Shin Chan is Missing
Disclaimer: All credit go to Shin Ei and Funimation.
Chapter 4: Let's Battle Out: The Defeat of the Battered Bunny and a Welcome Back Party Epilogue
"What are you waiting for? Transform into Pocket Rocket Boy and fight!" said Josh-chan.
"You think I'm going to transform into Pocket Rocket Boy?" asked Shin. "When was the last time I saved the world without my antics?"
"I...I don't know." said Josh-chan looking down.
"I didn't think so." said Shin. "Everyone around here is better off without me. They don't even want to depend on a callous heel of a wolf-child they can't trust."
"Listen, Wolf-child!" yelled Josh-chan. "Everything is I said about you was my fault and I'm setting things right."
"You're wrong, Josh-chan. My antics not meant to save anyone..."
The 100-foot battered bunny snatches Shin and continues to rampage.
"Oh, boy. The 100-foot battered bunny has got Shin." said Josh-chan with a face-fault.
"But what about my daddy, Mr. Taylor?" cried Penny.
"I don't know, Penny." answered Josh-chan. "But if we don't rescue Shin and stop the 100-foot Battered Bunny, Kasukabe is doomed."
"What do we do now?" asked Miss Katz.
"We go to Penny's house and look for clues to what might've caused Battered Bunny to be gigantic."
Meanwhile, Shin squirms and tries to get out of Battered Bunny clutches.
"I.. I can't move. Let go!" Shin yelled until he see Penny's Mom in Battered Bunny's right hand. "Penny's Mom?"
"Oh, great another monster that much worse than a 100-foot stuffed rabbit finally gets what he deserves." Mrs. Sakurada said to herself.
The Battered Bunny stops and begins to speak.
"And so begins, when a little boy named Shin tries to kiss Penny's Mom, she begins to punch him." Said the 100-foot Battered Bunny.
"If you only had read my apology letter, I would leave you and Penny alone forever." Shin said to Mrs. Sakurada in his sadness. But I'm sorry for what I did to you and everyone else, so you can just knock me out of my misery and be happy that I'm gone."
Mrs. Sakurada looks down knowing that she did read Shin's apology letter and realized she never wanted him to leave.
Meanwhile, Josh-chan, Miss Katz, and Penny were in her house to look for clues to what caused her stuffed rabbit getting gigantic.
"Mr. Sakurada?" Josh-chan called. "This is your daughter's teacher, Mr. Taylor. I want to talk to you about..."
Josh-chan stomach starting to growl and went to the Ice box for Ice cream, hoping that Penny won't mind. When he got to the ice box, Josh-chan was shocked when he saw a frozen body in there and it was Penny's dad.
"How am I going to break the bad news to Penny?" Josh-chan thought.
Josh-chan asked Miss Katz to speak to her in private.
"I found Penny's father frozen dead body in the ice box." whispered Josh.
"How did someone do such a thing?" asked Miss Katz.
"Whoever did it, we can't tell Penny her father is dead because it will break her heart."
"But what about Shin and the Battered Bunny?"
"Speaking of which, did anybody know that Penny's stuffed bunny is missing?"
"I think my daddy's spirit is dwelling in the Happiness Bunny." said Penny. "Plus, whatever me and my mommy get angry and start beating up my stuffed rabbit, our anger makes it gigantic."
"That explains why your mom ran away and because of the crash." said Josh. "This look like a job for Teen Mask."
Josh-chan transformed into Teen Mask and walks outside to face the 100-foot Battered bunny.
"When I hit the Battered Bunny in the knees with the Bubble Hammer, I want you to get Shin and Penny's mother far away." Josh-chan instructed.
Meanwhile, Shin and Mrs. Sakurada are still in the Battered Bunny's clutches.
"If someone comes rescuing us, I want you to get in my arms because I don't want you to hit your head when we hit the ground, okay?" Mrs. Sakurada said. "After I called you 'Demon spawn', I'm beginning to think that I can trust you as a friend."
"If I can transform to Pocket Rocket Boy, I can get Penny's Mom and myself loose" Shin thought.
Shin transform into Pocket Rocket Boy, curls into a ball, slips out of the Battered Bunny's right hand like a bar of soap and smacking it in the face, but to free himself and Penny's Mom failed.
"You are beginning to annoy me." yelled the Battered Bunny.
Josh-chan hits the Battered Bunny in the knees with his bubble hammer causing it to drop Penny's Mom and Shin.
"You can let go of me now." Said Shin. "We're on the ground."
But Mrs. Sakurada wouldn't let Shin go and tugged his cheek.
"You hit my knees on purpose." angered the Battered Bunny.
"Mrs. Sakurada, it's time for you to apologize." said Josh-chan. "The Happiness Bunny that was rampaging the nearly of Kasukabe is your husband."
Mrs. Sakurada turned her head.
"I know what you're going through, but you can't use your Happiness Bunny to hide your anger. That's why it grew gigantic." Josh explained.
