Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Little Dream With Me

				Part 1

	[Long shot of Tomobiki.  Lum's UFO is hovering in the fore-
	ground, slowly rotating.  It's early morning, with the sun
	not quite up, but sunrise is painting the horizon in
	lovely colors.  We hear a yawn, and cut to the interior
	of the UFO, where we see Lum stretched out on her tiger-
	skin.  She looks rather beat.]

	Lum:Ohhh...  I just don't know.  Darling's been just awful
	lately, and I don't understand why...  [sits up and hugs
	her knees]  He hasn't been sleeping well, and he's snapping
	at everybody, and he isn't even chasing girls nicely-
	[breaks off as she realizes how that sounds.]  And I've
	been so woried about him I don't think I've gotten any
	sleep at all the last couple nights.  [gets up and
	switches on the main screen, then smiles]  I do think
	this planet has beautiful sunrises, don't you, Ten-chan?
	[pause] Ten-chan?  [She looks around, rubbing her eyes, and
	realizes she's alone.]  Hum.  He must have left without me.
	[yawns and stretches]  Aaaah, I hope Darling's better today,
	I don't think I'm going to sleep at all until he's back to
	normal...

	[Cut to an exterior shot.  Lum pops out of the UFO wearing
	her school uniform.  She looks around for a moment, then
	darts down towards the town below.]

	[Cut to a street.  A young woman is washing the windows of
	her shop.  Suddenly, two arms grab her around the waist.]

	Ataru:Oneechan, do you have any idea how sexy a professional
	woman is?

	Woman:Mo- Moroboshiiiii!!! [clobbers him with her pail]

	Ataru:Aahhh, how sweet! You know my name...!  [starts inching
	along the ground towards her]

	Woman:Gaaah!! [flees inside her shop and locks the door]

	Ataru:[straightening up]  Darn.  Oh, well...Ah!  [spots
	another woman down the street] Hey, Oneecha- [a bookbag
	hits him from behind.]

	Shinobu:Ataru-kun!!  You have no shame at all, do you!

	Ataru:Yo, good morning Shinobu, lovely day, isn't it?
	Have I ever told you how cute you look in that- [She hits
	with her bag again.]

	Shinobu:Hmmmph!  [grabs his arm and drags him down the street]
	I don't know why I put up with you.  You say I'm the only one
	for you and then a minute later you're-  [she glances over at
	him and breaks off.  Somehow, he's slipped off his jacket, 
	leaving her holding a small log, and vanished.]

	[Shinobu looks around, then hears a female scream from a side
	street and dashes off.  She comes upon Ataru with his arms wrapped
	around another girl's waist, and is about to apply her bag again
	when suddenly, from above-]

	Lum:DARLING!  What are you doing!!

	[Ataru and Shinobu gape at her for a moment as she "stands"
	in midair above them.  Then- ]

	Ataru:Waaaah!!  She's back!! [dives behind Shinobu]

	Shinobu:[claps her hands to her mouth] The Devil-girl!!

	Lum:[blinks(poit, poit)] Huh?

	Shinobu:What do you want?  I thought you left with the
	other invaders!

	Lum:What?  [dropping to hover just in front of them]
	What are you talking about, Shinobu?  Darling, what's
	wrong?

	Ataru:[leaning around Shinobu] Whadda you mean, "Darling!?"
	I'm not your Darling, I'll be any girl's Darling except yours!

	Lum:[shocked] What!?

	Shinobu:You put him through ten days of Hell!  What do you
	expect him to do, put you up in his closet?  [suddenly notices
	something and looks horrified]  Why are you wearing a Tomobiki
	High uniform?

	Lum:[looks down at her outfit] Eh!?  Oh, come on, I've been
	going to school with you for months now.  [darts away down
	the street]  I don't know what game you're playing but we're
	going to be late!

	[Ataru and Shinobu stare after her, then at each other.]

	Shinobu:*She's* going to be...

	Ataru:...going to school with us!?

	[Cut to Tomobiki High.  Everything seems relatively
	normal, with Mendou holding forth to a group of female
	admirers, the "Gang of Four" cackling over a girlie mag, etc.
	Lum flies in the window.]

