A/N: Another revised chapter. The entire content was revised. But the ideas remain.

OMG! I'm talking mature now!

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Shattered Soul

By: Elie

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The empty hallway was always greeted by Jin first – being the early bird that he was.

He had jogged himself to school instead of riding his car. It was a great opportunity to exercise for the upcoming tournament.

What he hated the most was tardiness. Being a punctual guy that he was, he was a complete opposite of Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu on the other hand, loved to cram – yes, that's the word. But, who could ever blame that girl? Idle that she was…

Her name kept throbbing in his thoughts, early as it is. He had to find a way to stop it.

Xiaoyu

God, it made him hard again. Her name itself was addictive. And it wouldn't be a coincidence if he dreams about her – a wet one.

Shaking off the thoughts, he walked to the locker area to get his books. It was where he had held himself for a gasp.

So she is back.

He rigidly backed away. She was getting closer too him. Too close that –

"Excuse me," he said, unconsciously hitting her shoulder blade as he went to his locker and deciphered the combinations.

"Aren't you surprised?" It was Julia. "I was supposed to give you a shock, honey…"

"Of course, not at all, babe," Jin replied casually. He was good in answering straight even if he was at the brink of breaking.

Julia stared at him. "And, why is that?"

"You always love to pick up a fight in your first days, correct?" Jin mused, his hand slamming the locker shut.

Julia frowned, but did best to hide it. "Okay…so I guess that'd disappointed you-"

Jin smirked at her, wanting to leave this hell of a place.

"Oh well," She caught up to him and wrapped her hands around his neck. "But did you miss me?" she purred.

Filth, Jin thought correctly. He looked down on her smiling face, and then grinned. "Of course, I did, Julia. Don't forget every male population here in school missed you wholly."

"I knew that…" She replied with feelings. "But it is you whom I've been missing…" she laid her head on his shoulder and started to trace small circles on his chest.

Jin grinned. "- and you know what else they had said?" Julia shook her head and closed her eyes, enjoying his warmth.

"They said, they missed your clit – "

Julia's eyes snapped open and she instantly pulled away from Jin.

"They said WHAT?" She exclaimed furiously – Jin smiled at this.

"Ask them yourself," He responded, feeling triumphant. "I'd better go now. See you in a few."

Crystal eyes began to narrow as they followed Jin drift into the shadows. This seduction thing was a mistake.

It was her fault anyway. She could've just told him that she almost got pregnant two years ago with his child. Hell, he knew that already and it was taken care of.

What else did she have to get him back to her? It wasn't like she'd fucked every guy in Mishima High. Jin only used that as an idiom to pinpoint what he meant. And she got it.

Together forever

Fuck. That was a nine-year old pact.

They're teenagers now. They now knew that having sex is not for possession or anything like it. But they were in love, then. Who could stop them when their bodies were engaged altogether with their emotions?

If she couldn't have him back the nice way, she could do it the whore way.

Due to another boring start in class, long thick lashes began to fall idly against chocolate eyes.

Xiaoyu tilted her head just to find the teacher looking grumpily down on her.

She blushed deeply. "I…uh…"

"If you want to drowse off, maybe you want to do it there?" The teacher pointed to a tree outside the window.

Everybody in class laughed, and the giggles and whispers made Xiaoyu's face darken to a shade of purple.

Before turning away, the teacher shot her students a look and then continued on the board.

"Maybe you want to do it again in the janitor's room, Xiao," Jin whispered, amused.

Xiao grunted, "Fuck off. I hate trees…"

Jin thought of what she said and then chuckled. "Glad you hate them..."

The period which everyone hated had finally come to an end. Students sprang from the Biology lab like slaves freed from slavery.

Jin was one of those intelligent jocks who hated Biology. But did it ever occur to him that he was the only one who passed every test given by the teacher? No. He was probably busy thinking of that damn Xiaoyu from the other room.

For the second time, Julia popped out of nowhere. She walked the corridor with eyes following her body. Damn that uniform Mishima Polytechnic High provided girls with.

"Hey honey," she snaked passed the crowd and found Jin standing outside of the laboratory.

Gazes and whispers were once again shared. Thought they'd be expecting a show from these gods.

To their dismay, Jin killed the scene with his ass saying goodbye to them and Julia.

"Wait!" Julia cried, snagging Jin's arm. "Don't try to be such an asshole and give your student body a show…" she breathed seductively.

Everybody howled and cheered, waiting for the student council's President's reply.

Jin stopped short and turned to her. He was grinning deliciously, Julia noted.

"Okay Jules, why don't you pick one of the guys here, slam him against that wall, and screw him right there." He said aloud, shrugging his arms off her hold.

Julia was red of embarrassment as everybody cheered on Jin who gave her a smirk ad turned.

Fuck him, she thought, moving toward him again. She made him face her, and then – crushed her lips onto his.

