Sorry if it took a bit longer, but I have to check this chapter to make sure I didn't leave any mistakes behind like the last chapter.

Anyway, enjoy!

The Newcomer

An Amazing World of Gumball story

By NeoNimbus

Chapter 3-The Kid: Part 3

Brian couldn't believe how the first day of junior high would turn out. Here he is, at the school gym, already beginning to be filled with several students who have come by to witness him, the new kid, take on the likes of Tina Rex, one of the school bullies, whom he accidentally offended.

Three hours have passed since he had "accepted" the dinosaur's challenge. In spite of his best attempts, alongside the attempts of his new friends, he was unable convince Tina to call off the fight that would be occurring anytime soon. Brian had tried to take his mind off from the fight by focusing on Miss Simian's teaching, but it didn't help that his paws were sweating and trembling with deep fear, even though he did his best to conceal them. Once the school bell rang for the final time, Brian made his way to what was about to be his final destination. Needless to say, Brian wasn't looking forward to this.

"Oh man! Oh man! I can't believe my first and last day at junior high will end like this!"

Trying to remain as calm as possible, Brian looked around at his surroundings, noticing the large crowd gathering to see him and Tina go at it. Noticing three familiar figures from the background, the fox squints hard enough to see that it was Gumball, Darwin and Anais among the crowd. He slightly smiled right back at them; at least he knows the last thing he sees will be that of his new friends

"So, you ready to get your butt whooped, furball?"

Brian's mood suddenly turned sour upon one familiar voice he hoped he wouldn't hear. It was Jamie, one of Tina's friends who made the announcement of the fight. The fox notice a smug look on the tomboy's face.

"You sure are looking forward to it." Brian sarcastically replied.

"Why shouldn't I? I always enjoy seeing saps like you getting pummeled like nothing from Tina."

"Speaking of which…" Anton suddenly spoke out of nowhere. "She should have been here by now."

"Yeah, now that you mention it, where is Sharp Tooth?" asked Jamie

As soon as those words were spoken, Brian looked at his surroundings, trying to get a glimpse of the t-rex. But no matter how hard he tried, Tina was nowhere in sight. Oddly enough, Brian seemed a bit pleased, even giving himself a small smile.

"Maybe she won't show up after all. Perhaps something far more important than this fight has gotten her attention"

Just then, the door to the gymnasium burst wide open, as a certain carnivore made her way to her destination, resulting in silence from the crowd, turning their attentions towards her, including a dismayed Brian.

"I spoke too soon."

Once Tina made her way towards Brian, all he can do is gulp, chills shivering all over his body, as the t-rex literally looked down at her prey. It was the moment that the crowd was waiting for.

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" was all Brian could hear from them, their words chanting loudly all over the gym. The only ones that weren't involved in the chanting were the Watterson siblings, their hands covering their eyes, unwilling to see the carnage he was going to face.

"Well, Brian O'Quinn, looks like this is going be it." Brian took a deep breath, his eyes closed shut and simply just stood, waiting for the punishment the dinosaur is about to serve. But what happened next was simply unexpected.

"Everyone leaves right now!" Tina demanded, prompting the entire crowd to stop chanting, confused by the dinosaur's action. Even Anton and Jamie were surprised by this; this was certainly the last thing they would hear out of their friend's mouth.

"What gives?" Jamie inquires to the t-rex. "I thought you wanted a fight."

"Correction, I said I wanted a one-on-one challenge. In other words, it will only be me and the fox. Everyone else will have to wait outside until the fight is over."

"Wait a minute…" Idaho spoke out. "We didn't come here just to-"

Before he could finish his sentence, he found himself picked up by Jamie, who simply glares. Panic soon sets in on the potato, before he wiggles himself out of the tomboy's hand and fled right back into the crowd. Jamie then turns her attention to the crowd.

"You heard what she said. Everyone leaves the gym as of right now!"

The crowd moaned in disappointment by the sudden change of schedule, but knew fully well what Tina is capable of. They marched right towards the doors, leaving only Brian, Tina, Jamie and Anton at the gym. The tomboy then turned to her carnivorous friend.

