So this is my first fic ever. Basically this will centre on the Adventure and Adventure 02 Digidestined team surviving in a zombie apocalypse. The idea may seem a little strange, but it came to me after watching Zombieland and I wondered how different characters would act in such a world. This will have some violence in it and some coarse language. This first chapter is just an intro to set the scene and give a brief outline of my interpretations of the characters and relationships. Other than that I hope you enjoy, and if you have any thoughts on my story or writing style, feel free to rate or review it.

Cheers.

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of the characters, they are the property of Toei Animation.

The clock ticked away as the morning dragged slowly onward. The sleepy class of high school seniors stared blankly at the equation covered whiteboard, with only the diligent few bothering to take notes. The sun shone softly through the room's large windows, a constant reminder to the teenagers of the world outside they were missing. As the teacher continued to drone on about differentials, gradients and other mathematical jargon, one bushy haired teenager let out a long, low sigh of pure boredom. Tai Kamiya couldn't stand maths. Of course, that was the same for most of the population, but the eighteen year old wasn't in the mood to express sympathy to others as he felt more and more like banging his head on his desk until he fell unconscious. The brown eyed teen frowned at his notebook and ran a hand through his bushy brown hair, which most closely resembled the head of a broom. While he didn't hate school and did fairly well marks wise, at the moment he would pay nearly any price to escape the endless torture his monotone teacher was inflicting on him. Luckily, the bell mercifully chimed out and announced that morning classes were over.

Tai stood up as the students quickly filed out and looked to his right, comically raising an eyebrow and rolling his eyes at the blond haired, blue eyed boy who sat next to him. Matt Ishida, teenage rock star and one of Tai's oldest friends, smirked as he rose from his seat and the two boys walked out the classroom door, heading for their normal break spot under a small tree in the corner of the school courtyard.

"Damn, you'd think that guy would be bearable after having him for eight months." Matt remarked in his typical calm, relaxed tone.

"Don't act so surprised," Tai replied jovially, "if that guy could make Joe hate going to class, what hope do we have?"

The two chuckled as they headed to their spot where the rest of their group was already waiting.

Sitting under the tree in a semicircle were four other teenagers and Tai greeted each with his characteristic hearty grin. Tai looked at each of his friends, still wondering to this day how such a diverse group of people even got along with one another. On the far left was Izzy Izumi, a year below Tai and Matt but no doubt smarter than all of them. His neatly combed reddish-brown hair matched the tidiness of his uniform, which was as crisp and clean as the day he'd bought it. His brown eyes were constantly shifting back and forth from the rest of the group to his trademark yellow pineapple laptop, which took up close to half of his life. Next to Izzy was a girl of the same age, although she was a good three or four inches taller than him. Mimi Tachikawa was perhaps the bubbliest girl and biggest fashionista Tai had ever met, but then at least she had changed her hair colour from pink back to brown when she moved back to Japan from the US for her senior schooling.

Next was the girl with long purple hair, Yolei Inoue, who matched Izzy's intelligence and Mimi's fashion obsession with her own hyperactivity. She had calmed down and become more measured in the last twelve months, but Yolei would always be Yolei. She was a year younger than Izzy and Mimi and two years younger than Tai, but she nevertheless got on well with everyone else in the group at high school. Tai thought that she missed the younger part of their group who were mostly still in middle school, including his younger sister Kari and Matt's younger brother T.K., but she never really showed it.

Last, but furthest from least in Tai's mind, was Sora Takenouchi, and it was on her that Tai's mind, and eyes, lingered. The redheaded former tomboy was like a big sister to most of the group and was Tai's best female friend. The term 'friend' struck Tai oddly as he thought about it. She had certainly been that to him when they were younger; now, however, Tai wanted more. It wasn't something he could put his finger on, or put into words. All Tai knew was that his feelings for Sora had developed into something deeper than friendship.

"How was Mr Yuki?" Sora asked with a playful smile, snapping Tai out of his trance.

"Do we even need to say anything?" Tai answered as he took a seat next to her.

"I guess not, you do certainly look like you're off with the fairies." She laughed, "Don't worry; I get his torture later today so we're all in the same boat."

"Be sure to send our hate." Matt chimed in, but still maintaining his casual tone.

Everyone laughed, even Izzy who always insisted on showing his teachers the utmost respect. Tai looked at his friends and smiled inwardly. He just wished their whole group could be here so they could all be together.

The other members were mostly all younger and still attended middle school. Tai's younger sister Kari shared her brothers brown hair, but apart from that she was close to being his direct opposite. Where Tai was messy, she was neat and orderly, and where Tai acted in a position of leadership, she tended to follow. Besides their differences, however, the two got along great and Tai was proud of the caring and mature adolescent she had become. Her best friend was T.K., Matt's younger sibling. Blond and blue eyed like his brother, T.K. was a little more amicable than Matt and was known for being cheerful, friendly and easygoing. The two brothers always used to have problems relating to each other, probably because of their parents divorce and separation. In recent years, however, they had patched things up and now got on like a house on fire. Tai had long suspected that the T.K. and his sister had something between them, but neither seemed to have the courage to open up to the other. Tai would normally have tried to meddle and set them up, but then that would be hypocritical of him, considering his feelings for Sora. On the other hand, Tai thought, he was also Kari's older brother, so making her happy whilst also making her extremely uncomfortable would be a double win for him.