	Lum:Good morning!

	[General chaos ensues, with people yelling, running around,
	diving under desks, waving swords, and so forth.  Lum
	stares at it all wide-eyed.]

	Mendou:What... What do you want, Invader!?

	Lum:[floating over to him] What's with you, Shutaro?

	[Onsen-Mark manages to get through the jam at the door.]

	Onsen-Mark:All right, what's going- Urk! [gapes at Lum]

	Lum:[floating up to him]  Sensei, what's got everyone so
	upset?

	Onsen-Mark:Er, uh... we don't get alien transfer students
	very often, here...

	Lum:[starting to get annoyed] Sensei, I've been coming here
	for months! What-  [breaks off as Ataru and Shinobu enter
	the room.]

	Lum:[flying over]  Darling, what's going on?

	Ataru:Will you stop that!?  I would've gotten lynched if
	I hadn't beaten you and *now* you want to make nice?
	Forget it!!

	Onsen-Mark:[megaphone] Alright, everybody settle down in
	your seats!  [turns to Lum]  That means no flying in the
	classroom!

	Lum:Hmmmph.  [flies over to her desk...] I don't- [...but
	there's someone in it.]  Huh?  I think that's my desk.

	Guy:[nervously]  Uh... Well, if you say so...[grabs his
	stuff and retreats]

	[Lum looks around the room; everyone's looking at her 
	apprehensively.  She sits down, and a semblance of normality
	settles over the room. ]

	[Cut to after school, in Lum's UFO.  She's huddled on the
	tigerskin, not quite crying.]

	Lum:No one remembers me living here... they all think I
	left with Daddy and didn't come back...  No one knows me...
	not Shutaro, not Onsen-Mark, not... Darling...

	[We see a flashback of Lum and Ataru.  She's chasing him,
	and he's insisting at the top of his lungs he doesn't
	know her and doesn't want to.]

	Lum:I don't understand...

	[The com-panel bleeps.  Lum gets up and answers it.  Ten's
	face appears on the screen.]

	Ten:Lum-chan!

	Lum:Ten-chan!  Where were you, I got worried when I couldn't
	find you!

	Ten:Huh?  Where are *you*, I haven't seen you since you lost
	to that human guy.

	Lum:What?  Ten-chan, when was the last time you saw me?

	Ten:I told you, when we invaded that little blue planet and
	then had to give it up.  Where did you go?

	Lum:I'm here on Earth, with Darling.

	Ten:Darling?  [eagerly] You mean you found a husband?  Who
	is he?

	[Lum stares at her baby cousin for a moment.]

	Lum:Ten-chan, what's the date?

	[Ten gives some alien date, confused.]

	Lum:[to herself]  That's right, that's what it should be...
	but if it's not a timeslip, what is it?  [to Ten]  Don't
	you remember Darling?  Saving him from Elle, him coming to
	the dark universe to save us?  Don't you *remember*!?

	[Ten, worried, shakes his head gently.  Lum slowly sinks
	into a seat, staring off into the distance.]

	Lum:I'm the only one who remembers...  What happened?
	What...  What am I going to do...?

	Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Little Dream With Me

				Part 2

	[Inside Sakura's temple.  She and Lum are sitting facing
	each other across a table.]

	Lum:... and that's it...  I remember living here for months
	but no one else remembers me...

	Sakura:Hmmm... [pulls out her doohickey(I don't know what it's
	called, the stick with the 3 diamond-chain streamers) and
	holds it up]  There's no sign of a spell on you...  Let's
	go up and check the big one.

	[The two of them climb into the tower, where a giant doohickey
	has its streamers waving in the wind.]

	Sakura:[frowning]  No sign of a spell on the town, either.  Are
	you sure this really happened?  I remember seeing you playing
	tag with Moroboshi, but not a single time since.

	[Lum stares at the doohickey and shakes her head, then flies
	off out of the tower.  Sakura stares after her with a worried
	frown.]

	[Cut to the interior of Lum's UFO.  She comes in and finds,
	waiting for her-]

	Lum:Ten-chan!

