Hello and welcome to my first multi-chap tup fic! Or my first multi-chap fic ever! So I've already written about 6 chapters because I'm very easily distracted and drop things quickly but I think that I can continue this right until the end... I was going to make it about 10 chapters long but then I started planning and I've planned up to chapter 13 which is around when she leaves the Academy so yeah... Like I said in the summary, I'm planning to update twice a week which I believe is an achievable goal. I don't have a beta so excuse any mistakes - point them out to me and I'll fix them. Also, big shout out to Zoe who's idea of putting a song at the beginning of each chapter I'm stealing, so yeah, love you!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Taz, Up or the Starship Rangers however any original characters are 100% mine!

I would give anything I own,
Give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.
Everything I own - David Gates

Taz Lopez stared at the abomination in the mirror; the girl staring back at her was most definitely not who she was a few hours ago. The mirror-girl wore a scarily pink dress that was so big Taz wondered if she would be able to fit through the door frame, her make-up was over-done and made her look like one of those china dolls her abuela insisted on keeping in the living room and her long, raven hair which was usually up in a messy braid was curled elegantly, reaching her waist. She was a completely different creature than who she normally was. "¡Mamá! I look ridículo!" She whined, ungracefully shoving a hand under the many layers of skirts to hitch up her tights which had fallen down under the weight of the dress. Her mamá batted her hand away and stood her up straight, standing proudly behind her and admiring her work in the mirror.

"Disparates, mi hija, te ves hermosa." She replied, moving her hand to plait the hair across the top of her head, "Have you thought about what chambelán you want to dance with at your quinceañera later, Tazia?" She asked as casually as she could.

Taz rolled her eyes and moved to sit on the bed when her mamá had finally finished with her hair, "Do I have to?" She complained, sounding more like her 5 year old sister, Rosa, rather than the 15 year old woman she was becoming, "They're all idiotas who can barely look after themselves!"

Hastily pulling her off the bed so she wouldn't ruin the dress, her mamá chuckled, "Exactly, they need a good wife to take care of them and give them children before they go off to war to fight los robots. You'll make a lovely wife, mi hija, but who will be your husband?"

She groaned, it was tradition for a girl to meet and dance with their future husband at their quinceañera and her mamá had it in her head that Tazia would meet hers, it seemed she simply ignored her daughter's rough-and-tumble attitude and the fact she was set on joining the Starship Rangers as soon as she was 18.

She would give anything to get out of her 'big day'.

Taz sat to the side of the celebrations being held in her garden and watched as her mamá ran about making sure everyone was catered for. She rolled her eyes, her and her mother were worlds apart – her mother was prim and proper and made sure her house was always spotless while Taz was messy, late and didn't give a damn what others thought about her. She was more like her father in that sense. Taz felt her heart give a painful clench as she thought of him and she stood up, looking for some sort of distraction. That distraction came in the form of her best friend Carlos subtly pulling her from the celebrations and behind a tree.

"Carlos! ¡Hola!" She cried happily, wrapping her arms around the boy. Carlos was tall and very handsome, though Taz had never paid any attention to that, she enjoyed mocking him every time they walked past a group of girls and they swooned over him.

"Hola, Tazia." He smirked, grabbing her hands before she could punch him for not using her preferred name, "Enjoying your birthday?"

She rolled her eyes and leaned against the tree, not caring that she would probably get dirt over her dress and in her hair, "The only thing I'm looking forward to is that gigante cake and my presents. What did you get me?" She teased, pouting her lips.

Carlos chuckled and leaned his hand next to her head and leaned in closer to her to block her from the view of her aunties who were running around looking for the birthday girl, Taz rolled her eyes at their stupidity.

"I've got you something extra-special," Carlos muttered, his face too close to Taz's for her to be comfortable. She tried to push herself backwards into the tree to no avail. She had known about Carlos' crush on her for a while and hoped that, in time, it would just disappear and he would meet someone who was head over heels for him. It's not that she didn't like him, she did, it was just he was her mejor amigo and she didn't want him to ruin that, "Hope you like it." He whispered, bringing one hand up to cup her face while the other dropped from the tree to rest lightly on her neck.

Taz sighed as he leaned in to kiss her and weighed the pros and cons of the situation. On one hand, Carlos was her best friend and she knew she would hurt him by not returning his feelings as strongly. On the other, her mamá would be on her back all day to find someone to dance with and who better than her best friend? Deciding that it was probably the best out of a bad situation she began kissing him back, bringing her hands up between them to rest on his chest.

She felt him smile as he felt her return the kiss and he began kissing her a bit harder until they heard a shriek. Turning their heads, still pushed together against the tree they saw Taz's mamá grinning like an idiot and clapping her hands. Taz groaned, "Mamá, go away!"

Carlos laughed and stepped back, grabbing her hand and entwining their fingers. Taz sent him a glance and he simply shrugged, unable to keep the grin off his face. She smiled back feebly, feeling immensely guilty for using him.

"Come on, Tazia," Carlos promoted, pulling her away from the tree and acting like the perfect gentleman in front of her mamá, "Let's go dance."

