that we will go home early, I'm not allowed to stay out too late, Dad knows that it's my rest day and he might wonder why I came home late."

"Fine fine, after the trio's fight, we'll go home immediately." She said irritably before looking on her right side, left and behind us. "Clear." She told me, I nod at her before taking turn into one dark alley, I flicked on my mini flashlight that attached on my bike. When we arrived at the end, I turned left again in a much darker alley than the previous one.

In the end of the dark alley, we can see a lot of lights coming from differents car parked in front of the small house. We stopped and hopped off of our bike and we pushed it through the bike's parking space. We made sure that it's securely lock before making our way in the small house.

At first you would think this is just a normal small house, but it has a door leading to the bottom where various illegal activities take place, example of the dance battle being played at the moment, big money is betting on every fight and there are even different types of drugs, so it's really not surprising that the place sometimes being raid by the police, but it's just amazing sometimes, we never find out that the owner of this place was caught, nor did anyone know him.

Only when the police enter, they make sure they'll arrest all those involved in the illegal activities, but if you're just an audience, the cops will ignore you, but even though you're just an audience, it doesn't mean you're safe, because sometimes, there's a bunch of asshole who will act like you are one of them, they would point a finger and say that you are a pusher or a buyer of drugs or anything else that is belong in illegal.

"It's packed." I shouted close to Sydney's ear because of the loud music coming from speakers all over the place.

"Of course! It's trio's impact! " She shouted back with a smile plastering on her lips and she pulled me closer to her. "Let's go upstairs so we can watch it clearly."

"Can we still go there? There's excessive crowd upstairs!"

"We can! Byulie messaged me that she's already upstairs!" I nodded to her in response because I got tired of shouting, my throat is hurting too, It's too noisy, if you ain't shouting, you won't understand what they were saying. "There she is!" Sydney pointed at Byulie and the latter waved at us.

"Yow Lisa! Long time no see!" She greeted us as we approached her and embraced me.

"I just had my free time." I replied, thankfully I don't need to shout as Byulie lowered the volume of the music when she sees us. She was the DJ in the area, we met her in a dance competition, she was also the one who told us about this place.

"I know why you are here." She smiled meaningfully as she wiggles her eyebrows.

"What else, this dumbass wants was to see those trio." I said and wrapped my arm on Sydney's shoulder.

"Would I miss this opportunity? it's one of those rare moments and it's worth watching. " Sydney said enthusiastically.

Byulie and I exchanged glances and laughed. "A little reminder ok? We can just only admire them." Byulie said and patted Sydney's shoulder before turning inside the DJ booth. "It's starting, enjoy Syd!"

"Of course!" Sydney replied, and I shook my head as I bend my body and rest my elbow at the fence while staring the square ring below, where the dance battle will be held.

Once again the music grew louder with the loud cheered of people as seven men emerged from a door and climbed up into the ring. Seriously, I'm almost become deaf because of the noise, thanks God, I'm used to this kind of loud music. "The trio will beat them easily." Sydney shouted in my ear.

I looked at the seven men talking on the side of the ring, apparently they were also known because of the loud noise they had when they came out. "They look good too, they're famous." I said.

Sydney looked at me before laughing which caused my forehead to crumpled. "Dude, you obviously haven't seen the trio masquerade how to dance." She said while shaking her head. To be honest, I never did, nor did I even see them, the day they joined the fight, it was the day I stopped dancing and I stopped going here, so I've never really seen them. "Holy fucking shit! Look Lisa!" Sydney screamed and point at the three women who came out from the other door, with a louder cheered than the previous group. "Fuck! They are really so hot!"

"Your gay ass is screaming Sydney!" I teased and hit her shoulder lightly.

"Look at that! Just their body alone are already dish! "

"Hey! since when you became a pervert?! Stop it, they might hear you!" I chastised her, she looked at me ludicrously at what she had heard from me. After all, it was so strange that they could hear us because of the music here and the loud applause of the audience. I laughed softly and shifts my eyes to looked back at the three women climbing inside the ring.

