- "What do you mean I should learn to protect myself?"
- >"I am just saying Anonymous. If you learned to defend yourself you wouldn't be in here so often."
- >You're Anonymous.
- >You were just brought to Nurse Redheart after a particularly rough day.
- >She has a point though, if you knew some sort of self-defense you wouldn't be the only one here.
- "Well what can I do? It's not like the school has any self-defense classes."
- >"Actually Anonymous, I do believe Principle Celestia just brought in someone to teach a Kick-boxing class."
- "Kick-boxing? I guess I could try it out. Do you happen to know anything about it?"
- >Putting down the box of bandages, she turns to her desk pulling a flyer from a stack.
- >"She gave me a few to place on my bulletin board. I'm sure giving you one won't hurt."
- >Thanking her, you look at the flyer as you leave her office.
- >"Featherweight Kick-Boxing! Learn to defend yourself or stay in shape. Lessons start Tuesday!"
- >Tuesday? That soon?
- >Didn't Nurse Redheart say that Principle Celestia just got this guy?
- >Folding the flyer, you shove it into your pocket, and leave the school.
- >Getting home, you toss your bag on the floor and sweater on the rack.
- >With your parents working, you have the house to yourself for a little while at least.
- >After a few hours of solitude, you hear your mother call you.
- >"Anonymous Nunya. Get down here."
- >Oh god, she doesn't usually call you by your full name unless she is mad.
- >Making your way downstairs, you see her at the bottom holding the flyer.
- >"What is this? You don't plan on doing this do you?"
- "Not sure, was thinking about it though. Kinda don't like getting beat every week."
- >You finish your sentence by pointing at your face.
- >Your mother looks at you, obviously thinking about the situation.
- >"Well, I can't stop you if you really want to do this. It's not going to be easy you know."
- >Standing there you nod through her "It won't be easy" speech she gives every time you start something.
- >Taking your leave from her, you keep to yourself until dinner.
- >Entering your dining room, you father looks up at you from his paper before addressing you.
- >"I hear you're thinking about taking up kick-boxing."
- >Nodding you take your seat.
- >"You know I used to be quite the fighter when I was your age."
- >Sighing you brace yourself for one of your father's "When I was your age" stories.
- >After supper you remove the bandages from your face.
- >Hoping into your shower you begin thinking.
- >Weighing the options in your head, you decide in favor of the lessons.
- >Starting tomorrow you will head to the gym after school.
- >With your mind made, you finish your shower, tell your parents of your decision and head to bed.
- >The next day, school goes by relatively peacefully with the exception of the obligatory name calling from Flash Sentry.
- >Heading to the gym after your last class, you take a look at the people who show up for the lessons.
- >Being the first person there, you get to see who shows up.
- >The majority of the people who show up are either athletic or, like you, are there for self defense.
- >As people sit down on the bleachers, you notice Snips and Snails walk in behind the big muscle guy.
- >Both of them scan the bleachers before seeing you and making their way to you.
- >Before they get to you however, you hear someone yell from the center of the gym.
- >"Sit down Doofuses."
- >Snips and Snails immediately sit down where they are, as everyone else turns their attention to the person shouting in the middle.
- >Standing there was a girl, probably no older than you.
- >Her most distinctive feature being her white hair, which has had the tips dyed purple.
- >As you stare at her she speaks up once again.
- >"You are all here to learn kick-boxing. Well news flash, most of you wont be here tomorrow."
- >People begin looking at each other when someone at the gym door speaks up.
- >"Now Gilda, is that anyway to be talking to people interested in your sport?"
- >This voice is softer yet still had the authoritative tone.
- >Looking over reveals Principle Celestia.
- >Walking over to the center with Gilda, she addresses the crowd.
- >"Ms. Gilda here is a fellow student here and will be teaching you the basics of kick-boxing. Hopefully you all take something out of these lessons."
- >With that she turns to Gilda and nods before leaving.
- >"Yeah as she said I'll be teaching you the basics. Now everyone pair up and grab hitting pads. You're getting a crash course."
- >Standing up, you look around for a partner.
- >However you quickly realize the only one without a partner is you.
- >Sitting on the bottom step of the bleachers, you decide to watch the lesson from the sideline.
- >"Hey twerp, what do you think you're doing?"
- >Without you realizing, Gilda had made her way over to you and was now standing in front of you.
- "Well everyone has a partner. I am the only one left."
- >Not missing a beat Gilda grabs you by your shirt and drags you to the middle of the gym.
