NOTE:Man...seems like my inspiration is broken until I finish up this story. :P Here is the next chapter to "Untold Story." July has just ended and August is starting up. Please do enjoy this chapter. :3

WARNING: Couple of "hells" are thrown in this chapter, which is probably the extent of swearing that this fic will go. Other than that, you should know by now that it's a Taito and there doesn't seem to be any other warnings. ;)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Digimon...in any shape or form...which makes me sad for most of the time. :(

Chapter 12. The Broken Oath

Years had passed, and Matt was no longer an innocent, playful, child. Instead, he was now a young adolescent…heading off to hell.

Since his family split, Matt had become more solitary and rarely mingled with other kids his own age. The fact that his father kept moving them around from city to city didn't help his case either but it wasn't like Matt was so gun-ho about making new friends. He figured, "Why should I go through the pain of friendship again when sooner or later, it means nothing?" Once they finally settled in their permanent apartment, Matt still refused to make friends. His father, rather concerned for the most part, decided to force his son into getting new friends by sending him to a summer camp (or as Matt liked to call it: "hell").

"You'll have a great time son," his father said cheerily as he drove to the rendezvous point where the children would meet before heading off in large buses to the camp site. "There will be wood shops, canoes, tents, fresh air—"

"Dad," Matt cut off. "Nothing you say is going to make this camp less agonizing." His father tapped his finger on the steering wheel for a moment.

"T.K. will be there too," he mentioned.

"I know," Matt shrugged and looked out the window. He had only seen his brother, maybe a total of two times since their parents split.

"Doesn't that make it seem a little better?" his father asked.

"I guess," the blonde sighed.

"And who knows? Maybe you'll be able to find Tai—"

"Dad, just…drop it…ok?" Matt's father muttered an "ok" and continued driving in silence. And to think…Matt was doing such a good job on not trying to think about the boy too much, if at all, this week. The memory of him and their past together…it was almost unbearable. Almost…but not quite.

Matt gently touched the items in his two front pockets. In his right pocket, was the harmonica his grandfather gave him, while in his left pocket, was the star key ring Tai gave to him. Tai promised that he would always love and remember Matt if he held on to that star…and so Matt promised that he would keep it always with him. Whenever he felt sad, or alone, he'd hold on to the keychain and think of the boy who made the promise. It made the memories a little better to deal with in that way.

The van finally pulled up to a large parking lot where children were scattered all over the place. There were three large white buses that were ready to load the children in when the time came. Parents were making sure that their children had everything they needed before they left on the month long trip. Matt grabbed his duffle bag and sulked over to join the rest of the crowd of children.

"Matt!" The blonde looked up and saw his younger brother racing up to him. He hugged Matt's legs tightly and nearly caused him to topple over. "Boy am I glad to see you!"

"Hey T.K.," Matt smiled and hugged his brother back quickly before prying away from his touch. "How have you been?"

"I've been great!" he grinned up at his brother. "Wow, you grew a lot."

"Hi there T.K.," Matt's father joined the two brothers. "Are you here by yourself?"

"Um…yeah," the younger blonde blushed. "Mom had to go to a work meeting and so she just dropped me off here and told me to be good."

"Sounds like your mother," Matt heard his father grumble. Then more audible, he added, "Well, looks like you'll be leaving soon. You boys have fun, alright?"

"Will do!" T.K. chirped. Their father looked at the elder blonde, who had said nothing.

"Matt?"

"Whatever," Matt grumbled. He went, took his younger brother's suitcase, and proceeded to the closest bus he could see. He handed the bags over to bus driver and supervised them to make sure they were put in properly.

"Matt?" A voice called out. Matt jumped and looked around. "Matt Ishida?" His eyes fell upon a boy running towards him. He had long brown hair with red tips at the end and wore a huge grin on his face. "Wow! I can't believe it's really you! After all this time!"

"Um…do I know you?" Matt asked awkwardly.

"Oh right," the boy laughed. "You might not have changed that much but I sure have…huh, Mattie?"

"Bobby?" his eyes widened.

"Good memory slick!" Bobby grinned. "Man, I can't believe it's been so long."

"Not long enough," Matt grumbled.

"Good old Mattie," Bobby laughed. "Well, I better get on my own bus. I'll see you around the camp, ok?"

"Whatever," Matt muttered quietly. Bobby patted him on the back and ran off before Matt had a chance to slug him. T.K. cautiously came up to him.

"When did you become such good friends?" T.K. asked.

"We didn't," the elder blonde grumbled.

"That guy still scares me," T.K. admitted shyly. Matt looked over at the boy who was getting on to a separate bus. It was interesting how much the boy had changed, and not just physically. Then again…

"Don't worry T.K.," Matt said. "I'll be sure to take care of you." The younger brother smiled up at him and then went to enter the bus. Matt gave one last look around the parking lot, and then also boarded the bus.

