Everyone had a mental picture of how Dipper looked; now, everyone realized how off they were seeing him in person. Dipper was hot; they could see that even though his clothes it could see that despite his lean appearance, he had muscle, his hair was trimmed back a little allowing his birthmark to be seen.

"Uh guys?" asked Dipper

Suddenly everyone but Pacifica swarmed on him, hugging him; Soos was crying tears of joy seeing that he's back.

"Dude, I'm so happy you're back. I've missed you…

"I've missed you guys too."

Turning to Wendy with a smile, she said to him with a smile of her own before telling him.

"I believe this is yours." She said, handing him back his pine tree cap while he handed back her hat.

Pacifica smiles, watching everyone welcoming him back; she wanted to hug him too but wanted the people who saw him off to see him first. Initially, she was going to see them off too, but her parents made her stay to get things ready to move into their new home. As everyone moved back, releasing Dipper, he finally noticed Pacifica; at first, she did not recognize her, but her hair & clothes made him realize.

"Pacifica…"

"Hey, dork been a while; you look great." She said blushing

"Thank you too."

"I'll say she does your defiantly wider than you were last year, I can see it in your hips & thighs & you defiantly got more junk in your trunk…look like that protein diet shake you were on worked out," She teased

"Mabel," Dipper said

"It's fine…he said I look great." She thought blushing

"Look, why don't we all head to the shack? I'm sure Dipper has some stories." Said ford

Everyone agreed & headed back to the shack; as they walked around, Dipper was focused on Pacifica; he was amazed at how much she had she how sexy Pacifica had become, unknown to him, she was thinking the same thing. Even though his checking her out was discreet, Mabel knew him long to know when he's attracted to someone.

"I see a match just needing to be made."

Once the shack, Dipper was amazed at how much it changed; it was defiantly more significant he could see rooms were added on to it.

"Wow, the shack looks great…."

"Yup, the old place had a makeover while you were gone, kid." Said as he tapped on the side.

Suddenly the S fell of changing the name to mystery hack, much to Stan's annoyance but everyone's amusement

"The more thing changes, the more they stay the same." Said Dipper

Once inside, Dipper was greeted by melody & Abuela, telling everyone that he'd be back down in a little while. As everyone talked, some of the girls splintered off into their own conversation group, Mabel still gushing over Pacifica's figure.

"Wow, I just can't get how great you look…."

"Thanks. I owe it to Grenda's protein shakes."

"See, I said it makes you bigger & all the right place, my family recipes never fail." She said happily

"Just between us girls, what kind of underwear can you wear now?"

"That's a little personal…but if you must know thongs…everything else I tried wearing turns in to them anyway..." she said, blushing

"Bet Dipper would find that sexy…."

"Don't you dare tell him?"

The other chuckled at her embarrassment, then suddenly, Dipper came back downstairs dressed in his orange shirt, navy blue vest & jeans the same color as his old shorts with a long duffel bag.

"Now I feel like I'm back." He said, fixing his hat

"Hey, dude, what's in the duffel bag?" Asked Soos

"Something really cool..."

Reaching into his bag, he pulled out a strange-looking katana; the others were amazed, wondering how Dipper got such a weapon as they watched him wrap the strap around him.

"Everyone, this is Gunshin: the god of war."

"Where you get that funky sword?" asked Wendy

"I'll tell you, but first, Soos, Stan & ford, can you guys help me set up targets outside."

Within minutes multiple targets were set up for Dipper while everyone stood back watching as he unsheathes his sword.

"You guy ready?"

"Yeah," said everyone

Closing his eyes, focusing the blade on the sword began to glow suddenly. Dipper disappeared, shocking everyone before reappearing in front of two targets, slashing them before leaping back. The moment he landed, the two targets burst into blue flames.

"Sweet lord!" Yelled both Stan & ford

"DUDE! Yelled Soos

"If you like that, you'll love this…."

Leaping into the air, Dipper swung his sword unleashing a crescent shape flame that flew down, taking out a couple more targets as he landed.

"Mother of Mothers." Said, Grenda

"Next, check this out." Said Dipper

Sticking his sword straight out, he began rotating his arm clockwise, leaving a floating flame at the 12, 3, 6 & 9 positions. Taking his stance, the fire started spinning in a clockwise rotation until it became a wheel of fire. Thrusting his sword through the opening unleashed a powerful blast that took out the rest of the targets.

With all the targets down, Dipper spun his sword by the hilt before returning it to its sheathe, causing the blue flames leftover from his demonstration to disappear, leaving the area fine & unburned.

"Well, what do you guys think."

No one spoke; everyone spoke; they were all in a state of shock at what they just saw, making Dipper feel that he may have gone overboard.

