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Author's Note: This story may have some swearing and mature themes but nothing too explicit

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                                                                                                      Forbidden * Passion

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            Eyes On You

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                                                   Damn it! He cursed in his mind as he carefully replaced the phone in its proper place. Most people would be very hostile and would slam the phone down or inflict more damage as Anger redder than blood flowed through their veins pumped out of their arteries to create hell fire.  He was very different, yes, indeed he was. He usually didn't express his mental fury in destructive ways. When he was angered his voice would become so cold, so monotonous, so uncaring that would send chills down anyone's spine and create an accurate impression that he was exasperated. But he had raised his voice, his lungs had been inflated to support the sudden weight his voice had carried and he too was in turmoil for as it was not like him to explode with such a ferocious outburst. Yet, she, being so persuasive, had been able to waver him from his original self at times that he envisaged himself as a toy whose sole purpose in its span of life (as you may call it) was to please and obey his/her master. But fortunately he was not a plaything he was a person who would not take likely to the fact of being toyed with. She never understood, or even tried, his reasons would create an understanding, its not like he was trying to escape from it he was just trying to prepare himself for it.

                                   Li Shyaron didn't want to be forced into marriage by his fiancée Meiling Ray. It seemed absurd because she had created this bizarre haste that both their lives will be jeopardized if they didn't. Not that he was complaining about the fact that they will get married but Meiling was trying his patience by getting this unnatural urge to start the preparations already. Li had very good reasons to why he didn't want to lunge himself at commitment at this current moment of time.

Parent Hood.

            Yes, that was his reason. He wanted to become a fine parent to his child/children. He wanted to know which were the proper ways to educate and influence his boy/girl. But most of all he wanted to be there for his kid. He wanted to learn that no matter how hectic the work was he would be there when his child needed him. Remember and attend the days his child would hold dear and special. Those are the ingredients of being a good parent. Yes, humans were not perfect so he'd figure no one could truly earn the title as the greatest parent cause there was always actions executed by a parent that a child may not agree too or be fond of but trying to accommodate with your kid may help a lot.

                              This, vital reason was never ever understood by Meiling. He explained time and time again but she neglected it completely. She said that they need not immediately have a child when they get married but still Li wanted to wait for a few months and besides he was not cheating on her or anything also truthfully speaking, he doubted Meiling's words. She was always vivacious and enthusiastic about having a baby of her own so this created a large range of uncertainty for Li so he wouldn't take chances not when the life of a child, his child was concerned.

                  He sighed heavily and took out a file. It consisted of a time schedule and other important documents but in the beginning it had a name imprinted largely: Karinako High School

                  He smiled. He had temporarily taken the occupation of being a teacher in that school and he was going to be teaching English. He hadn't really been pursuing that title but as teachers tend to spend a lot of time in educating and influencing kids he thought it would help him a lot. He looked at the time, it was twelve' thirty. He decided to get up and retire to bed. He usually slept a little later but as tomorrow would be the first day of school as it was reopening after the summer holidays he intended not to be late.

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                       'OH SHIT!'  A voice screamed, the sound volume was so high that it had made its way to the kitchen where a woman was making breakfast, which seemed to be consisted of omelets and some toasted slices of bread. The woman smiled as she heard the voice and replied cheerfully, 'Good morning to you too Honey!'

                              Full, crimson lips were trembling in anger and irritation. Emerald eyes were set ablaze as though they was a hidden fire in those luscious pools of green. Her skin and hair surpassed the finest of silks. Her hair reached down her shoulder and was in the light hue of brown which replicated the beauty of the bark of a newborn tree which was unblemished and was feeling awed by its first sight of open sky. Her complexion was like some sparkling creamy marble that anyone would like to trace their fingers in. Her figure was so perfect and her curves were so well sculptured that anyone would be trapped in breathtaking splendor. Yes this girl radiated fine beauty and elegance that one would die to posses.