The shouts were deafening as Xiaoyu and Miharu came out with the rest of the students from Language class.

"You think we should go see?" Miharu asked.

Xiaoyu nodded. "Who would want to miss this one?"

The moment they arrived at the crowd, the noise started to injure their ears. Squeezing with Miharu, Xiaoyu came in front and saw –

"Why, well that's Jin and the new girl!" Miharu gasped.

Xiaoyu didn't flinch. She kept watching.

Julia hated it when Jin didn't respond to her kiss. He wasn't opening his mouth either. He just stood there while she was the only one at it. She pressed her lips even harder.

She's making a whore out of herself, Jin thought amusingly. He would let her continue their 'little' show if that would end up making her regret it. But no, what if Xiaoyu –

His eyes darted at a petite pigtailed girl, and by instinct, he shoved Julia down the floor. He stared at Xiaoyu with mortifying eyes. Did he just chea –

But they're not even together, yet.

The emotionless look Xiaoyu gave him was priceless. Her eyes…they seemed as cold as ice.

Miharu felt worried for her best friend. "Xiao, are you alright?"

That was when she had woken up back to her senses. She turned to Miharu and said, "Yeah, of course. There's no show here, I think we should leave."

She grabbed her friend's hand and dragged her from the crowd.

"You idiot," Julia cursed under her breath, looking up at Jin who was staring from afar. "Pull me up, will you?"

Jin didn't hear her.

Julia grunted, as she was helped by a few people instead.

"Quite a concert there, Jules, you captivated us." One girl commented.

A guy inserted, "You mean, turned us on. You bet they did."

As the crowd began to scatter, Julia looked around for Jin. But he was gone.

Oh, he felt bad. Really, really, bad. He did what? Cheat on Xiaoyu for his ex-girlfriend?

Please. As if he was officially Xiaoyu's boyfriend.

But it felt even worse pitying yourself out of your own mistake.

And it backfired at him: Julia was not humiliated, she was praised.

The crowd was mistaken, though. Thought they knew what had really happened between him and Julia.

- A love triangle, perhaps?

That was too archaic…but that was true.

Let a guy named Hwoarang enter.

Three cute words could describe him: best friend, rival, and traitor.

She felt sick again. Was she overdosed by those birth control pills so much? She felt like this every time she'd feel depressed. Her days in school were spent most of the time in the clinic.

This was her fucking mental illness. And it didn't have anything to do with the eclipse or any Chinese shit.

It was her self-inflicted condition. She brought this to herself. If she wasn't this weak then –

- She was strong – physically. It was her emotions that kept her sick. She was weak at heart.

She tried closing her eyes, but she couldn't. The thought of Jin and Julia making out in front of school was truly nauseous. Shit. It was fucking hard to forget.

But wait - was she jealous or something?

It wasn't physical attraction at all? Was it not lust? Then could she be –

That's way too hearty. But then, there was a possibility she could fall for him. Like, who wouldn't?

Besides, she wasn't sure. Or because she couldn't admit it -

Without his car, he was stranded. Maybe he should ride along with Xiaoyu then.

But, would she let him?

Goddamn it Kazama, of course she will! It was paid by his grandfather.

Major DUH.

Damn. The guilt wouldn't come off. It seemed to be impaled on his chest or something. So, that was how it felt betraying someone?

Did Hwoarang feel the same thing too?

Probably not…

There he stood outside the school building. Impatiently waiting for something he didn't know what.

Boring, he concluded.

A small white limousine stopped in front of him. The door opened, and he immediately recognized who it was.

"Junsei, why are you here?" He gasped, wondering why the car that had used to take him to school came back again with its former driver.

"Hello young master, it's time to get you home."

Jin didn't understand. "Really, I could've just waited for Xiaoyu and –"

Junsei interrupted, "But Lady Ling is back at the mansion, safe and sound. She had this…bad feeling, perhaps? When she arrived, she didn't look well."

So, she left without him. Why that –

Jin sighed. "Okay, let's get going."

He lazily went up the staircase.

As he passed by Xiao's room, he eyed it sorrowfully, and then proceeded to his own.

Screw that Julia.

Jin snapped, once he had changed clothes. He walked back to Xiaoyu's door and began knocking.

There was no answer.

Fuck that.

Pissed, he now banged the door with hid fists.

No fucking answer.

That made him smile, though.

"She's jealous."

He shrugged and then walked away.

Xiaoyu breathed in relief. The banging on her door eased.

Surprising, though, that Jin would normally break in no matter what. But this time, he left her alone.

After spending half of the day analyzing it, she finally knew the answer.

She was damn IN LOVE with the sex – not him.

But still, why did it hurt when he kissed Julia? Umm, correction: when Julia kissed him.

Was she feeling that crazy feeling when love was in question? Was she feeling JEALOUS?

So not, she thought.

But yeah, the pain was still raw. It was killing her bit by bit.

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A/N: Hey people, liked it revised?