Shandice

Alasais pa lang ay gising na ako pati na rin si Kylla at Sena pero wala na dito sa loob si Fire. I pouted. Palagi na lang siya nauuna magising para umalis. So I waste no time and did my morning rituals. I was about to brush my hair pero hindi ko mahanap ang suklay ko kaya naman napagdesisyunan kong manghiram muna kay Fire. 

I was about to open one of her drawers nang mapansin kong may scroll sa mini table niya. My forehead knotted. Kinuha ko yun saka binuksan para basahin. 

You are highly invited in the Gangster World Arena for the upcoming fight tomorrow night 8:30 pm. The Kings settled the fight. You can bring your underlings or gang group if you want. Your presence is expected. Do or Die.

-Council

Napanganga na lang ako. She was invited and she never told me? Ibig sabihin ba non babalik na kami? Oh my Gosh! 

"Kylla! Naubos mo ba ang conditioner?" Rinig kong sigaw ni Sena sa loob ng banyo. Siya kasi ang pinakamatagal magising sa amin kaya siya rin ang pinakahuling naligo.

"Huh? Conditioner ba yun? Kaya pala hindi bumubula! Haha!" Tatawa-tawang sabi ni Kylla habang naka peace sign kay Sena na hubo't hubad naglakad para kumuha ng shampoo sa drawer. 

"Hay nako!" Nakasimangot na pumasok ulit ng bayo si Sena. Siguro hindi na nabasa ni Kylla ang nakatatak sa bote sa pagmamadali maligo. 

Matapos naming hintayin si Sena sa kanyang kakupadan ay gumora na kami sa classroom namin. We still get the same attention like the first time. Lagi kaming pinagtitinginan o hindi kaya pinagbubulungan. There's nothing new about that. 

Pagtapos ng ilang minutong paglalakad ay nakarating na kami sa classroom namin. Sa aming pagpasok ay kaagad na kumulo ang dugo ko sa nakita ko. May isang nerd na may hawak na timbang may lamang slime at pinagtutulakan nila ito papalapit kay Fire na mukha tulog na nakadukdok sa mesa niya. Pakiramdam ko'y umakyat lahat ng dugo sa ulo ko. 

"Hoy! Ano sa tingin niyo ang pinapagawa niyo ha?!" Inis kong bulyaw doon sa babaeng akala mo payaso sa sobrang kapal ng make up. Pwede na siya sa circus. 

"Bakit ba ang atribida mo? Ano ba ang pakialam mo?!" Pabalik niyang sigaw sa akin. Naningkit mata kong sinalubong ang tingin niya. E, kung lagutan ko kaya siya ng hininga? Pati laway niya nagsho-shoping sa mukha ko, putangina! 

"Have you lost your mind? Kaibigan ko yang pinagti-tripan niyo!" Para makaganti ay sinigawan ko rin siya at sinadya kong patalsikin ang lamay ko sa mukha niya. Lintek lang ang walang ganti!

"Kaya naman pala! Birds with the same feathers, flock together!" Nag-init lalo ang ulo ko sa sinabi niya. Akmang susugurin ko na siya nang pigilan ako ni Sena. 

"What's this noise all about?" Napalingon kami sa pinto kung saan nakatayo ang bagong dating na si Xai kasama ang iba pa. Akmang titili na ang mga ito nang sunod na pumasok ang bago naming professor. Simangot naman na napaupo ang mga ito.

The class immediately started and I just couldn't believe how a School of Gangsters still have Calculus as a subject. Akala ko puro away lang ang tinuturo rito.  Nahagip ng tingin ko ang prof na panay ang tingin sa likuran ko kaya napalingon ako. Si Fire ang kanina niya pa tinitingnan marahil kanina pa ito tulog.

Sa pagharap ko naman ay eksaktong sinara ng prof ang libro na hawak niya't pinatong ito sa table. Kumuha siya ng meter stick sabay turo sa likod ko. 

"Seems like someone is not listening in my class. Miss, can you wake her up?" She eyed me to do her favor kaya wala akong nagawa kun'di sundin ang iniutos nya. I'm waking up the monster.

Kinulbit ko nang kinulbit si Fire pero walang effect ang ginagawa ko. Mahimbing na mahimbing itong natutulog. Nilingon ko naman ang prof at mukhang naiinis na rin siya. What if siya na lang gumising kay Fire? Nakakatakot yan magalit baka bugahan pa ako ng apoy!

Because the professor was too impatient, she went towards Fire. Inihampas niya ang meter stick sa mesa kung saan nakadukdok si Fire at narinig ko ang mahina nitong pagmura.

"What the actual fuck?" Walang kagana-gana itong bumangon mula sa pagkakahiga bago tingnan ang likuran ng prof na naglalakad na palayo papuntang board.

"Miss, Can you explain what Calculus?" Humarap ang prof habang nakataas ang kilay. Fire yawned as if her question is not even that hard to answer.

"Calculus is use in 17th century a Latin word which means 'small pebble'. It is a branch of Mathematics that deals with finding the properties or derivatives and integrals of functions by methods originally based on summation of infinitesimal differences. The two main type of Calculus is the differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus. " Nakita ko naman ang pagnganga ng iba naming kaklase dahil sa naging sagot niya. 

