~~~~~~~~~Dipper's POV~~~~~~~~~

Soos had decided to bring us all to the arcade. Mabel and Stan weren't fan of these sorts of games, but (y/n) and I came to hang out here often, so I decided to bring Wendy along this time!

At the moment, we were playing one of my favorite games, Fight Fighters, and I had just one the round.
I raised an arm in victory, Wendy looking at me. "What? You cheated!"

"You take that back!" I laughed after mimicking one of the voices from the game, and she laughed too, this was going great!

"Round two!!!"

"I'm gonna punch the referee!" Wendy said as she started to press buttons.

I snickered, doing the same as her. "Let's gang up on him!"

However, I felt a chill go down my spine at the sound of Robbie's voice, and I turned to see him now wrapping an arm around her. "Wendyyy, what's up, babe? Yeah, just putting up some fliers for my band. I'm lead guitar, no biggie."

I tilted my head a bit as I looked at the flyer he showed. "Are you wearing mascara?"

"Uh, it's eye paint for men." He said, though it sounded more of a question.

Wendy smiler. "Oh hey Robbie! Dipper was just showing me this great game!"

"Oh yeah, sweet sweet." That's when he stood beside me and pushed me to the side. "How's about you sit this one out, k champ?"

I bit my lip, not really wanting to say anything problematic. "But.. we just stared this round.."

"Whoa whoa whoa, hey, relax, man. I'm just trying to spend a little time with my girlfriend, alright?"

Wendy peeked at me from behind Robbie, giving me a sheepish smile. "It'll just be one round."

"Round three, FIGHT!!!"

As they began playing, Wendy starting to explain. "So hey, I'm going camping tomorrow with my dad so I won't be around-"

"Oh cool, cool, yeah!!!" I could tell Robbie wasn't paying any attention to her, which made my blood boil.

He was such a jerk!

Realizing I wasn't gonna get to play with Wendy again, I let out a sigh and began to walk away. However, when I turned the corner, I accidentally bumped into someone.

Thankfully, it was (y/n) who I bumped into. "Whoa, you doing okay, PT?"

I forced on a smile, nodding. "Yeah, I'm fine.."

She didn't believe me, obviously, I was never the best at lying. Then, placing a hand on my shoulder, she smiled. "How about we ditch this place for a bit? I know this great ice cream place nearby, it'll get you away from your Wendy troubles."

The idea didn't sound bad at all, so I nodded in response and left with her. It was a small shop, but had a lot of different flavors.

We both ordered tripled scoops, each one a completely different flavor, but they were really good!

As we walked down the sidewalk, I noticed a small group of kids our age looking in our direction, laughing and mumbling things to each other. I suddenly felt self conscious about myself, looking around me to see if there was anything embarrassing on me.

"It's not you, Pinetree." I looked up at (y/n), who just continued to walk casually. "Just basic bullies from school who have nothing better to do in their summer vacation. Kinda sad actually."

I snickered, and she smiled at me. I really did like having her around, everything was just... better!

Her presence alone always brought a smile to my face, kinda like when I was with Wendy.. I bit my lip at the thought, no, I couldn't like two girls at the same time!

Right..?

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The next day, we were all playing cards in our lunch break and being totally salty because Mabel was winning.

"King me!!!" She yelled as she placed her cards down, and we all groaned in response.

(y/n) crossed her arms. "This sucks!"

"She doesn't even know what we're playing!!" Stan yelled in even more frustration.

Mabel shrugged. "Gold fish?"

That's when we all grew confused at the awful music that started playing from outside, sharing glances with each other.

Soos tried to unblock his ears. "Dude, I think I'm picking up a radio station inside my head."

Mabel then gasped. "Try blinking to see if you can change the channel!"

Soos did as told, but not surprisingly, nothing happened.

"Wendy!!!" We all cringed at the sudden voice that yelled from outside.

(y/n)'s head fell back with an annoyed groan. "It's Robbie."

"Robbie? Is it that jerky twerp I see making goo goo eyes at Wendy all the time?" Stan asked, reorganizing the cards.

"Yep."

Soos looked at us with a frown. "He called me 'Big Dude' once. I mean I know I'm a big dude, but it kinda hurt."

"Should I send Waddles with him again?" Waddles chewed on Mabel's sleeve, making he laugh. "Whoa, easy tiger!"

I could feel the anger boiling inside me, so I still p. "I'll handle it."

"Oooh!!!"

Stan laughed. "Conflict!!!"

I walked out of the shack, trying my best not to cringe at Robbie'd vocals. "Wendy! Wendy, Wendy! Wendy! C'mon out, girl! C'mon down!"

