Fuyu

Bouncy shook the ice off of her and bounced over to the sleeping Fas. "Yay story! Story time! Story time!" she said happily, making Bri facepalm. He moved his arms, which had been shielding Thyme, who hissed with annoyance.

"Humph, and you know the wisdom of a stupid tale like that? Don't go out into the cold!" she said with a scowl. "Seriously, why would someone be that dumb?"

"Thyme..." Brian said softly. Snowy mountains were a bit of a bad memory for Thyme, as she had spent far too much time on Twist Mountain. That was before she had caught back up with Brian. Bouncy looked like she was getting mad. Fas was asleep! Why was she asleep! It was story time!

"Wake up! Story!" the annoyed igglybuff called. Brian giggled a bit and used his free hand to brush ice off of himself. "Sweet Kiss Bouncy." he said with a grin. She bounced up and kissed the frosslass on the cheek, hopefully it would work.

Brian cocked his eyebrow at Cam. And Drizzle, for all his power, was not quick on his feet, especially when hurt already. He was struck by the beam and collapsed, groaning softly. Bri wordlessly returned him, and thought a moment.

"Good job Drizzle. Go, Bouncy!" he said, sending out the baby igglybuff.

"Play?" she asked with a smile. Brian nodded and she bounced about happily, almost giddy with joy. It made him smile honestly. She always made him smile.

"Ok Bouncy, this is a really fun game... Fas over there wants to hear you sing, ok?" he said, crouching down, ignoring the protest his leg gave and looking her in the eyes. She smiled happily and began singing with joy,a soothing, mellow melody.

Drizzle yelped as the electricity hit him, dropping him to the ground. He looked fainted.

"Drizzle!" Brian cried, pulling out his pokeball. But the buizel inexplicably got back up, a soft, pained growl escaping his lips. Brian smiled and nodded.

"I'm ok... Wow, that hurt... Urk..." he said, holding his arm limply. Brian pondered the words, but they went to the back of his mind for the time being. He had other things to worry about.

"You're doing great Drizzle! Think you can hit with Pursuit again?" Brian called, his voice ful of cheer and encouragement.

"I can try." Drizzle said, dashing forward suddenly, glowing with dark energy.

Drizzle shrugged. He did have other moves... So why not use them? Seemed reasonable to him.

"Eh, not all of them. I can do this for example.: he said, letting loose a torrential Water Gun at her. Brian's face darkened. This would not be good.

Drizzle landed gracefully and crossed his arms, looking incredibly cool, at least, in his own mind. He gestured good naturedly at her and smiled.

"Ladies first." he said with a grin, ever the gentleman. Brian smiled and Let Drizzle do as he pleased. This was classic Drizzle right here. Showing off, as usual.

(Hope I'm not godmodding too much, I really want all of Brian's epicness to show here. His contest experience, his knowledge of his pokemon and what they can do, Spinkles and Bouncy evolving, all of it. Oh, I have an awesome plan for Sprinkles evo.)

"I like talking." Brian said simply. This was going to be interesting. If it worked, then that would be wonderful. If not... Then Drizzle would be knocked out for certain. That thunderbolt was a powerful move, and past experience had shown how effective Attract was.

"Drizzle, now!" Bri said. Drizzle used Aquajet right up in the air, leaving a trail of water behind him, which was hit by the electric attack. As the electricity traveled up the water, Drizzle used Sonic Boom and sprayed the electrified water all over Fas, though the Sonic Boom itself did nothing to the ghost type.

Leena shrieked and fell to the ground, shaking. She was knocked out. Cam hadn't even commanded the frosslass to attack... Or had he? That whistle... That must have been it. Bri returned the fainted Leena, and sent out Drizzle. Sure, Frost would have been a better choice, but Drizzle was one of the toughest pokemon Bri had.

"Ready Drizzle? Then go get her!" Bri said, gesturing with his hand, grinning. Drizzle splashed water up around himself and flew at the frosslass, blindingly fast. He smiled. As Drizzle flew right by the frosslass.

"Cameron, have you ever been in a pokemon contest? Probably not, you would think they are a waste of time. But they aren't. They are another way to connect with your pokemon. To learn about each other. Like me and Drizzle, even without saying anything he knows what I want him to do. Oh, and one more thing." Brian said lightly as Drizzle bounced back, flying faster and combining his moves Pursuit and Aqua Jet, turning it into a Dark Aqua Jet, soaring right at Fas. "Some move combos are really good in battles."

