It's Ryan's turn! I honestly have someone with the name 'Ryan' in quite a few franchises and I love the name, which is why.

A/N: Sorry for the hiatus, but I really needed to think this one through and because I had an idea in my head, I felt the need to write something for Valentine's Day, which was four days ago. Ryan is wearing a light blue tank top under a dark gray jacket which has only a half zipper to it. He is wearing white tracksuit pants with a navy blue stripe going vertically on either leg and a pair of tennis shoes. Google it (the half zipper bit) if you don't know what I mean. I only own OCs and the storyline. Oh and one more thing: there's an important announcement in the bottom A/N. Enjoy!


Ryan's Blues

I inhaled sharply. I went into the room and smiled at Louis and Grace. "Congratulations, you two," I said.

"Glace," Louis replied and Grace watched one of the Eevee zip by me.

Oh boy. Not only did I have to catch Eevee, but I had to find where it went first. I decided to check my room first. 'Oh boy,' I think to myself as I notice a pair of my blue shorts on the floor. I'm careful in my movements. I lifted the pair of shorts (that I know are clean because they were in the bottom drawer) slowly.

"Vui," Eevee said before drooping its ears. I looked closer at its fur and noticed that there were a few streaks of blue on this one side. They were the same shade of blue as Louis' fur. *

Then I looked at the other side and as I guessed, there were streaks (albeit faint like the other ones) of blue, but they were the same shade as Grace's fur. "Hey," I said softly. Eevee looked up at me. "So what you're different. I'm different from my 7 siblings," I said, removing the small object from one of the pockets. I recognized it to be a shrunken Poké Ball of some sort. I placed it in the pocket of the right side of my pants.

Eevee tilted its head. "Evui," it said before placing a paw on the shorts. I had to think.

"Were you trying to blend in or cover up the spots?" Eevee nodded. I gave Eevee a gentle pet. "There's nothing wrong with being different. I've just never seen anything like this before. I'd like you to join me on my journey, but only if you want to. You'll even get to stay with one of your brothers," I said. It was true. The Eevee going to Rebekah and Darian would journey together and the same held true for the ones going to Ira and Amber; providing they travel together, that is.

Eevee appeared to think this over before it tried to get in my lap. "E-vui!" Eevee said happily. Cool. "Well, next step is to catch you, but I better show your parents that you're fine."

I walk with Eevee in my hands, hiding the fur. "Well, that was quick," Daniel mused.

Emma looked at me. "So, where'd it go?" she asked as I went back into the room, doing as I said. Grace licked her child a few times and Eevee didn't seem too content. Louis gave me a look.

"Oh yeah. Uh, any idea how Eevee looks like both his parents?" I asked.

Connor looked at me like I was crazy. "What are you talking about?" he asked. Mom went into the room and picked it up.

"Hm," she said, looking Eevee over. Professor Elm looked at me. Mom handed Eevee to him.

I watched the professor look at Eevee. "Male for sure," Nurse Joy said with a smile.

"It's interesting. A very rare occurrence if I say so myself. I wouldn't say your Eevee is shiny per se," Professor Elm began. I took my stare away from Emma and stared at him as I waited with bated breath. "However, it just seems to be that your Eevee spent the," he trailed off and then I looked at my four younger siblings.

"Catch it, Ryan!" Darian exclaimed.

Rebekah just sighed before shaking her head. "What's his name?" Emma asked.

I smiled and gave Eevee a scratch between the ears before whispering. Eevee jumped out of the professor's arms. "Evui," he said, with a look that read, bring it on. I grabbed the ball out of my pocket and enlarged it. 'A Quick Ball. I know I've only had one of these,' I thought.

"Is that the gift your grandmother gave you?" Nurse Joy asked. I nodded.

I guess I forgot I had it. I tossed the ball at Eevee who looked up as he got sucked in. The ball gently rocked and then gave off a -ping- that indicated a successful capture. I picked the ball up and tossed it again, letting Eevee land in my arms. "I've decided on the name Blue. He was down at first and he found my blue shorts. ...and then there's his fur," I listed.

