Chapter 10 - Iloilo, Philippines

The sun is shining. The winds blew the trees' leaves. There were fields at the sides. The middle is the road. Nagito, Annais and family rode on a big van. They're at Iloilo. Nagito saw the fields outside of the window.

"Whoa! I never see that before." Nagito surprised.

"Yup! Iloilo is a rural place." said Annais.

"Rural? That means there are many farmers here." Nagito guessed.

"Maybe but they have many plants here. My parents are farmers but their house has a little technologies. They don't have computers." Annais explained.

"Well, we have laptops, right? We have no problem." Nagito smiled.

"Yo! We're here." said Rebel.

The van stopped at the small, old house. Nagito, Annais and her family went out the van. Annais' grandparents saw them with bright smiles and went closer to them.

"Ressurecion, River, Akihiro, Dante, kamusta kayo? Ang laki ka na.. (How are you? You're so big.)" Annais' grandma smiled.

"Syempare! Adults na kami. Nandito ang mga apo niyo. (Of course! We're adults. Here are your grandchildren.)" River smiled.

"Hello! Lolo Bucky, Lola Basyang." Annais, Rebel, Roswell, Yumi and Ami greeted. They blessed on their grandparents' hands(In traditions, the young ones put the elderly's hand on their foreheads as a sign of respect for elderly. Also, lolo and lola means 'grandpa' and 'grandma'.). Nagito was a little confuse about their actions.

"Oh! Lolo, Lola, Kasama ko ang best friend ko, si Nagito. (Grandpa, Grandma, I'm with my best friend, Nagito." Annais introduced her grandparents to Nagito.

"Hello po. Ang pangalan ko po ay Nagito. Galing ako sa Japan.(My name is Nagito. I lived in Japan.)" Nagito bowed to Annais' grandparents.

Lolo Bucky and Lola Basyang stared Nagito seriously. Nagito was very nervous. He will think that they don't like him or curious.

Lola Basyang suddenly spoke. "Annais, bakit ang best friend mo ay may bird nest sa ulo niya?(why your best friend has a bird nest on his head?)" she asked.

Annais, Rebel, Roswell, Yumi and Ami laughed loudly because of Lola Basyang's sense of humor. Nagito sweat dropped.

"Hindi po. Totoong buhok ni Nagito. Parehas ang buhok sa tatay niya. (No, It's Nagito's real hair. It's the same hair as his father.)" Annais explained.

"Kaya pala... Sige, mga hijo at hija. Sa loob na tayo. Mag meryenda tayo. (That's why... Alright, my grandsons and granddaughters. We're going inside. We should have a snack.)" said Lolo Bucky.

All of them went inside. At the outside of dining room, they were eating sumans, mangos, bananas and putos. They were chatting about their lives.

"Oh! Si Annais ay laging protektahan si Nagito mula sa bullies. Lahat ng mga bullies ay natatakot sa kanya. Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit hindi nila nais si Annais na ang kanilang kasintahan. (Annais is always protect Nagito from the bullies. All bullies were scared of her. That's why they don't want Annais to be their girlfriend.)" Ressurecion laughed.

"Hahaha! Tama ang gawa ni Annais. Bawal mag-boyfriend. (Annais made the right choice. No boyfriend.)" Lolo Bucky laughed.

"Hoy, Bucky! Meron boyfriend si Annais. Ang lalaki na may bird nest ay maging boyfriend. (Hey, Bucky! Annais has a boyfriend. The boy with a bird nest will become her boyfriend.)" Lola Basyang pointed at Nagito.

"Wah! Lola Basyang, Hindi ako ay ang boyfriend ni Annais. Ako ay ang best friend niya. (I'm not Annais' boyfriend. I'm her best friend.)" Nagito shocked with a pink face and shook his hands. 'Well, She can be soon-to-be girlfriend.' he thought in his mind.

'I hope Nagito will be my boyfriend.' Annais thought of it as well.

"Lolo, pwede kami magpunta sa fields pagkatapos kami'y kumain ng pagkain? (Grandpa, can we go to the fields after we eat our food?)" Ami asked.

"Sure." Lolo Bucky agreed.

While they were chatting, Nagito saw conjoined twin bananas on the table. He grabbed it. Annais saw it too.