	Ten:Lum-chan!  [flies over for a hug]  I was so worried after
	that call I came to see you!  Are you all right?

	Lum:[sad]  I won't be OK until Darling remembers me.  [goes
	over to her dresser and takes out her micro-time machine and
	something that looks like a tricorder]

	Ten:What're you doing?

	Lum:It looks like it's not a spell that's made everyone
	forget, so I'm going to see if somebody's changed the past.

	[She fixes the time machine to the wall and dives into the
	warp-field.]

	Ten:Waah!  Lum-chan, wait!  [follows her]

	[Cut to the last day of the original contest.  Ataru is
	standing at the start-line with a smirk on his face, Lum
	is at her start-line, looking puzzled.  Above a building,
	a time-warp quietly appears, out of which the Lum from the
	future drops, followed by Ten.]

	Ataru:I will...  marry her!! [pulls a suction-gun out of his
	shirt, and shoots Lum's top with the dart.  As it retracts, her
	bra comes with it.]

	Lum(present):Oh!!  [lunging for Ataru] Give that back!  I don't
	have a spare!

	Ataru:[dodging and grabbing her horns]  Goal... in!!!

	[Massive celebration ensues, with everyone proclaiming their
	delight at how Ataru has saved the Earth.  Then:]

	Ataru:[letting Lum drop to the ground, jumping up and dancing
	around]  I did it!  Now I can marry her!!  Shinobuuuu!!!

	Lum(future):Ah!  That's wrong, that's not what happened!  He
	was still holding my horns(one hand creeps up to feel them)
	when he said "I can marry her!"

	Ten:You mean someone did change the past?

	Lum:Oh!

	[She starts fiddling with her "tricorder."  After a moment,
	she looks up, baffled.]

	Lum:There's no one here but us... No time travelers are anywhere
	near here except you and me...  But that's not possible...

	Ten:.....

	[Cut back to Lum's UFO in the present.  She and Ten pop out of
	the timewarp and sit on the tigerskin.]

	Lum:Why is nothing like I remember it being?  It's not magic,
	it's not time-travel...  What's happened to the world!?
	...I've got to see Darling one more time...  [darts out]

	Ten:[looking worriedly after her]  Lum-chan...

	[Cut to an exterior shot of the Moroboshi's.  Lum drops out
	of the sky and hovers outside Ataru's window.  After a moment,
	she hesitantly reaches out and taps on the pane.  Ataru opens
	the window, then sees who it is, folds his arms, and glares.
	Lum just floats there, looking at him with shimmering eyes.
	After a minute, Ataru's patience runs out.

	Ataru:Well, whadda you want!!?

	[Lum shakes her head and flies off, leaving a sparkling fall
	of tears behind her.  Ataru stares after her, a look on his
	face like an emotion or memory was momentarily stirred.]

	[The camera follows Lum across the night sky, still trailing
	tears.  The scene tints slightly, then the camera pulls back
	until we see Lum's image is contained in a mirror floating
	in a void of grey mist.]

	Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Little Dream With Me

				Part 3

	[Fade in on a strange space, seemingly composed entirely of
	grey mist and mirrors slowly drifting in incomprehensible
	patterns.  As the camera pans past the mirrors, we see each
	of them contains the image of some person.  Every kind of
	person the world holds is so imaged, with one common factor:
	They are all in an attitude of despondency, whether raging,
	weeping or staring blankly.  Happy people are not imaged here.]

	[A person comes into view.  It looks like a very fat, very ugly
	naked woman, with an expression of weary gloom on her face.
	Despite this, she moves through the misty void with deliberate,
	purposeful motion, a professional attitude that belies her
	appearance.  As she passes each mirror, she examines it briefly,
	sometimes touching the glass or frame briefly.]

	[As the camera follows her, a mirror comes into view that somehow
	seems out-of-place.  It is no different in shape or size from the
	others, but its angle relative to them, and the speed and direction
	of its drift somehow seem out of sync with them.  The woman sees
	this, and appears disturbed.  As she approaches this mirror, we
	see it contains Lum's weeping image.  The woman stares at Lum's
	mirror for a long time, running her fingers all around the frame,
	making odd sigils on the glass, and focusing her eyes *beyond*
	the image before her.  Nothing she does quiets her apprehension,
	and eventually she turns away and hurries off in a manner that
	would be impossible for a human of her shape and size.]

