Wow! I didn't expect that much reviews for just one chapter. I really appreciate that. Also, I wanted to thank my beta reader RK for helping me out on the first chapter and this chapter as well. I apologize for not mentioning him when I should have.

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Update: I apologized for suddenly removing and re-uploading this chapter, but my beta reader pointed out several mistakes that I have accidentally overlooked. Anyway, it's fixed and hopefully I won't have to do something like that again. Thanks for understanding.

The Newcomer

An Amazing World of Gumball story

By NeoNimbus

Chapter Two-The Kid: Part 2

The afternoon had arrived at Elmore Junior High, as the cafeteria slowly began to fill up with hungry patrons who have waited long enough to get some grub. Some came just to satisfy their hunger and others simply wanted to be among friends, discussing current events and socializing with one another. Among the chatters and the aroma of foods, a certain blue feline and a two-legged fish sat side by side, each holding their own meals; sitting with them is a certain purple fox, still frozen in fear.

Ever since Brian "accepted" Tina's challenge, he has remained as stiff as a statue, to the point that Gumball and Darwin had to carry him to the cafeteria. Even the decedent flavors from today's menu wouldn't snap him back into reality. Seeing Brian in this state had the duo deeply worried.

"Gumball, how long do you think he'll stay like?" Darwin asks his feline friend with great concern.

"I don't know, buddy, but he can't stay like this forever. He'll have to move eventually."

Gumball waves his paw right in front of the fox's face, then snaps his finger a couple of times, but it did little to get Brian out of his traumatized state. Undeterred, the feline pulled a blow horn out of his pocket and proceeded to press the canister as hard as he can., causing the fox's fur to frizz out, but Brian remained unaffected by the sheer force from the canister. At this point, Gumball is beginning to loose his patience with the petrified fox.

"C'mon, man, what's going to take to get you to move again?"

"Hey Gumball, hey Darwin" said one tiny voice the duo knew all too well. Gumball and Darwin turns to see Anais near the table, with a book resting on her arm. The pink bunny noticed Brian, the new student she met this morning, completely spooked for some reason.

"What happened to him?"

"Gumball made Brian accept Tina's challenge at the gym this afternoon after he realizes that she is a girl." Darwin responded. Anais simply shook her head in disbelief and glared at her older brother for his action.

"I just assume that it wouldn't be such a big deal for him." Gumball reacted defensively

"You shouldn't have assumed anything to begin with." Anais scolded her brother, receiving nothing but a nervous laughter in response. Anais sighed in annoyance; of all the things Gumball has done in the past, this was by far the most idiotic stunt he pulled. Still, with the right motivation, he can make it up for it.

"Alright, Gumball, I'm going to help you out fix this mess. But promise me that you won't make the situation much worse for Brian than it already."

"You really mean it, sis?"

"I am your sister, after all."

"Oh, thank you so much" was all Gumball could say to his little sister, grateful that he won't have to handle this situation on his own.

"First, let's get Brian out of his state." Anais noted.

"Don't worry about it, Anais. I think I know what to do." Darwin spoke, as he makes his way to the fear-stricken fox. With a little bit of aiming, he proceeded to slap Brian on the face. The sheer force from the flipper was enough to snap Brian out of his trance, leaving nothing but an imprint.

"Thanks, I really needed that."

Brian then turned his attention to a rather nervous Gumball, who simply waved his paw and smiled meekly.

"You knucklehead!" Brian began, speaking in tone of anger and panic. "Why did you proceed to pull off such a move like that? I didn't even have a say in it to begin with! What were you thinking?!"

Gumball paused momentarily, hesitant to answer. After a while, he knew there was one way to explain for his excuse.

"I wasn't thinking to begin with."

Brian's anger slowly eroded, noticing Gumball's expression has been that of genuine guilt. He could have remained angry at the blue feline, but it was technically not his fault to begin with. In an effort to show there are no hard feelings, Brian sighed and spoke to Gumball.

"Gumball, this wasn't entirely your own fault to begin with. I was the one who opened my mouth and accidentally offended Tina."

"But that still doesn't change the fact that she'll crush you like a ragdoll. I should know; I was involved in a similar situation like this before" said Gumball.

Stunned by the feline's admission, Brian's mood lightened up a little.

"Do you have a solution then on how to deal with Tina?" he asked eagerly, hoping he just found the answer to his problem. But what came out of the cat's mouth isn't what he had in mind.

"I, um, ran away from her?" Gumball sheepishly replied.

