Disclaimer: Don't own it, I do own quite a few
Law firms and judges, so if you sue, kiss your
Spouse goodbye and hug your kids, because you'll
Probably never see'em again. I don't own the
Charrie Tara, She is based on a real life person.
The fight is not mine either, its what happened
Between a girl named Karen and some other chick.
Karen is the good guy in the fight though. Don't forget
To R&R, thank you...
I don't own 'SSB Melee' Or 'Braveheart'.








(AN, this is an AU fic, and its set in the present, not the future.)











A group of girls stood on the corner, trying to cool down in the vicious heat, when a girl walked out of the music store, carrying a package in her hand. As she passed the girls, one of them stepped out and bumped into the girls shoulder, making her stumble.
"S'cuse You."
"Who juu tink Juu talking to eh? You don't be bumpin into people in dis part of the street eh. You could get jou self-Kilt dat way girl!!"
"Can you see?" Asked the girl. The other girl was taken aback for a moment. She quickly recovered.
"Eh? What you mean can I see, Course I can see, but can Juu wit all dat glass on your face?" The gang girl laughed.
"I mean, if you can see, then why didn't you notice that you stepped out in front of me, and bumped into me?" She tucked her package into her back pocket. The other girl sneered.
"I don't know who juu be tryin to timidate, but it aint gonna work in this part of tha colonies. Eh." She pushed the girl on the shoulder. The girl looked down at where the other girl had touched her shoulder, and then she looked the girl straight in the eye and said,
"Don't touch me again." Once again the girl was taken aback.
"I don't know who you tink you talking to, little girl, but I'm gonna do whatever I want to!!!"
"I'm probably older than you, and you wont touch me again or I'm going to start something..." The girl touched her shoulder with her fingertips, sneering.
"Touch Touch." With that, the girl slammed her fist into the other girls face and the other girl crumpled. The group of girls had long since made a circle around the two girls, and when one of their own collapsed, they picked her up and the other girl walked away.
"Morons" she muttered under her breath. She pulled the cd's out of her pocket and examined them, as she was examining them, she bumped into someone, (Her fault this time.), and she dropped one of her cd's,
"Sorry", she said, stooping to pick up the CD.
"My fault" an emotionless voice replied, she glanced up into the bluest eyes she had ever seen. They stared down blankly. She stood up and brushed her hand on her jeans, then extended it.
"Hi, my names Tara" He took her hand and shook it.
"Hi." He looked her up and down.
"Why are you wearing a sweater and jeans in the middles of summer." She blinked, that had sounded like a question, but he didn't give it any emotion, or any tone except slight curiosity, very Slight.
"Cuz I wanted to" She smiled and winked " Actually its because I have nothing else, and there are no good clothing stores here." She rolled her eyes." They have an awesome selection of electronics, but the don't have any clothing stores!!! The Injustice of it all!" She laughed, "I'm babbling aren't I?" He nodded a little.
"I know a store that might have clothes you like." He volunteered. 'What am I thinking? She could be an assassin!'
"Thanks, Lets go now, I'm sweltering in these clothes!!" She gestured towards her black sweater, which had a large white 'Raiders' logo, and to her pants, which were black and very baggy. She grabbed his hand,
"Lead the way Senor!" he looked down at her hand, which very firmly clasped his own. He looked at her, and saw that she was glancing back down the street at a local gang, they were eyeing them suspiciously. 'What could she have done to them? She looks harmless. But then, so does Quatre.' He began walking, and she began talking.
"You never told me your name. Care to tell me now?"
"My name is William," he told her, smiling inwardly.
"Cool," She put on a Scottish accent," They may take out lives, but the will never take our freedom!!" She laughed and he looked at her blankly. She rolled her eyes.
"William Wallace? Braveheart? The movie. You know, with Mel Gibson and some other people." She looked at him hopefully. He shook his head no.
"You don't talk very much do you?" She asked
"Hn."
"What?"
"Nothing"
"Okaaaay..."She Stopped "Dude, where are we?" She took a step back from him. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"See that store across the street, the one with the orange and purple sign?" He asked.
"Um yeah... Is that it?" He shook his head yes.
"Ok, lets go!" She grabbed his hand again and dragged him across the street. She ran through the door and began shuffling thru the racks for clothes.