"Mr. Taylor is right." said Shin. "Just let it go, apologize, and move on. Most of all, put forgiveness within yourself."
"Okay, Shin." Said Mrs. Sakurada as she apologized to her husband's spirit dwelling in the the stuffed rabbit.
After Penny's dad's spirit finally rest in peace returning Happiness Bunny back to normal size, Shin looks up at the dark sky.
"If only I can see the stars in the sky sing." said Shin. "You and Penny would think of me."
"Shin, enough with your silly things about the stars in the sky that can sing." said Josh-chan with a sweatdrop. "We got a surprise for you when we go to school tomorrow."
Mrs. Sakurada lets go of Shin as they wave "goodbye".
"Pfft. Stars in the sky sing." Josh snickered.
The next morning, Mrs. Sakurada checks the mailbox after saying goodbye to Penny as her daughter leaves for school. Mrs. Sakurada found a letter and some cookies shoved in the mailbox from Shin:
I'm sorry about Penny's dad, your anger, and shoving a box of cookies in your mailbox. I hope forgiveness is in you as well as in me. Your daughter's friend, Shin.
Mrs. Sakurada folds the letter and looks up.
"A friend of Penny's is a new friend of mine." Mrs. Sakurada whispered to herself. "If I write to him, maybe we'll meet and talk about the stars in the sky singing."
Meanwhile, Josh-chan was mad as he, Shin, and Miss Katz walking to school.
"I can't believe you shoved my cookies in Penny's Mom's mailbox." Josh-chan mumbled and not looking at Shin.
"I think it was sweet of Shin doing that." Said Miss Katz winking at Shin.
"Sweet? I bought those cookies for us to share." Josh-chan sighed. "At least, we're here."
They were finally at school, but Shin sees that the schoolyard was empty.
"The schoolyard looks empty." Said Shin. "Why isn't the whole school greeting me back."
"We're meeting with your parents and the whole school in the gym auditorium."
But the auditorium was empty besides Josh-chan testing the microphone.
"There's no one in there either." cried Shin.
"We'll Shin, get a comfy seat cause your surprise is behind the curtain." said Josh-chan through the microphone as if he's a game show host.
As the curtain opens, Shin's friends were standing next to the table with the first surprise under the sheet.
"Shin, my friend," said Georgie. "You're not as good your old self, but we missed you and we're sorry."
"In return as an apology," said Penny. "A surprise for you is under the sheet."
"Before you look what the first surprise is under the sheet." said Josh-chan. "There's a second surprise from your parents."
Shin's mom and dad, Mitzi and Hiro, were standing next to a cart with a box on it that has the second surprise under it.
"We're just sorry about this whole incident and hope you learned something." Mitzi said. "Inside this box is a free toy inside."
"And that's not all." Said Josh-chan pointing to Principal Ench and Miss Polly with the third surprise in their hands, an orange T-shirt and blue pants. "I thought you could wear something orange and blue after school."
"Watch out, Josh-chan and Shin..." Said someone who Josh-chan knows. It was his sister with dark blue hair and amber eyes.
"This is a kindergarten, not a place to show your affections, Ruko-chan." Josh-chan yelled as his sister enters the school auditorium.
"How's my favorite amigo doing?" Miss Ruko-chan asked Shin.
Like Mitzi, Josh-chan gives his sister a nookie.
"Before my sister came in here and interrupted this surprise, Shin." said Josh-chan with a sweatdrop. "go ahead and reveal the surprises."
Josh-chan then turns to Ruko-chan.
"Listen carefully. I know you can show him your trust as a friend..." Josh-chan explained. "But if you are on your best behavior and try to cheer him up... We'll, don't let me down, okay."
"Mr. Taylor." Shin said with a depressed face. "This little farming kit, the suction cups and digital watch Georgie and my parents give me besides the clothes in all. It's not that I don't want them, but I need to tell you all about something."
Shin took the microphone and got on stage.
"I write you apology letters and you gave me things to show your forgiveness?" Shin asked. "That's not enough. So from now on, I'm going to write a Book of Forgiveness to show you all how to let the guilt go and put in forgiveness within each other and yourselves."
"How long will he keep this up?" said Ruko-chan. "Because I think we lost the old Shin."
"We'll never know." said Josh-chan. "Probably in another story, maybe two or three. But we'll just have to get used to his new self even when we have a international school trip."
"I missed the old Shin." cried Miss Katz.
That night Hiro and Mitzi got their arms around him in bed.
"Sweet dreams, Shin." said Mitzi.
"Welcome back." said Hiro.
The End
Note: I thought that my character would have a sister of his own who is annoying and affectionate. But the conclusion of this story is not a romantic one. This is family-oriented and not the Adult Swim like.
I will try to make more sequels with Josh-chan's sister, Penny's Mom, Shin's sister Hima and Miss Anderson (if you want to know what she is going to do, you'll have to wait until the next story). Maybe even separate stories.
So until then, see you next time.