	[She quickly comes to a passage out of the mist.  Inside is a
	series of seven panels, all but one containing an object. The
	woman considers the first three(a book, an ankh, and a strange
	helmet) for a moment, then walks past them.  After scowling at
	one containing a pair of lips, she stops in front of what appears
	to be a swirl of smoke.  She reaches out, takes hold of it, and
	speaks.  Her voice sounds like mud being poured out of a bucket.]

	Despair:Dear sister, I stand in my Gallery and I hold your Sigil.
	Will you come through?

	[After a moment, an image appears on the panel:A pre-teen girl,
	dressed in punk-motley.  She peers at Despair, and speaks in a
	voice like someone talking underwater with a lungful of helium.]

	Delirium:Oh hi Despair what's up did you want to talk to me?

	Despair:Come on through, I want you to do something for me.

	Delirium:Ummm sure.

	[She steps out of the panel and follows Despair back out into
	the mist.]

	Despair:There's a girl in my domain who's not supposed to be
	here.

	Delirium:You mean you're upset about getting an extra?

	Despair:[slightly more intense] I know who's *here*, who *will*
	be here, and who *might* be here, *always*.  This... *extra*
	means either someone's been messing my domain up or I don't
	know it anymore...  How would you feel?

	Delirium:Ummm not too happy I guess.

	[They stop in front of Lum's mirror.]

	Despair:Here.  Look, you can *see* it's not supposed to be
	here.

	Delirium:[looking at the mirror from several different angles,
	including upside down]  Ummm I guess...  What do you want me to
	do?

	Despair:Talk to her and find out why she's here.

	Delirium:Me?

	Despair:The older ones wouldn't be interested, and she's more
	likely to talk to you than me.

	Delirium:Ummm okay.[steps into the mirror]

	[Despair continues to watch the scene.]

	[Cut to Lum's UFO.  She's sprawled on the tigerskin, crying;
	Ten is floating nearby, watching her worriedly.  Suddenly
	Delirium steps out of nowhere.  Ten spots her.]

	Ten:Waah!  Where'd you come from?

	Lum:[looking up and gaping]  What do you want!?

	Delirium:[trying to smile kindly and only succeeding in looking
	even stranger]  My sister sent me to talk to you.  [looks up at
	Ten] Oh how cute!  Would you like a frog?  [holds one up:blue
	with gold polka dots and five eyes.  It caws like a crow.]

	Ten:N-no thanks...  Who are you?

	Del:Ummm how does "Fratzengreeber" sound?

	Lum:That's your *name*?

	Del:No but doesn't it sound nice?

	Lum:[glancing at Ten] Um, who's your sister?

	Ten:And why'd she send you?

	Del:Despair sent me because... [stares off into space and
	tries hard to remember]  she wants to know why you were in
	her place when you weren't supposed to be there.

	[Lum stares at Delirium for a moment, then starts giggling and
	crying simultaneously.]

	Lum:Despair says she shouldn't have me? [Breaks down completely]
	My Darling doesn't know who I am and I'm not supposed to...
	not... [trails off sobbing]

	[Ten and Delirium look uncomfortable.]

	Del:I've never had a Darling so I don't know much about them...

	Ten:She was sure they were destined to be together...

	Del:[surprised]  Really?

	Lum:We even had a red string tying us together!

	Del:Okay I know who to ask about this!  [goes over to the
	control panel, sits down, closes her eyes, and starts hitting
	buttons.

	[Ten and Lum are thrown across the room as the UFO begins
	a series of wild swoops and gyrations.]

	Lum:Ohhhhh!

	Ten:Waaaah, what're you doing?!  If you're going to drive,
	open your eyes!

	Del:If I open my eyes I won't be able to see where we're
	going.

	[Cut to outside.  The UFO is distorting like a piece of
	Silly Putty, while the backgroud is changing like an
	acid trip.

	Del:Wheeeeee!