"Dipper, where did you get that sword?" asked ford

"I wrote all down in my journal…."

"Journal?"

Leading everyone back inside, Dipper reached into his bag bringing out a journal that looked like ford's but was blue with a pine tree symbol.

"The summers I was a way you wouldn't believe the weird things I've seen…."

"Amazing, I have to read this."

"No need. I'll tell you guys everything."

Everyone sat down listening to his stories ford was following through Dipper's journals, amazed at how detailed it was. Dipper then began to talk about what happened when he was in London, how he stumbled upon & took down a cult ran by vampires, how they were kidnapping humans to continuously draining their blood & keeping them alive with a machine. He then talked about dealing with ghosts in Russia & actually fighting ghost bears.

"Dude, you've seen a lot of action, but how did you get the sword?" said Wendy

"Yeah, dude tells us that," asked Soos

"Okay, it all started last summer."

Dipper began to explain how he was staying at a temple that the head of the study program brought him to while he was in Asia.

"At first, everything was normal. I honestly thought it was going to be my first normal summer in years…then"

Dipper explains that one night he was asleep, he heard a voice calling to him from outside his room.

"I don't know why I followed it, but I had to."

Following the voice, Dipper was led down to the lower levels of the temples into a vast room.

"Suddenly, the ground below me started to shake, then the floor in front opened up, revealing the top part of a dragon's head."

Explaining to them how he tried to escape but the door he entered was gone then is shot fire all over him consuming him.

"The next thing I knew, waking up, I was standing in space right above the earth holding Gunshin."

Suddenly as Dipper looked around, the master of the temple appeared, explaining everything that happened.

"He said that thing that "attacked" me was the Spirit Forge is a mystical hearth that grants mystical weapons to whoever is worthy, he said it sensed my worthiness & brought me to it to test me."

"Cool story, right, Mabel." Asked Candy & Grenda

"I heard it before."

"Anyway, the old man explained how Gunshin is the last of the Fangs of the Dragon; the others were destroyed."

"Well, what happened next." Said ford

Dipper began to explain that he was now bound to Gunshin & how he now commands the flame of the Dragon King & that he needs to be trained to control it.

"So you trusted this guy." Asked Stan

"Kind of had no choice…I had no control over this." He said, creating a flame in his hand

Dipper told them about the intense training to master Gunshin & his new powers under the teaching of the master.

"it felt like I was there for years, but once my training was done, I was consumed by Gunshin's flames again; this time I woke up in a hotel room…with barley a day passed by"

"You must have been in a Time Dilation room." Said ford

"A what?" Asked Wendy

"He means a void outside the normal flow of time & space in which time flows at a slower & faster rate than the normal flow; for example, a day here could be equal to a year in there." Explained Soos

Everyone looked shocked at what Soos said before turning to ford, who was also shocked & could only say.

"He's right."

"Anime dudes never lets me down…."

"The weirdest part is that when I went back to the temple, it was gone, & when I asked the administrator, he claimed he knew nothing of what I was talking about."

"Listen, Dipper, if it's not too much trouble, I like to study your journal & Gunshin."

"Sure, no problem." Handing him Gunshin before watching him go to his lab

As the others continued their conversation, Mabel pulled Pacifica aside to talk to her about something.

"Look, I need you to take Dipper out of the house for a few hours."

"Why"

"I called Stan & ford ahead of time & asked them to get some party supplies so that we can have a party for him…I need you to get him out of the house until later this afternoon so the rest of us can set up plus, I ordered a cake from the bakery that should be here in a few minutes I don't want him to see."

"Why me…?"

"Because I asked Wendy & the others already to help set up, I just need you to distract him; I'm sure you can think of a few ways to keep a guy like him busy." She teased

"Mabel!" she said, blushing

"Okay, please…"

"Fine…"

As the two walked back, Pacifica tried hard to hold back her blushing & keep a straight face.

"Hey Dipper, how would you like me to take you around town show you what's changed?"

"Sure uh, anyone else wants to come."

"Sorry, dude, the shack's opening to tourists in a little while & Wendy & I need to get ready." Said Soos as Wendy nodded

"Yeah, candy & I actually got somethings to take care…."

"Yes…yes, we'll be back later today." Said candy as she left with Grenda

"Mabel?"

"I'm going to take a nap with waddles she said, heading upstairs."

"Well, unless you want to invite someone else, let's go."

With that, Dipper left out with Pacifica, both trying to hide their blushing from each other.

As the two left, candy & Grenda snuck back in through the back door when they knew it was clear.

"Are they gone…"

"Yup, time to give my bro the welcome back he deserves."

End of ch 2