In fact, Sydney telling me the truth, they are very hot, they are wearing black crop top and black shorts short. They are also wearing masks that you can only see their eyes.

They are so mysterious, according to Sydney's story, from day to day, created by God and without failing and missing a day talking about the Trio. No one knows them, just one day, they suddenly appeared and beat every good dancer here in the underground, even the other dancer quit in dancing because they can't accept that a three mysterious women beat them.

There were others who can't accept the loat and they planned to wait for the three women outside so they can take their revenge but no one will able to ever see them after the fight, they don't know where they are, but there is only one entrance and exit to this place. It's still a big mystery up to this day that once they won the battle, they'll be gone with the prize without any trace. Sydney had asked that to Byulie, but even her, didn't know.

As I stared at the three girls, one of them suddenly raised her head and looked at our spot. "Damn Lis, one of the trio is looking at us!" Sydney shouted as she shook my shoulder abruptly.

It was as if I was nailed on my spot as I looked at her, I'm sure and I can't be wrong, she's staring at me, straight into my eyes. I felt strange in those stares, her eyes seemed to absorb my strength, as if everyone around us was gone, as well as Sydney, that I know is just standing beside me and talking to me but I can't hear her anymore, all of a sudden I felt my knees weaken and I started to sweat a lot.

I couldn't take my eyes off of her, thankfully she was grabbed by the shoulder by her one companion and whispered to her ear, causing her to tear her gaze away from me.

"Hey! Are you okay?! Why are you so pale?" Sydney worriedly asked me and touched my face. It seems to snap me and blink my eyes rapidly.

"I-i'm fine." I assure her and trying to adjust my breathing because I feel like every wisp of the wind had knocked out from my lungs.

"Are you sure? Do you want us to go home?"

I shook my head as an answer. "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just felt hungry, because you ate my sandwich earlier. " I tells her jokingly so that she will stop worrying.

"There are stalls on the bottom, do you want me to buy something? And may I remind you? You willingly gave it to me and now you're blaming me?"

"Dumbass! I don't, I'll buy on my own. I also need water." She nods at me as she laughed and I went down to buy some water, all of a sudden, I got thirsty and felt my throat became dry after I was got stared by one of the trio.

As soon as I paid for the water I opened it and drank it as I returned my gaze into the ring, but I nearly spits the water on the person who passed by me when I noticed that the girl was looking at me again, but this time the three of them were looking at me, the two were talking at the back, one is tall and blonde, while the other one had her hair in crimson and she's the smallest among them, while the other one in front of them, who was looking at me earlier, her hair was jet black and she had big boobs unlike the other two.

Yeah, I'm not wholesome either. I will describe her the way I want.

I immediately looked away and rushed back to my place earlier. When I got to Sydney, she was talking to a guy and that makes my forehead wrinkled, I never thought that Sydney also has known people here besides Byulie.

"Oh she's here." Sydney said when she noticed me approaching them. "Lis, this is Jack, my classmate."

I just nodded my head to greet him, as I was not accustomed in talking to anyone other than Sydney, Byulie and Mizaki. "You seem familiar, have we met before?" He asked as he stared at my face.

"You probably know her, she's my best friend." Sydney chimes in and she wrapped her arm on my shoulder.

"You're that Nerd?!" He exclaims.

"Wow, Jack, aren't you up for it to be heard for everyone?" Sydney sarcastically asked and smacked Jack's head.

"Sorry, I didn't recognize her earlier. Wow! I didn't expect that you were hiding a beauty behind those glasses. " I laughed at Jack's words but didn't answer because Sydney hit him right away.

"Stop hitting on my best friend! She likes women so now, just stop thinking that you have a chance at her. "

"I didn't say anything?" Jack defended himself as he scratched his nape.

We didn't respond again and shifts our gaze below when the MC announced that the fight would start. The two groups are already stands in the middle as the MC telling them the rule,but this battle is actually NO RULES! It's a freestyle dance battle, all you just have to do is show your moves and let the audience decides who will win.