"Whatever you do, make sure you don't go too easy on him."

With that, she and Anton headed straight to the doors, closing them right behind them, leaving only Brian and Tina at the gym. All Brian could do was just stare straight at Tina, who simply gives out a devious smile at the fox.

"It's just you me and me." Tina then roars loudly and proceeds to charge towards the defenseless fox.

Brian closed his eyes, his arms raised up to shield himself, bracing for impact, as the t-rex's stomping grew louder with each step. But then, something unusual had occurred: the stomping strangely began to quite with each step. Puzzled, Brian opened his eyes for a quick peek and realized Tina had passed by him, charging right towards the storage closet right behind him.

Tina proceeds to open the closet with her head, grabbing a punching bag with just her jaws. The dinosaur then proceeded to thrash the punching bag on the floor like a rag doll. As Brian witnessed this unusual scene, he could hear the students in the hallway cringing from each thrashing coming from the punching bag.

Tina, satisfied by this response, threw the now worn-out punching bag back to the storage closet, knocking down several pieces of equipment in the process, which in turn caused the students outside to gasp in horror, before the dinosaur closed the closet. Noticing a nearby trash can, the t-rex proceeded to stomp on it, and flatten it like a piece of paper. There was no doubt that this move had the students out in the hallway react with fear.

A speechless Brian couldn't believe what he was just witnessing; earlier, Tina had made it clear that she intended to crush him like an insect. Instead, he finds her thrashing some of the school equipment around and making a mess at the gym.

"Looks like everything is going according to plan" the dinosaur remarks, before turning her attention to the confused fox. Making her way towards Brian, Tina leans forward and proceeded to slightly tear up his hoodie with her tiny arms, leaving a few holes and scratch marks, before ruffling up his hair. At this point, the astonished fox finally spoke.

"What's going on? What are you doing?"

"Simple, furball, I'm giving you a break. Now hold still, I'm almost done." Tina then quickly stomped on the ground and blew the dust right onto Brian, causing him to cough momentarily.

"Finished." said Tina, pleased to see her handiwork is now complete.

Brian couldn't believe what Tina just did right now. Expecting her to pummel him like a fly, she instead acted like she was beating him up, before messing up his clothes to look like it really happened. Something's wasn't adding up at all.

"Wait a minute! What's with this get-up? In fact, why are you doing all of this? Weren't you planning to beat me up?" Brian demanded answers from the t-rex.

Tina's eyes looked away from the fox for a brief moment, expressing discomfort, before eventually responding to Brian's demands.

"Let's just say that three little birdies came by and criticized me for overlooking that what you did this morning was never intentional to begin with. That…and I overreacted."

Brian couldn't help but express pity for her. The tone from her voice softened and her expression was that of sincere honesty. Maybe she wasn't such a bad person after all. Then, he realized something that Tina mentioned not so long ago.

"Three little birdies? Could she have been referring to-"Brian's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, as Tina once again spoke.

"Anyway, just to let you know, I won't be bothering you for a few weeks, simply because you're new around here."

Brian sighed with relief by Tina's mercy. Then, the dinosaur's expression got darker

"But you tell anyone about this and I'll make sure you wish that you were dead."

Brian yelped in fear by the t-rex's threat. Suddenly, Tina smiled and began to chuckle.

"Just kidding, but seriously, don't tell anyone. I want to maintain my reputation."

Brian sighed with relief once more; he's now certain that Tina will let him off the hook for the time being. Turning his attention to the entrance of the gymnasium, then back at Tina, there was only one thing left to do.

"It's show time."

The Watterson siblings couldn't believe what was occurring behind closed doors, as they and the crowd could only speculate. Tina had forced the entire crowd, themselves included, out of the auditorium, making it perfectly clear that the fight was only between Brian and her. Once they left the premise, almost immediately they could hear several thrashings, each louder by the minute. Then, as suddenly as it happened, everything went silent. Darwin turned to Gumball, clearly worried for Brian's wellbeing.

"Gumball, do you think Brian's going to be alright?"