"You realize she's not here, right?"

"Yes?" He scoffed at me, then was quiet for a second. "What?"

"She's out camping with her family today." I crossed my arms, looking away as I muttered to myself. "And if you listened to her for once you'd know that.."

"What was that?!"

Looking back up, I grew a bit pale at his glare. "I- just said she's not here."

"No, no, no! You want to get into it, huh? Let's get into it, kid! You think I don't know what's been going on, huh? It's obvious you've got a thing for my girlfriend, don't you? Don't you?!"

"What? No! C'mon, man!" I tried to play it off with an awkward chuckle, but he had already pulled his phone out.

"Yeah, I'm sure she's just dying to ask out a 12-year old kid who wears the exact same shorts every day. Hey, here's an idea: why don't I call her right now and see if she wants to go out on a date with you?"

Panic began to rise inside me as his smirk only grew wider. "Hey! Look-! Don't! You don't have to-!"

"Oh! Don't! Please, man!" He mimicked me, holding up at phone as he pressed the call button. "What're you gonna do, huh? What, huh?"

"Hello?" Wendy's voice was heard through the phone, and I gulped back a gasp.

Out of instinct, I smacked Robbie's cell phone out of his hand, but it hit the ground, the screen shattering into pieces. I backed away, eyes wide at the realization of what I had done.

"My phone!"

"I- I'll buy you a new one!"

"Oh no, you're not getting off that easy!" I grew even more pale when he grabbed by the collar of my shirt, about to punch me.

Stan then poked his head out from the window. "Hey! I know a fight when I see one! Stay right there!"

When he left, Robbie threw me onto the ground, making me let out a grunt as he glared at me. "You. Me. Circle Park. 3 o'clock. We finish this."

As he walked away, there was only more fear rising inside me. Stan then came back, holding a bucket of popcorn. "Aw, he's gone! I was just gonna call the boys over to place a few bets! (Chews popcorn) The smart money's on Skinny Jeans."

Once back inside the shack, everyone already knew what happened, and there wasn't much to explain.

You know, except the fact I was gonna die soon!

"What was I thinking?!? I can't fight!!! I've never been in a fight before!!! Look at this noodle arms!!!" I waved my arms around in a panic.

Stan took a sip of his soda. "Just bonk him over the head, it nature's snooze button!"

Mabel then let out a chuckle. "Boys, we can't you hate each other in secret? Like girls do!"

"Then I guess I'm not a girl, I take them on head to head." (y/n) replied to Mabel as she leaned back on her chair.

"Maybe he'll just forget about it! Maybe it'll all blow over!" I let out a forced laugh, scared out of my mind.

Soon shrugged. "I dunno, Dipper. Teenagers are dangerous. Those hormones turn them into like killing machines!"

"Really..?!?"

"Oh yeah, dude. My cousin Reggie got in a fight with a teen once, the guy broke like all his arms, all his legs, and I think killed him or something, I dunno. Me and Reggie were just talking about it."

"Soos, your mentally worries me." (y/n) said, making Soon look at her confused.

I walked back to a wall, desperately gasping for air. "I can't stay here!!! What if Robbie comes back?!? I gotta hide!!!"

(y/n) hopped off her chair and walked over to me. "Dude, calm down, Soos is exaggerating!"

"Look, kid, you got yourself a choice here. You can either go face him like a man, or you can hide indoors like a wimp. What'll it be?"

I thought about Stan's question for a long while, until I finally came up with an answer.

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"Wimp it is." Soos said as he played in one of the arcade machines. I had decided to stay at the arcade place for the time being, just to be safe.

I let out a sigh. "C'mon Soos, Robbie's twice my size. I mean, what will getting myself killed accomplish? I just need to hide here until 3 o'clock passes." I looked at watch, which turned into 11:30, making me groan in frustration. "This day will never end!"

"Relax, Dipper. Just try not to think about Robbie." He gave me a friendly smile.

However, when I looked at the wall, there were so many posters of his stupid concert thing, all with the words 'You're dead!'

Yes, I know, you don't have to rub it in!!

After a while, I began playing Fight Fighters to pass the time, muttering things to myself. "Stupid Robbie. Such a jerk!"

"Round One!!!" Fight!!!"

I lost the first round, with got a small growl out of me. "K.O!!! Continue?!?"

"A WINNER NEVER RUNS AWAY FROM A FIGHT!!!"

I sighed at my game character's words. "That's easy for you to say, you have more than one life. Ugh, I wish one of these guys would fight Robbie for me."