              Even now in her irritated composure she looked like a beauty. Her grip around the alarm clock was so tight she could have broken it completely. She frowned and then screamed, 'Oh F—k! Now what am I supposed to do! I'm going to be late on my first day of school!'  She got out of her light blue covers and raced towards the bathroom. She had stopped to grab a bunch of clothes. I hope this bad morning doesn't get worse.

                      Emerging downstairs, she was about to propel herself through the door when her wrist, being caught, restricted herself to do so. She spun around and saw her mother, smiling cheerfully not a bit tensed or worried. 'Sakura, I made some breakfast please have some before you go out.'

                     'Mom! I can't! I'm already late! Besides you could've woken me up I mean you must have noticed that the alarm clock was broken and you still didn't wake me up!' Sakura's face became into a questioning stare.

                     Her mother only smiled, 'Oh, well when I went to your room you were sleeping so sweetly I didn't have the heart to wake you.' She giggled after that only making Sakura's face convert to a blank stare.

                     'Oh mom.' She rolled her eyes, she knew it was a rude thing to do but her mother sometimes overacted in her childish behavior that it became a sort of nuisance.

                     'Well, its hot so—' her mother started but Sakura had applied the action of opening the door. Today was the first day of school and she had no intentions of being late.

                     'Sorry mom but times wasting!' Sakura was about to step outside when her mom threw something at her. Sakura grabbed it on an impulse.

                     'Well at least take this carton of orange juice, its healthy, besides, I may not come home for lunch, got this business meeting. Don't worry though, I'll make some pasta for you.' She smiled in a lively manner; it had an apologetic feel to it for Natasha Avalon was truly upset she couldn't have lunch with her daughter.

                    Sakura nodded, assuring her it was okay and there was nothing to apologize about. Besides, her mom always made time for her it was only that when important business works came along as this that her mother attended elsewhere nor else they were together always. Sakura gave a leap as she was rapidly passing the street Yeah! Finally escaping from boredom!

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         It was like an urban jungle filled with so many bodies flowing as if they were connecting a universal rhythm. Sakura pushed harder through the flow as if she were a tiny microscopic organism trying to squeeze into the rows of larger living matter.

                  'Hey Sakura!' a voice boomed out and Sakura was finding it hard to believe that she actually heard it through the entire racket.

                                  A beautiful girl with Ebony hair came rushing through the crowd. The girl had crystalline blue eyes that were ready to dazzle anyone they encountered. Her legs were slender and so was her figure. One would clearly say she was a natural beauty. The girl panted a bit as she came near Sakura for her tremendous battle against the tide of people and then she looked up and smiled, 'Hi Sakura, Long time no see.'

                            'Madison!' Sakura hugged her friend so tightly that she swore that if Madison had not protested that her grip was too tight and she needed to let go, Madison would have died for suffocation. Sakura's summer holiday had not met up to her standards at all. All her friends were rather too busy or out to have real fun. Her best friend Madison Daidouji had gone to visit China with her mother as a family reunion sort of event as most of Madison's relatives were all well off business people, like her mother, and they had not spend any quality time for a while.  Rita Sasaki, another of her friends had attended her sister's wedding in California so she was not available.  Chelsea Miharu had gone to live with her uncle and aunt in New York so she could spend some time with her best cousin, dragging Zachary Yamazaki along in the process.  Nikki Yanigsawa was the only one in her friend circle who had actually stayed in Readington but she too was wrapped in her own businesses.

                   Nikki had gotten a summer job and she was too busy with that to come and spend much time with her. When Sakura had been little she had been truly frightful to converse about the supernatural but as she grew older her fear faded away. She too encountered the same fascination that Nikki got on the topic, but, unfortunately, it was not to that high range. Nikki's fixation on the subject has increased fearfully massive and her friends were appalled by the thought that she might get delusional but thankfully God had watched over that and nothing that serious had occurred.  Still her vacation had been boring and so she was happy school had reopened, now she could at least be blessed with the sight of her friends. Another trouble was her boyfriend, Eli, Moon, he had not called her up or do anything with her during the summer. She had approached his house many a times but found it empty. His parents were wealthy and it was not a surprise that they had gone out during the summer but Eli would've called…wouldn't he?

