You are a (A/T)

Girls can fight too you know.

"Ooff!"

"(Y/N) I think we should stop."

Panting heavily the tired (A/T) shakily got up ignoring the small cut on her lip. Standing up as straight as she could she put up a sloppy battle stance. 

"No, I can keep going." she huffed.

"Yeah it really looks like it (!)" Knuckled scoffed.

"I'm serious! Come on lets go again!" she urged him.

Giving a small shake of the head he gave in and started to spar again. (Y/N) tried to land the first blow of a punch to the stomach but Knuckles dodged it easily, taking the chance to deliver a sharp kick to the back. She stumbled a little but was able to keep her balance, surprisingly.

Knowing (Y/N) was at her limit though he would have held back but she would know and most likely punch him for it later. And so the the pair continued to fight.

Now training wasn't an odd thing, but the way this training was being carried out and how intense it was, was. A week ago (Y/N) had come to Angel Island to find Knuckles, and she had asked him to teach her self defense and how to fight an opponent. Knuckles had found this request of him odd because (Y/N) was one of the weakest girls he knew, plus she could barely give anyone a gentle slap. She was too good natured to hurt anyone.

And when Knuckles had asked for her reason for the sudden urge to learn how to defend herself, her reply was: "I guess I'm just sick of being useless."

He had tried to tell her that she wasn't useless to the team, but she was persistent, and here they were, the fifth day and fighting for the sixth time that afternoon. But this latest fight ended up with Knuckles kicking (Y/N)'s feet from under her making her painfully land on her back in defeat.

But within a second she was stood up again. 

"Come on lets go again." she urged him again with a more worn out voice.

"(Y/N) this is ridiculous, there's no point carrying on with you this tired." he argued.    

It took some convincing but eventually she called it quits for the day.

"See you here next time tomorrow then." she said tiredly walking off.

"This amount of training isn't healthy for you (Y/N), when are you going to stop!?" he called after her.

"When I'm good enough!" she yelled back.

He shook his head at her again, walking back to the Master Emerald, but there was a surprise waiting for him there.

"Well, well, you sure seemed to be having fun."

"What are you doing here Rouge!?" Knuckles snapped seeing her perched on the ME.

"Why are you so rude Knuckie? I only came to say hello, but I thought I'd wait until after you and (Y/N) had finished sparring, since when does she fight?" she asked still perching on the large gem.

"She came here earlier this week asking me to teach her self defense." he explained simply sitting down, wishing the bat would fly off.

"My, my that doesn't sound like her." she smiled.

There was a pause and Knuckles thought she was going to leave.

"Maybe, she's trying to surprise or impress someone, maybe a crush she has?" Rouge teased.  

"What?" he asked surprised at the concept.

Turning around he wanted to ask Rouge more but she just flew away giggling.

The next day (Y/N) was at Angel Island and Knuckles continued to help her with her fighting skills. They fought the afternoon away once again but this time (Y/N), was the one to end the training session.

Just as worn out as yesterday she was all set to demand that she and Knuckles spar for the sixth time that day, but a glance at her watch and she stopped.

"Shit..." she mumbled.

"Anything the matter?" he asked.

"I... umm.. I lost track of the time and now I need to go." she said quickly.

"Where are you going?" he casually asked.

"I'm meeting up with someone and they wont wait for long, sorry to leave so suddenly." she apologized.

"Don't worry about it, same time tomorrow?" he asked.

"Yep!"

She was gone quickly and Knuckles was going to go back to the ME, but Rouge just had to come back into his thoughts. "Maybe, she's trying to surprise or impress someone, maybe a crush she has?"

'That damn bat!'. If she hadn't been messing with his mind last night then Knuckles wouldn't have followed (Y/N) into town. Watching from a far though it seemed that Rouge's theory was true, when he saw (Y/N) walk up to a boy (A/T). The pair spoke a little before (Y/N) pretended to block a punch with her one arm, and then use the other free hand to punch the chest.

The male (A/T) gave a timid nod in understanding.  

But as they conversed and traded fighting tips Knuckles felt odd, sort of disappointed, the way someone feels when they miss the chance to take a big opportunity. He'd taught her that technique and now she was teaching it to someone else, maybe she was trying to impress that (A/T).

However the disappointment didn't end there, unfortunately Knuckles had very precise hearing.

"So do you understand how to block a punch?" (Y/N) asked to man.

"Y-yeah... but (Y/N) c-can we sort this soon? P-please? I don't know h-how much loner I can take." he asked.

"Give me one more day, one more day of training and then I promise we will sort all of this out tomorrow here at the same time." she promised.