"Wow! You have bananas that sticks together." she said.

"Do you want one?" Nagito asked. Annais nodded. Nagito and Annais held the sides of the twin bananas and split into half. They peeled the banana skins and ate it.

The entire family stared at them in silent.

Nagito and Annais noticed them. "What?" they asked in a duo.

"Oh my golly wow! Kayo na ang bagong love birds. (You two are the new love birds.)" Ami cheered.

"Ano?! Hindi pa! (What?! Not yet!)" Annais blushed.

"Why you said that? Annais and I are best friends." Nagito blushed.

"Alam mo na kung kumain kayo ng kambal na saging, magiging soul mates. Totoo 'yon. Kumain kami na kambal na saging kasama ang lolo mo. (You know that if you ate the twin bananas, you two became soul mates. It's true. We ate the twin bananas with your grandpa.)" said Lola Basyang.

"Huh!" Annais and Nagito shocked and blushed.

*Flash*

"Hahahaha! Oh! Those faces are epic!" Rebel laughed. He took a picture by using his iphone.

After their snack time, they went to the farm. Annais, Nagito, Rebel, Roswell, Ami and Yumi helped Lolo Bucky to take care of the domestic animals. Ami and Yumi took the eggs from the chicken cood. Annais is feeding the horses and cows with a hay. Nagito, Rebel, Roswell give the milk from the cow.

"Um... Do you know how to give a milk from the cow?" Rebel asked.

"Just pull the cow's /$# ^." said Roswell.

"Those are cow's teats. I'll do it." said Nagito. He grabbed a bucket and a chair. He put the chair on the ground, closer to the cow and sat on it. He placed the bucket under the cow's teats. He squeezed down gently and the milk came out. The milk is in the bucket. "Wow! That was easy." Nagito commented.

"Nagito, did you learn that from the BL novels?" Roswell asked.

"Huh?" Nagito confused and shrugged.

"Ros, Don't put dirty things to Nagito." Rebel scolded at Roswell.

"Whoa!" Rowsell shocked.

"What BL means?" Nagito asked.

"BL means 'Boys Love'. It's a Japanese of 'yaoi'." Roswell answered.

Rebel punched Roswell on the top of his head. "Darn it! You should not answer that." he hissed.

"It supposed to be 'brotherly love'." said Nagito.

"Um... Well, it's hard to explain. I'll tell you when you're older." said Rebel.

"...okay." Nagito nodded.

At the afternoon, Nagito, Annais, Lolo Bucky and Rebel saw a bull at the water fields.

"Oh! A carabao! Pwede kami sumakay dyan po?(Can we ride there?)" Annais asked.

"Sypreme.(Of course.)" Lolo Bucky agreed. He went closer to the carabao.

"For me, I'm not riding it." said Nagito in English.

"Eh! Why? You don't want to get your clothes wet." Annais guessed it.

Nagito shook his head. "Nope, that bull is going to mad at me because I wore my red shirt." he said.

"Moon, it's a carabao or water buffalo. Carabaos never angry at the red clothes because they're not from Mexico. They were at Philippines." Annais explained.

"So, don't be a scary cat." Rebel grinned.

"Hey!" Nagito shouted.

"Okay, sakay na kayo sa kalabaw. (you can ride on a carabao.)" said Lolo Bucky.

"Yehey!" Annais and Rebel cheered.

Annais, Nagito and Rebel were riding on the carabao. Lolo Bucky took care of them for safety.

"Hahaha! This is fun! Go! Horsey! Go!" Annais laughed.

"We're riding on a cow, Ace." said Nagito.

"It's a carabao." Rebel corrected.

"Let's take a groupie." Annais suggested. She took out her iphone and put on the selfie stick. She raised to take a picture. "Say Carabanga!"

"Carabanga!" Nagito, Rebel and Lolo Bucky replied.

Annais took the picture.

In eight days later, Nagito and Annais are typing on their laptops. Nagito is reading some news. While, Annais is watching 'Mirai Nikki' episodes. Nagito saw a news about "The Serial Killer in Iloilo". He read it.

"Um... Annais, you need to read the news." said Nagito.