Taz shot him a glare and was just about to start yelling when they heard an almighty crash come from behind them. Screams began to fill the garden and, thinking quickly, Taz pulled her mamá and Carlos behind the tree which was, luckily, big enough to hide all three of them from view. She grabbed her mother's hand and held onto it tightly to stop her from whimpering too loudly.

Poking her head out Taz exhaled sharply at the scene in front of her. Robots were storming through the garden, shooting people mercilessly and letting them drop to the floor, dead. Taz almost threw up as she watched everyone she had ever known being killed in front of her eyes. She was about to throw herself back behind the tree and just hide until the robots left until she heard a scream. Not just any scream, it was Rosa, her 5 year old sister. Not evening caring about her mamá calling her back or Carlos running after her, Taz sprinted into the destruction and looked around for her sister.

She found her backing slowly away from two robots looking terrified. Sprinting over to try and save her, Taz screamed, "Hey, toasters! Get away from her, hijos de puta!" She slammed her hand down as she passed a table and almost cried at her good luck as she picked up the cake knife. The two robots turned simultaneously and raised their hands to shoot her. Remembering, Carlos had followed her, she screamed, "Get Rosa, Carlos! And get the hell out of here!" For once, Carlos didn't argue with her and sprinted past her and the robots and scooped Rosa up in her arms and ran for cover behind the tree.

Taz, letting out a fierce scream, ran towards the robots and before they had a chance to shoot, slammed the knife into one, ripping through its circuitry. She watched as the red lights where eyes should be faded into blackness and the robot fall to the floor. She spent a second in disbelief before she remembered the other robot and turned around to face it.

Its hand was pointed directly at her head and the shot only just missed her as she fell to the floor to duck out of the way. Just as she was about to stand up she heard screams from the three people she loved most. She paled and slammed the knife into the robot faster than she would've believed and sprinted off to the tree.

Three robots were surrounding Carlos, Rosa and her mamá and even as she tried to make her legs go faster, she knew what was going to happen. Almost as if in slow-motion she watched the robots shoot them down as if they were nothing. Taz couldn't stop the terrible scream ripping from her mouth as she finally reached them and fell down beside their bodies. She scooped Rosa up in her arms and shook her hard, trying to get her to wake up. She was screaming so loud that she didn't hear the three robots approach her from behind.

Two of them picked her up by her arms and dragged her in the air, letting Rosa fall limply to the floor. She screamed and struggled, kicking everywhere she could but only resulting in bruised feet. The other robot, who she assumed was the Head Robot, stepped in front of her, "Stop fighting, puny human." It stated in a monotone, "We want to play a game. What are traditional birthday games?" Taz shook her head in disbelief,

"You're sick!" She screamed struggling harder against the vice grips on her arms, "I'll kill you all, hijo de puta!"

"Ha, ha. You are funny. You are a weak human. You cannot defeat us. Now we will play our game." Taz screamed as she felt herself being lifted up and tied to a tree branch upside-down by her waist. Dangling in the air she watched as each robot picked up a metal table leg. "I think this one is called piñata, we are supposed to beat you until you explode and then eat what comes out. Humans have disgusting traditions but we will have fun."

Taz struggled uncontrollably, unable to move properly as the robots had tied her arms next to her body. Realising she wouldn't be able to get out of it, she brace herself and awaited the first blow. It was harder than she anticipated and she whimpered as she felt one of her ribs crack. She closed her eyes and allowed them to keep hitting her with the metal bars and waited until she was able to join Rosa, Carlos and her mamá.

Lieutenant Up stormed into the garden with his zapper raised; he didn't have time to worry about the dead bodies on the floor nor did he worry about the lack of survivors. He had one goal on his mind: to kill all robots. He started to gun them down with no mercy, urging his team forward and yelling a wordless battle cry.

Just as he thought he had finally gunned them all down he heard a human scream. Following the noise, he stopped dead as he watched a young girl take on two robots while a boy holding a much younger girl ran for cover behind a tree. He didn't have time to be impressed with the girl's skills in taking down two robots, and he doubted he would be even if he did, as he saw five more robots sneaking up behind two of his Ensigns to attack. Turning away from the scene, he gunned down three of the robots quickly before the other two rounded on him. He ducked behind an upturned table just as the laser beams shot over his head, he looked over the edge and, with the help of an Ensign, gunned down the last robots.

Thinking they were finally in the clear, Up returned his attention to the surviving civilians. He growled when he saw three more robots tying up the girl with the bodies of the child, the boy and another woman underneath her. He began running towards the group, hoping to get there before the robots hit the girl. As he got halfway there, however, he saw one robot take the first swing and was pretty certain he heard a rib crack. To her credit, the girl only whimpered a small amount and prepared herself for the next blow. Up allowed the robots to get three more hits in before he was finally close enough to take them down. With three quick shots the robots were on the floor and the girl hung limply in the air.

Yelling to the Ensigns to scout for more robots he moved towards the girl and shot her down, catching her in his arms. Her eyes shot open and she began struggling and kicking out, screaming out obscenities in Spanish. He struggled to get the rope from around her arms and as soon as he did she began punching and clawing at his face.

"Let me go! I'll kill those hijos de puta! I'll kill them all!"

So there you have the first chapter of I Hate That I Love You! The next chapter should be up on Wednesday. Reviews would be appreciated!