I'll try to keep it present tense. It isn't easy shoving some scenes in that have to be there, like I said this used to be 7 seperate stories.
The next morning, Tails hurries out of bed and immediately gets ready for the day and rushes out the door. He spins his tails to speed up and runs through the forest near his house towards Angel Island. He flies up to it, since it is floating, and runs towards the center where the shrine and Knuckles should be. And he is there, sitting and staring at nothing. Tails runs up to him.
"Am I late?" He asks.
"For what?"
"Cream's guardian training."
"Uh, no." Knuckles looks at the sun "She shouldn't be here for about an hour. Why would you come?"
"Uh, because I'm interested."
Knuckles raises an eyebrow but shrugs, "Fine, just don't get in the way"
Tails smiles, "So, what should we do till she gets here?"
Knuckles shrugs but doesn't say anything.
"I shouldn't even have asked" Tails murmurs.
Tails spends the hour examining the area around the shrine. The shrine is made out of a very old simple concrete. That's what he found out over boredom. He bets Knuckles didn't even know that. When Cream finally arrives, he's already wishing he didn't come. Knuckles leads him and Cream away the shrine into the woods. They are lead to an open area that is a little rough.
"Tails, what are you doing here?" Cream asks him.
"I'm just watching." He replies. He sits down on a rock near by to watch.
"Okay, Cream, let's start now." Knuckles tells her
"Start what?" She asks.
"What do you mean? I'm going to teach you how to fight."
"Why?"
"Because it is necessary to know how to defend against people!"
"Why?"
"Because not all people are nice and go for talking things through!"
Cream scratches her head a little. "Okay…but why not?"
Knuckles growls and slaps his forehead. Tails chuckles a little.
"We've to more to do than I thought…"Knuckles whispers to himself.
Knuckles, after explaining why she needs to learn this, begins to teach her basic punches and moves, she seems to understand fine. But then she begins to get tired after Knuckles has her do a few weird drills. He has to give her a break often, but Cream slowly learns how to fight and be a tougher person. The day goes by slowly, Tails tries to stay entertained, but sometimes they did the same thing over and over again. Of course, there were a few problems with Cream's lack of taste for this and she isn't that strong, but it finally came down to Cream's final test.
"Alright Cream," Knuckles begins, "it's time we saw how strong I've made you now. Your final test will be to fight against me!"
Cream stammers a little. "Fight you! B-but I'm just a beginner!"
"Yeah, Knuckles, how do you expect her to beat you?" Tails asks.
"I don't." He answers. "I just want to see how good she does."
"But Knuckles-" Tails tries to say.
"Hey! Who's the teacher here?"
"You."
"That's right, so what I say goes." Tails frowns. "Alright Cream, whenever you're ready!"
Cream swallows nervously and faces Knuckles. This would be her first fight against someone, anyone. She had just spent the last 6 hours training for this; if she lost then it would make it all seem pointless. She looks in Knuckles eyes, who are a little anxious. Cream gathers her courage and jumps at Knuckles.
Knuckles lurches to the side and out of the way. He throws a punch at Cream. It hits her on the cheek. She puts her hand where he hit her. She'd rarely before ever gotten hurt, and she wasn't used to it. She gets herself to throw a punch back, but Knuckles easily dodges it. He strikes again, but Cream thinks fast and jumps back. She flaps her ears so she can fly and charges towards Knuckles. Knuckles ducks, but Cream stops above him and kicks him in the head. He falls back and nearly trips over himself, but holds his ground. Knuckles jumps at Cream, but Cream moves, still flying.
Tails watches as if it's entertainment. Cream is actually putting up a fight and giving Knuckles something to look out for. He watches as Cream gives Knuckles a blow in the chest. Knuckles stammers, this was a lot harder than he thought it would be. He might actually lose! Cream catches him off guard and hits him in the head. He falls towards the ground but he uses his hands to catch himself. Before he can pull himself up though, Cream kicks him in the back and he hits the ground. Sense he hit the ground, he loses…
Sonic barges into Tails house. He and Tails were going to go look for Chaos Emeralds together, so Eggman can't get them; he's obviously up to something.
"Tails!" He yells through the house, but no answers. "That's weird." He walks by a table and sees a note on it. He picks it up and reads it.
"Sonic, I went to Angel Island to watch Cream train with Knuckles; sorry I can't help you look for Emeralds. Use the radar next to this note to find them. –Tails"
Sonic looks at the small, handheld radar next to him, just big enough to fit in his hands. "Hm, I guess I'm on my own." He grabs the radar and zooms out of the house.
That's it for right now, but I'll be back!