Brian's mood suddenly changed to that of disappointment and annoyance. That…that was the solution Gumball has to offer? Running away from that monstrosity?

"That's not going to help my situation right here."

"You know…" Anais began, cutting right in front of Gumball. "There are a few things you can do to convince Tina to give you a break."

Brian raised his eyebrow, interested to see what the child prodigy has in mind.

"I'm listening."

Whenever someone needs to look for reference, perform some basic research for their homework or simply just to read in peace, such as books about origami or the secrets of cooking the perfect spicy chicken, the school library has always been the one and only solution.

But Brian didn't come to the library for any of these choices. He just learned from Anais that the library was one of the few places that Tina would show up, not to read books, but to simply force unfortunate souls from their money. He poked his head around the corner of the shelf, witnessing the dinosaur shaking down an unlucky student, a red bird, every bit of his money he has on him. Once she was done with him, she rejoiced with all the free cash she has earned for today.

Brian sighed; he couldn't believe what he was about to do. But if it means to get Tina off his back, if only for a moment, then it must work.

"Here goes nothing."

Taking a deep breath, the purple fox slowly makes his way to the dinosaur. Sensing something amiss, the t-rex turns around and saw Brian coming towards her, though she hardly happy to see him. She was still upset by his response not so long ago.

"What do you want? You'll get it coming in less than three hours."

Brian gulped; his paws and head were sweating with anxiety and his body trembled in fear. Nevertheless, he managed to keep his composure long enough to talk to her.

"Tina, there's something I got to say to you."

Curious, Tina leans forward to the fox, wanting to hear what he has to say.

"I-I'm sorry if I offended you or anything. I shouldn't have said that out loud in front of everyone. But I wanted to let you know that what I did back there was simply an accident. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings like that. So please, find it in your heart to accept this heartfelt apology."

Surprisingly, she seems affected by this. Tina ponders for a moment, and then looks right back at Brian.

"Alright, apology accepted."

Brian smiled a little bit. Maybe Anais' advice is working after all.

"So were cool?"

The dinosaur laughed for a while before she spoke back.

"No."

Brian was stunned by Tina's response. How could she accept his apology and still looking forward to beating him up this afternoon? This isn't the outcome he was hoping for.

Panicking, Brian pulled a few change from his pocket to give to Tina, hoping this would be enough to please her.

"I-I g-got some extra changes from the cafeteria. You k-know, h-half of the l-l-lunch money that was mentioned earlier?"

"I already have enough for today."

Brian gave himself a facepalm; he just remembered that she has looted the red bird most of his money not too long ago.

"Well, um…why don't I do your homework?" At this point, he was practically begging on his knee.

"I already have Anton doing that for me. Now get lost! I got to warm up for your punishment."

With that, Tina walked away from Brian, disappearing from his sights. The fox couldn't believe it; not one of Anais' suggestions worked at all.

Just then, the Watterson siblings came by, noticing that Brian was dumbstruck. Curious, Anais is the first to speak up.

"So, how did it go?"

"I apologize just like you said"

"And…?"

"She accepted it, but still plans to beat me up after school."

"Are you serious?! How could she accept your apology and still go through with her plan?!" Anais couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Did you try to bribe her?" Darwin inquire to Brian

"I did, but she already got enough from another student."

"And I'm betting that doing favors for her had no effect at all." Gumball noted. Brian nods his head in response, confirming the cat's belief. Gumball and Darwin then looked to Anais' about the failed attempt.

"Alright, you guys, none of my advice worked, I get it. But we still need to figure out how to solve this"

Then, as if on cue, Darwin raised his flipper wildly, as if he was on to something.

"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I think I have found the solution!"

"You do?" Gumball, Anais and Brian asked him simultaneously.

Out in the schoolyard, students were playing sports, discussing the latest gossips or simply goofing off, taking advantage of the break they had before it was time to head back to class. But for Brian, alongside Gumball and Anais, they came by because Darwin has something to offer for the fox.

"Alright, Darwin, why are here?" the fox inquired

"Simple, Brian. Because I have the answer that will help you protect from Tina."

Darwin heads to the side of the restroom, pushing a cardboard box to the trio. Once he made it to his destination, he removed the cardboard box, revealing some sort of suit, almost made entirely of pans and pots.

Brian was mystified by this creation; how was this supposed to protect him?

"Darwin." Gumball spoke suddenly. "You've done that plan already and it didn't even work."

Brian and Anais looked at Gumball, and then to Darwin, both seemed to be surprise by this. But the fish didn't seem to be too worried.