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"You did what to who?" Matt gasped. T.K. grinned bashfully and scratched his head.

"His name is Joe," T.K. explained as they walked toward the open field for free time activities. "He's an upper class man and was in my wood working class."

"And you cut off his finger?" Matt asked again.

"No. I almost did! There's a difference!" T.K. grinned.

"T.K., you've gotta be more careful when you're dealing with knives."

"It wasn't a knife, it was a saw!"

"Knives, saws, whatever! The point is that you could have really hurt yourself, ok?" Matt said sternly. T.K. opened his mouth to say something, then closed it and lowered his head.

"Ok Matt," he sighed. Matt also sighed and looked around the camp site, unsure of what else to do in "hell."

Only a few hours had gone by and Matt was ready to go home. The camp was intentionally set for four weeks and just like his father had mentioned, it was jam packed with activities. There was a set schedule for the kids and lots of opportunities to interact with one another. Matt was sick of all the phony kids coming up to him and wanting to be his friend. He knew that they didn't mean it…and they could never replace the original friends he once had.

"MATT!" Matt jumped and turned to look where the voice had called to him. A girl in a bright pink dress came running right at him. She wore a bright pink cowboy hat and had a huge smile on her face. The girl threw herself on the blonde and gave him the biggest and tightest hug he could ever remember. "OH MY GOODNESS! I can't believe that you're here! I was just talking to my friend Michelle and Karen over there and they were just talking about the cute guy standing over here. And when I looked I saw you and went 'OH MY GOSH IT'S MATT!' Except I wasn't sure if it was so I got closer! And once I got closer I realized it was you and I got really happy!"

"Mmfh!" Matt grunted. He could hardly breathe. The girl finally let go of him and he hunched over and tried to catch his breath. "Who…are you?" The girl's smile suddenly faded away.

"You mean, you don't remember me?" she blinked. Matt stared at her for a moment. She did seem very familiar…The girl balled her hand into a fist and bopped the boy on the head. "Your queen is not content with the prince's bad memory!" Matt's eyes widened.

"Mimi?" he muttered.

"YAY! You do remember!" she cheered and wrapped him in another hug. This time, wasn't as long and Matt was able to get away.

"I can't believe it's really you," Matt smiled.

"I can't believe it's really you either!" Mimi chirped. "Wow, we really gotta catch up! Maybe you could come with me and Michelle and Karen and Rebecca and go canoe racing later! They say that there will be a big race around two or something and that the prize will be something really special!"

"Um…" Matt murmured.

"MIMI!" a voice called out from a distance.

"Oops!" Mimi blushed. "That must be Joe. He wants me to take a turn carrying around the first aid supplies but it's too heavy for me to carry." And with that, the girl in pink started to run off. "I'll see you soon Matt!"

"…bye…" Matt answered quietly. The blonde looked around to see where T.K. might have run off to. Once he spotted him playing in the grass with some other kids, Matt sighed and thought about his re-encounter with the queen. Well…Mimi sure seemed different. She had become more chatty and…girly. The blonde thought back to the younger girl he used to play with and wondered what might have happened.

Suddenly an object came colliding against Matt's leg and, for what seemed like the millionth time today, made him jump. He looked down and saw a black and white soccer ball a few inches away from him. The blonde stared at it for a moment then picked it up and looked around to see where it had come from. A boy that looked about a year younger than him came running up to him.

"Hey, mind giving our ball back?" he asked. Matt slightly glared at the boy and then looked over at the rest of the team. It was a mixture of both boys and girls on the small team of kids playing. There were kids with red hair, long pants, short sleeved shirts, wild bushy hair—wait.

"…Tai?" Matt whispered. There was one boy who had wild brown hair. He wore dark khaki shorts, and a blue shirt with an orange star on both sleeves. "Tai?" His skin was darker than the other children and he lazily looked around the field. "Tai!" Matt found himself running towards the boy. The brunette looked over towards Matt revealed that he wore goggles on his head. His brown eyes blinked curiously at the boy. "Tai!"

"…Hey there," Tai smiled hesitantly at Matt. "How's it going?"

"Great!" Matt smiled widely. "It's been going really great! How about you?"

"I've been doing pretty good," the brunette nodded happily. "Just playing some soccer with some friends…I see you found our ball." Matt felt very happy at that moment. After all this time…he couldn't believe he was standing right in front of Tai! He knew that if he just kept holding on, he'd find him again! The blonde made a mental note to thank his father for forcing him to go to summer camp.

"It's been a really long time, Tai," Matt sighed happily.

"…It has?" Tai asked nervously. The blonde's smile fell slightly.