The prof looks surprised as well pero halatang tinatago niya lang ito. "What is the difference between Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus?" kadagdagan pa nitong tanong.

"Aside from having different spelling, Differential Calculus is a a branch of Mathematics concerned with determination, properties, and application of derivatives while Differential Calculus is a branch of Mathematics concerned with determination, properties and application of Integrals. . .satisfied?" Sa pagkakataong ito ay talagang napanganga na ang karamihan dahil hindi pa yun nale-lesson. Napapalakpak na lang ang ibang estudyante samantalang hindi ko naman mapigilan ang matawa dahil napahiya ang prof. Dahil sa lakas ng tawa ko ay ako na naman ang napagdiskitahan ng prof.

"What is statistics? Hindi ka makakaupo hanggat hindi ka nakakasagot!" Napangisi ako. 

"Statistics is a fact or a piece of data from the study of large quantity of numerical data. There are two kinds of data, the group data and the ungroup data. It can be solved by mean, median and mode." Ngumiti pa ako nang matamis matapos kong sagutin ang tanong niya. Mas lalong sumama ang timpla ng mukha niya dahil nagawa ko itong sagutin. 

"You!" Turo niya naman kay Onyx na nagpipigil na rin ng tawa. 

"Yes, ma'am?

"What is median?"

"It is the midpoint of frequency distribution of an observe values or quantities." Umupo na si Onyx matapos niya itong masagutan at ang kasunod naman niyang tinanong ay si Sena. 

"What is mean?"

"It is the average of a certain data," maikli niyang sagot. 

"What is mode?" Turo naman nito kay Xai.

"It is the value that occurs the most in the given data," he replied with confidence. 

"What about range?" Tanong naman nito kay Kylla na busy sa pag doodle ng kung ano-ano sa mesa.

"It is the area of deviation between higher and lower limits," walang bahid ng pagkalito na sagot ni Kylla. 

"You! What is deviation?" Tumayo na si Kendrick dahil expected niya na siya ang tatanungin since inisa-isa niya na naman kami.

"The amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean." Mababakas naman sa mukha ng prof na naiinis siya dahil nasasagutan namin ang lahat ng tanong niya. 

Isn't she supposed to be happy kasi matatalino mga students niya? Why does she looks pissed? 

"Who can give me the meaning of MATH in five seconds?" Nagulat na lang kami nang naglakas si Fire patungong whiteboard at kumuha ng marker. Nag-umpisa na siyang magsulat samantalang kami ay nakaabang sa kung ano man ang isusulat niya at nang matapos siya ay halos gumulong kaming lahat sa kakatawa.

M-ental

A-buse

T-o

H-umans

"Y-You. . . " Akmang rerebat pa ang prof nang mag ring na ang bell kaya wala itong nagawa kun'di ang umalis na talunan. 

The truth was, we were not able to answer her questions if it wasn't because of Fire. She's giving us the answers to the prof's questions through mind link kaya alam namin lahat ng isasagot. 

"What is our next subject?" Bored na tanong ni Fire nang makabalik na siya sa upuan niya.

"COMBAT!" Masaya kong atugal na siyang ikinangisi niya. 

Fire

So our next subject is combat. I yawned. I'd figure that I'd be sleepy so I decided to take a rest for a while. After a few minutes, I heard a loud bang on the door. My senses immediately put into action when I felt three shuriken flying in my direction. Judging from it's speed and trajectory, if I won't be able to dodge it, it will hit my left arm. No one would dare to threaten my life if it wasn't the Combat Professor. In a swift move, I was able to caught the shuriken in between the gap of my fingers while my head was still on the table.

"Gosh! She's incredibly amazing!"

"I know! Kahit hindi sya tumingin! What a good timing and prediction!" 

I backfired the shurikens that I caught. Sleep is important especially for the adults, so I made sure to calculate his distance so he could not avoid it. It would probably hit the left part of his face. It would only be a small cut though.

"This looks like a paper cut on the face." I heard him murmur while chuckling.

I seated firmly and look at the teacher, he seems young and he was around 23 years old. I figured what his name was and it was Vladimir? He wiped the blood that was running down his face and humbly smiled at me. 

"You are one of the transfer student, hmm? Can you introduce yourself with the weapon you usually use during a fight?" Since I like the manner of how he spoke, I stood up and obeyed him with respect.

"Fire, katana."

"Xai, mace."

"Shandice, dagger. "

"Sena, arnis."

"Kendrick, shot gun."

"Onyx, shurikens."

"Kylla, whip"

"Can I ask in what organizations do you belong?" I look in his eyes, so he's interested?

Organizations huh?

"There are actually four organizations. The Gangsters, Mafia, Yakuza and Assassins. So, where do you belong?" He asked curiously. 

I tilted my head sideways. Should I tell him? I lift my head and look directly at him while playing my flute. 

"We're GangKuFiaSins." He once again look at me deep in the eyes as if he was assessing if I'm serious or not. 

Because there's no such thing as an organization that takes up being a Gangster, Mafia, Yakuza, and an Assassin. 

To be continued. . .