- >"Good thing I prefer demonstrating on an actual person."
- >Not liking the sound of that, you grab a set of hitting pads and brace yourself.
- >"Most of you may not have realized, but kick-boxing has kicking. We are going to start with a simple sidekick."
- >She grabs your arms to position the pads in the right place.
- >"If you look where his pads are, that is where you want to aim. Now pay attention cause I am only going to do this once."
- >Without giving you a chance to prepare, she kicks at you.
- >When her kick lands, you wince at the power behind it, and are nearly knocked down.
- >She gives you a satisfied look before throwing another kick.
- >By the time you realize what happened, you are on the floor clutching your stomach.
- >"Don't fuck with me twerp. I will make your life a living hell."
- >Pulling you up forcefully, she grabs the pads from you.
- >"Now give me your best shot."
- >Getting into position, you give her a kick of your own.
- >Your leg connects with the pad with a solid thud.
- >She gives you a smirk after your kick.
- >"Pathetic. Although not surprising. Now make yourself useful and hold these until I get back."
- >Throwing the pads at you, she leaves and goes from group to group belittling them into kicking correctly.
- >By the time she gets back, you can obviously see that she is annoyed.
- >And as she glares at you, you're already putting the pads on and prepared for a kick.
- >Watching you scurry to put the pads on, she laughs at you.
- >"You really are pathetic aren't you twerp?"
- >Taking the pads from you, she pulls you over to the bleachers.
- >"Listen here, I can't have you going around school this pathetic, while taking my lessons."
- >Looking at the ground you turn to grab your things.
- >"Where do you think you're going twerp? I am telling you to stay here after everyone leaves, I will toughen you up one way or another."
- >Swallowing hard at the "or another" part, you nod and head back with her.
- >After another hour and a half of learning kicks and punches by being beat on by Gilda, she dismisses everyone.
- >One by one people begin leaving the gym, and soon enough it is just you and Gilda.
- >Looking around for her, you see her carrying out mats for the floor.
- >Helping her bring them out, you ask her what they are for.
- >"You really aren't very bright are you? How else am I going to teach you?"
- "Okay, then why did you put the hitting pads away?"
- >"I told you I was going to toughen you up didn't I?" she says with a smirk.
- "Right. Actually I completely forgot about this thing I have to do."
- >Glaring angrily at you, she yells at you, while point at the mat she is standing on.
- >"Get over here now. I am not going to just beat on you without teaching you how to block and dodge."
- >Dropping your bag, you walk over to her.
- >"Okay twerp, pay attention. If you don't do this right, it'll hurt you."
- >After teaching you to block, she begins throwing kicks and punches at you.
- >Once you get the gist of blocking and dodging she stops hitting you.
- >"Okay twerp, I am not going to do all of the work. Time for you to try to hit me."
- >Preparing yourself, you begin throwing punches and kicks.
- >Dodging all of your attempts to hit her, she laughs at you.
- >"Come on twerp, you gotta want to hit me."
- "How exactly do yo. . ugh"
- >Before you can finish your question, you get a fist to your stomach.
- >Doubled over once again, you look up at her angrily.
- >"That's it twerp. Now try to hit me." she says in her cocky tone.
- >Getting up, and into position, you throw a punch towards her abdomen.
- >Blocking it, she counters with a punch to your cheek.
- >Stumbling back, you regain your position and throw a kick for her side.
- >As she blocks your kick, she smirks and grabs your leg.
- >Pulling your leg up, she forces you to the ground, causing you to flail and grab the first thing you touch.
- >Before you realize what has happened, you are on your back.
- >It doesn't take you as long to realize you brought Gilda down on top of you.
- >Somehow during the fall she managed to land on your lap, facing away from you.
- >At some point though your body decided it was an appropriate time to stand at attention.
- >"Really Anonymous? You got hard because I fell on you? Or was it because I was kicking your ass?"
- "As If I would be turned on by a monster of a woman like you." you snap back at her.
- >She turns her head, shooting you a vicious look.
- >You give her the cocky look she had given you multiple times that day.
- >Angrily, she returns her attention to your crotch.
- >Grabbing it roughly she laughs.
- >"You call this tiny thing a dick? This thing couldn't satisfy that prude Fluttershy girl."
- >Giving her a taste of her own medicine, you grab her ass.
- "You call this an ass? There's no wonder men don't like you."
- >"That's it twerp, clothes off. Now!" she barks at you.

