Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with High School of the Dead, that belongs to Daisuke Sato and Shoji Sato. Who know exactly what we all want in regards to good zombie violence.

summary; On Z-Day, english exchange student Izzy was skipping class by hiding out in the astronomy tower on the roof. Little did she know, the world was about to go to hell...

'...' thoughts

"..." speech

"(...)" english speech

Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the End

A short caucasion girl in the japanese uniform of Fujima High stood at the very top roof of the high school building, casually leaning against the railing as her green skirt and chin-length brown hair moved freely in the wind and thinking about the fast coming end of the student exchange program she was participating in.

After a while, she sighed as she propped up her head with her elbow against the metal rail, bronze eyes staring out at the sakura trees below and watching their pink petals float gracefully through the air to cover everything in pink.

Her eyes flickered over to the front gate as she heard a commotion start up and she hummed with interest as she watched the group of teachers tell off a guy at the gates who was acting strangely.

She frowned, adjusting her shiny bronze-framed glasses to try and see what was going on.

"(It can't be...)", she murmured, eyes narrowed as her thoughts instantly jumped to the countless movies and tv shows she'd seen with the same beginning event.

One of the teachers approached the gate, yelling loudly in japanese.

But the guy just kept walking mindlessly into the gate, bouncing backwards every once in a while.

"(What the-)", then a struggle broke out between them and she froze, the words stuck in her throat, as blood suddenly exploded outwards and the teacher stumbled backwards, screaming in agony.

It wasn't until the group of teachers started tearing into each other in a gory bloodbath did her iron grip on the railing go slack and she stumbled away from the edge, eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

Shaking, she fell backwards, her stomach in knots and already starting to feel queasy as the cold fear started to pierce into her heart.

Then the school's campus-wide intercomm crackled to life and with wide, fearful eyes, she listened.

End Chapter

A/N: Hey everyone! I saw this anime recently in the uncensored version and thought I'd try my hand at some hardcore horror while I get my Suzumiya Haruhi story sorted (the Bleach one I might need to get a little help on, she's still WAY too much Mary Sue!). I also posted this on DeviantArt, and if you wanna check out that, my user name there is the same here.

Oh! And I know this is a little light on the gore so far, but this first chapter is more about the girl's emotions/reactions than anything else. Promise it'll get more gory later.

AND NO this story is not going to be a blow-by-blow retelling of the anime with an extra character.

Anyways, I'm gonna post the first few chapters regardless at weekly intervals(maybe sooner), but anything after that will be pending what you guys and gals review.

Some fanart would be nice 'cause I'm not really that good of a drawer!

Thanks for reading!

'Till then,
Milley02