Nidoqueen: Pardon me, master.
Raikou: Leave me in peace.
Nidoqueen: But sir, the castle is under attack!
All Team Rocket Members: Kill the raikou, kill the raikou!
(The pokemon have tried to block off the door, but it is being bashed in by the team rocket crew.)
Sandshrew: This isn't working!
Scyther: Oh, Sandshrew! We must do something!
Sandshrew: Wait! I know!
All Team Rocket Members: Kill the raikou, kill the raikou!
**In Raikou's lair...**
Nidoqueen: What shall we do, master?
Raikou: (Still very sad)
It doesn't matter now. Just let them come.
All Team Rocket Members: Kill the raikou, kill the raikou, kill the raikou!
(The team rocket crew succeeds in breaking in, and finds a grand entrance filled with assorted pieces of furniture, teacups, candlesticks, ultra balls and poke balls. They tiptoe in, and James unknowingly picks up Sandshrew who has a match in his paw.)
Sandshrew: Now!
(All the pokemon spring into the action, attacking their human enemies. )
**Back at the gym...**
Nidorian: Yes! Here we go!
(Norman looks out from the window and sees the advancing wheel.)
Norman: What the devil? May, look out!
(The invention crashes into the door, and a red cloud of smoke poofs out of the basement. May and Norman emerge from the wreckage to find Nidorian swinging on a loose spring.)
Nidorian: You guys gotta try this thing!
(Soon, at the castle, the attack continues. Meanwhile, Ryan has broken off from the members, and is searching out Raikou. May, Norman, Rainbow and Nidorian are making their way to the castle. Finally, the invaders are chased out and the pokemon celebrate their victory.)
Cubone: And stay out!
(Sandshrew pulls over Cubone and kisses him once on each cheek. Cubone shakes it off. In the hallway, Ryan finds Raikou's lair. He summons his beedrill and it takes aim. Raikou looks up at him and the beedrill , then looks back down in sadness again. Ryan tells the beedrill to use poison sting and the stinger strikes Raikou in the shoulder. He screams in pain and stands. Ryan rushes onto him and they fly out the window onto the balcony, where it has begun to rain.)
Ryan: Ha ha ha ha ha!
(Ryan corners Raikou on the edge of the roof. Raikou simply sits there in despair.)
Ryan: Get up! Get up! What's the matter, Raikou? Too kind and gentle to fight back?
(Raikou looks down ignoring him. Ryan walks into the foreground and breaks off a piece of the roof and a master ball that's sitting on a statue. He is about to smash it on Raikou's head and use the master ball when May's voice drifts up. She is on the bridge and is yelling to Ryan, telling him to stop.)
May: No!
Raikou: (Hearing her voice and giving him new life)
May.
May: Ryan, don't!
(Ryan swings down at Raikou, but he catches the weapon in his paw. Raikou rises up and roars in Ryan's face. They proceed through a fight on the rooftop. Finally, Raikou takes a hiding place among the gargoyles in the darkness. Meanwhile, May enters the castle on the ground.)
May: Let's go, Rainbow!
Ryan: Come on out and fight! Were you in love with her, raikou?
Did you honestly think she'd want you when she had someone like me?
(Raikou has been provoked enough. He emerges and they fight again.)
Ryan: It's over, raikou! May is mine!
(This time, however, Raikou picks up Ryan by the neck and holds him out over the edge of the roof. Ryan pleads with Raikou.)
Ryan: Put me down. Put me down. Please, don't hurt me! I'll do anything! Anything!
(Raikou's anger slowly melts off his face, and the look of compassion returns. He pulls Ryan back onto the roof.)
Raikou: Get out!
(He shoves Ryan to the ground. Above, May comes out on a balcony.)
May: Raikou!
Raikou: May!
(Raikou begins to climb the tower until he reaches the balcony. He hangs over the side.)
Raikou: May? You came back!
(Raikou and May stare passionately at each other, but the moment is interrupted when Ryan sneaks up and stabs Raikou in the back. Raikou roars in pain, and May is helpless. Ryan pulls a master ball out and is about the toss it to capture Raikou then kill him. Raikou starts to fall, knocking Ryan off his balance. May reaches forward and pulls Raikou back, while Ryan falls off never to be seen again. May helps the injured raikou up onto the balcony, where he lies down on the floor. The pokemon come rushing out, but stay out of sight.)