"Well…yeah," he replied. "I mean…" Matt stared at the boy. He wore a smile and held a friendly attitude, but behind it all, he could see the confusion in his face. "…Tai…don't you…remember me?"

"…Am I supposed to?" he chuckled nervously.

…He didn't remember him. After all of this time, of hoping and dreaming to find his love again…his friend. Suddenly, it felt like a machete came crashing into Matt's chest and twisted it's self repeatedly.

"Hey Tai!" The two boys looked over to a red headed girl. She wore a yellow short sleeved shirt, and a blue hat on her head. "Are you going to stand there flirting or are you gonna get our ball back?"

"I'm not flirting Sora!" Tai grinned at the girl. Sora? Sora was here too? Matt lowered his gaze to the soccer ball he held in his hands. He clutched the ball tightly and wanted nothing more than to cry at that moment. "Hey? Are you gonna cry?" Matt didn't answer him and kept his eyes down. "Come on kid, don't get so bent out of shape just because I don't remember you…I know! How about you come play with us? We could use another player and it'd give us a chance to get to know each other better." Matt looked up at Tai and tried to keep himself looking calm.

"First off," he said. "My name isn't 'kid.' It's Matt; Matt Ishida."

"Matt. Ok."

"Second off, I wouldn't play this dumb game if you paid me a million bucks." Matt threw the ball hard against Tai's chest. The brunette let out a loud "oomph!" as he caught it and then rubbed his chest.

"Ow, ok, fine," his face showed slight pain, which was comforting to Matt. "I get it if you think you're too cool to play with us." Matt gritted his teeth and stared hard at the boy. His gaze turned to Sora for a moment, then back at Tai. Finally, the blonde ran away from the boy and off to the forest. Once he made it into the woods and found a rather private area, Matt slumped down to the ground and stared down at the ground.

"…He doesn't remember me," Matt whispered. A hard lump formed in his throat and he felt his eyes start to water. In desperation to not cry, he pulled out his harmonica and started playing. The more he played, the shakier the notes started to come out. Finally, he pulled the instrument way and wiped away the tears that started to fall down his face.

The blonde looked around to make sure no one saw him and then pulled out the small keychain from his pocket. The silver star glimmered in the sunlight and reminded Matt of a promise. A promise that was broken. He gritted his teeth and lifted his hand to chuck the item as far as he could so that he would never see the stupid thing again. Something held him back though. The more he wanted to throw it out into the forest, the louder a small voice echoed in his head.

"I promise that as long as you hold on to this, I will remember you and love you." Matt sighed as he finally lowered his hand and looked down at the keychain again. He rubbed his thumb against the small star and remembered the day that Tai had given it to him. The brunette promised him…he promised that he'd always remember him…Then why didn't he? What could have happened to make him forget him, his prince? Was it Sora? Did they somehow keep in touch and slowly she brained washed him into forgetting him? All this time of waiting…waiting to see him again and go back to how they were…to their fairy tale like state.

'Maybe fairy tales are just that,' Matt thought to himself. 'Made up. They can't really happen in real life. They're just some stupid story to make kids believe there are such things as happily ever after's and brave knights and magic and all that other junk.' He quickly looked around the area, to make sure no one was around, before he pulled his legs up to his chest and buried his face in his knees. He promised himself that he wouldn't let anyone see him cry, and that was a promise he intended on keeping.

After he let out all of his tears, he continued to sit there, thinking about what to do next. Matt would continually stare down at the small item.

"I can't believe he forgot me," Matt muttered to himself. "After he promised me he wouldn't ever forget…His face looked so confused when I was talking to him it's like I was just some crazy kid to him…Maybe I am just crazy." The blonde rubbed his eyes and sighed. "But what if…he did keep his promise? What if somewhere, deep inside of him…he still remembers me?" He looked out into the forest and listened to the wind blow. "Something must have happened to him to make him forget me…But I know I'm still there in his memory." The blonde rubbed his nose one last time and placed the keychain back into his pocket. "He'll get it one day…but until then…I'll just act like I don't know him. Like, we're just barely meeting each other for the first time." He stood, and after making sure he didn't look like he was crying, he exited the forest.

Even though there were still kids all over the place, the camp seemed more peaceful than before. Matt walked past the field and saw where Tai had once been, but saw that no one was there any more. The blonde sighed and decided to look for his younger brother. Suddenly, Matt stop in his tracks.

"Wha?" he gasped. He must have been seeing things. He had to be. There was no possible way that this could have happened. Matt looked up at the sky and blinked. "…Is it really snowing?"

...And so it begins. X3

Bobby gets a second exit because...well...he just does. ^_^; I don't know...the digidestineds seemed a little OOC in this chapter...but that's just me. ^_^; Please let me know what you thought of this chapter!