Summary: Takuya hasn't seen Zoe since he left and visits her for a week or two. What has Zoe been doing while he's been gone? What horrible thing has she been doing to herself? Will their feelings for each other change? Who is the guy that haunts her dreams? All questions and more will be solved.(I'm bad at summaries)

Lovelyanime: They never went to the Digital World. I hope you'll enjoy!

Title: Promises

Chapter 1- A dream

Zoe stared at him before he was about to go on the plane. She tried to hold back the tears.

"I'll be back before you know it, Zoe. I'll make sure those girls won't bother you when I come back." He told her. He was moving and wouldn't be with Zoe for the last year for high school.

"It's okay…I'll be fine and I won't let them. I don't want you to worry about me at all, you got that Takuya? Or else I'll give you something to worry about." She warned him.

He laughed, "I know you'll be fine. I'll be back for a visit soon." He was about to go when she grabbed his arm.

"You promise you won't forget me?"

He smiled at her. "I promise I won't forget you if you promise to be strong." He leaned and kissed her on the forehead. "Goodbye Z…"

"Beep! Beep!…"

END OF DREAM

"Beep! Beep! Beep!…" Zoe woke up and stared at the alarm clock. After staring at the clock for a couple minutes, she pressed the snooze button. She sat up and thought about the dream. She missed him so much, but she hadn't talked to him in about eleven years.

"I should get ready to work…" She mumbled to herself as she got up.

She changed into something simple. She changed into a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans. She brushed her hair that was now a little above her waist. She ate breakfast and left the house, the same old, same old things she did every day.

"Izumi! I've been waiting for you to open the store for awhile now." Called out a girl with brown eyes and hair. "Usually you're the first one here."

"I don't really care right now, Kari." Zoe pulled out a key to unlock the building.

Zoe owned a small bookstore and had four other people working there. Kari was just there until she could get her teaching career started. Sora was Zoe's best friend and is worried about her every second and it drives Zoe crazy. Rika is Zoe's friend and Joe was the only guy there and didn't really care what the others would talk about since it would be mostly girl talk.(He might appear once in the fanfiction.)

"Ready to start a wonderful day?" Kari asked as she walked in the store. She look at Zoe who didn't say a word. "I'll take that as a no."

"It may be wonderful to you, but to me it's just another day." She sighed as she got ready to open.

"You know…You should take a couple days off."

"I'm fine so don't worry about me like Sora does. I really don't need more of that."

"Sora, Rika and I have been thinking that you need to. You never take a vacation and you seem a little tired. Maybe that'll make you feel better and think it is a wonderful day."

"You can't make me take a couple of days off. Besides, I have to be here to make sure everything's okay."

"Fine don't take a vacation, but do you want to see a movie later? Everyone else is except for Joe of coarse."

"What's the movie?" Zoe flipped the closed sign to open.

"I'm not really sure. What ever is in I guess."

"Thanks for the invitation, but I'm gonna have to pass."

Then a woman with brown hair in a ponytail and had blue eyes came in. Zoe felt like puking when she saw her.

'Please tell me that isn't who I think it is.' She thought, 'I wish she would just stay out of my life.'

The woman looked around until she found what she was looking for. As she walked up to the counter.

"Izumi! I didn't think I would find you working at a bookstore." Said the woman making Zoe want to puke more.

"I own this bookstore, Gabi." Zoe tried her best to smile. "I haven't seen you in years, I hardly recognized you."

"Well, I should say the same thing. Your hair is longer and your skin look a bit paler. The only thing that's the same about you is the way you dress." She smirked.

"That was so funny I forgot to laugh. Why are you here anyway, I thought you moved."

"I'm here for my nieces birthday and I needed to buy her a gift. She always reads, kind of like you at school when he left. The only difference is that she actually has friends."

"I didn't read that much. I was always walking around."

"Yeah, because nobody wanted to be around you. That's why your only friend left you and hasn't come back, I bet. He never has and never will. No one really wants to be near you"

"Don't talk to Izumi that way! I'm her friend and the others who work here are too! We care that she's around and always will! I'm sure that guy liked being around her too! So shut the hell up!" Kari yelled at Gabi.

"Kari calm down…" Zoe turned to Gabi, who looked quite shocked by Kari's outburst. "Here's the book and leave." She handed the book to Gabi as she handed Zoe the money.

"One more thing Izumi…" Gabi said before going outside. "He never did love you." She left leaving Zoe and Kari alone.

"Izumi, you shouldn't let people talk to you that way." Kari said as she broke the silence.