Accidentally dropping my coin, I leaned on the side of the game to her it back, but something caught my eye. There was something written on it, and I dusted it off to read. "'To unleash ultimate power?' I do like things that are ultimate."

I stood back up after reading the cheat code that was left for me. "Back, back, hold, forward, back, forward, down, hold, quarter circle, forward, triple punch!"

The machine turned off at my last move, making me shrug. "I guess it didn't work."

However, the screen lit up in white, making me back away a little nervous. "Uh, Soos..?!"

"SELECT YOUR CHARACTER!!!"

"Um... Rumble McSkirmish..?"

To my surprise, my favorite character jumped out of the machine, standing in front of me as he yelled.

I stared in awe. "Whoa..! You're real..?!"

Bringing my hand back, he did the same as me. "HIGH FIVE!"

I pulled my hand back as I flinched. "Ow! Your pixels are really sharp! Ugh!"

"GREETINGS, CHILD-BOY! I AM RUMBLE MCSKIRMISH, FROM THE U.S.A! PUNCH! KICK! PUNCH! KICK!!"

He kicked me on accident, but it didn't hurt much. "Ow! Cooool!"

I watched as he went over to a change machine. "CHANGE MACHINE! CHANGE ME INTO A POWERFUL WOLF!! HWAAAAH!!!" He then smashed it. Jeez this guy's brutal.

"With Rumble around, Robbie will be so scared, I won't even need to fight him. I've got the world's greatest fighter to be my bodyguard!"

Rumble began to flash red. "I need power ups!"

"This is so amazing! I gotta show Soos! ... Soos?"

I looked around, but he was nowhere in sight. Oh well, I'll show him later, for now I have to take Rumble home.

We were at the kitchen, and he was attacking some fly while I tried to find some food for him. "Well, we don't have any traditional power ups: turkey legs, pizza boxes, or gold rings. How about... half a taco?"

"Place it on the floor." Rumble kneeled down as I placed the taco on the floor. He looked at it, and it then reappeared in, what I assumed to be, his power-ups menu.

I couldn't help but smile. "I wish I could do that!"

"Now I must defeat the world's greatest fight-fighters. Take me to the Soviet Union!"

"That's gonna be tough, for a number of reasons. But I do know a fighter here in Gravity Falls."

Rumble kneeled down to my eye level. "Maximum Power?"

I gave him Robbie's band poster. "His name is Robbie V. and he's kinda like my arch enemy."

"Did he kill your father?"

"Well he's dating the girl I like and he posts a really annoying amount of status updates."

He crumpled the flyer. "And then he killed your father!"

I shrugged. "Uh, sure. Anyway, I was hoping you could, y'know, scare him off for me so I don't have to fight the guy."

"Hahaha! Your question makes my shoulders bounce! Fire ball! Uppercut! Downer-cut! Bowl of PUNCH!" He did all the actions as he yelled.

I smiled. "So you'll protect me from Robbie?"

"Challenge accepted! Press start!"

A floating button appeared in front of me. I had to hesitate, did I really want this..?

Yeah, yes I did.

I pressed the play button, suddenly tensing up at nearby noises. "Uh oh, I think I hear my uncle. Stay perfectly still!"

He continued to move in place. "... I said stay still.

"This is as still as I can stay!" I let out a sigh, chuckling a bit at his sentence.

"Holy hell, what is that?!?" I turned back to see (y/n) standing by the door, mouth opened wide in shock.

"Oh, (y/n), this is Rumble, he's my new body guard!"

"Your new what?!"

"He's gonna help me defend myself from Robbie, so I won't get hurt too."

(y/n) didn't seem happy with any of this. "No, you already know how this goes: you come up with a plan, it backfires, and almost gets everyone, or at least you killed!"

"C'mon, (y/n), this is a flawless plan, I'll be fine!"

Realizing there was no arguing with me, she let out a heavy sigh. "Alright, just be careful, alright..?"

I nodded, and we then went upstairs, seeing Mabel planning something. "Hey Mabel. Have you met Rumble yet? He's my new bodyguard."

"The child gave me a taco!"

"Wow! He's got a crazy voice! Here, say these words." She wrote something on a paper before handing it to Rumble.

"Effer...vescent! Apple..fritter! RIBOFLAVIN!!"

"Nice to see you find light in the situation." (y/n) crossed her arms as she spoke.

I looked at my sister. "Mabel, he's not a toy, he's a fighting machine. I'm gonna get him to defend me from Robbie."

"Isn't that kinda like cheating?"

"I guess so. Well, I'll see you after the fight."