"Evui~," Blue said in content.

(Later at the lab)

I was with Professor Elm. "I was thinking Eevee might be one of the younger ones. There are conditions that can cause different colorations outside of shininess, but I can't say for sure," he said.

I nodded. "That's okay with me, professor," I said with a smile.


(Three weeks later)

I was watching Blue practice an attack. "Em, what did the Laverre gym leader say about an Eevee evolving into a Sylveon?" I asked.

"Knows one Fairy-type move and has high affection," she said as she came over with Bruin.

'Nuisances are headed this way,' I said through our link. "Baby-Doll Eyes," I realized and Blue began to glow. Blue gained his blue eyes and other parts that were supposed to be blue, but now his blue streaks were more prominent. I grinned. "Looking good, Blue," I said.

I scanned him for his new moves. "Well, well, well. It's been a while, hasn't it, kids?" Layla sneered. I held a growl back.

"...and Ryan's got an oddball Eevee," Jess said.

"We're the same age as you, you know," I hotly reminded them.

I looked at Emma who nodded. "We challenge you to a 2 on 2 double battle," Emma began.

"Whichever side loses all 4 Pokémon first loses," I finished.

Layla and Jess looked at each other. "We accept," they said.

'You thinking what I'm thinking?' I asked.

'That if we win, they have to stop teasing us?' Emma replied. 'Yep. Definitely the powers of twin telepathy.'

Layla called out a Seviper and Jess sent out a Milotic. "I'm sticking with Bruin," Emma said and he jumped from her arms. Blue jumped from mine. "I'm going with Blue," I said.

The battle began and raged on. "Seviper, Sludge Bomb on Eevee and Sylveon," Layla quickly commanded.

"Ha. While you're attacking, that gives me some room. Blue, Protect to cover Bruin!" I said. However, his Protect wouldn't work.

"Swift!" Emma tried but the poison was too much. She hung her head before returning Bruin. Swift did however, hit Milotic.

Jess was staring at Sylveon. "How did Sylveon not get poisoned?" she asked.

I smirked. "That's easy," I replied with a grin. "Sylveon is a pure Fairy type. While he's weak against Poison type moves, I've been figuring a way for him to get around it. Don't forget how Protect works." 'Hey, Em. I got an idea. Send out your Exploud.'

'Are you crazy? He just evolved two days ago!'

I took a breath. 'I may be crazy, but I have a plan in defeating these two and I'm going to need your trust and Exploud,' I replied.

I felt her hesitate. 'I think I know where you're going,' she said. She grabbed the ball off her belt and enlarged it. "Exploud, show time!" she said. Exploud saw all of the team as family. "Bruin was just defeated by Seviper. Think you can help Ryan's Sylveon in this?"

Exploud looked at Blue before nodding at Emma. "Well, what are you waiting for? Dad always taught me ladies first. ...oh wait, there might not be any except Emma," I teased with a smirk. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Emma do the same.

Layla rolled her eyes and Jess growled. "Seviper, Poison Tail on Exploud, now," Layla commanded.

"Milotic, Twister on Sylveon," Jess said, folding her arms.

'Follow my lead and cover your ears,' I said. "Blue, let out your strongest Disarming Voice!" I commanded before covering my ears and Emma saw where I was going with this.

"Exploud, Boomburst!" she said and the attacks were fired, knocking both Pokémon back but not down. 'Nice,' she said. I nodded. "Icy Wind!" We watched the Ice attack hit both opponents and I decided to have some ...target practice, if you will.

'Ready when you are, boss,' Blue said.

I felt our auras syncing and fluctuating. "Swift," I said simply and that broke the ice (literally. No pun intended). It also revealed a fainted Milotic and Seviper.

"How?" they both said.

I gave Emma a smile. "That's an easy one. Exploud has Soundproof as his ability and Protect was still up with Blue, which is why he wasn't hit by Boomburst," Emma explained.

They both returned their Pokémon. 'Who will you use if Blue gets knocked out?' Emma asked.