	[The UFO comes to a crashing halt.  Lum and Ten wobble over
	to the screen, which shows them hovering over a garden maze
	that seems to stretch on forever.]

	Del:C'mon, he's right here. [walks out through the wall]

	Lum:Huh!?  Wait up!  [darts out the hatch, with Ten in tow]

	[Delirium leads them to the apparent center of the maze, where
	a man in a hooded cloak sits reading an enormous book.]

	Del:Um Destiny sorry but could you help us?  This girl was in
	Despair's place and she said she shouldn't be and she said it
	had something to do with her destiny(the girl said, I mean)
	so I thought maybe...  [trails off]

	[Destiny pauses, then flips past several pages in his book.
	In fact, he flips past more pages then even this big a book
	should really have.  He stops, then runs a finger down the
	page.  His face is still invisible, but something about the
	tilt of his head communicates puzzlement.  He leans close to
	the page, and a deep inhalation can be heard.  After a moment,
	he straightens up and says a single word.  (I flatly refuse to
	try and describe his voice.)]

	Destiny:Dream.

	Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Little Dream With Me

				Part 4

	Delirium:[upset] Dream wouldn't do something like that he's nice
	except sometimes he's a little scary but... [trails off]

	[Destiny turns back to his book in a clear attitude of	
	dismissal.]

	Del:Ummm... [glances at Lum]  I guess we should go see Dream
	can we use your Gallery?

	[Destiny nods once.]

	Del:Ok c'mon! [leads Lum and Ten off into the maze]

	Ten:[floating close to Lum's ear]  Lum-chan, this is very
	strange.

	Lum:[looking ahead at Delirium]  Well, she does seem to be trying
	to help...  [looks determined]  and if there's even a chance
	I'll get Darling back, I'll follow anyone, anywhere!

	[After a bit, they come to a gallery much like Despair's.
	Delirium reaches up and holds the helmet.]

	Del:Big brother, I'm standing in my Gallery(except it's Destiny's)
	and I'm holding your Sigil.  Can I come through?

	[A very pale face appears on the panel. A voice like the wind
	between the stars is heard.]

	The Sandman:Hello, Delirium.  I hope this won't be like last
	time. Come on through.

 	[Delirium takes Lum's hand and pulls her and Ten through the
	panel.  Lum closes her eyes in disorientation, then opens them,
	looks around, and gapes.]

	[They're standing in a huge audience-hall type place, with
	qualities of both cave and throne room.  In a chair in the
	center of the room sits a colorless man.  His skin is chalk
	white, his hair is dead black, his eyes are infinitely deep
	pools of night.  His tailored suit of tiger-stripes is pure
	white and coal black, and his cloak is like a swatch of the
	night sky.  In his thick shock of hair, two small horns can
	be seen, and Lum gulps as she realizes what kind of Powers
	she's fallen in with.]

	Del:Hi Dream we need your help.

	The Sandman:Hello Delirium.  What can I do for you this time?

	Del:Ummm... [looks at Lum] Can you tell him it's gotten kind of
	complicated.

	Lum:[stepping forward nervously] I- I was living with my Darling,
	and all of a sudden nobody knew me.  Delirium came because she
	said Despair didn't want me, and she took me to the man with the
	book, who said it was because of dreams.

	The Sandman:Destiny sent you to me...?

	Del:He looked her up in his book and smelled the page and then
	told us we should see you.

	Ten:[floating forward]  I don't remember this guy she was living
	with either so it's not just the town...

	Lum:And Ten was living with us before things changed and he was
	on a different planet afterward.  And we went back in time and
	saw the past was different too, but there were no other time-
	travelers there...

	[Dream has been standing there listening quietly.  He thoughtfully
	tilts his head.]

	The Sandman:Not just memories changed, but history itself...?
	And Destiny says *I* am involved...?

	Del:Yeah it's pretty strange I've never heard of something like
	this before do you think... [trails off as Dream looks at her]

	The Sandman:Yes, it is strange... The whole world changed, and
	dreams involved...  I can only think of one thing it could be,
	but it is very unlikely...  Come here, child.