"Will, check this out!" She held up a pair of baggy dark blue pants. "Cool huh?" she grinned
"Pick that up will ya?" she gestured towards a basket in the corner. He walked over and picked it up. He turned to hand it to Tara but she was gone. He shrugged and walked over to an aisle and pulled out a pair of Capri's and a shirt that looked kind of like it was Tara's style. He put it in the cart and wandered around, not looking at anything.
"Willy!!" He turned around and Tara smiled, "Check this out! Pretty cool huh?" She was wearing an orange short-sleeved shirt with a pair of Bright green baggy pants. They made his eyes ache. A smile Played across his lips, she looked ridiculous.
"I made you smile!!!" she called she darted back into a dressing room that he hadn't seen before she emerged shortly, but She was back in her sweater and black pants.
"Ok, lets put these eyesores away and get to shopping for real." She tossed the orange and green clothes into a bin and dragged him off to a different part of the shop.
"This, and this, and Ooh!!! Check this out!" She threw clothes into the basket that he patiently held. Finally, when the basket was overflowing and the store looked kind of empty she led walked to the cash register and he put the basket up so the lady could ring up the prices. The lady looked at Tara and said rather haughtily, and asked her,
"Will you be paying?"
"No, Santa Claus Will be paying for all of this." Tara responded, she pulled out a credit card and said,
"See?" she pointed to a name on the card "SANTA CLAUS"
"That doesn't say Santa Claus, that says Terri."
"TARA, not Terri." Tara growled, then she smiled sweetly and said, "I will be paying with ATM, not debit or whatever." She handed the Lady the card. The lady scanned the price tags and then swiped Tara's card. It beeped and Tara shoved almost all of the clothes into two bags She handed a bag to him and they walked out.
"Um, hey do you have an apartment?" She asked, smiling weakly.
"Yes, why."
"I don't have a place to stay you see, I just got here earlier this morning, think I could crash at your place?" She grinned, "Please?"
"Ok" He turned at the corner and Tara followed, after awhile, Tara's bag ripped.
"Dude slow down, I'm dropping stuff" Tara called to him. He turned around and picked up her bag she blinked at him,
"I can carry it by myself you know." She frowned.
"I know" he replied
"Here, I got it" She pulled the bag from his grasp and held it to her body, one hand clutching the rip, the other holding the handle. He turned and came to a door, he put the bag down and pulled a key from his pocket and opened the door. A guy was sprawled on the couch, watching TV. He called without even turning around,
"Heero, come check out this program on TV, its really cool. By the way Quatre Wufei And Trowa will be coming over later." He rolled over and looked at the door. Heero was looking at Tara and Tara was smiling.
"So, where do I sleep 'Heero'?" She asked, smiling. Duo blinked, 'Why is She so familiar?' he shook his head and stood up he walked over to Tara and smiled,
"I'm Duo, Shinigami, and you would be?"
"Tara, Shinigami? Is That Goddess Or God Of Death? I can't ever keep my Japanese straight..." She shrugged and smiled apologetically. Duos eyes got big and he frowned.
"Can't you tell I'm a guy?"
"Well, Not really, you have long hair, and you're very graceful for a guy."
"Huh? Graceful?!? Long hair? What's so girly about that? You have short hair, and I wouldn't mistake you for a guy!!"
"Yes you would."
"How do you know?"
"Because I saw you in burger king this morning and you bumped into me and said, sorry dude, I need to stop bumpin into guys and start bumpin into cute girls." She grinned and rolled her eyes, "Then we laughed and I walked away." Duo gaped at her and Heero had an expression that looked similar to shock. Then Duo laughed and flopped back down on the couch. She tugged on Heeros sleeve.
"You got an extra room I could use? Or am I sharing with you?"
"You'll have to share with one of us, we only have two bedrooms." Heero mumbled.
"Ill stay in whichever ones bigger I guess." She Replied
"Mine is the smallest!!" Called Duo.
"I guess you'll stay in mine."
"Lead the way Sherlock" Heero Blinked. Tara rolled her eyes.
"Go," She pushed Heero gently. He walked to the back carrying a bag, and set it down on the bed.
"Here I guess, ill go and get a pallet set up in Duo room."
"For what?"
"My bed"
"No, You sleep in here." She walked out of the room and left Heero feeling slightly confused. 'Why am I feeling this way?!? I've been able to suppress my hormones and my feelings, but what is wrong? I might be sick, ill get a doctor to check tomorrow.' Heero Yawned 'Well, shes in the other room, ill just take a nap, a quick short nap.' He lied down on the bed and closed his eyes.