The leader of the younger group, Davis Motamiya, had always seemed to Tai like something of a protégé, but at the same time he managed to be far more loud and obnoxious than Tai had ever been. Despite that, he was still a nice guy and although he had once been infatuated with Kari and annoyed her to no end, he seemed to have grown out of it and moved on to other girls.

These three were all fifteen and would be heading to high school in the next year. The one other who wouldn't was Cody Hida, the quiet, mature, brown haired thirteen year old. The other exception was Ken Ichijouji, who attended a special college for the gifted and talented. He was the same age as Yolei, although his calm quiet nature was the complete opposite of her outspoken and energetic temperament. Lastly there was Joe Kido, now a first year university student, which seemed to suit him and his tendency to stress and worry about everything, as well as his apparent need to study every waking moment that he wasn't already spending in class. Still, if you could count on anyone in a pinch, it was Joe and everyone knew it.

Together they formed a team called the Digidestined, children, now young adults, chosen to be the guardians of their world and the parallel dimension known as the digital world. In their battles to maintain stability and peace in and between the realms, the teens had discovered other dimensions that existed alongside the two aforementioned worlds, such as the dark ocean where one of their foes, Daemon, had been banished.

Their partners throughout these battles were the Digimon, with each Digidestined being partnered with one of the digital monsters. Tai remember his partner, a little orange dinosaur called Agumon, fondly. Unfortunately, the gate between the two worlds had now been sealed now for six months. As they were told by their ally Gennai, a digital being who was something between a caretaker and a prophet, the digital world's base coding had been hit by a powerful virus and needed a year or so to repair itself without interference from any other dimension. So, as a precaution, the Digidestined could not travel to see their partners until they were given the all clear by Gennai.

As Tai thought all this through, the conversation continued on around him. Oblivious to what was going on, Tai continued to daydream until Mimi snapped her fingers in front of his face.

"Is anybody home? I asked you a question Tai." she said.

"Huh?" was his only reply.

Mimi sighed and repeated her question, "I said, how long do you think it will be until the gate to the digital world reopens? I mean we might need the Digimon's help if something happens here… and I do want to see Palmon again."

"I was just thinking about that and I -"

"So you had a good reason to ignore me?" Mimi asked sarcastically while cracking a smile.

Tai couldn't help but smile back. "Ha ha, very funny Meems. As I was about to say, I have no idea when everything is gonna reopen, but you're right; I miss them too and we might need the Digimon if trouble hits us here in the real world."

Izzy looked up from his laptop. "Surely there wouldn't be a hazard so dangerous as to warrant a need for the Digimon. We've overcome the most powerful wicked beings either dimension has to offer. Who else could possibly threaten us and what could they hope to gain from an assault on our world?" he said using his usual complex language.

"I agree with Izzy, no one would be stupid enough to challenge the Digidestined, not after all we've accomplished." Yolei added.

Before Tai could reply, Sora spoke up. "I'm sure there's no need to worry about anything, but that doesn't mean we should take our world's safety for granted. I mean I know it's a cliché, but you really never know."

Tai gave her a smile and said, "Took the words straight out of my mouth."

"And turned them into a coherent sentence, no doubt." Sora teased.

Tai swatted her shoulder playfully and they both laughed. "Is that so Miss Perfect? You weren't so confident when you couldn't say 'rehabilitation' properly during your presentation last week." He said, rising to her challenge.

Sora just giggled and shot right back, "At least I knew the word existed before this year."

This sort of playful argument was typical of Tai and Sora. While they had fought a lot when they were younger, they had grown up and now treated arguing just like a game, and nowadays they knew exactly where the line was and never crossed it.

The others observed as the two carried on and they all smirked at one another. They all knew that Tai and Sora had something between them; they got along so well and so naturally that in the past some people had actually mistakenly believed them to be dating, and those people were quite surprised to discover that they were wrong. Plus, it was kind of hard to miss Tai constantly staring at Sora when he thought no one was watching, and when he looked away Sora would always begin staring herself. Everyone in the Digidestined group knew that the two had feelings for each other, everyone, it seemed, except for Tai and Sora. This wouldn't have been a problem if it weren't for the fact that neither seemed to have the guts to confess – and it had been that way for over two years now. Matt in particular thought that the only other obvious couple as clueless as Tai and Sora was T.K. and Kari, but then they were younger and had more of an excuse. The observers all stared at the pair and sighed, knowing that they would more than likely have to interfere if Tai and Sora were ever going to get together.

Eventually the bell rang and a collective groan ran through all of the teens, except for Izzy who was looking forward to his upcoming IT class. The group reluctantly rose to their feet and started making their way back to class, the next obstacle on their road to the freedom of the afternoon. As they all trudged to their respective classrooms, Tai couldn't help but think back to what they had talked about, that they might need the Digimon in the near future and that their safety couldn't be taken for granted. Little did Tai know that these sentiments would be proven right in the coming hours, as the clouds grew darker and gradually filled the sky. Slowly, a lone figure limped towards the school gates.