	[Lum steps up to him, reluctantly.  Dream touches her temples
	and stands still a moment, then drops his hands and gives her a
	look both sad and puzzled.]

	The Sandman:How strange...

	Lum:What-  What is it?!

	The Sandman:[turns and walks off a few steps, then spreads his
	arms wide.]  This is the Dreaming, my realm.  Everything on the
	planet that dreams shapes it...  [turns back to Lum]  but it
	can also shape the world, in turn.

	Lum:What do you mean?

	The Sandman:If enough people dream the same thing, it will
	become real.  Not many, a thousand at most...  But fortunately
	for the world, even half that many people dreaming the same
	thing on the same night is very rare.

	Lum:That-  That's not *possible*!  If a thousand people
	dreamed the sky was green, would it be green the next morning!?

	The Sandman:Not quite.  It would *always* have been green.
	That is why no one remembers you, why the past changed.
	I can only assume you are the victim of a very cruel chance.

	[Lum is staring at him in mute horror.]

	Ten:Waitaminute!  If this was just chance, why did Despair say
	she wasn't supposed to be there!?  Why did Destiny say... Uh, well.

	The Sandman:[frowning] If it was just chance, there should have been
	no confusion, true...  But the implication is that someone has
	interfered, which I have not.

	Del:Maybe you interfered without knowing it?

	[Dream gives her a strange look, then his eyes widen.]

	The Sandman:A minor aspect...?

	[He plants his feet and spreads his cloak wide.  An aura of
	fierce power shimmers around the hem, and colors start to play
	in the depths.  Suddenly, his not-eyes seemingly shimmer with
	stars.]

	The Sandman:[quiet, but ferocious intensity] COME OUT.

	[A spark of gaudy color appears deep in the cloak, then
	begins to grow and approach.  As it flies closer to the
	surface, a wailing voice becomes audible.  The point becomes
	recognizeable as a person, and then hurtles out of the cloak
	and lands on the floor.  It's a man(apparently), about 3 feet
	tall, dressed in very loud Western clothes.  He's wearing a
	purple top hat under which some small creature can be heard.]

	Lum:[gaping in recognition] Mujaki-san!

	Mujaki:Aaaah, hello Lum-san...  How are you?

	Lum:Did *you* do this to me!?

	Mujaki:Aaah, um well...  Yes.

	Lum:[starting to glow] You're going to put things back the
	way they were RIGHT NOW or I'm going to fry you like a
	scrambled egg!

	Mujaki:[scooting away]  I, uh, I can't...

	Lum:[hands crackling]  WHAT!!!

	The Sandman:[interposing himself]  He is correct.  We cannot
	simply give a thousand people a dream of you;  for the dream
	to have power it must come from inside them.  In fact-
	[turns to Mujaki]  I am curious as to how you accomplished
	this in the first place.

	Mujaki:Why do you think it took me so long!?  I've been
	working on this since almost right after Moroboshi beat me,
	trying to find people I could get to dream she didn't exist,
	suggesting in dreams she wasn't real, timing everything just
	right...

	The Sandman:[quietly intense] *Why?*

	Mujaki:[sigh]  She'd have lost the one who means the most to
	her...  And I could come to her in a dream and offer her eternal
	happiness.  And now...

	Lum:Well then you can put it back and I *will* be happy!

	The Sandman:Not likely.  I would have to release him into
	the Dreaming, and we would have no hold over him then.

	Del:Who is he anyway and what's an aspect?

	The Sandman:[reluctantly] An aspect... of myself.

	[Delirium gapes at her brother, then looks at his subdued
	suit and cloak and Mujaki's colourful garb and starts giggling.]

	Mujaki:[bowing] Indeed so, Lady Delirium; Your brother an I are,
	in some ways, one and the same person.

	The Sandman:[scowling slightly] The part of myself that loves to
	meddle, the part touched by the capricious, the diabolical-

	Mujaki:The part you deny as completely as you can, reducing me
	to this.  [gestures deprecatingly at himself] Nevertheless, if
	you will take me back for now, I have an idea as to what can
	be done.

	The Sandman:[staring hard for a long minute] ...very well.