                                          He is the most popular guy in the school, she thought, Yet he can't spare the time to call his girlfriend. Sakura had been pretty infuriated at first. Bowling fire simmered within her as though a volcano was creating itself on the earth's surface. But the flame had died away and was replaced by perpetual worrying. What if something happened to him? She had called in his Cell phone only to hear a woman's voice saying that the line was preoccupied.

                                             'Earth calling Sakura Avalon. Come in Sakura Avalon.' Madison raised her hand and waved it front of Sakura's eyes four times before she got out of hypnotic trance and blinked.

                                             'Sorry Madison,' she smiled apologetically, 'I was thinking of Eli. He hadn't called me or did anything with me all summer. I was heated at first but now I'm worried. I hope nothing happened to him.'

                                               'What are you saying Sakura?' Madison interest arouse like if it were a mountain toppling over and hill, 'Eli went to New York this summer Chelsea even met up with him, she informed me when she called, Didn't he tell you?'

                                                'No, he didn't.' She was too confused –no shocked at hearing the news. Her irritation and annoyance had reached such a level that it had exceeded all boundaries and it was fueling her burning rage. She was very volatile now so know one should try to put her off by pulling her strings nor else once they've snapped it would hard to repair them. The person could be history.  She had long passed boiling point it was like the past to her. Her she was worrying about Eli while he was having a merry time in New York. She found Eli's attitude so revolting that she would have thrown up. She would never place the blame on Chelsea or Madison for even when they had called they must have forgotten about the detail and in their knowledge she had known about Eli being abroad. When she was going to get her hands on him she was sure she would pulverize him to non-existence.

                                          'Probably it was a last minute trip,' Madison said, her means to cool down her utterly fumed friend, 'That's why probably he couldn't call you.'

                                 'Yeah sure, probably.' She tried to keep her voice in the average of tones but her heated form didn't allow her to keep a calm composure. She had been worried while he'd been having a great time.

                                 'Anyways,' Madison tried to change the subject to ease Sakura, 'How Many subjects are you taking in your Ordinary Levels. I hope suitable ones.'

                            'You mean O' levels?' she asked, Sakura had entered high school so it meant she was just beginning her ordinary levels, It was an examination which was going to be taken after a year and it determined if you were fit to take Advanced Levels (A' levels). It was going to be taken after she had finished grade ten now she was beginning grade nine. She was fifteen now. 'Uh I guess eight you?'

                   'Me, ten.' Madison hooted cheerfully.

                   'Ten! Madison O' levels are not a walk in the park, are you sure you can take ten subjects?' Sakura asked worried, Sure, Madison was a great student but that doesn't mean that she would take so many subjects. Oh well, Madison did seem that she could handle it so who was she was she to complain.

                         'Don't worry Sakura,' she smiled, 'First, I have the three compulsory subjects which is Mathematics, French And English Language, Then I have Pure Math, Physics, Biology, Accounting, Economics, Commerce and Chemistry. You?'

                         'Me, English Language, Mathematics And French the compulsories. Then there is Biology, Human Biology, Accounting, Economics And English Literature.'

                        'Literature And Human Bio, you sure got put a lot of effort in those subjects.' Madison said rather impressed, 'I was kinda scared in taking them.'

                     'Don't act so modest,' Sakura playfully punched Madison's arm, 'Physics and Pure Math is really tough.'

                      'Yeah but the first term will be some elaborations in most of the chapters we did in grade six, seven and eight so I'm not really that worried.' Madison said, she was not a bit worried or tensed.