"POOP! POOP AND BUTTS!" Rumble followed behind us as we walked out of the shack. As we walked down the streets, he spoke again. "Tell me my opponent's special moves."

"Don't worry. As soon as he sees you, he's gonna wet his pants."

"His wet pants will be no match FOR THIS!" He picked up a metal pipe and swung it around.

"Whoa! Where'd that came from?!"

"I punched an oil drum!!"

"Trust me, you won't need that. Just give him a good scare."

"Yes..." He picked up a sword, swinging it around. "WITH THIS!!!"

"This street has really dangerous litter!"

It didn't take us long to reach the park, Robbie was sitting on some bench, waiting.

"Well, well, well! Look who decided to show up! I thought you chickened out. You ready to settle this like men?"

I, however, was feeling confident. "Look, dude, I don't think you want to fight me. Let's just call this thing off before someone gets hurt."

He crossed his arms, standing up. "You scared, huh? Is that it?"

"Okay, dude! You asked for it!" I snapped my fingers, Rumble walking over to stand beside me.

Robbie narrowed his eyes at him. "Who's your friend? And why is he... blurry?"

"This happens to be the greatest warrior that ever lived!"

"Yeah, right! Hey, Eye Patch, what did the kid promise you? More tape for your forearms?"

"HOW CAN YOU LAUGH, WHEN YOU KILLED THIS BOY'S FATHER?!?"

"Wait, what?" Robbie stared in confusion. I didn't feel good lying about that, but hey, if it got the job done.

I glared at Robbie. "I'm giving you one last chance, back down, or this guy's gonna go nuts."

"How 'bout you back down, kid?" He crossed his arms, and I simply shrugged.

"You asked for it. Rumble? Go!"

"What the-?" Robbie tried to run away, Tries to run but Rumble picked him up. "Whoa! Hey! What's happening?"

"I didn't wanna have to do this, man, but you gave me no choice. Maybe now, if you-"

My sentence was cut short when Rumble harshly slammed Robbie into the ground, making me jump a little. "Whoa! Rumble! You can stop! I think Robbie's had enough-"

"RUMBLE.... THROW!!!" He threw Robbie into the air, and I did my best to stop him. "STOP! I SAID STOP!"

He let out a cough after landing on some metal bars. "What the-?!? THAT GUY'S CRAZY!!!"

"FIREBALL!!!" He threw a fireball, which hit the bars, causing Robbie to run away in fear.

I stood in front of Rumble. "What the heck was that?!? You were only supposed to scare him; you almost killed him!!!"

"I WILL NOT REST UNTIL THE MAN WHO DISHONORED YOU IS DESTROYED!!!" He punched a Robbie flyer before yelling some more, starting to hop away.

"... This isn't good."

I ran into town, eventually reaching a building. Something told me this would be his first stop. Robbie ran out of the building and down the fire escape as Rumble broke through the wall with a barrel.

He began to throw them down, kinda like that Nintendo game Donkey Kong, and Robbie did his best to avoid the barrels.

"Please, Rumble!!! You have to stop!!!" I yelled.

They began to run again, and I was forced to chase after them. "You don't have to do this!" I eventually stop, trying to catch my breath as my legs wobbled tiredly. "At least pace yourself..."

I found a water bottle, splashing the water onto my face and continuing to chase after. Eventually, Soos and (y/n) pulled up in his pick-up truck beside me.

"Soos!! Where you been?!"

"He gestures to the NORT frame around his neck as I entered the truck. "Long story, man."

(y/n) looked back at me. "I found this idiot trapped inside one of the arcade machines."

"Dude, you see that video game guy tearing up everything in sight? That's crazy!" Soos pointed out with a laugh.

"Yeah, I kinda sorta brought him to life to be my bodyguard. But now I have to stop him before he kills Robbie!"

"You need an amiable sidekick with a pickup truck?"

"You know I do."

We drove over to where the Gravity Falls water tower stood, seeing Robbie hiding above it, along with- Grunkle Stan and Mabel?!?

Oh no, now I really had to stop this!!

"CHALLENGER SIGHTED!!!" Rumble yelled, running over to the water tower, and starting to punch its legs, the others screaming.

"Pinetree!!!" I saw (y/n) starting to run to the water tower, an orb forming in her hands. "Stop Rumble, I've got the others!!!"

I nodded to her, running over to him. "Rumble, this has to stop!!! Please, listen to me!!!"

I saw Robbie falling, my blood running cold at the sight. However, Rumble grabbed him by his hoodie before he cold fall, about to punch him.

