Joseon Guardians: Season One

Tad And Dip vs Manliness - Part Three

"After a lot of punching, we've decided to deny your requests to learn our manly secrets"

The fight was finally over, but as Tad and Dipper heard their final decision, they wished they fought for another ten minutes. The human boy looked disappointed at the ground, realizing that those guy were their only chance to become men. And this chance just vanished in front of their eyes.

The demon on the other hand didn't plan on giving up just yet.

He went through 16 apocalypses, has fought any kinds of creatures and came out alive, has seen his entire dimension and two others burn and survived with Bill Cipher as a partner.

There was nothing that would stop him from becoming a man, as he feared neither God nor Satan himself. If the universe wanted him dead, he would be fucking dead.

"Deny you say? Alright. But to me it sounds like it's too hard for you guys to train us. Maybe you're just not man enough to do so"

If there was one thing Tad was good at except being a nerd, it was offending people on a personal level.

Already as a child, he'd try to annoy someone, so they'd try to prove to him that his statement was a lie by doing as the demon of logic pleased. Most of them would catch on what he was doing later, when it was too late. Some smarter demons would notice immediately. But he was sure that this guys didn't have enough brain cells to figure it out even years later. Of course only considering the information he read when he was 15 was correct.

"Not man enough?? NOT MAN ENOUGH?!", screamed the Manotaur at him coming closer. Tad smiled a bit, already knowing what he'll have to do.

"You guys are just too afraid to fail. I'm not judging but it really would look ridiculous if the manliest creatures across the multiverse wouldn't succeed to train a human and a demon. But on the other hand, it also makes you look like a bunch of losers if you don't try it. I mean, you pretty much admit that you would fail us, by giving up before trying", the purple demon turned around and took the human's arm, who's been staring at the demon like he had a dead wish the whole time, dragging him to the exit. "But hey, we totally get it. No worries, I'll just ask my partner for some advice. He's probabaly more suitable for this task than some bunch of chicken"

With a mischievous smile he made his way to the exit, when suddenly the Manotaur, who he had mocked previously, grabbed him by the shoulder and stopped him in his track.

"We're not stupid, demon. We know that you use some sort of brain magic. But after rethinking our decision, we decided to accept your request and train you to be men"

The other beasts started to scream the word 'man' in sync while raising their arms, making the human look at his sister's demon with respect.

"Thank you very much. We'll do anything that is required to become men"

As the manotaurs walked out of the Man-cave, Tad and Dipper walked at the back whispering to each other.

"That was a good idea"

"And this kid, why it's good to be a nerd"

"So you can offend Manotaurs in order to become strong?"

"Exactly. But damn that felt good, I really should do this more often"

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Mabel and Stan had two very different reactions towards this guy.

Stan already knew that there would be another weirdo now walking around his house like it was his own, making him think about how much money he could get from this guy.

Mabel on the other hand looked at Rubik with curious, wide eyes. Altough she's spent a lot of time with her demon, he wasn't very enthusiastic telling her about his family. Or anything personal in general. The only way she could find something out was through Bill, but when Tad told him to keep his mouth shut the yellow demon would obey.