                            Their conversation was cut short when the hall doors burst open and a group of people came laughing and talking. Sakura recognized them. They were Eli's friends and in the middle was a handsome boy with raven hair and was wearing glasses which seemed to bring out his sky blue eyes a bit more. That was unmistakably Eli but around his shoulder was…was…another girl.

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                            'Well Mr. Shyaron,' Principal Yakamora, 'I am very happy to accept you in our school. You seem to be in fine standards and it will be a pleasure having you here.' He got of from his well-designed desk and shook hands with Li.

                             'Well it's a pleasure to be here sir but pray may I ask something to you?' Li asked, though his voice was calm his insides weren't. He was a little nervous as it was his first time teaching somewhere and he also hoped that the kids won't give him such a hard time on his first day –prayed was more like the word. He remembered how he and his friends used to torture the substitutes and the new teachers that they got kicked out even in their first days for not being able to handle the students' ways of behavior. Right now he regretted his actions and felt highly sympathetic for those people for it surely wasn't that great to be in their shoes. 

                        'Yes, sure, go ahead.' The Principal was smiling so graciously that really made Li tenser than he already was. Though thank God he was very good at containing his feelings.

                         'Why did the previous teacher leave?' He asked, afraid it was for the student body.

                        'Yes, you see Miss Green, the Previous teacher, was going to get married and she really was not really that enthusiastic about being a teacher no more. She was being more interested in starting a family and truthfully I could not say no to her. She had dedicated her whole time here after she graduated from university.'

                  'I see.' Was all Li could produce; he understood how Miss Green felt. She quit her job wanting to provide more for her family surely; her sacrifice will make her fruitful in the future. She did this for her family and so her family will bestow her with happiness as time passes. He too hoped that he would achieve his goal of becoming a good parent.

                  'Well, Mr. Shyaron, Your first class will be with the new batch of grade nine. Good luck.' The Principal smiled.

                  However Li gulped. He knew the good luck was just an extended formality a person must give to sound most friendly and pleasing but it sounded different to him.  It sounded like he was the only soldier in an army and he had to wage a war with a fleet of thousands and the general (who he was implying the Principal) is feeling sympathetic for him knowing it is not humanly possible to get back –alive, or even at all. Well, he thought, I am going to wage war with an army of teenagers and my weapons are my books, understanding and basic instincts. He nodded his head assuring the Principal that he was leaving to start his duties and slowly closed the door, and with a deep breath started walking down the hallway.

             Relief should have been felt a little knowing that his presumption on why the previous teacher left was negative but instead a new archive of worries entered his mind like a hurricane suddenly draws itself on the sea.

        Meiling.

       He had told her before about him taking a teacher job and she was totally up against the idea now the situation had become somewhat complicated. He knew Meiling had not been speaking to him after the quarrel they had over the phone. She was a late sleeper and it was because of the fact she was an architect.  She never let things like these hamper her work for they did often have arguments about the topic many a times and then made up later. Li had left several messages apologizing to her before he went to bed. His eyelids were shut but he had not drifted to the recesses of his subconscious yet. But as he had been awake he had not heard Meiling return his messages for she could be quite the grumpy sort. He had planned to stop by her house so he could take her out to lunch and give a sincere apology. That was it was always like –If he did something he would apologize and if it were visa versa then still it was him who apologized. Meiling was too proud for her own good but he had no choice. He was bound to her.

         The thing that worried him was the fact that if Meiling asked why the previous teacher left he would, not being able to tell a well structured lie, will tell the truth and then Meiling, as she was, would point out that he too should do the same and of course being very serious about his decisions, he will never do that.  As he was walking down the hallway he suddenly saw a brunette racing in full speed. The way she was running it seemed like she was trying to escape something or very eager in winning a marathon. She seemed like a car out of control and to him that seemed pretty dangerous. She was headed towards him like a stampeding stallion that was not under the care of its rider. But then the unexpected…she fell on the floor and a river of tears found its route from her eyes.

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                                                                                                                Flashback

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       Stares.