I had to think that one over. 'Gardevoir, probably,' I replied. 'Let's just hope he doesn't. Protect will probably only stay up 1 or 2 more turns. I might need a distraction.' **

'I can help you with that. Distraction is my middle name,' Emma replied.

I was in a bit of a better mood. 'I thought your middle name was Lucille,' I said.

She shook her head. "We're waiting. We have a place to be," Emma said.

"Roserade/Snorlax," they simultaneously called.

Their starters. Of course. 'Snorlax has Thick Fat, so Icy Wind won't help that much,' I said.

'I know, but you'll see the distraction when the time is right,' she replied. "Petal Blizzard!" Layla said. Uh oh. It knocked down Protect.

"Snorlax, use Yawn," Jess said.

"Taunt at double the power," Emma simply replied. Should've seen that coming. Taunt worked on both Pokémon and blocked out Snorlax's Yawn.

Jess gave a sinister grin. "Giga Impact!" she commanded.

'Be ready to back me up,' Emma said. I nodded. "Zen Headbutt and don't hold back!" she said. Just like the day Dad died. The move was still heading in Blue's direction, despite Exploud ramming into Snorlax.

"Dazzling Gleam to help Exploud!" I countered. We watched as the moves collided before making a small explosion. Emma and I braced ourselves. There was a loud -thud- and I looked up to see Snorlax fainted. Roserade was panting. 'This will be fast,' I told Emma and Blue. "Dig. While you're down there, use Heal Bell and then once you're out, hit Roserade with your strongest Iron Tail!"

That was a mouthful. Emma and I watched (and felt) Blue heal. Now we waited for him to resurface. 'We've got to go after this,' Emma reminded me.

'Snowpoint already,' I mused. Heard that the gym leader there was a tough one. Blue resurfaced and his tail glowed silver. I watched him strike Roserade down with grace before using the tail as a spring to bounce back to our side of the field. "Looks like we win. Blue, that was awesome. Return," I said, pulling his Quick Ball out of my pocket.

"Exploud, you really were a game changer. Our training has paid off. Return," Emma said and we looked at our cousins. We grabbed our bags (Emma and I both liked drawstring gym bags, so that's what we've been using. Emma's is navy blue and mine is ice blue) before turning the opposite direction.

'Well done,' Emma said.

I nodded. 'You too,' I replied.

"Where are you two sore winners do you think you're going?" Layla asked.

I gritted my teeth. Arceus, they truly are a pain. "We're heading to the Snowpoint Gym. Things could've gone faster, but we told the leader we'd meet him today outside the gym," I replied.

We had to heal before we ran and met the gym leader. "Didn't think you two would make it," he said. "I got wind of you twos from Wake. I should formally introduce myself. My name is Hudson Donohue and before you take me on, you have all six Ace Trainers on to take. However, seeing as you two are twins, how would you like to spice it up?" ***

'Well?' I asked. Emma shrugged.

'Sure. I think they called this a multi-day gym for a reason,' she replied.

We nodded. "Well then, I'll go ahead of you and tell the Aces to partner up for double battles," Hudson said before he went in.

This would be hard, but we had 6 Pokémon in between us. Anton and Alicia were our first opponents and by the time we got down to the last two (Brenna and Isaiah), we had used all our Pokémon at least once. We dealt the final blows to Snover and Quagsire and the ref declared us winners. The ref also gave us permission to move on. However, both of us were exhausted and Hudson saw us. "Wise choice, you two. I'll be placing a call to my boss to see what he says."

"Good battle," Brenna said.

Isaiah nodded in agreement. "Yeah. You two really know what you're doing. I speak for all of us when I say we had fun."

Emma and I nodded in agreement. "So did we," we said.

"Well, you two should probably get some rest and stay warm," Brenna said. We took her words to heart.

I took a breath as it began to snow. Figures. "Let's get inside so we don't freeze. Snowpoint is cold, but Snowbelle is colder," Emma said. I agreed as we ran as fast as we could.

"We'll each need our Pokémon healed. We faced all of Hudson's Ace Trainers but didn't take him on," I said and began to place each ball in a slot.