"Huh! What news?" Annais paused the video and looked at the news that Nagito showed.

'The Serial Killer in Iloilo

This serial killer killed thirty people by torture and explosion in Iloilo. The name, gender and other information are unknown. The clothes are black coat, hat and red scarf. This person is using a chain saw as a murder weapon. Please report to this person immediately.'

"Thirty people! That's a lot." Annais shocked.

"I know but it's better to stay here. We have two days left." said Nagito.

"Should we tell my family about this?" Annais asked.

"It's... very risky. We shouldn't. We feel uncomfortable about this. They will cancel the trip to Boracay." Nagito answered.

"Annais, Nagito, it's dinner time!" Ressurecion called.

"Let's eat, Moon." Annais smiled.

"Yup!" Nagito nodded.

All of the family was eating dinner. Nagito was staring at the black soup. Rebel took a scoop and ate it.

"Rebel, what are you eating?" Nagito asked.

"I'm eating dinuduguan. It's a pig's blood. You want some?" Rebel smirked.

"Yuck! No, I don't want to eat that." Nagito disgusted.

"Hahaha! You're just like Chibi. She doesn't like this because she hates become a vampire." Rebel laughed and pointed at Annais.

"Hmph! You're such a bully, Kuya." Annais pouted. She's holding an egg. She cracked it with the spoon and took out the top of the shell. She put a pinch of salt and shook it gently.

"Annais, are you drinking raw egg?" Nagito asked.

"Raw egg? I'm eating balut." Annais replied. She took a sip of the balut soup. "Taste it." she said and shared to Nagito.

Nagito was curious about it and took a sip. "Hmm... Not bad." he commented. He returned the balut to Annais.

"Hehehe!" Rebel snickered.

"What?" Nagito looked at Rebel.

"You do know what's inside of it." Rebel smirked.

"Huh?!" Nagito confused and raised his brow. He looked back at Annais.

Annais peeled the egg shell. Nagito realized that it's not a hard-boiled egg. It's a hardboiled egg yolk with a duck embryo. Annais took the egg yolk, put a pinch of salt and ate it. Nagito shocked with his eyes and mouth are open wide.

"Oh! Your face is priceless! Hahaha!" Rebel laughed.

"Annais, Rebel, Nagito, let's go ghost hunting!" Ami said it excitedly.

"Ghost hunting?" Nagito went back to his senses.

"Yup! Lola Basyang told us the story of the living demon. She said that it's real. The demon lives at the forest nearby." Ami explained.

"It supposed to be demon hunting. I'm in." Yumi agreed.

"Me too." said Roswell.

"Did Lolo Basyang say something about the demon's curse?" Rebel asked.

"Well, yes but we should the curse and not getting closer." Ami answered.

"I should check outside." said Annais. She washed her hands at the sink. She went outside of the house. She removed her contact lens from her left eye and checked the surroundings.

Nagito followed her. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Check the surroundings with my eye of death...Hmm... There's no ghost or demon here. I have a bad feeling about this. We should tell them about the serial killer." Annais answered.

"Yeah... You're right." Nagito nodded.

They went back to the house. Nagito explained to Annais' cousins about the serial killer in Iloilo. Rebel, Roswell and Yumi understood about it but Ami doesn't believe it and wanted to go demon hunting. Their parents told the kids to go to sleep. All the kids went to sleep. At 11:30 pm, Nagito woke up and went to the bathroom to take a pee. After he took a pee, he went back to the bedroom but there's something missing. Ami and Yumi are missing.

"Ami and Yumi are missing. They're not in the bathroom. I wonder where they are." Nagito wondered. He decided to wake Roswell up. He shook Roswell. "Roswell! Roswell!"

"Hmm... Go to sleep, Nagiiii..." Roswell groaned.

"Roswell, where are Ami and Yumi?" Nagito asked.

"Huh! I think they're at the bathroom." Roswell replied.

"I went to the bathroom. They're not there." said Nagito.

Roswell yawned and got up. "Maybe they have a midnight snack." he said. He checked at the kitchen and the dining room but Ami and Yumi weren't there. "What the?! The girls are not here." he said.

Nagito went to the living room to check them but there is no luck. "Not here either." he said.

