Hi!  I've finally written something since forever, and this is the 
only fan-fic I've ever finished, though it has no plot... =\  Anyway, it's 
from Saber Marionette J, and it has to do with the phrase, "Do Marionettes 
Dream of Electric Sheep?" from the first SMJ episode.  Let me just warn you, 
it is very, very, short.
	Saber Marionette J is (c) AnimeVilliage.com, I think...


Electric Sheep

	"Otaru?" she whispered, turning her head to look at the sleeping 
figure on her left.
	He gave no response, save a light snore.
	"Otaru?" she repeated a little louder.  She sat up and looked at his 
sleeping figure.
	Still no reply.
	"Otaru?" she said in a normal speaking tone.
	A yawn.  "What is it, Lime?"
	"I can't sleep."
	"The only reason you can't sleep is because you conked out after your 
fight with Hanagata and his stupid car.  I had to carry you home, with you 
mumbling and kicking the entire way.  What kind of a marionette sleeps at 
night, anyway?" he said.  In the dim light, she could see him turning his 
back to her.
	"Gomen ne, Otaru," she said, feeling hurt by his words, but her pain 
turned to embarrassment when the thought of Otaru carrying her home entered 
her mind.  She blushed, but because he was turned away from her, she knew he 
wouldn't be able to see.  Plus, the fact that he was human almost assuredly 
meant he couldn't see in the dark as well as she could.
	He sighed.  "It's all right, Lime."
	"Hai," she said softly.  Otaru carried her home after the fight with 
Hanagata?  He had to be very strong ho have carried her the entire way back.  
Why had she fought with Hanagata, anyway?  Oh, that's right...  Those clothes 
Otaru had purchased for her, how that girly-man Hanagata had gotten mud all 
over them.  She looked down at herself.  What?  She was only wearing a 
bodysuit?  What had happened to her clothes?
	"Ne, Otaru?" she said.
	"Yeah?" he asked.
	"Where are my clothes?"
	"Don't worry, I cleaned them after I got back home.  They don't have 
mud on them anymore."
	"Arigato," she said, laying back down.  "Ne, Otaru?"
	"What now?" he asked.
	"I still can't sleep," she replied.
	He sighed loudly.  "Then count sheep."
	"But Otaru--"
	"What?"
	"What's a 'sheep'?"
	"It's a woolly four-legged creature that says 'baa' a lot.  Count 
them!"
	She nodded, even though she knew he wouldn't see it.  Closing her 
eyes, she envisioned what a 'sheep' would look like.  A woolly four-legged 
creature?  That left a lot to the imagination.  She assumed it would 
be...say, the size of a car.  Yeah!  A car was a four-wheeled creature of 
sorts, maybe a sheep was the same size.  Woolly sheep running down the street 
just the way Hanagata's car flew down the roads of Japoness.  Saying 'baa' as 
they passed by.
	She drifted off to sleep, still envisioning the sheep running by her.
	"One million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred 
thirty-three, one million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred 
thirty-four; one million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred 
thirty-five, one million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred 
thirty-six..." she counted in her sleep.  It was boring; she wished Otaru was 
there...
	"Lime?" Otaru said, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
	"Look at all the sheep, Otaru!" she exclaimed.
	"Lime!  They're huge monsters!"
	"That's not what a 'sheep' is?"
	"No!  They look nothing like that!"
	"Oh."
	"Look out!  They're attacking!  Lime, get out of the way!"  He dove 
out of the path of one sheep gone mad.
	"Hey!  Are you picking on Otaru?" she yelled at the sheep, but 
received no reply.  "Nobody picks on Otaru!!" she screamed, diving in and 
grabbing the sheep by the back leg.  Around and around she swung it, then let 
go when it had gained sufficient momentum.  It flew into a building and 
shattered into bits of shrapnel and other oblong pieces of metal.  The 
building broke in half, and landed on another sheep.  Then they all began to 
attack.
	"Uh, Lime?  I think you just killed that guy's cousin."
	"It's ok, Otaru!  I won't let them pick on you!"  She dashed in and 
began pounding on the nearest sheep, shoving multiple ones into each other 
and destroying all the sheep she'd counted.  She punched one, kicked another, 
and generally wreaked havoc on them.
	"Daijoubu?" Lime mumbled in her sleep, kicking Otaru in the back of 
his thigh.
	"Itai!" he exclaimed, turning back to look at her.  "I've never seen 
a marionette who laughs like she does.  I've never even seen a marionette who 
sleeps, let alone dreams.  She even mumbles in her sleep!"
	"Otaru..." Lime mumbled, pushing her blanket off.
	Otaru smiled, looking at her innocent face.  He pulled the blanket 
back up to her neck.
	Lime punched him in the stomach.
	He fell back onto his futon, gasping for breath.  Jeez, she even 
moved around in her sleep!
	"Otaru, dai-suki..."
	He smiled again.


See?  Like I said, it's too short.  I can't think of a way to make it longer, 
though.  <=(

~Luna