	[Mujaki leaps back into his cloak; but rather than fading or
	falling, he spreads throughout the fabric, then through Dream's
	body, leaving him with a fraction more color then he had before.
	Dream stands still a moment, then nods.]

	The Sandman:Yes, that might work...  [looks at Lum]  I cannot
	influence people directly, but I can render the Dreaming...
	*permeable*.  If you can induce one person to dream of you
	being real, it should spread far enough.

	Lum:[staring at him, almost afraid to hope, then turning
	and taking off] Darling...  [accelerating out of the hall]
	DARLING!!!

	[Ten, Dream, and Delirium look after her.  Ten turns to Dream
	hesitantly.]

	Ten:This is awful nice of you...

	The Sandman:The reason I eschew meddling is, I have found it
	always rebounds on the meddler.  In Mujaki's person, I
	*have* meddled, and if it remains uncorrected, it will
	rebound against my realm and I.  [looks after Lum]  Your
	cousin *must* succeed, not only for her sake, but for that
	of the enire Dreaming.

Sandman characters copyright DC Comics and Neil Gaiman

	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.

	Urusei Yatsura / Sandman : Dream a Little Dream With Me

				Epilogue

	[Lum stares at Dream with hope brimming in her eyes.]

	Lum:[whisper]  I did it?

	The Sandman:Indeed.  Moroboshi's memories of you were
	just below the surface...  I can only assume that thread
	is a true expression of fate...

	Lum:Oh Darling!  [loop-the-loops in joy] I knew we were
	destined to be together!!  I just knew it!!

	The Sandman:[indulgent smile]  Apparently so...  [indicates
	the passage the thread leads to]  That will take you back
	to the waking world.  I must ask that you leave as soon as
	Delirium returns with-

	[SMASH!!  Lum's UFO comes through the far wall of the hall,
	bounces a couple times, and embeds itself in the floor a
	few meters away.  Delirium pops out.]

	Delirium:WHEEEEE, that's fun!  Can I have it when you're
	done with it?

	Lum:Uhhhh...  I guess.  But I'm going to be using it for
	a while yet...

	Del:Oh I can wait...  Are you sure you don't want a frog?

	[She holds one out to Ten.  This one has only one eye,
	and is striped in red and brown.]

	Ten:Uhhh... no thanks.

	Lum:[from the UFO's hatch]  Come on, Ten-chan, I want to
	see Darling right away!  [to Dream and Delirium]  Thank
	you so much for everything!

	The Sandman:Pleasant dreams, child.

	Del:Bye bye....

	[The UFO eases itself free of the floor and zooms away
	down the passage home.  Dream turns to consider the
	hole in his wall.]

	[Over Tomobiki.  The UFO wavers into existance from
	a warp, and comes to a halt over the Moroboshi's.  Lum
	comes out, and floats down to Ataru's window.  She hesitantly
	opens it, and peers inside.  He's sprawled on his futon,
	next to her tigerskin.]

	Lum:Darling...  [enters and kneels next to him]

	Ataru:[opening his eyes]  Lum... I just had the strangest
	dream...

	Lum:Darling, I... I...

	Ataru:I know.  [brushes a tear from her cheek]  That's
	the important thing:*I know.*

	Lum:Darling...  [bends down]

	[Ataru leans up.  However, as their lips are about to
	meet:]

	Voices Outside:MOROBOSHIIIII!!!!!

	[Ataru does a face-fault, then he and Lum go to the window
	and see...  basically the entire rest of the cast, looking
	very mad.]

	Chibi:Ataru!  We don't want you messing up our nights
	as well as our days!

	Onsen-Mark:How dare you disturb my sleep, Moroboshi!?

	Ataru:Now everyone, calm down... It was just a dream...

	Mendou:Aha!  How did you know we were talking about dreams,
	unless you *did* have something to do with it?

	Megane:GET HIM!!!!

	[Everyone charges the house, breaking in the front and back
	doors, the windows, and (in Rei's case) the wall.  Lum
	flies Ataru out his bedroom window, and we freeze on a shot
	of them being chased by... well... everyone.]

	Lum:[voice-over]  Isn't it nice to have everything back to
	normal, Darling?

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