"I guess... Oh crap! They're going to have a demon hunting." Roswell guessed.

"Demon hunting at midnight of a night? There will be a serial killer. They're going to be in trouble!" Nagito shocked.

"I'll go to them." said Roswell.

"I'll go too." said Nagito.

Meanwhile at the forest, Ami and Yumi were demon hunting. They brought their flashlights and turned them on. They looked at the surroundings.

"Ami, I can't find a demon here. Let's go home." said Yumi.

"No way! Are you scared about the demon?" Ami asked.

"Well, remember what Nagito and Annais said? There might be a serial killer here." Yumi replied.

"Whatevs! They want us believe that horror story. C'mon!" said Ami.

Then, Nagito and Roswell came in.

"Ami! Yumi!" Nagito shouted.

"Both of you are in trouble." said Roswell.

"Not really! What are you two doing here?" Ami asked.

"That's my line. What are YOU two doing here?" Nagito asked and pointed at Ami.

"It is obvious. We're demon hunting." Ami answered.

"Just cut that out! That demon is going to curse or the serial killer is going to kill us!" Roswell shouted.

"He's right. We should go home." said Yumi.

"Oh come on! You didn't know where the-" Ami didn't continue her sentences.

Brum-brum-brum-brum-brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Ami, Yumi, Nagito and Roswell heard the sound of the chain saw. They were frightened.

"What was that?" Ami asked.

"A chain saw!" Yumi replied.

"Oh god! Don't tell me." Nagito said.

They looked at the back. The man with a black coat, hat and red scarf appeared with his chain saw. He charged his chain saw and begun to run. Ami, Yumi, Nagito and Roswell shocked.

"AAAAAAAAHHH! IT'S THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE!" Roswell screamed and peed his pants.

"IT'S THE SERIAL KILLER! RUN!" Nagito shouted.

Nagito, Ami, Yumi and Roswell ran away from the serial killer as fast as they can. The serial killer followed them and carried his heavy chain saw. The four kids stopped because they reached at the dead end at the cliff of the mountain. They began to panic.

"Holy $# ^! We're trapped!" Roswell shocked.

"W-w-what are we going to do?!" Ami shivered in fear.

"We have no choice! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Yumi shouted.

"Oh no! Please don't chop my # $^ with your chain saw!" Roswell screamed and covered his nuts.

"Wait! What?!" Ami and Yumi confused.

The serial killer rose his chain saw above. Nagito shocked that the serial killer is going to kill Annais' cousins. He moved and protected them as a human shield. The serial killer is almost going to slash Nagito but his chain saw stopped. He checked his chain saw and realized that it's run out of battery.

"/$# ! I'm out of battery." the serial killer hissed.

"GUYS! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Ami shouted.

Ami, Yumi and Roswell ran away from the cliff and the serial killer. Nagito tried to run but he was caught by the serial killer. He tried to break free but it didn't work. The serial killer held Nagito tightly. He threw his chain saw at the cliff and pulled out his knife.

"LET ME GO, YOU FREAK!" Nagito yelled at the serial killer.

"I'll cut your throat first." the serial killer smirked.

Suddenly, someone threw the knife and stabbed at the serial killer's head. The serial killer lifelessly let Nagito go. The chain saw from the cliff is turning on itself. The serial killer fell into the cliff and chopped into half by the chain saw. Nagito, Ami, Yumi and Roswell looked down at the dead serial killer. They felt terrified and disgusted. When they turned around, they met Annais and Rebel were staying at their spot. Annais was pretty angry. Rebel went closer to them and gave a big hug.

"Guys, I'm glad you're alive." Rebel smiled happily.

"Me too, Rebel. I was almost killed!" Roswell cried.

Nagito looked at Annais. Annais is glaring at Ami. "Um... Annais, I can-"

SLAP!

Everyone noticed that Annais slapped Ami's cheek. They were shocked.

"Annais, bakit sinapal mo ko? (Why did you slap me?)" Ami cried and asked.