"Only because it was made out of a bucket, cardboard boxes and trash can lids. This time, I'm made a few changes around and I'm certain that this won't fail."

"Just one question: where did you get all of these pans and pots?" Anais asked.

Richard was rummaging through the refrigerator, gathering which foods where available to prepare for a late lunch. Pulling from the fridge was a loaf of bread, along with dozen slices of cheeses and a ham.

Satisfied with what was available, Richard checked the pantry, but finds it completely empty.

"Strange, I could have sworn it was filled with pots and pans."

"That's not important right now, Anais. What is important is to show how effective this is. Brian, do you mind?"

"What do I have to loose?" Brian just shrugged his shoulder and walks to the makeshift suit. Then, Darwin began attaching the suit onto Brian, piece by piece, until the fox's body is all covered up, head-to-toe. Brian has to admit: despite the tight fit, plus the absurd idea, this might actually work out after all.

"You know, Darwin, maybe this plan of yours isn't so bad."

"Thanks. Now, time to perform some demonstration."

"Demonstration? What demon-"Suddenly, a barrage of dodge balls appeared out of nowhere, repeatedly hitting the suited up fox without mercy. Despite the suit's tough exterior, Brian still felt pain all over the place; it wasn't effective at all. As soon as the last dodge ball was thrown, Brian, dazed, hurt and bruised, fell to the ground, the suit collapsing in the process.

Darwin was puzzled and confused; he was certain that it was going to work.

"Oh well" Darwin said happily, like it was nothing. He then turns to Banana Joe, Bobert and Juke, each holding a dodge ball.

"Thanks for helping me out."

"No problem." Banana Joe said, before they walked away.

"Hey Brian, are you alright?" Gumball pulls Brian from the now ineffective suit, helping him regain his balance.

"I'm fine, Gumball, thanks. But I'm still going to be dead meat." Brian sighed, depressed that another solution to his problem faded away.

"Don't be such a downer. I'm sure everything will be alright. I mean, it's not like the answer is coming right at you."

Just then, the four felt the ground shake, each step getting louder by the minute. Once the rumbling stopped, the four turned around and see who it is. For the Watterson siblings, it was a familiar face but for Brian, he was amazed by the individual.

Standing right in front of him was a gorilla of sort, but huge, even more so than Tina. His entire body was covered in multi-colored furs, with the exception of his purple hands and feet. He didn't know what to make of this.

"Hey guys" the giant spoke with a large voice.

"Hey Hector" Gumball, Darwin and Anais responded, waving their hands right back at him. Brian looked at them, astonished that the trio knew someone like him. But at least he knows that this is someone on the friendlier side.

"Hector, I like you to meet our new friend Brian" Darwin introduces the giant to the fox.

"Nice to meet you, Brian" the giant kneels down and starts to shake Brian's hand.

"Right back at you, Hector" Brian responded. Once they finish their greetings, Hector noticed the fox's behavior; he seemed a bit worried.

"And I'm interrupting anything?" Hector asks.

Before Gumball could say anything, he paused, looking at Brian, then Hector, then right back at his friend. That's it! This could be the solution to Brian's situation.

"Not at all, Hector. In fact, we were looking for you. Isn't that right, guys?" Gumballs winks back at the trio. Almost immediately, they soon realize what Gumball is on to. Among them, Darwin was the first to talk

"That's right. In fact we need your help on Brian's behalf."

"What is it that you need?" said Hector

"Well, you see, Brian is about to fight someone at the gym this afternoon and he's been trying to find a way out of this mess. We tried our best to help him, but no matter how hard we try, nothing seems to be working. Could you please come help our friend?"

Hector ponders for a moment, while the four patiently waits for an answer. Finally, the giant gave a response.

"Sure, anything for a friend."

The four shouts with joy and optimism, especially for Brian.

"Finally, my problems are over!"

His thoughts are interrupted by Hector once more.

"By the way, who is giving Brian trouble?"

"Tina Rex"

Suddenly, Hector stopped moving, clearly struck by his friends' answer. Then, the giant starts to fumble with his fingers; Brian senses that was not a good sign.

"Um…you know…I suddenly heard my mother calling…so…see you later."

With that, Hector turned to the opposite direction, before disappearing from the groups' sight. They couldn't believe what just happened: Hector, of all people, had suddenly refused to aid them despite agreeing to do so, ditching them when they needed him the most.

"I knew this was too good to be true."

Brian sighed, depressed and dismay that this was going nowhere.

"Guys, I appreciate what you have done, but it looks like I'm about to meet my maker."

