Business first, sadly I do not own digimon or its characters. Otherwise the show would have been oh so much more interesting… innocent grin. Anyways, this story will contain male pairings, if your offended by that, perhaps now's a good time to go back. Planned pairings are tai/yamato, daisuke/takeru, jyou/mimi, and ken/kari. Changes are indeed possible, so review!

Plot Changes: The trip to summer camp was uneventful, the "digi-destined" don't exist and as far as anyone knows neither does the digital world… the younger children are beginning high school (apologies that this is based off the American school system, as the Japanese one is foreign to me (ha ha no pun intended)).

Ages:

Taichi Yagami: 18 (Kamiya English version)

Yamato Ishida: 18 (Matt English version)

Sora Takenouchi: 17

Mimi Tachikawa: 18

Jyou Kido: 18 (Joe English version)

Koushiro Izumi: 17 (Izzy English version)

Takeru Takaishi: 16 (TK English version)

Hikari Yagami: 16 (Kari Kamiya English Version)

Daisuke Motomiya: 16 (Davis English Version)

Miyako Inoue: 15 (Yolei English Version)

Iori Hida: 14 (Cody English Version)

Ken Ichijouji: 16

"Speach"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter One: New Faces

A gentle autumn sun filtered through wispy clouds, the air warm and breezy. A group of transfer students make their way up the steps of Odiaba High. Two boys and two girls, the first, leading the group, has a bush of auburn hair, held away from his face by a pair of rather worn looking sports goggles. His skin is tan and he has a few old soccer scars. One of his stunning features are his deep chocolate brown eyes, eyes that convey a great deal of emotion. He grins up at the school, seeming not to have a care in the world.

The younger girl on his right has short cut brown hair, held in front of her ears by a pair of pink hairpins, her bright maroon eyes seem to observe every detail of the new building. She seems to be holding a gentle conversation with the first boy.

The second boy, who seems to be the girl's age has his burgundy locks pushed into a number of short spikes, and he too is wearing a pair of goggles upon his forehead. His soft hazel eyes glance between the boy and girl, listening intently to what they say.

The last member of the group seems to be drawing the attention of the current student body; her shocking pink hair and rather revealing outfit earning the longing looks of several guys and the jealousy of a great deal of the female population. She finishes a conversation on her cell phone before the first girl turns to speak.

"Hey Mimi, don't ya think you could have worn something a little more proper for our first day at least…?" the younger girl asks the pink haired girl with a slight grin.

"Uh, no," she replies as if it was obvious "then I would totally come off as drab and boring as the rest of you" She sticks out her tongue and receives three pairs of eye-rolls back.

"Hey Tai do you think we'll make it on the soccer team here?" The spiky haired youth questions the one with the bush. "I heard their team's really good…" The elder male just smiles back and ruffle's the boy's hair. "Of course Dai, they might be good but we're better!"

Daisuke smiles up at his idol, pleased to hear his response. The four of them almost reach the doors when Mimi lets out a shriek. Tai and Davis spin around while Kari turns her head. They all look just in time to see a boy carrying far too many books collide right into the pink haired wonder. The two of them end up in a heap as the young man starts apologizing profusely.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry! I couldn't see where I was going, so many books you see, and I just didn't see you. Are you alright, do I need to go get a nurse? Your not bleeding are you?"

Tai and Daisuke blink at how rapidly the blue-haired guy can apologies, while Kari starts giggling, offering her hand to help Mimi out of the pile of books.

She takes Kari's hand and spins on her heel to tell off the poor guy, however said heel ends up snapping in the spin, and she just winds up tripping into him and knocking him over into a flower basin.

"Oh! Noooooo my new heels!" she wails. "I just bought these today… what am I gonna dooooo?" she starts crying, cradling her broken shoe like a newborn kitten.

Tai sighs and goes to help the young man out of the dirt. "Sorry about her, she's kinda sensitive about her uh… accessories." He puts on his charming smile "My name's Taichi, who're you?"

The other boy brushes off his pants, still rather flustered. "I'm Jyou, Jyou Kido. Is your friend alright, I really didn't mean to run into anyone like that." He bends down to start gathering his scattered text books, throwing worried glances at Mimi who is still sniffling, evidently giving both her shoes a proper burial in the nearby trash bin.

She turns around from the bin, opening her backpack, and cheering suddenly. "Oh well… now I can try my pink sandals!" She holds said article of clothing up proudly before daintily slipping them on her feet.

The three companions and several students face palm and groan as the pink princess continues into the school without them. "H-hey, wait up I didn't catch your name!" Jyou stutters as he rushes after Mimi, nearly colliding with a petite boy standing outside the doors.

Tai and Dai exchange glances as they both go "She's hopeless…" and then both are slapped in the back of the head by a mischievous Kari who runs off to find Mimi "Don't be so mean you two!"

"Owww!" they groan in unison "You just hit us! How are we being mean?" Taichi yells after his sister.

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"Yamato? What are you doing out here?" A girl with medium length red hair enquires to a blonde boy leaning against one of the courtyard trees. "The wind's gonna mess up your hair…"

The boy opens one eye, giving the girl a carefully measured look of indifference. "I heard there's some new meat coming in from Hightonview…" he gestures to the group who is walking towards the school. "I thought I'd see if any of them were worth my notice… and if they might have something interesting to say about the bombing."

The red haired girl glances past him at the group, she grins slightly and looks back to Yamato. "Well the kid with the crazy hair is kind of cute don't you think?"