Nurse Joy nodded. "Hot cocoa and other warm beverages are being served in the cafeteria. You might want to make yourselves comfortable because this will take a while," she said to us.

Emma snapped her fingers. "We'll do it after we warm up. At least we're allowed to have drinks in the lobby," she said.

We went to the cafeteria and my Pokégear rang. The caller ID did not surprise me. "Well, she's got an instinct," I said to Emma. She requested two hot cocoas for us.

"Hi sweetie," Mom said. "Did you two make it to Snowpoint okay?"

I put in on speaker as we sat down. "Yeah, Mom. We did. Blue evolved," Emma said.

"Into what?" Mom asked.

I sipped some of my cocoa, not caring that I singed my tongue slightly. "After perfecting Baby-Doll Eyes, Blue evolved into a Sylveon," I replied. "We ...well, they found us, I guess." ****

"What Ryan's trying to say is that we encountered some people we're not too crazy about," Emma said before we told her what happened.

There was a pause. "Well, you did all you could. I'm proud of you. Daniel's trying to do the same with Gabrielle," Mom told us. She knew we considered our cousins (on dad's side, anyway. Our cousins on her side were a different story) to be headaches ...save Connor and the quad, for now. There was a -thud- in the background.

"Every time," I could hear Daniel say. Our younger siblings had a tendency of jumping onto any of us when we returned from an extended period.

We felt our hearts warm up at their laughter, though. "Well, it looks like you've got your hands full," I began.

"So we'll let you go and probably talk to you tomorrow. Tell everyone we said 'hi' for us?" Emma said.

I could almost hear her rolling her eyes. "Of course I will," she said. "Love you," she added.

"Love you, too," Emma said.

I nodded. "Love you, Mom," I said.

"Wait. Is that Emma?" Amber said but the call ended. Somehow it dropped.

We were talking about the Sinnoh League because it would be coming up on us soon, but we weren't planning on entering it yet. We still had to face the Kalos League. We were trying to learn about it. "So, the final gym is in Sunyshore. The leader there is a prodigy and an Electric-type specialist. No doubt, Darian would want to challenge him in battle," Emma said, reading from the guidebook. I looked at the map.

"It'll be an interesting ride," I said. We were quiet as we let our minds be at ease. That is, until we weren't the only ones (aside the chef) in the cafeteria.

'Guess they found us,' Emma said, standing up and I did the same. "Layla," Emma said evenly.

I looked at Jess. "Jess. What brings you here?" I asked.

Of the two, Layla talked more, so she spoke. "We're here because you beat us and because it's freezing outside," she said and Emma and I were resisting a smart-alec comment.

"You two are serious, I hope?" Emma asked. Jess extended her hand.

She nodded. "Truce. We ...well, our parents called shortly after we battled you. They said that your dad's been trying for years to break up our rivalry," Jess said.

I looked at Emma. What should we say? Emma's hunter green/gold eyes met my amber ones. Layla had her arms folded. "We accept. Sadly, we can't go back and undo what we said to each other, be it face to face or behind our backs. We can however," Emma began, looking at me. "Try and start over from scratch. How does that sound?"

Awkward. Jess took a breath. "Sure. Hey Emma, I'm your cousin Jess," Jess said.

"This is awkward," I murmured.

Layla nodded. "True," she said. "I guess... no. The next time we run into each other, we'll call you by your names. Sound fair?" She extended her hand.

"Je suis d'accord avec," I said, shaking hands with Layla. (Translation: Je suis d'accord avec = I second that)

So... "What are you doing here in Sinnoh? I heard from Allison that you two were heading to Shalour City," Jess asked.

"We're training. We aren't collecting badges here per se, but we do have a challenge against the gym leader here tomorrow. It's all in preparation for when it's time to face Wulfric," Emma answered.