"Brian! Don't say stuff like that!" Anais scolded.

"But it's true! Every time we seem to find the answer to fix this mess, it ends up making things worse! Face facts, I'm a goner." With that, Brian heads straight to the school, resigned to the fate that was about to meet him three hours from now. Gumball, Anais and Darwin just stood, clearly dismayed that their best effort to help Brian was all for nothing.

"What should we do?!" Darwin exclaimed. "We need to find a way to resolve this before Brian's a goner!"

"But we tried everything, Darwin and none of them worked. Normally, I'm the smart one and for once I have nothing." Anais started to explain

"But we can't let Brian meet his maker, or whatever that supposes to mean." Darwin retorted.

"Maybe we haven't tried everything." Gumball finally spoke, as Anais and Darwin turned their attention towards him.

"What are you getting at?" Anais inquired her older brother.

Gumball sighed and after taking a deep breath, begins to explain to them.

"There's one way we haven't tried, but you're not going to like this…"

As the students started to get the required materials before the bell rings, Tina stomped throughout the hallway towards her locker. It has been several minutes since she had done her warm-ups this afternoon, looking forward to pummeling that purple fox as payback for that insult. She can hardly wait to relish the opportunity.

As she finally made it to her destination, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and spotted the Watterson siblings right next to her locker. What are these three bozos doing here to begin with?

"What do you three want? I have no business with any of you for the moment." Tina demanded.

"Gumball, are you sure this was such a good idea?" Darwin whispered back to his friend.

"We don't have much of a choice. We just only got one shot."

Gumball then nudges Anais, who simply walks right towards to the t-rex.

"We want to talk to you about Brian."

"What about him?" Tina asked, a bit curious to see what she has to say.

"We just wanted to you give him a break. It's his first time here."

"No way, not after what he did."

"But Tina…" Darwin spoke up. "It really wasn't his fault to begin with. I was kind of responsible to begin with."

"Plus, he didn't accept your challenge by choice. I ended up making that choice for him." Gumball responded, while hiding right behind the fish.

"That still changes nothing."

At this point, Anais' patience with the dinosaur almost reaches its limit.

"Tina, Brian never meant to insult on your purpose. He had no idea that you were girl and I'm certain that outburst he made wasn't done on purpose. He even apologized for his action, yet you still want to beat him. The point is Brian made a mistake and took full responsibility for it. That should be enough for you to let him off the hook."

Tina paused for a moment to think what Anais has to say, before she glared right back at her.

"Tell me one good reason why I should do such a thing."

The trio looked at one another, trying to find such a reason. Finally, Gumball was the first to talk.

"Because Tina, underneath that rough exteriors of yours, lays a sensitive individual who is merely misunderstood. Do you remember the time back at the junkyard when you complained how everyone thinks that you were a brute and I assure you I thought otherwise?"

Tina's stopped to think about what the feline has to say. It's true; Gumball never had any ill thoughts about her in spite of the fact that she has always made him his frequent target every chance she had.

"Or what about when you mentioned that you always wanted to own a toy?" Darwin points out

"And that Daisy helps you go to sleep because you were afraid of going to sleep at night?" Anais added.

That's right, how could she have forgotten about it? Sleeping at night was quite different ever since the bunny allowed her to keep the doll. Not to mention that she did distract the her dad, long enough for them to make a quick escape from the junkyard.

Tina was at a loss of words; she didn't know what to say.

"Look Tina." Anais started to talk. "We know that you're not a bad person deep down. You're a living being with feelings just like everyone else. Brian is no different from that. But try to look deep in your heart and do what you feel is the right thing to do for once."

Once she was done talking, Anais, along with Gumball and Darwin, leave until they were out of Tina's sight, leaving the t-rex some time to think about what they have to say.

Next time on The Newcomer

Chapter 3-The Kid: Part 3

As Brian prepares to face the inevitable, what actions does Tina Rex have in stored for the fox?

Tidbits

-Originally, I planned to conclude the Kid by this chapter. But after doing a double take, I realized I underestimated the length of the pages. I also debated whether or not I should extend this chapter. In the end, I decided to just save the conclusion for The Kid next chapter.

-It took me a long while to find a way to finish this chapter, but thanks to RK, I eventually manage to complete it.

If you have any suggestions or ideas for future chapters, feel free to either leave them on your reviews or PM me. I honestly don't mind because I may hit a writer's block at some point and one of your ideas can be useful to help progress the story further. However, I can't be 100% guaranteed that most submitted ideas will be used.

Thanks and hope you enjoyed this chapter.