His eyes widen slightly and then narrow as he hisses out "Sora! Anyone could have heard that!" He pulls her away from the tree over to a bench where another young man is busily typing away on a laptop. "…and I don't think my "girlfriend" should be saying things like that to me, her "boyfriend""

Sora gives him a withering look before glancing down at the other guy. "Hey Koushiro, working on something?"

The boy looks up very briefly and nods before continuing to work and speak. "Mhmm, and you know Yamato, no one is even around us, thanks to your wonderful "Ishida Aura" everyone is too afraid that if they come too close you'll turn them to ice." A smirk pulls at the edge of Koushiro's lips. "So I doubt that anyone would hear about your loose interests in sexual preference."

Yamato sends him a glare, before allowing himself a small smile. "Damn right, one glance from the "Ice God" and you're done for." He looks up to see Jyou rushing past with a pile of textbooks in his arms. "Oh boy… Kido's heading straight for them…"

"Today's dessert says that he knocks down every last one of em." Yamato wagers.

"Aww… I think I'll be nice this time, my brownie says he makes it past alright." Sora replies.

Koushiro types a few things in and chuckles. "My mom's cookies says he'll smack right into the most attractive one."

A screech followed by profuse apology and Koushiro snickers at his unlucky friends. "Never doubt the power of mathematics and probability. I'm looking forward to lunch today."

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"CLASS!" a balding old man bellows, a vain attempt to silence the room full of giggling girls, and rough housing boys. A vein twitches in his forehead as he puts a whistle to his lips, "The Screecher" is engraved into the side.

A high pitched whine pierces through the air, effectively silencing everyone. The coach looks at the wincing teens a bit smugly. "Good morning students, and welcome to Physical Education III. We have a new student joining the class, everyone give a warm welcome to Yagami Taichi."

Tai steps out from behind the doorway, grinning sheepishly and trying to rub the ringing out of his own ears. 'Alright Yagami… its time to shine, if your gonna make friends fast its time to bust out the big guns'. He cocks his head slightly to the side and unleashes his trademark grin; positively radiating "friendly" and "outgoing" to the guys, and "unbelievably sexy" and "confident" to the girls, several of whom squeal and start chattering about the new arrival. 'Well at least I impressed the girls… too bad I don't want any of 'm' Tai thinks, his grin widening slightly at the irony.

Taichi walks over and takes his spot standing between a young blonde and a boy with indigo hair. The blonde offers him a friendly smile, while the dark haired youth looks at him rather calculatingly. 'Hmm… blondie is sorta cute, but too young I think… the other kids kinda scary' Tai's grin falters slightly under the scrutiny of the youth.

"Well, first things first, there are a few new subjects you will learn in this class that were not a part of the previous levels." The coach pulls out a dumbbell. "We will have a two month section on weight training in winter…" He then removes a wooden sword from his bag, eliciting several excited whispers from the guys. "…followed by basic swordplay…" He reaches in a final time and removes a dartboard. "…and a section on accuracy and aim games."

Tai grins, liking this school more and more 'Dai is gonna be jealous when he finds out'.

The sound of a door snapping shut draws everyone's attention to the other end of the gymnasium. Several girls gasp and fawn at the blonde god heading towards the group.

The coach frowns. "You're late." Yamato merely holds out a slip as he passes by "I had to switch to this class… here's an office slip." and takes a spot between Taichi and the blonde boy, not once even glancing to Tai. "Takeru." He nods towards his younger sibling.

Tai, meanwhile can't help but stare at the late arrival. 'Holy crap… this kid acts like he owns the place… and with those looks who cares- whoa Taichi, too fast. Don't go making a crush on your first day!' He shakes his head trying to clear his thoughts before holding out his hand to Yamato. "Hi there! I'm Taichi, what's your name?"

Yamato glances down at the hand like its pathogenic. 'Dammit, I shoulda kept my mouth shut.' He looks Taichi in the eyes, flicking on the legendary glare. Tai is taken aback but holds eye contact determinedly. Yamato can't help but feel a bit impressed at this new kid's tenacity. "Did I ask for an introduction…?" he drawls. He sees the gears in Tai's head turn, full throttle towards mad. 'He's got nice eyes though…' Yamato muses. 'But he needs to learn who he's dealing with…'

Tai's face flushes with anger. 'Oh that's it Goldilocks, no way in hell are you talking down to me!'

"I wasn't aware that I had to –ask- to introduce myself, but if that's the way you act maybe I don't care to anymore." He growls back. 'Ha… that ought to take him down a notch'

Yamato's eyes narrow further as one fist balls up at his side. 'This kids got guts' he thinks 'And I'm gonna beat them right out of him'. He starts to swing but Taichi acts first, his fist connecting with Yamato's chin. The class releases a collective gasp, along with several shouts of "No way!" "Holy crap he hit Ishida!" "He's so dead."

Yamato's mind was reeling. 'This punk actually hit me!' He blinked once, rubbing his jaw, and then reacted, his fist sinking into Tai's gut sending the brunette backwards. The indigo haired teen had wisely stepped away as soon as Tai attempted the introduction, he looked between Yamato and Tai, his face kept expressionless but inside he was cheering Tai on for taking a stand against the "Ice God". 'C'mon bush head… Yamato needs someone to knock him off his high horse'

The shrill pitch of the whistle put a halt to any further fighting, as both boys were dragged up roughly by the coach who began shouting immediately. He led them both out of the gym with a slam.

The indigo haired teen glanced over at Takeru. "Well TK, it looks like your brother's made a friend."

The blonde glanced between the doors and the other kid before making a sheepish grin. "I dunno about a friend, but one things for sure. Yamato's not gonna ignore a challenge like him."

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End of Chapter One. Comments? Like it, hate it, anything about my writing style? Reviews!