"This is interesting, let's see how the trio would protect their crown." Jack said causing us to looked at him.

"What are you saying? Of course they will." Sydney said with certainty.

"Nah.. Have you seen those 7 dude danced?" Sydney shook her head in response, and I turned my eyes to look at the seven guys. "They were the champions in World Dance 2019."

I snapped my head at him when I heard what he said. "For real?" I asked in disbelief and he nods at me.

"Wow." The only word that came out from us and we both looked down again.

Sydney and I dreamt of joining the World Dance competition, it is one of the biggest tournaments where you will find the best dancers in the world, and if you became the champion, you can be recognized from all over the world.

"Now I am doubting if my girls would beat those dudes." Sydney said and felt discouraged by what she has learned.

We saw that the MC move on the side, the two groups settled down again in both end of the ring and the 7 guys were leading the dance battle. The girl in the middle looked up to us. It's as if she was telling us to 'watch-us-beat-these-guys' look. The three of us exchanged glances at each other as if we were in a panic. But we returned our gaze down when the first group started dancing..

God! they are really good, their moves are synchronized, their body's flip flops are really impressive, until one of them moved in front and did a free style dance, mocking the girls with nasty moves, but the trio seems not affected and they just stood there and stand in triangular position.

After a few minutes, it's the trio's turn to dance, the music changed and people shouted. I was amazed at what I saw, no wonder they are the reigning champion in underground. Their moves are all on points, the sharpness and at the same time the swag are all in their movements. I've never seen such a good dancer like them, they all got the moves!

"Damn it! I was blown away by their moves!" Sydney screamed at me, I couldn't even look at her because I couldn't take my eyes off of the three dancing girls, that if I had tear my gaze away from them I would regret that I had missed steps.

After that, it's the men turns again and the scene became that way, they will dance alternately, the audience are wilding, and when the man did his break dance, the audience became more wild.

"Yah! don't touch her!" Sydney shouted when the man did a 360 flip and after that, he pulled the girl to her waist and pinned it to his body.

I felt annoyed at what that guy did, I clenched my fists and bit my lip hardly as I looked down at them, but to my surprise, the girl raised her head and looked at me. "Why are you letting that beast to touch you?!" I said lividly, it's as if I am telling that directly at her.

"You're right– oops!" Sydney's words were interrupted when the woman suddenly pushed the guy, when the latter planned to remove her mask and he stumbled on the floor, then the girl looked up again. "Ok, what the fuck is going on? Why do I feel like she's been looking at us since earlier?" Sydney asked frustratingly.

I noticed that too, the more I can proved that when I went down to buy water, their eyes just kept following me. Then the girl is looking at us right now.

The man didn't immediately stand when he was pushed and the people cheered, the other man rushed in, but the bouncers quickly stopped them and stood in the middle before they could reach the trio. I saw the tall blonde held her on her shoulder and whispered something, she nodded before glancing at me again. I can't see what's behind that mask, but I know and I'm sure she's smiling because of how her eyes turn into a crescent.

Due to the chaos the fight was halted and it was decided to ask the audience who won the match tonight. The men's group was first pointed, there's a loud scream that you will thought the whole place would get would ruin, and you can notice the smirk on the seven guys as they gazed at the trio.

They waited for scream to stopped before the other group pointed out, I immediately covered my ears when the cheered are much louder than the previous one, loud roar of the audience made the underground to vibrates, the ground I am stepping is also trembling, and those two next to me were also screaming that their nerves were about to burst.

Eventually the trio masquerade was still declared champion. The money prize in a bag was given to them, the smallest took the bag before starts descending, but just before they can fully get down, they turned around again and waved their hands at me.

"What the actual fuck?" Sydney and Jack both exclaims and the two of them whipped their heads at me at the same time.

"Wow idol! The trio waved at you?!" Jack said in disbelief.

"Maybe not, maybe they're waving at their fans." I said as I still followed with my gaze the trio. "And would you stop from assuming? People doesn't seem like it, look at the way they look at us." I rebuke them because I can feel the dislike gaze they are being thrown at me.