~ Five Minutes later, in the other room~

"I could beat you in Super Smash Brothers melee any day."
"I could beat you in anything any day" Tara tossed an orange at Duo's turned head. It hit him and bounced onto the floor.
"Ow!!" Duo exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head.
"I'll beat you to the game!" He called and ran to the living room where his games and game systems were hooked up, he tripped and fell onto the couch; Tara ran forward and touched the game,
"I win!!"
"Not yet!!" Duo flicked on the game and both of them grabbed a controller.
"Super Smash Brothers Melee!!!!!" Howled Duo
"I get Wing Zero!!" Tara grinned. Duo Stopped laughing,
"What do you mean wing Zero?"
"Oops, I mean, Zero, I keep forgetting and putting the Wing in there." She smiled again and said, "You can Be Donkey Kong!!"
"No way! I get Kirby!!"

~Three Hours Later~


Where am I?!? Heero sat up in the bed. He looked around and noticed that his shoes were off and he had a blanket covering him. Duo must have come in here and covered me up. He shrugged and walked to the living room where Duo and Tara were playing a loud video game. He rubbed his eyes and headed for the kitchen. His foot hit something; he stooped and picked up an orange lying on the ground. He put it in the fruit bowl, and then got a drink of water. He padded back out to the living room and saw Duo doing his victory dance and Tara laughing. A small smile played across his lips.
"Hey man, finally woke up?"
"Hn."
"Sleep well?" Asked Tara
"Yes"
"Wanna play with me and Duo?"
"Sure" Duo grinned and punched Heero on the arm. Heero grabbed a controller and leaned up against the couch, Tara jumped onto the couch behind him and leaned her leg against his shoulder. Duo jumped onto the couch beside her and called,
"Hit reset Heero!!" Heero Reached forward and hit the button. The game showed a screen full of characters.
"Who should I be?" Asked Heero.
"Be Link!"
"The one with the sword?"
"Yeah!!"
"Super Smash Brothers Melee!!!" Duo Howled, and Tara broke into a fit of giggles.



~Yet another three hours pass~

"I won!!!" Heero laughed at Tara's antics Duo was inspecting his controller that had, (for some unknown reason), chocolate sauce on it.
"Zero rules! Link And Kirby suck!!" Tara spun in a circle.
"This calls for ice cream!" Duo ran to the kitchen with Tara right behind him, When Heero got into the kitchen (after turning the game off) Duo and Tara were fighting with the broom and the mop, using them as swords. Heero edged around them and pulled the ice cream out of the freezer. He popped it into the microwave fro 30 seconds and turned to watch how the fight was going. Tara was winning and Duo was trying his hardest, but the mop handle splintered and Tara tripped him and won.
"I'm tired." Tara sat down in a chair. Heero scooped the ice cream into bowls and put them in front of Duo and Tara.





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