"Finish up!!!" Yelled a voice, causing Robbie to wave his arms around in a panic.

"N-n-no, don't- don't finish me!!!"

I managed to find a coin, throwing it and hitting his head, which thankfully got his attention. "HUHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?"

"RUMBLE!!!" I threw away the two wooden planks I used for effects.

... what, let me live how I want.

"Rumble, I have something to tell you." I walked over to him, biting my lip in fear. "Robbie-... Robbie didn't kill my father."

He gasped. "Then who did?!?"

"What?! No one did! I-... I lied to you."

"HUH?!? Then you're actually a... BAD GUY!!!"

"... I guess I kinda am..."

He placed Robbie on a tree branch, then kneeled down on a broken log as he muttered to himself.

"My entire journey, a lie. My honor has been disgraced. Sensei warned me to not take the oath of evil... The boy has led me astray. If Robbie V. is not the last stage, then it must be..." He finally turned to face me with an angry glare. YOOOOOUUUUUU!!!"

Even though Soos tried to stop me, I didn't hesitate to fight this time. I couldn't fight, I didn't know how, but everything that just happened was all my fault.

And I had to fix it somehow.

I'll spare you the details, but I got my butt kicked. A lot. It was really easy for him to.

Right now, I lied on the floor, trying my best to ignore the pain that emanated from every inch and angle of my body. "You, sir, truly are the champion of champions..." I groaned, not having the strength to stand up.

"RUMBLE WINS!" The voice spoke once more, and Rumble did a peace sign.

"WINNERS DON'T LOSE!!!"

"I wouldn't be too sure about that, man.." I said, and he soon began to pixel away.

"Game over!!!"

"What?!? No!!! NO!!! NOOOO!!!" He quickly disappeared, leaving me on my own.

"Game over, old friend.."

(y/n) soon ran over to me, helping me onto my feet as she wrapped one of my arms around her shoulders, causing me to groan at the pain. "Hang in there, PT, you'll be fine.."

I looked up at her with a weak smile. "Thanks, (y/n).."

"Don't mention it.."

I managed to stand up on my own, and she pointed over to a weird box. "Hey, check it out."

Walking over, I changed the letters to spell 'Dip', smiling to myself.

Soos walked over with a chuckle. "Nice one, dude."

"What?!? Who-who-who was that guy?!?" Robbie said in fear and anger as he walked over to us. "Why is it that whenever you're around there's always ghosts or monsters or whatever?!?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, man."

"That guy almost broke my neck!!! You know how mad I am right now?!?"

"So I guess you and I have to fight now, huh..? Go ahead, man, do your worst, I just want to get this over with.."

"Oh man, I am so gonna enjoy this." He raised his arm to punch me, but I didn't move. I just stood there, waiting.

"... aren't you gonna run?"

"Nope."

"... are you sure?"

I nodded at his question, and he then put his arm down with a scoff. "It's not even worth it. I'm playing lead guitar, I need to save my hands."

"Hey guys, I heard some crazy screaming out here." We both turned to see Wendy walked over to us.

"Wendy?!?"

"You're back!" I said with a smile.

"Yeah, man." She let out a chuckle before looking around, growing confused. "Whoa, what the heck happened here? Freak tornado or something?"

Neither of us knew how to answer, and Wendy continued to talk. "And why are your faces all jacked up? You guys weren't fighting each other, were you? I hate it when guys fight!"

"No, fighting?"

"No, never!"

Robbie and I continued to stumble on our words when (y/n) stood beside us. "Actually some other dude came and started picking on Robbie, but Dipper came to save the day."

Robbie glared daggers at her, and I tried to hold in my laughter. Wendy then gave us a smile. "Cool, it really makes me happy to see my two boys hanging out. I got some unpacking to do, I'll text you guys later." She kissed Robbie's cheek before playfully pulling down on my hat, then fist bumping (y/n) before walking away.

We let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks, (y/n). Again, heh.."

"Don't mention it, PT."

"Couldn't you have come up with a better excuse?" Robbie groaned a bit as he hid his hands in his hoodie's pockets.

(y/n) hace a shrug. "I technically wasn't lying. You were getting picked on, more like getting totally destroyed, by a guy and Dipper saved you. I just left out the part where you guys got in a fight and Dipper spawned the guy."

I let out an awkward chuckle, and (y/n) gave me a small wink, my cheeks growing a little hot. "Anyways, I'm gonna go check on Mabel and Stan. See ya at the shack. They had quite the adventure."

I took a deep breath as I saw her run to my sister and Grunkle. Such adventures will get me killed soon..

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