"I don't care what she or anyone else have to say about me…You shouldn't yell at a customer like that also."

"I should if they treat my friends like they're nothing but garbage."

Zoe headed for the backdoor. "I need to use the restroom…"

She went to the restroom and locked the door. She turned and leaned against it as tears went down her cheeks. Gabi's last words repeated in her head, over and over. She reached in her pocket and pulled out a pocket knife. She pulled up her sleeve revealing cuts all over her arm.

'Why did he have to move? Why the hell did he have to leave me alone? After he left my life has been a piece of shit!' She shouted in her head and began cutting herself. 'Why did he brake that stupid promise!…Is it because I broke mine?…'

After awhile of cutting herself and sobbing quietly, she sat on a couch, where everyone hungout during their brakes. She sat there thinking that Kari was right, she did need a week off. Maybe she should go out to look for a boyfriend to make her feel better. But last time she did that it was a nightmare, the bruises were finally disappearing. She got up and walked to the front where there was now more people.

"Kari, I think I'll take a vacation, but I'll be back a few times to check on things ." Zoe looked at Kari. "Sora will be here in about a hour and she has a key to lock up when you leave.

"How come she has a key and I don't?" Kari asked after helping a customer.

"You said you weren't going to be here anymore when summer is over. So you don't need a key if you don't work here."

"Oh yeah…Well, you don't need to check up on us."

"Then I won't have nothing else to do and I want to make sure everything's all right."

"Fine, I'm not even going to try to fight with you. I have a question before you leave though…"

"If it's about when the ordered books arrive, Sora knows."

"It's not that…Who was your friend that Gabi was talking about?"

Zoe looked down at the floor. "His name was Takuya…He and his family moved away…I haven't seen him since." Zoe was silent for a minute "Can you do me a favor?"

"Sure, anything you need, I'll do it." She said as Zoe headed to the door.

She stood in front of the door and turned her head to Kari. "Call me Zoe for now on… please."

"Zoe? Why do you want to be called that?"

"No one has called me that in a long time…" The rest of her words were silent. "I should say he hasn't called me that in a long time."

Kari looked confused until she nodded her head. Zoe left leaving the girl alone 'til Sora came. Zoe went straight home since she didn't really have anywhere to go. She did nothing, but watch TV, eat lunch and read a book for awhile. The day was very slow for her and it was now dark outside.

'The store should be closed in a couple of hours…' She thought. 'Maybe I should check on them…they're fine for now. Maybe I should go somewhere, but where would I go?'

"Maybe I should visit the creek. I haven't been there for a long time." Zoe grabbed her purple jacket. "Something's telling me I should." She headed out the door to her car.

She parked her car in front of a grassy field with a little forest on the other side. She walked across the field and entered the forest.

"I just hope I remember where it is." She whispered to herself. "Didn't I leave a trail or something?" She looked around until she found T(trail) on trees in a row to somewhere. "I actually found it…I have a strange feeling about something. Please don't let it be bad."

She followed the trees for about ten minutes and she felt it was close. She began to run ,but she didn't know why. She wasn't excited getting there or wanting to get this over with. She ran 'til she made it to the end of the tail. There was another field, but much smaller, leading to a creek.

"I found it… and so many memories." She said aloud as she sat on the grass. "I remember we had picnics right here…" She got up to the creek and looked down at her reflection. "This is how I met him…though he came from behind, making me get scared half to death and fall in the water."

Little did she know someone was hiding behind a tree. He hid there, trying to see if it was Zoe or not. She was a little far away to tell, all he could see was a someone looking into the water. He couldn't hear her after she said 'so many memories.'

"We were only eleven when we met…" tears started to form in her eyes. "I-It's getting late…I should leave."

She walked back towards the woods. Before she stepped even one foot in the forest she heard a noise. She looked behind her and saw a man. She didn't know who it was and was hoping it wasn't JP. She felt like running as far away from there or falling to the ground on her knees, crying her eyes out and beg him to leave her alone.

"Zoe…is that you?" He asked.

Her eyes widened. There was only one guy who called her Zoe. 'It can't be…' She thought. "Ta-Takuya?" She asked back.

The man came closer to Zoe and she could see who it was. The man was wearing a red jacket over a yellow shirt and black jeans. He was wearing a hat with goggles over his brunette hair. They stayed there for who knows how long and Zoe felt like it was a dream…was it?

End of chapter 1

Lovelyanime: I know it might be bad beginning. Anyway, Chapter 2-(I don't know what to call it yet). Was it a dream or was it really him? That's it for now, bye.

Zoe: Please review and no flames.