A few days after the Ultra Wormhole incident
"Mother, how are you feeling?" Lillie asked. She and Ark had been informed that Lusamine had finally woken up and were pulled early from school to go see her.
"Lillie, is that you?" Lusamine asked.
"Oh mother!" Lillie exclaimed, hugging her.
"Lillie, it's so good to see you, I'm sorry about everything." Lusamine apologized.
"It's okay mother, I'm just glad you're safe." Lillie said, wiping some tears.
"Ark, honey you can come in too." Lusamine said.
Ark slowly walked in, Pikachu and Snowy were right behind him.
"You gave us a scare there for a bit." Ark admitted.
"Nothing you haven't done to me in the past ten years." Lusamine said with a smile. "Where's Gladion?"
"Not sure, he left not long after we returned." Ark admitted.
Flashback
"Alright, that's it. Lusamine is back, and Lillie can touch Pokemon again." Ark said, packing his things up. "I'm upholding my end of the deal."
"Wait, stop." Gladion said, reopening Ark's bag. "I still don't like you, but I can't argue that Lillie is safer with you around."
"So what are you saying?" Ark asked.
"I still have more training to do, I doubt thats the last of the Ultra Beasts we've seen." Gladion said. "So, I think it's best that while I'm working on the problem at large, you take care of watching over Lillie and mother, keeping them safe as it were."
"So I can stay?" Ark asked with a grin.
"Yeah, I won't fight for you to leave anymore. You're Mother's child after all." Gladion sighed.
"Thanks Gladion." Ark said.
Back to the present
"Well, at least you two aren't constantly fighting anymore." Lillie said with a sigh of relief.
"Oh no, next time we meet, we're having a rematch, and I'll win it this time." Ark said with a smirk.
"Never change." Lusamine said with a smile.
"Mother, can I ask you something?" Ark asked.
"Of course, whats wrong?" Lusamine asked.
"Did you see where Faba went? We didn't see him where we were." Ark said.
"Faba, I don't know where he is, but understand this he is no longer welcome at the Aether Foundation. If he ever shows up there, he will be arrested." Lusamine said.
"So then he's still out there somewhere, with knowledge on how to open more wormholes." Ark said.
"But without the equipment, he has no solid way of returning here for sure." Lusamine assured.
"What about you now?" Lillie asked. "The wormhole was less than a success, but the Aether Foundation still exists."
"I'm going to take some time off from the foundation, to heal and spend time with you kids at home." Lusamine said.
"Ark, are you going to come home then?" Lillie asked.
"I left to find answers and solutions, just like Gladion did, I need to let Bewear know I'm leaving, but after that I'll be home." Ark responded.
"Oh yay, Hobbes will be so excited!" Lillie cheered.
"I'm sure he's not alone." Lusamine said.
"Pi." Pikachu said, looking at Lusamine.
"Pikachu, and Snowy." Lusamine said with a smile. "The two of you watched over my babies when I was otherwise occupied, I can't thank the two of you enough."
"We'll be back later Mother, you should rest for now." Lillie said.
"Okay Lillie, Ark can you stay back a minute?" Lusamine asked.
"Umm, sure." Ark said. "Please tell me you aren't going to send me through a wormhole after what happened."
"Not exactly." Lusamine said with a weary smile. "I realized that if Faba was able to reopen an Ultra Wormhole for the same Ultra Beast, then we can too."
"What do you mean?" Ark asked.
"Once I'm better, and have spent some time at home, I'd like to try and find a way to bring you home, if nothing but to see who you really are." Lusamine said. "You don't have to leave if you don't want to, but I want you to have that option."
"Get some rest mother, I'm an A.R.K., there might not be anywhere for me to return home to." Ark said.
Outside the hospital
"I have to go grab some things I left at Professor Kukui's house, can you make it home on your own?" Ark asked.
"Of course, do you want me to take Pikachu?" Lillie asked.
"It's fine, I'll see you later." Ark said.
On the beach near Kukui's house
Ark and Pikachu walked along the beach, in the distance they could see Professor Kukui and Professor Burnett talking. Suddenly Kukui got down on one knee, and even from the distance Ark could hear Professor Burnett cheering.
"You know what Pikachu, I think we can come back another time." Ark said. "Let's let them have this moment."
The next day
"Are you sure about that?" Mallow asked.
"Positive, he definitely proposed." Ark said.
"What should we get for him?" Lillie asked.
'That's if we're even invited, remember they could have a private wedding." Kiawe said.
"Why wouldn't we be invited? Oh I'm so excited, I love weddings!" Lana cooed.
"Whats this about a wedding?" Professor Kukui asked, walking in.
"Your wedding, when is it happening?" Ark asked.
"My wedding, why would I be having a wedding?!" Professor Kukui asked in confusion.
"Ark saw you propose yesterday when he went to get his things from you." Lillie said.
"Sigh, yes I proposed to Professor Burnett, but we aren't going to have a wedding, just a small ceremony at The Ruins of Life. Believe it or not, being a school teacher isn't exactly a high paying job." Professor Kukui said. "But that's none of your concern, for now we have class work to attend to."
After school
"Guys, I have an idea on what we can do for their gift." Lillie said.
"Sure, what's your idea?" Ark asked.
"But wait the Professor said they weren't having a wedding." Sophocles pointed out.
"No, he said he couldn't afford a wedding." Lillie pointed out. "We already have Hala who can officiate the ceremony. And Professor lives on a beach. How much more of a scenic wedding can you get."
"Okay, but there's still catering, guests, equipment, music, a cake." Kiawe pointed out.
"Not to mention rings, a dress, and I don't think Professor Kukui even owns a shirt." Mallow realized.
"Kiawe your family has made cakes before, do you think you could make one for this?" Lillie asked.
"Sure, but thats only one problem. What about guests?" Kiawe asked. "We aren't exactly enough for a full wedding."
"Not if we include Hala, Principal Oak, Wicke and Lusamine." Ark said.
"Don't forget Charles, he and Kukui are old friends." Lana reminded.
"I think my cousin went to college with the Professor, maybe he could be invited." Sophocles said.
"I could talk to my dad about catering the event." Mallow said.
"Okay, food, guests, a cake." Ark listed. "What about music?"
"Allow me, I have over 10,000 songs downloaded and ready to play." Rotomdex said.
"I think I have some speakers we could use as well to hook him up too." Sophocles said.
"Okay then. Lillie you help Professor Burnett find a dress, and Ark, get Professor Kukui into a tux." Mallow said. "We have a wedding to plan!"
