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Subject: UY/Sandman (Part 5)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 04:22:57 GMT
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	Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Litle Dream With Me

				Part 5

	[Fade in on Ataru's dreamscape.  Better make that "babescape,"
	this is a panorama of pulchritude that would make Hugh Hefner
	turn green with envy.  Literally acres are covered with
	beautiful women wearing barely anything at all.  Off to
	one side, a swimming pool is filled with still more girls
	and women, and a figure can be seen almost buried under a
	pile of them.]

	Ataru:Aaaaahahaha!  This is the life!  [raises his head and
	looks around] If only this could happen in real life...
	[lays back down]  Oh well, this'll do until I wake up.
	[giggles to himself]

	Kurama:[coming up to Ataru]  Rub, your back, Master?

	Ataru:Of course, of course!  [reaches and takes a drink
	from an almost-empty glass, then scowls and throws it at
	Mendou, who's nearby, wearing a waiter's uniform]

	Ataru:Hey, boy!  Bring me another iced fruit juice, quick!

	Mendou:Y-Yes, sir!  Right away, sir! [hurries off]

	Ataru:Neeeeyahahahaha!  I love this!  [stretches out on his 
	towel; Kurama begins a backrub.  After a moment, Ataru
	frowns and looks around as best he can.]

	Ataru:Hey, Kurama-chan, is everyone here?  I feel like someone's
	missing.

	Kurama:I think all your girls are here...  You have so
	many it's hard to tell.

	Ataru:Shinobu!

	Shinobu:What is it, Ataru-kun?

	Ataru:Oyuki-san!

	Oyuki:Yes?

	Ataru:Sakura-sensei!

	Sakura:I'm right here.

	Ataru:Ummm, who else is so important I'd notice they
	weren't here?

	[No response.  A short time later, Lum flies into view over
	the babescape.]

	Lum:Oh, Darling...  [shakes her head in dismay, then starts
	down towards the pool.]  I hope this is because he's missing
	me... If he was dreaming like this even while we were to-
	gether...

	[She lands next to Ataru, nudges Kurama out of the way, and
	takes over the backrub.  Ataru doesn't even notice; he's
	counting on his fingers to try and work out who's missing.
	However, Lum's better at this then Kurama,(she's had more
	practice) so after a while...

	Ataru:[wriggling with pleasure]  Aaaah, that's good!

	Lum:Thank you!

	[Ataru looks back over his shoulder in surprise.  At first he
	gets an "Oh, it's you" kind of look on his face and starts
	to lay back down, then his eyes go wild and he leaps away.]

	Ataru:Waaaaah!  What're you doing here?!  Can't I even get
	away from you in my dreams!?

	Lum:[hurt]  Darling!  [then smiling] If you're dreaming about
	me it must be because you want me to be with you!

	Ataru:Uuuhhh...  Well, why were you giving me a backrub!?

	Lum:I've given you lots!  Don't you remember?

	Ataru:No!

	Lum:Ohhh....  [looks at Ataru a moment, who just glares
	at her]  I guess the only way to do this is to go back to
	the beginning... or almost, anyway.[puts her fingers to her
	mouth and gives a piercing whistle]

	Ataru:Huh?

	[With a great crashing and thudding, the "Gang of Four"
	comes charging through the babescape.  They grab Ataru up
	and carry him off. Lum flies alongside, explaining:]

	Lum:I stopped off in their dreams before I came here.

	[Cut to Tomobiki High, the dream-version.  Ataru is hung
	from the clock by a rope, with the "Gang of Four"
	gathered below.  They look up at him, around at each other,
	nod and join hands.

	Gang of Four:Bentora, bentora, space people...
		     bentora, bentora, space people...

	Ataru:[furious]  What're you guys doing!?  Let me down!!
	Do you think you can...

	[All of a sudden a hole appears in the air above him,
	and Lum flies out.]

	Lum:[hugging Ataru]  I want to *live* here.

	Ataru:*You!?*  Live *here?!*  No way!!

	Lum:But all you have to do is say yes, and all your 
	problems will be solved!  And what will *they* do to you
	if you make me cry? 

	[She points down at the Gang of Four, who are looking up
	rather ferociously.]

	Ataru:...groan.  Okay, I guess you can live with us...

	Lum:Oh, Darling!  [zzap!]

	Ataru:Waaaaagh!!

	[Cut to Shinobu's bedroom.  She stirs in her sleep
	and murmurs something.]

	Shinobu:...don't understand him anymore...

	[Back to the Dreaming.  Ataru and Lum are under a bridge.
	He's just caught her hand to keep her from flying away.]

	Ataru:Lum... don't you want to walk for a while?

	Lum:...Un!

	[Megane's bedroom.  He's sweating.]

	Megane:...Supreme Council of Lum's Stormtroopers...

	[The Dreaming.  Lum is smashing in the stained-glass window
	of Elle's cathedral.]

	Lum:DARLING!!!

	Ataru:LUM!!

	[Ran's room in her spaceship.  She has a nasty smile on
	her face.]

	Ran:I'm going to get Darling, you can be sure of it!

	[The Dreaming.  Ataru is in his last dream-harem, arguing
	with Mujaki.]

	Ataru:A harem without Lum is an incomplete dream!  It's like
	a beef-bowl without the beef!  So bring her out right now
	or I'm going back to reality!

	[Onsen-Mark's bedroom.  The sound of grinding teeth can
	be heard.]

	Onsen-Mark:Moroboshi!  This is a school, not a burlesque
	theater!

	[The Dreaming; the final confrontation atop Tomobiki
	High in the second contest.  Ataru starts to run towards
	Lum, then trips and drops her old horns.  She stares, then
	flies forward and catches him.]

	Ataru:Lum no... baka...

	Lum:[touching his hand to her new horns]  Goal... in,
	Darling...

	[Suddenly the Dreaming ripples, and Lum is flying alone
	over a strange dreamscape.  She looks around in confusion,
	then notices something tied to her hand:a red string.  She
	stares, then as the meaning sinks in:]

	Lum:I did it!!!  Darling and I are connected again!!  Oh,
	Darling! [zooms off following the string.]

	[It leads her to a strange palace.  She follows it to a great
	interior hall.  The thread leads off into another passage.
	Ten is floating in the middle of the hall next to Dream,
	who has a very slight smile on his face.]

	The Sandman:Well done, child.  Very... well... done.

-- 
			C h r i s t i a n  G a d e k e n

Yakumo: "But I really did destroy a monster in Hong Kong!
Saru  : "Ahem, ahem"
Yakumo: "Saru, do you believe me?"
Saru  : "Where's my Hong Kong souvenir?"