RENREN AND SHU-CHAN'S FRIENDLY EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES

Episode one: Mihashi and Abe

Our story begins as a little SD version of Kano skipped through a field of flowers until he reached a house that was made out of a gigantic mushroom. He went up to the door and knocked.

"Oh, it's Shu-chan!" An SD version of Mrs. Mihashi greeted him. "How are you today?"

"How nice of you to ask!" said Shu-chan. "I'm feeling wonderful, how about you?"

"Me too!" Mrs. Mihashi said happily. "How nice of YOU to ask!"

"How nice of you to think so!" said Shu-chan. "Say, is Renren home?"

"He sure is!" Mrs. Mihashi beamed. "OH RENREN! SHU-CHAN'S HERE!!"

Mrs. Mihashi left the scene just as an SD version of Mihashi entered. Just so you know, everyone in this story is going to be all SD-like so from now on I'm not going to write it so just ASSUME it, okay?

"Shu-chan!" Mihashi said as his eyes got all big and wobbly. "You're here!"

"I sure am, Renren!" said Shu-chan, giving Renren the thumbs up. "Now why did you call me?"

"Oh, it's just… I needed someone to talk to," said Renren as he shivered slightly.

"That's a very good idea, Renren!" Shu-chan approved. "Whenever you're feeling sad, don't let your emotions bottle up because that can be very bad for you!"

"Thank you for the advice, Shu-chan!" said Renren as he lit up.

"No problem, Renren!" said Shu-chan. "Now, what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh, it's just… Abe…" Renren sniffed. "He yelled at me again!"

Shu-chan gasped. "That's so mean of him! You know what we should do?"

Renren thought for a second. "…Talk to him?"

"That's right!" said Shu-chan. "Whenever someone gets angry with you, it's important to talk to the person about it in order to solve your problems!"

"You're right, Shu-chan!" said Renren. "Now let's go!"

Renren and Shu-chan joined hands and proceeded to skip off to the Abe residence that just so happened to be made out of a big catcher helmet.

"DING DONG!" said the doorbell as Renren and Shu-chan pushed it together. Mrs. Abe opened.

"WELL IF IT ISN'T RENREN AND SHU-CHAN!!!" she yelled happily. "What can I do for you?"

"Good morning, Mrs. Abe!" Shu-chan and Renren sang in unison. "May we speak to… Takaya?"

"Of course, darlings!" said Mrs. Abe as she ran off to find her son. Moments later, ABE appeared in the doorway, wearing an overly exaggerated frown and equally exaggerated angry eyebrows.

"Oh, Shu-chan and Renren," he said in an extremely low grouchy voice. Renren immediately hid behind Shu-chan.

"Good morning, Abe!" said Shu-chan, beaming like the sun itself. He then got a very serious look on his face. "Have you been yelling at Renren, young man?"

"Why YES, I HAVE," said Abe, shaking his fists.

"May I ask why?" Shu-chan asked.

"No," said Abe.

"Oh…" said Shu-chan. He thought for a second. "Well… I'm going to anyway! Even if it's rude to do something when someone tells you not to, this case is an exception because we're here to solve a problem!" He paused. "Why did you yell at Renren?"

"It all began this morning at baseball practice," said Abe, looking like he prepared himself for a LONG boring story. "We were playing baseball, and Renren was acting like a dweeb."

"Oh," said Shu-chan. "Is that it?"

Abe thought for a second. "…Yes."

"That is not a very good reason to yell at him," said Shu-chan, shaking his head in disappointment. "I think you should apologize right now."

"Well I think you should leave me alone!" said Abe as he slammed the door shut.

Shu-chan and Renren blinked and stared at the door for a few seconds. "Well, that didn't go exactly as planned," said Shu-chan, rubbing his chin.

"Shu-chan, I… I…" Renren stuttered.

"What is it, Renren?" Shu-chan gasped.

"I… have a confession to make!" Renren said dramatically. "Abe… he… actually, he had a good reason to yell at me!"

"People NEVER have good reasons to yell!" Shuu-chan declared nobly.

"Actually… I… think he got mad because I… well, I… I was acting like a dweeb even though I had no reason to because the only people present were on my own team," Renren explained. "He probably thought… I didn't trust them!"

Shu-chan gasped again. "Well that IS serious! It is VERY important to trust your friends and teammates!"

"I know!" Renren wailed. "I'm so sorry!"

"Maybe you should tell Abe that's how you really feel," Shu-chan suggested.

"I'm too scared to talk to him!" Renren cried. "I want to give him a present instead!"

Shu-chan looked thoughtful. "All right. That might be okay too, since after all, we're all different, meaning that we all have different ways to express ourselves!"

"Oh Shu-chan, you are so smart!" Renren marveled.

"So are you, Renren!" Shu-chan marveled right back.

So they joined hands again and skipped off to the sports equipments store that just so happened to be located in a large hollow baseball. They bought the loveliest catcher helmet they could find before skipping back to Abe's house.

"DING DONG!" said the doorbell BEFORE they even managed to push it.

"WHAT," said Abe, revealing his extremely angry face.

"Abe, Renren wishes to make up with you!" Shu-chan informed him, stepping aside to reveal Renren standing there, holding the lovely catcher helmet.

"That's quite a lovely catcher helmet, but you can't BUY forgiveness!" Abe said gruffly as he slammed the door shut once more.

"Now he's just being difficult," said Shu-chan, putting his hands on his hips.

"No, I think I get it now!" said Renren, looking extremely enlightened. "You really CAN'T buy forgiveness and friendship!"

"Of course," said Shu-chan, slapping his forehead. "Why didn't we think of that BEFORE? Do you think you're ready to apologize for real?"

Renren gulped. "I… I'm ready!"

"DING DONG!" yelled the doorbell. Abe tore the door open a second later.

"ABE!" Renren yelled. "I'm sorry for not trusting the team!"

Abe's face IMMEDIATELY softened, and his voice got back to normal. "Oh Renren!" he exclaimed. "I knew it all along! I forgive you, and also, I'm sorry for yelling at you!"

"I forgive you too, Abe!" said Renren as the two of them leapt into each other's arms and hugged as flowers and hearts and rainbows sailed by in the background.

The scene faded out and then in again, revealing Renren and Shu-chan sitting on the couch inside the official Renren and Shu-chan's Friendly Educational Adventures clubhouse, located in a big hollow pumpkin in an old oak tree.

"Well, Renren, why did we learn today?" Shu-chan asked.

"We learned a lot of things!" Renren said happily. "One, yelling is bad, no matter the circumstances! Two, always trust your friends! Three, you can't BUY friendship!"

"That's right!" said Shu-chan, giving Renren the thumbs up. "Until next time!" Shu-chan and Renren waved to the audience as the scene faded out and the credits started rolling.

THE END.

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BEHIND THE SCENES…

Everyone was back in their normal non-SD sizes.

"Wow, I can't believe we… we learned… THREE things in our… FIRST episode!" Mihashi exclaimed giddily.

"We had to get our show started off with an amazing first episode, I guess," said Kano, looking pleased.

"Why did I have to be the bad guy?" Abe complained. "Now all the kids watching will hate me."

"Do you even care?" Kano asked.

Abe paused. "No… not really."

Suddenly, Tajima came running in. "YOU GUUUYYYYYS!! MAIL'S HERE!!"

"Fanmail!" Mihashi squealed, excitedly flipping through the pile of letters. "That was… fast!"

Kano quickly read through a letter. "You know… this just might give me inspiration for our NEXT episode! Come on, gang!"

AND SO, everyone present ran off to get ready for the NEXT exciting episode. The end for REAL!