"It was your stupidity! Dapat makinig ka sa pamilya natin para sa kaligtas natin. Mabuti na lang buhay pa si Nagito. Kung patay siya, hindi ako magpatawad sa'yo. Mas naniniwala ako sa mga multo at sa mga serial killers kesa sa mga kwento ng demonyo dahil sa kamatayan ni Falice. Hay naku! Uwi na tayo!(You should listen to our family for our safety. I'm glad that Nagito is still alive. If he's dead, I won't forgive you. I mostly believe in ghosts and serial killers than demon story because of Falice's death. Hay naku! We're going home.)" Annais hissed and walked away with her anger.

Ami felt scared to see Annais' rage. Yumi knew it was a bad idea. Roswell and Rebel stayed quite. Nagito understood what Annais is saying and worried. Back at the house, Annais is in the room. She was frustrated and lied on the bed. While, Nagito, Yumi, Ami, Rebel and Roswell were sitting on the chairs at the dining. Ami is still crying. Yumi is comforting her younger sister. Rebel and Roswell were drinking hot cocoa. Nagito stood up and looked at Rebel.

"Rebel, you should tell them the truth about me and my family. I'm going to check on Annais." he said and went to the bedroom.

"Huh!" Rebel shocked.

"Reb, Ano sabi ni Nagi? Anong "truth"?(What Nagi said? What "truth"?)" Roswell asked.

"Mas ganda sasabi ko sa iyo. (It's better to say something to you." Rebel replied seriously.

At the bedroom, Nagito saw Annais was lying on the bed. She was still awake. Nagito sat on the bed beside her.

"Annais, are you...um...okay?" he asked.

"What kind of question is that?" Annais glared at Nagito.

'I'll take that as a no.' Nagito thought in his mind. "I know that you're still mad at me that I didn't tell you." he said.

"What the $# * are you talking about? I was mad at Ami. She's the one that she made the demon hunt. She never listens to Uncle, Auntie and me that the serial killer is real. I understand that you asked Roswell first because he's Ami's and Yumi's big brother. I'm glad that saved your life at the right time." Annais explained and curled herself on the bed like a cat.

"That will be three times." said Nagito. He went to closer to Annais. "Just look at me." he whispered.

Annais turned and looked at Nagito. "Three times? What-" she didn't continue because Nagito kissed her on the lips.

Meanwhile at the living room, Rebel explained the Nagito's true story to his cousins. Ami and Yumi felt sad. Roswell wiped his tears.

"Damn! Nagito is always alone in his mansion. I didn't know that his family died by the airplane crash and his servants quitted their jobs because of that stupid rumors." said Roswell.

"Is that why Annais cares about Nagito?" Yumi asked.

"Yes. He's the only Komaeda alive. We want to adopt him but Nagito disagreed. Instead, Annais will be his future wife." Rebel replied.

"Weh! Nag-in love na sila. Kailan sila mag-ibigan? (We're in love. When they're in love?)" Ami asked.

"Last two months, Annais told me that Nagito is jealous at the rich boy that she saved from the 2nd serial killer. She said that she likes Nagito more than that boy. After their graduation, I saw them kissing." Rebel answered.

"Woah! Ang swerte ni Nagito.(Nagito is lucky.)" Roswell commented.

"Yeeaah... I better check Annais and Nagito at the bedroom." said Rebel. He went to the bedroom but he heard Nagito's moaning voice. He shocked and went back to the living room.

"Sooo... how was it?" Roswell asked.

"We should sleep here. Ros, I blamed you for teaching Nagito about BL." Rebel replied.

"Huh!" Roswell, Ami and Yumi confused.

On the next day, Ami made a big coconut pie for Annais as an apology and peace offering.

"Wow! I accepted your apology but this pie is too big." said Annais.

"Well, we can share it. I know that you don't want to get fat." Ami smiled.

"Of course, I don't want to get obese. Haha!" Annais laughed.

While the girls share and eat the coconut pie, Nagito sat on the couch and read his favorite book. Roswell and Rebel stared at him.

"Why are you looking at me?" Nagito asked.

"Nothing... Nagi, can I ask you?" Roswell asked.

"Yes." Nagito replied. He was drinking a glass of watermelon juice.

"Are you a seme or uke?"

"PPPPFFFFFFTTTT!" Nagito shocked and spitted his drink.

Here's the next chapter. I was busy finishing my final exams and writing the Junjou Romantica fanfiction called "Demon Massacre". It is an action story.