The man nodded before giving (Y/N) a hug, and quickly leaving.

So it was true, (Y/N) had only come to Knuckles for help to impress someone else. And here Knuckles had been thinking that maybe it was because of something different. Something more than the two just being friends. 

The next day (Y/N) was back on Angel Island, training as usual. But Knuckles, had never been good at dealing with his emotions.

"Jeez Knuckles! Why are you punches so much stronger today!?" (Y/N) asked a little annoyed, she now had several bruises coming up thanks to him.

And training usually wasn't meant to be so rough.

"You've gotten better over this week I'm just trying to help you fight better." he grumbled.

"Well could you maybe ease up a bit?" she asked.

"Well don't you want to get better!? So you can go show off to that (A/T) some more!" he snapped in a rage. 

They both stopped as they realized was he had said, Knuckles felt stupid and (Y/N) felt deceived.

"You followed me yesterday?" she asked shocked.

"I.... I'm sorry." he apologized immediately.

"I should think so, do you really think I'd ask for your help with out telling you my true reasons? I am sick of being useless, but not in the way you'd think. And that (A/T) you saw me with yesterday isn't some boy I'm trying to impress, I'm trying to-

*BEEP!* *BEEP!*

(Y/N) stopped mid sentence to answer her communicator watch.

"Hello?" she asked.

The voice of the male (A/T) came through the speaker, and he sounded terrified.

"(Y/N) I need your help now, they'll kill me-

"I'm on my way." she said calmly.

She then faced Knuckles.

"Think what you want Knuckles but I've got to be somewhere." she stated.

"(Y/N) whatever it is let me help." he pleaded.

"I can handle myself, bedsides you've already made your opinion clear on me being with other men." she said.

And with that she left.

Knuckles would have followed her but he didn't want to make the situation worse, as he stood there dumb founded though he could only think of how calm (Y/N) had been. She didn't raise her voice, snap or even shout. She had asked questions in a composed manner, which made Knuckles feel worse. When he felt as though he deserved a good slap right now.

He couldn't leave things like that though, whatever (Y/N) was doing she needed help by the sounds of it. So he set off to where he had spied on her yesterday.

Meanwhile (Y/N) was in town with the same (A/T), but now there was a brown female minx there as well. And (Y/N) stood protectively in front of the (A/T) as the minx glared at the pair.

"I wont let you hurt him anymore!" (Y/N) yelled at the minx.

"Just get out of here! You've always been coming between me an him! You nothing but a bother!" the minx screeched in (Y/N)'s face.

The minx then went to land a punch on (Y/N) but she was quick to block it and punch her in the stomach instead, then remembering her training with Knuckles kicked the minx's legs from under her causing her to fall on her fat ass.

"Come near him again and I'll show you just how well I can fight!" (Y/N) stated angrily at the minx.

She stood up shaking giving a glance at the boy (A/T) before running off. (Y/N) turned to the (A/T) with a smile.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I am now." he said a in quiet voice.

It was over, (Y/N) had done it. She saw the (A/T) home and was headed to Angel Island to find Knuckles to patch things up when-

"I'm impressed."

"I'm guessing you saw then?" (Y/N) asked turning to face him with a smile.

"Listen you can hate me if you want for invading on your privacy, but can I at least ask who that (A/T) is?" he asked.

"I don't hate you Knuckles, I was just a little annoyed that you felt the need to follow me because you thought I wasn't telling you the truth, and that (A/T) is my brother, (B/N)."

"Brother?"

"Yes, when I said I was tired of being useless what I meant was I was tired of watching my brother suffer when I felt as though I could do something about it. That minx, her name is Emily, and she was physically and mentally abusing him, girls can fight too you know. So thank you for teaching me how to punch her in the face." (Y/N) chuckled.

"Well from what I saw you've definitely taken on what I taught you." he smiled.

"I have... by the way..." she trailed off.

"What?"

"What exactly did you mean by 'So you can go show off to that (A/T) some more'?" she asked teasingly.

"Oh, uhh... nothing, just Rouge said something a few days ago." he babbled on starting to blush.

"Well what did she say?" (Y/N) continued to ask teasingly.

"N-nothing!"

"Oh come on Knuckles!" she giggled.

Needless to say that night (Y/N) spent that evening trying to get the true feelings he had towards her out of him.

Sorry guys I sometimes like to address issues in my one shots such as the Sonic one shot 'on your left' respecting the men and women who fight for us.

And this one is just to let you know that 40% of domestic abuse suffers are men. Anyway hoped you liked it!