I nodded. "Yeah. After we battle against Hudson, we're going to catch the first bus to Jubilife City so we can catch the first flight to Lumiose. From Lumiose, we'll take the train to Geosenge Town and then go to Shalour from there. To get to Shalour, we'll take the back roads to Route 11 and then from Route 11, we'll walk to Shalour," I explained. It's a lot, isn't it? *****

"What about you two? You're a performer and you make PR videos," Emma said referring to Layla's path of choice and Jess' as well. (1)

Jess took a breath. "Layla wanted to meet Fantina and get some advice," Jess explained. Layla started out as a coordinator, but once she and Jess went to Kalos and discovered Pokémon Performing, she switched her trainer class.

I looked at my watch. "Will Emma and Ryan D'Arciola pick up their Pokémon from the front desk?" Nurse Joy called over an intercom.

That was our cue. "Well, we have to pick up our Pokémon. Next time we battle, it should be our starters," Emma suggested and Layla nodded in agreement at that. Blissey and Roserade had been rivals since they were a Happiny and a Budew, respectively. As we made our way to the front desk (and got separate rooms), I was thinking of something. I know that Louis and Daniel have each other. Emma and I have
Bruin and Blue and everyone else has an Eevee. It felt like just yesterday that I had to find Blue and catch him. Now, he's a Sylveon.

'Maybe we should have Bruin and Blue battle each other,' Emma said later through our link.

I agreed. 'Yeah, that'll be interesting. Ooh! Plus maybe, they could go against Dahon and Louis in addition to the others' in the future!' I replied.

'Slow down, there, Raikou,' Emma said. 'Let's just battle each other first, okay?' (2)

She had a point, pretty much as usual. 'Sure. Night, Emma,' I said.

'Night, Ryan,' she replied. We really needed the sleep.


...well, that just happened. *sighs* Hm? You want the rundown, don't you? I got you covered and I'll see you at the end A/N.

(*) I'm surprised that a bred Pokémon looking like both his/her parents (example: a male Electabuzz and a female Raichu. The Pichu would have a black stripe, but a small one. Then the Pikachu would have black stripes instead of brown and then the Raichu would have more stripes) hasn't been done in the anime. Well, I just did it. Anything's possible in the world of Pokémon.

(**) This has two parts. Part one: since I haven't played a game since gen two, I decided to change the way Eevee evolves. High affection and one Fairy-type move. Part two: Protect halves each time you use it.

(***) Hudson is a name that does pertain to ice. I can't remember how, though. Also, to those of you wondering: yes, Hudson is Candice's father. Because of how old my OCs are, I've been working on the 'younger' gym leaders; as in, the ones who aren't adults yet. Young adults at the minimum, I think.

(****) Ryan singeing his tongue with the hot cocoa was homage to something I did …about 5 years ago. PM me if you want the story.

(1) PR videos were mentioned early on in the gen 6 anime.

(2) Emma saying, "Slow down there, Raikou," is a parody/spoof of the saying, "Slow down there, tiger." I used Raikou because: Shinx's appearance is based off of a lion cub or lynx kitten, Luxio resembles a young lynx or lion and Luxray is based off a fully grown lynx or lion. Torracat is the next closest one to a tiger, but neither of them have been to Alola.

A/N: If you're all caught up on this story (or even if you're a new reader), you probably noticed my note in the summary. I said that I'd come off the hiatus on the 15th, not update on the 15th; although, that was my original plan. So, sorry this is late. I got caught in some doctor appointments and schoolwork. Here's the announcement: I will be starting the stories about how Viola got her Shiny Beedrill and Grant his Tyranitar; both of which have more details on my profile. On the topic of four-shots, I will resume "Havoc's Backstory" once I finish this series. Don't expect the next character to come right away. I'm working on Rebekah's character for her volume one of her journey; details of which are on my profile.

Uh, that's pretty much it as far as announcements and updates go. I will admit that I am working on coauthoring with (most notably Ange/Dolphin02) other authors for stories and not all of these stories will be on my profile.

...the only other thing I have to say (before closing) is interesting. Ryan is the second OC I have given a Sylveon (as well as a Gardevoir) to. Next up is Connor's tale and it's going to be shorter (I hope) than this one.

As always, R and R, F and F (if you want), vote (please. Your vote counts) and ask. Bye.

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