Leena laughed wickedly as the attack hit her, shivering weakly. "Ow...: she said, then shivered weakly. That had hurt, she couldn't take another hit like that.

"Spite!" Brian called. Leena laughed again and faded out, appearing behind Fas, dark power flowing out, attempting to weaken her PP.

(Bri and Cam are alike? owo?)

Brian tossed his pokeball. He was going to have to do everything he could think of. While he had been lost out... On the islanfd, he had had some time to examine his movesets. While he didn't have much confidence, he had to try and do something.

"Leena! Use Mean Look!" he said, the Misdreavus floating up happily. She giggled loudly and gave the Frosslass a sharp look.

Brian rolled his eyes. This did not bode well. "I could probably use all seven of my pokemon, eight if you count my arcanine... Who is off training somewhere, and not be able to beat your three... But I really have no other choice, do I?" he said quietly, holding Thyme close to him, the snivy hissing with anger.

Brian nods. "Sounds right." he said, not trusting this situation. He had a very bad feeling about this suddenly. Then he thought of something. This had to be some kind of test. He reached down and fumbled for his own pokeball. Why did he have such a big mouth? Bah, oh well. He would have to deal with it.

"So what did you have in mind?" Brian asked after a moment.

"... Don't talk to me about family. I have seven brothers. And what would be gained by pulling Skye away? Most people would rebel if you tried that. You think because your his big brother you can do what you want. It's his life, not yours. Why can't you let him live it on his own? Isn't that what you did after all?" Brian said, his mild blue eyes a bit icy as he looked at Cam.

"And besides, whatever you say, this is not your choice to make. It's Skye's. If he wants to leave, I won't stop him, but you will not take him away if he doesn't want to go. I won't let you." Brian said. Thyme froze. She had never imagined Brian was this strong.

"I may be the weakest trainer here, but I'm a lot stronger than I used to be. I know I can't compare to a trainer as tough as you, but I won't back down." Brian said. He would be lucky if he could knock out just one of Cam's pokemon. But he still had to do SOMETHING! Skye was his best friend!

Brian rolled his eyes. Safe? SAFE?! That was just... The dumbest thing he had ever heard. This place was not safe. Two of his best friends had gotten poisoned and very sick their first week here. And then he and Skye both had ended up in the hospital not too long afterwards. He still walked with a limp because of that incident. And he had been the one doing the rescuing there!

"Sorry to tell you this, but this place is no safer than anywhere else. I can show you scars I have from here... But the point is, you can't try and force someone to be something they aren't. I wouldn't try and tell you to go into pokemon medicine like I am if you didn't want to, so what right do you have to try the same thing with Skye?" Brian said softly. He... Was not really that mad, actually. Cam had a fair point, but the main point was it was Skye's choice, not Cam's. Cam couldn't just drop in here for one day and make a judgement based off of that, and destroy everything Skye was working for. Brian was not going to allow it.

Runny noses are the worst though!

Alright, thans for letting me know! I'll really look forward to your pst C: (And get better soon! D: )

Bri rolled his eyes. This was a rare time he was angry. He frowned a bit and held Thyme in his arms and began petting her. She said nothing about this. She could tel how upset Bri was, and frankly anything she could do to help him would be fine, even if she hated it herself.

"So... Skye said something about you wanting him to leave..." Brian said softly, almost making it sound like a question instead of an accusation.

"Brian, actually." Bri said, not really wanting Cam to call him by his nickname. They weren't friends after all. But seriously, this did not seem like it was going to end well. Still, he had to try. He sayed quiet for a moment, thinking how best to say this. He was not happy with Cam. But the man seemed to be oblivious.

Bri blinked a bit and blushed very deeply, but he shook it away. This... Was very awkward for him. He looked down at the ball, his eyes narrowed slightly. Well, he had to ask and get this over sooner or later.

"Aren't you Cam, Skye's big brother?" he asked after a moment.

Brian looked up. Oh look, there was Cam now. He vaguely remembered thinking how cool he was back at the expo, but now he merely thought Cam was a jerk. Still, he had to at least try and be friendly. Thyme however was not so friendly. She hissed softly at him.

"Um... Yeah, maybe. Kind of don't feel like it though." he said softly, patting Thyme on the head.

"What do you want?" Thyme said in an annoyed voice. Brian idly wondered how she knew who Cam was. Maybe she was just agitated and snapping at everyone? Hm...