"Are you crazy? They never interacted to fans! Just now! Just in now and in our spot?!" Sydney said and grabbed my face, which cause me to lose my sight on the three women. "I should have bring you with me every time they will have a fight! You're so lucky Lisa!" She added and hugged me tightly.

I felt like someone is looking at me so I turned back my eyes at the trio, I was almost got choked when I noticed the deathly glares the woman shooting at me and I immediately pushed Sydney who was shocked at what I had done and followed what I was looking at. It was then that the the woman who were staring at me got pulled up and they entered the door from where they had gone before.

What's that? I asked myself before we decided to go down, we bid our goodbye to Byulie before finally going down, we have some compatriots coming out from underground, maybe, just like us, they were here just to watch the trio and then when the fight was over they would go home.

"Seriously, the fight is pretty good, if only that guy didn't touched the girl, for sure things are going to get better." Jack said after we stepped outside the small house.

"I want to break that guy's finger, how dare him to touch my baby!" Sydney said angrily as we walked to where our bike was parked.

"That's just unavoidable." I said while removing the chain on my bike.

My forehead twitched when I felt like someone is looking at me again, I wander my eyes around and noticed in a dark part of the parking lot, there are three people standing there and facing me. I couldn't see their faces because they were standing at the place where it's too dark and the only part of their body was visible, are their feet.

"You all right Lis?" Sydney asked and grabbed me by the shoulder so I looked at her.

"A-as if someone is looking at me." I said worriedly and looked at three people again but they were no longer there. "I might be just tired, let's go home. Daddy is coming home. "I said while shrugging off the thought of those three people.

She just nodded and we both climbed aboard on our bike and bid our goodbye to Jack, he had a car so we left first. As we made our way back home, it still felt like there were still someone looking at me but I didn't pay attention to it and didn't even tell Sydney so she don't have to get worried about it.

When we got home I just felt like I had lost the feeling of someone is following us. "Mom! I'm home!" I shouted loudly and quickly climbed into my room and change my clothes, at exactly I shut the door behind me, I heard the door open from the main door, I was lucky that I was ahead of Dad.

After I change my clothes, I went out of the room and saw my Dad sitting on the couch as he leaned his head on his back and put his arms around his head. "Dad, you okay?" I asked as I descended the stairs.

He opened her eyes and looked at me. "I'm fine but a little tired. There was a visitor coming to the Mizaki's tonight so I cooked a lot."

"Who?" I asked. I went to our kitchen to get him some coffee, I can still see him even when I'm in the kitchen because it's open.

"Sana's friends, unfortunately I didn't see them because it was time for me to leave before they arrived."

"Where are they from?" I asked again and handed him the coffee.

"I don't know, I didn't had the chance to ask because I'm too busy in cooking." He answered before taking a sip from the coffee I gave him. "Oh by the way, Sana is going to attend at your university for this year, and she told me that she's excited to be with you and Sydney."

"Really? That's good, we will meet another acquaintances in the university."

Sana was one of my two friends, she was also the only child of the Mizaki's where my Dad is their head chef. We met when she was celebrating her birthday and Dad tagged me along, I also took Sydney with me and we met her there and became friends.

Sana is kind, she's down to earth and she prefers to be friends with like us who are just ordinary people compared to those rich people like her. But when we were in high school her family send her to Japan to continue her studies, she just came back and now that we are in the same University, Sydney will be glad if she finds out.

"Aren't you going to sleep? It's late and you need to wake up early tomorrow." Dad said before he got up from the couch with his coffee in his hands.

"Alright then, I'll go ahead." I bid, I kissed him first on the cheek before running upstairs and entered inside my bedroom, I slowly closed my bedroom door because Mom might wake up in her sleep, and it seems that she was already deep asleep because she didn't answered me  when I announced that I came home.

I was about to lay my body in my bed but I got startled when I heard a loud shatters on the floor and daddy's loud cry from their bedroom.

"Lisa! Your mom!"

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