Chapter 1

Flashback. . .

~~Crawling in my skin

These wounds they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

Linkin park~~

Shit fucking tastic!! Who the hell is this bitch? What the hell is fucking wrong with whoever the one who's calling me right now. Like hellooooo!!!! IT.IS.FUCKING.IN.TWO.OCLOCK.IN.THE.MORNING!

I am not a morning person, and never ever will be. 

Urgg!! 

The phone kept ringing even if I let it ring continuously without answering it but the call didn’t stop. So even if I didn’t want to, I have no choice, so I pick the phone and answer the one who's calling me without looking and checking who is the caller.

"Hello! What do you fucking want?" I spat at the caller.

"L-lea--der." Utal na sagot ng tumawag sa akin. When I heard that voice, lalo lang akong na-bwisit. Because the one who called me is one of my members. So that means I.have.to.go whatever place he'll say na pupuntahan ko.

"Tsk. What place?" Malamig na tanong ko.

"hmm. . .a-amh. . at the Heaven Hotel." He answered me while his voice was shaking.

"Okay." Sagot ko sabay end ng call. Pagkatapos kong putulin ang tawag, bumuntong hininga na lang ako. After a while, I put my phone at the table right beside my bed and then I started freshening up.

"Ano na naman ba ang problema nila." Sambit ko sa aking sarili habang ini-imagine kong anong mangyayari mamaya.

********************************************************************************************

"Punta na man tayo sa bar. Please. Please. Please." Ungot ko sa kanila.

Syempre, pumayag sila. Wala eh, cute at gwapo kasi ako kaya di nila ako mahindian.

*Wooooossssshhhhhhhhh*

Lahhhhh. . .bakit lumakas ang hangin? I laugh silently. Ang yabang ko talaga. I chuckled once again silently. Pero syempre, joke, joke lang yun. Ang totoo niyan. Di lang nila ako mahindian kasi, unang-una, tinuturing nila akong parang babasaging crystal. Kahit pa, ako ang pinakamalakas sa kanila. At isa pa, ako ang pinakabata sa kanila and add the fact that I am so petite and feminine that sometimes, others who saw and meet me thought that I am a girl. Which earn them a good punch straight to their faces.

Pangalawa, I am their leader. Ewan ko ba kung bakit ako ang ginawa nilang leader at hindi ko din alam kong bakit. Ang sabi nila sa akin. Ako na lang daw, kasi parang sa fairytail lang ba. Na sila daw ang mga knights ko at ako daw ang prinsesa nila. Prinsesa nila mga mukha nila, kaya ayon nakatanggap tuloy sila ng tig-isang sapak sa mukha.

Kidding aside, in a way, it's nice right? At least, I can say that they do care for me, they do want me, do accept me and take me as their friend and family.

Walo kami sa grupo. Natatawa nga ako sa aming codename eh. Ano daw yun, sa pangalan ko pa lang, ibang-iba na sa kanila. Paano ba naman, kilala nila ako sa pangalang Phoenix, si Misha Santorious aka Capricorn, Nickolai Lee aka Scorpio, Hunter Villareal aka Cancer, Macrinus Akane aka Leo, Knight Frost aka Aries, Tricka Lancaster aka Libra, at si Yuri Vandemoir aka Orpheus.

Kaya ayan, nabansagan kaming the “Graceful Destruction Fire Spirit and his Zodiacs.” Tangina, ang corny.

Balik sa kasalukuyan, papunta na kami sa bar na pagdadalhan nila sa akin dahil nga sa hindi nila ako nahindian. 

Yehey!

'SO HERE I CAME RUSSIAN, COSMO AT SA MGA KATROPA NIYO DYANG ALAK. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!'

Flashback ends. . . .

That was me. That was my lifestyle. As free as possible. Because there, I acted whoever and whatever I wanted. Like for example, in there, I am a leader of a gangsta group, known as Phoenix within our circle. I'll go to battles even though it is too early in the morning and even if it's still midnight. I'll drink like there's no tomorrow. BEFORE-----BUT NOW???

I am here, in the Philippines, medyo malayo na sa lugar kung saan ako lumaki at namuhay kong ano ang gusto ko. Living as simply RAIN MAIA. Nothing else.

This happens within a day of my ordinary life when I was still in Japan, ng may lumapit sa akin na mga tao, one of them looks like a lawyer. And guess what? Pinapasundo daw ako ng lolo ko. The fudge? Since birth, I knew and believed that I don't have a grandfather since my mother didn't even introduce me to one since I was a child. Not even a father. So we lived from the day I was born up until now with our own two people's world. Only depending on each other.

Tapos ngayon, merong gantong senaryo na nangyayari sa buhay ko. I was suspicious for a long time. But my instinct just tells me that it's okay, that it's safe. So I just comply and do whatever they say. Wala naman na si mama kaya parang wala na sa akin kong ano man ang mangyayari. It's just that my grandfather was in the Philippines. With that, I hesitated.

Syempre buong buhay ko. Dito sa Japan na ako lumaki. My friends, gang and people who I treated as part of my family was all in here. Pero wala na din naman akong nagawa kasi ng nabanggit ko ito sa bawat miyembro ng gang ko, my friends, my brothers and my family. They urge me to just go and check it out. They even threatened me that if I will not go, then they'll ignore me.

Nakapagtataka right? Kasi, bakit parang desidido sila na legit ang news na to. Hindi ba sila magtataka at maghi-hinala na baka trap lang to ng mga kaaway namin? Anyways, yun na nga, pumayag na din ako kasi sabi nila, they'll gonna follow me. And well, wala na din naman akong natitirang blood related family here in Japan and I'm sure and they also assured me na susundan nila ako, kaya ayun, sinabi ko sa Lawyer and his company na payag ako na sumama sa kanila. Pero non nakarating na ako dito, nalaman kong patay na pala siya, with big news at that.

May kuya pala ako.

KAGWAAAAAAAAAAPONG nilalang. Hihihihi!! His name is Ais Skytler Smith, and guess what? He is also a gang leader. Ang pangalan ng grupo nila ay 'STEEL'. Under Steel, his called 'Caliber'.

Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala na may kapatid pala ako. At ang ikinabigla ko talaga ng bonggang-bongga ay ng malaman kong super duper mayaman pala kami. Minsan nga nahihiya na nga ako kay kuya eh. Kasi kong minsan namamangha talaga ako sa mga nakikita ko.

Minsan nga nung pumunta kami sa party. Well, it's just a friendly party with one of his business partners. Pagdating namin sa venue, napanganga talaga ako nung makita ko yung venue ng party na iyon. It's just like your walking with a room full of crystal. The room literally we're sparkling everywhere with touch of bright golden hues. Kasi naman. Di kaya kami mayaman noong nasa Japan pa ako. Yun ngang sasakyan ko eh napanalunan ko lang sa mga naghahamon sa amin nun. Kung baga nasa katamtaman lang, yun din ay galing sa sarili kong sikap. Palaging malaki kasi ang taya kapag ako’y hinahamon nila way back when I am still in Japan. Kaya I hope. This coming few days. Maging maayos ang lahat.