Raikou: You came back.
May: Of course I came back. I couldn't let them...
Oh this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner.
Raikou: Maybe it's better this way.
May: Don't talk like that. You'll be all right. We're together now. Everything's going to be fine. You'll see.
Raikou: At least I got to see you one... last...time.
(May pulls Raikou's paw up to her cheek. He holds it there for a second, then drops it. His head falls back, and his eyes close. May drops the paw and puts her hands to her mouth. She can't believe this has happened.)
May: (Crying)
No, no! Please! Please! Please don't leave me! I love you!
(The pokemon watch the last petal fall off the rose. They all look down at the floor, and Cubone puts his arm around Nidoqueen. May is crying about the raikou. The rain continues to fall. But one beam of light falls, like a shooting star. Then another comes. And another, and another. May finally notices what is happening. She stops crying for a second, then starts to back away. A fog begins to enshroud Raikou. We see the pokemon looking on in extreme anticipation. Raikou rises up into the air magically and begins to turn. He is enveloped in a cloud of light, and becomes wrapped in his cloak. Underneath, May can see Raikou's body shifting and forming. A fore paw comes out and the claws turn into fingers. A hind paw emerges and develops into a foot. Finally, a wind blows across his face and the fur melts away to reveal a young prince. He gradually descends and is laid on the floor again. The fog disappears and May reaches out to touch him. She jerks her hand back, however, when the figure begins to move. It stands, then looks at it's hands, then turns to face May. It is a human, with the same red eyes as Raikou. It is obviously Raikou, transformed. May gives him a mysterious look.)
Prince: May! It's me!
(She continues to look at him skeptically, but then she sees the red eyes, and instantly knows it is him.)
May: It is you!
(They kiss. Fireworks explode around them. The gloom surrounding the castle disappears, revealing a blue sky. The castle is transformed, with the gargoyles changing into cherubs. Finally, we return to the balcony, where the pokemon hop out to meet the prince and May. One by one, they are transformed back to their original human conditions.)
Prince: Sandshrew! Cubone! Oh, Nidoqueen! Look at us!
(Nidorian comes riding in on Bellossom.)
Nidorian: Mama! Mama!
(The pair transforms back into a boy and dog.)
Nidoqueen: (Picking up her boy)
Oh my goodness!
Sandshrew: It is a miracle!
(The prince picks up May and swings her around. The ruffles of her skirt fly as they all enter the ballroom. The prince and May dance around the room as the rest of the characters get in their last lines.)
Sandshrew: Ah, l'amour.
(He says this, and a maid, obviously the former Scyther walks by, brushing him on the chin.)
Heh heh!
(He starts to chase after her, but Cubone stops him.)
Cubone: Well, Sandshrew, old friend. Shall we let bygones be bygones?
Sandshrew: Of course, Cubone. I told you she would break the spell.
Cubone: I beg your pardon, old friend, but I believe I told you.
Sandshrew: No you didn't. I told you.
Cubone: You most certainly did not, you pompous parrafin-headed pea-brain!
Sandshrew: En garde, you overgrown pokemon!
(He takes off his glove and slaps Cubone across the face with it. They begin to fight meanwhile May and the prince continue to dance around the floor as Nidoqueen, Nidorian and Norman are beginning to cry.)
Nidorian: Are they gonna live happily ever after, mama?
Nidoqueen: Of course, my dear. Of course.
Nidorian: (Looks happy for a moment, then puzzled.)
Do I still have to sleep in the pokemon bed?
(Norman laughs and Nidoqueen hugs her child and laughs. May and the prince are still dancing around the room and the castle guard takes a picture of them and he gets the other characters in the background.)
The Singers In The Ballroom:
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the raikou!
Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the raikou!
The End!
I hope you all liked this! Please review! And again, I wrote this all by heart! This took a long time to write and a long time to figure out who's line goes where! And May finally got with the prince even though she missed the pokemon league...
Well back to the other fanfics. I gotta finish those as well! I will see you in the next parody: The Entei King. ^w^