A.N. I know people have done this over and over, but here's my take! :) Starship and Taz and Up belong to STARKID NOT ME :( Sigh... yeah :)

Taz smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror. It was her quincinera, her fifteenth birthday. She was allowed to do what she liked with herself now. So, she did the one thing her mother would hate.

She cut her hair.

She cut off her long, black braid and replaced it with the Mohawk she has been longing for. She pulled out the jar of hair gel she received from her only friend, Alejandro. Ale, as she called him, and made sure to finish it off with her favorite red bandana. Ale was the only one who knew what she was planning. He was one of the few people that really understood her anyways. She was a violent, five foot, little senorita. All the girls didn't understand her, all of the guys were afraid of her. She didn't mind... much. Ale taught her the finer points of fighting and was always the first one to cheer her on in a fight. But her mother always ragged on her. About everything.

"Tazia, why don't you have an interest in boys like your sister Esparanza?"

"Tazia, why do you spend all of your time rolling in the dirt with that Alejandro boy?"

"Tazia, why do you fight so much? You should be learning how to be ladylike!"

Tazia Tazia Tazia.

Taz hated that name. It was, and always would be, Taz. She jumped up and grabbed her cargo pants and white tank top before slipping on her combat boots. She confirmed that she looked sufficiently annoying and walked down stairs and out to her party. Everyone stopped, turned, looked and gasped.

"TAZIA! What are you doing in that? Why aren't you in your dress? AND WHERE IS YOUR HAIR?" her mother stormed up to her. Ale just managed to beat her up there and clapped her on the back.

"You may end up dead, but it was nice knowin ya, and that Mohawk does suit you," he winked and sauntered off. She shook her head and explained to her mother,

"It was my decision, and you're the one who said I could make my own decisions after I turned fifteen! My dress is in the closet, with the tags on it. My hair is in the trash can. That dress is hideous! It's pink and feminine and ridiculous!" Taz shouted.

That's when it all turned around. The Robots and the Rangers seemed to arrive at the same time. A Robot grabbed her and they tied her up and strung her from a tree. Right as they were about to hit her a ranger came and shot all three of the Robots. He cut her down and caught her as she fell.

"Thanks," she grunted.

"No problem. My name's Up, Commander Up,"

"I'm Taz," she looked around and saw that only a few were injured and one dead, besides the Robots.

"Ale!" she ran over to his dead body and willed herself not to cry. He was her only connection to this world, and he was gone.

As the Ranger ship was leaving she slipped into the ship and Up looked unsurprised to see her.

"Welcome to the Starship Ranger Academy Taz,"

"Wait... what?"
"I figured you'd follow us, so I enrolled you in the Academy," he shrugged.

"Thanks, again,"

As the weeks went on (the trip back to base was estimated to be five weeks), Up taught Taz how to handle a zapper, how to really spar, not just how to behave during a fist fight, and how to act around superiors. They grew close to each other, seeing as they both had no one left. Taz enrolled and he got an assignment on the base. They hung out as much as possible, but he hadn't been to any of the classes he should have been teaching.

He walked to the front of the room and told them all that they had five minutes to be out on the field and running laps. Taz was the first out the door, and the one that started double lapping others. He kept them running for an hour. He then had them doing sets. 50 push ups, 50 jumping jacks, 50 sit ups, repeat. They did ten sets and then he told them to line up to spar.

"Two in the ring," Up said.

Taz ducked into the ring before he finished talking. Up thought she looked so undeniably sexy, glistening in the sun, chin held high, and not wearing a Ranger top like the other boys because she wouldn't fit. Oh yeah, she was the best in her class, and the only girl. He snapped back to reality and noticed no one would fight her.

"Krayonder! In the ring!" Up shouted.

The young boy, older than Taz, stepped up quickly, yet was shaking. He told them to start and he was on his back within seconds. Taz whooped him and this made Up realize, he was going to have to spar her.

"Krayonder! Out!" he scrambled out of the ring and received sympathetic looks from the other students.

He took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. Taz nodded as she realized what would happen. She lunged at him and attacked, before leaping out and circling. They fought for ten minutes, before Up pinned her and he helped her up.

"Nice work Taz,"

"Thank you sir," Taz glared at the other students, daring them to mock her because she met her match. They all held their tongues and looked down.

A.N. Hiya again! Did ya like it? I hope so... Reviews? Please? xD