    She didn't know if it was from her or from the students. They too were bewildered, wasn't Sakura Eli's girlfriend?

    Around his shoulder was Ruby Akizuki, a girl who was always rivaling with Sakura. She smirked as she the betrayed look on Sakura's face. It seemed like sweet cherries to her taste.

                Eli would've have passed without a care if Sakura hadn't caught him roughly by the arm. Eli seemed surprised but then gave a smile, 'Oh hi Sakura.'

              'What the hell are you doing with Ruby?!' she screamed her eyes tearing up and Ruby giving her the victory look. 'You went away without telling me and now you are with her. What the hell is wrong with you?!'

              'Sakura,' he said smirking and freeing himself from her grasp, 'I want to be somebody who's mature enough to go all the way with me.'

                    Sakura realized what Eli was saying. Her eyes grew with utter disbelief. She had objected Eli's proposal to go to bed with her. So what if she was still virgin that didn't mean…Oh, she understood very clearly now. She looked at Ruby smiling away that it made her nauseated. Eli wanted a s—t.

                'So I rather chose Ruby instead,' Eli continued, 'See you later kido.'

            The bell rang and everybody was going to his or her classes and they gave Sakura sympathetic looks. They understood what a bastard Eli was now.

             'Sakura.' Madison reached out towards her but before she could put her arms around her Sakura closed her eyes and started running ignoring Madison calling her name, which was now a distant, blur.

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                                                                            Back To The Present

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                    Oh My God! Li rushed towards the girl's aid as he saw her crying. 'Are you okay?' she opened her tear brimmed and revealed her face. Li could just stare. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. She had flowing brown hair, which outclassed the finest materials of this world. Her body was so slender and perfect that he wish he could wrap his arms around her. Beauty this profound must have originated from the wild lands of heaven, so untamed, so exotic, so glorious. He had never seen such beauty ever and he never knew if such splendor existed. Oh he thanked God for being able to sight such a magnificent creature. 'Are you okay?' he repeated not knowing what else to say to this new found angel.

                'I'm alright.' She sobbed and tried to get up as Li's hands were still on her shoulders, supporting her but she lost her balance for her not being in the correct mental state. Li caught her and saw the girl fall into his arms and surrender her weight to him. Li was somehow lost in passion as he saw the angelic form on him but he snapped out of it reluctantly.

               'Tell me are you okay? You don't seem to be.' He was extremely concerned.

                'I'm—' Sakura couldn't even finish the sentence for she started letting out all her tears. Li had never seen melancholy of such an intense variety loom his heart and soon he was trying his hardest to soothe the angel.

              'Now, now, tell me what's wrong?' Li asked.

               Sakura too thrown into the midst of sorrow blurted everything out to the stranger carrying her. The more he listened the more Li became infuriated, That Bastard! People like him don't deserve anything as beautiful as this.

             Sakura got up and started running again to the direction of the girl's bathroom leaving Li Shyaron calling her to come back.

                     Poor Thing, Li thought, so Beautiful… wait a moment, student's uniform, SHE IS A STUDENT! I can't fall for a student! That's against rules! But no one has ever really played by all the rules. I…I never seen anything more splendid in my entire life. Her emerald eyes so hypnotizing. He looked at the watch and saw he was going to be late for your first class so he started his motion towards the classroom though his heart told him to go and see if the girl was ok. He suddenly got this over growing urge to protect her always from any harm so he decided to make a promise to himself.

                                 I won't let you cry,

                                              I won't let you be in anguish.

                                                      You're a beauty to rare

                                                            To be seen in despair.

                                                               So I want to let you know that I have my

                                                                     EYES ON YOU

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Author's Note: Well that was the first chapter. I hope you liked it! Well I would like to tell that the education system is somewhat British so don't worry I'll fill necessary spots so no confusion can occur. Oh yes you must also be wondering how old Li is don't worry I'll tell in the next chap. So I'll update soon!

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