"I honestly don't know, buddy. We'll just have to wait and see." was all Gumball could say.

Then, the doors to the gym burst wide open, and both the crowd and the Watterson siblings gasp; they couldn't believe what they were looking at. It was Brian O'Quinn, barely standing, his paw clutching the side of his body. His hoodie appeared to have been torn to bits, his hair was messy and his body was covered with bruises all over the place.

"Oh…the pain…I think…I think I'm about…to black out…" Brian could barely speak, but thankfully, Gumball came by and managed to hold his friend rather still before they headed to the nurse's office. Following this, the crowd soon discussed what they have seen, especially Tina's friends.

"Wow!" Jamie spoke with a tone of shock and disbelief. "I knew Tina can be violent, but even I find this disturbing."

"Maybe she knew fully well that what she was about to do was simply too disturbing for any of us to handle." Anton responded.

As the crowd's discussion continues, Darwin and Anais noticed Tina coming by. The duo clearly expressed their disappointment at the carnivore for her apparent, selfish action. Then, the dinosaur smiled and simply winked right back at them. It was then that the duo realized what truly occurred. With this, the duo headed towards to Gumball's direction to inform the blue feline of what really happened.

Brian and the Watterson siblings made their way to the school's entrance, once they were certain that everyone has went their separate ways for today. The purple fox was relieved that both Darwin and Anais managed to get to the nurse's office just in time, both to explain Gumball of what really occurred between him and Tina, as well as drawing the nurse's suspicion away from his "injuries" and sudden recovery. It also helped that the child prodigy was quick to repair the damages from his clothes, remove the dust that were on him and undo his messy hair. Thank goodness his mother hasn't shown up yet or she would have panicked.

As the four sat on the steps, Brian turned his attention to the trio.

"I don't know how you three managed to convince Tina to let me off the hook, but I'm grateful for whatever you guys did."

"Don't mention it." Darwin cheerfully said.

"Besides…" Anais began to talk. "It was Gumball who needs to be thanked. He came up with the idea to talk Tina Rex into giving you a break."

"Heh, it was nothing." Gumball bashfully responded, scratching his head sheepishly. Brian couldn't help but smile.

"Regardless, it was nice of you guys to help me out of this situation."

Just then, someone honked on the wheel, gaining Brian's attention. The purple fox turns around and saw his mother on the driveway, waiting patiently for him, before he turns to the trio.

"Looks like my ride's shown up; does anyone need a ride home?" Brian asked as he was getting into the vehicle.

"Thanks, but we know our way around town." Darwin responded.

"Alright then, see you guys tomorrow." With that, Brian waved his good-byes to the Watterson kids before they disappeared from his sight. Mrs. O'Quinn noticed her son's mood and his actions as she and her son drove home and couldn't help but smile.

"Didn't I tell you that you'll make a few friends around here?" she noted about their previous conversation this morning.

"And you were right mom. Not only that, they managed to leave a good impression." Brian responded back with a smile.

"I'm glad you're giving this town and your new school a chance."

As Mrs. O'Quinn continues to drive, Brian looked out through the window, thinking of the crazy event that had occurred since this morning.

"It may not have been a perfect day, but everything turned out alright in the end. Maybe Elmore isn't such a bad place after all."

As Brian looks forward to his new life, he remains blissfully unaware of the misadventures both he and his new friends would find themselves in and how much of an influence they would have on him.

Next time on The Newcomer

Chapter 4-The Sleepover-Part 1

Brian decides to visit his new friends for the weekend in order to get to know them a lot better and soon discovers just how unusual their family lives are, especially when he meets their parents for the first time.

Tidbits

-Sorry if this chapter is a few pages shorter, but at the very least, this concludes the Kid as well as Brian's first (and certainly not the last) misadventures he finds himself in.

-Regarding a love interest, it's way too soon to give him one yet. However, at some point, it'll certainly happen, but for now, I want to focus on Brian's misadventures with the Wattersons.

As always, I wouldn't have completed this chapter without some help from my beta reader and I want to thank him for that.

Hope you enjoyed reading and see ya next chapter!