Elio approached Lillie with his hand raised.

"Congratulations are still in order trainer, few have been able to even reach me, fewer have actually lasted. You are the first to actually back me into a wall. If you want to try again for the throne,you are free to do so. Also welcome back Lillie, I missed you."

As she heard those words Lillie leaped at the boy to give him one of the biggest hugs he had the misfortune to have received.

"I missed you too!" The embrace lasted a good five minutes before Elio got a ring from Kahili down stairs.

"Hey Champ the challenger has been up there longer than expected, you doing alright?"

Elio calmed himself down as he answered. "Yes. Tell any would be challengers that I am going to be on break for a bit."

He turned to Lillie and asked. "You want to go to the Altar of the Moone, there is someone who may want to see you. If Nebby did not sneak out early to do that already."

Lillie giggled in response. "She already did when I was clearing the last trial, but sure."

A week later after Elio's battle with Lillie things calmed down on Alola after Elio's scheme before hand had to come to a close. Lillie had to call Gladion, who in turn called the former Team Skull members to call off on the Snorlax plan (they did not even capture a single Snorlax for the plan anyways). Turned out it was going to take a couple more months before more new people would arrive on Alola. Elio and Lillie had no other plans besides hanging out and catching up on what the other had been doing.

Elio wanted to know about most of Lillies adventures in Kanto, he got the brief info on where Lillie caught her pokemon as well as the highlights of her team during that time. Venusaur was a starter, Vaporeon was an Eevee that she got from Bill, Blissey use to be a Chansey she caught while near the Saffari zone, Magneton was caught during her adventure near a power plant to go find a T.M, Vileplume being caught as an early journey pokemon that Lillie did not want to part with. Volcarona was from an egg given to her during the end of her journey in Kanto. Most of the highlights involved her team being able handle damage and dish it back and save for Sunne and Poley who were wall breakers. Everyone was glad to have Lillie back and threw her a small party in celebration.

After the party, Elio was at Kukui's house with Lillie. He moaned as he searched some brochures. "GROAN I am bored already!"

Lillie, as she gathered notes on the pokemon that were found elsewhere in the world, asked Elio what was wrong? The boy answered in a bored tone.

"It is going to take a couple more months before new challengers arrive in this region and aside from the local challengers you were the only one who was new. I am searching for new places that could give me something to do. Most sound decent but I am looking for a place that I can go visit, beat everyone and be back in the next couple months."

Lillie grabbed a random brochure to see exactly what he was looking for. "Hey Elio, you read this one yet?"

Elio looked curiously. "That old one? I have not looked at it yet."

Lillie looked at the thing and replied. "Not much detail other than the region has various Colosseum and a place called Mount Battle."

Elio read more in interest. "Huh? Orre? Looks like the kind of place that can kill time."

Elio looked at Lillie with a smile. "Want to come with?"

Lillie stared. "I would have to ask Kukui and the others if it is okay for me to be gone for a long time again, if they say yes then of course!"

Elio smiled back. "Fine with me. I will ask some of my folks if that is okay, as well as the people at the league if I can take the time away for this."

Elio asked everyone for approval of him and Lillie going, the people at the league were okay with him going to a new region so long as he was back before the challengers start coming in. His mother agreed to such a trip as long as he kept himself and Lillie safe. Nebby approved of the trip as well but only if she stayed behind on Alola to watch over something for Elio. As for Lillie she had Kukui and Burnet agree to letting her go on a trip as long as she called home and talked to them about any new moves she may see or move combinations, due to Orre's battle system being slightly different from usual regions. Gladion agreed to letting Lillie go on her trip as long as she returns stronger than before. He was a little jealous that she came closer to beating Elio than him or anyone else who challenged Elio. Wicke agreed to letting Lillie go on her trip and gave her the general information regarding Orre, places to visit and the fact that every battle in Orre was the double format. Lusamine reluctantly agreed to let Lillie take the trip, but only if she called home once a week, in addition she gave her the small tip to avoid a place called Pyrite Town if she can. If they have to visit the place, then they were not to stay the night.

As the duo visited Hau'loi to let each other know that enough people approved of them making such a visit. Elio thought of the journey and asked "Hey Lillie, if we go to Orre with the boys we have now, would that make things too easy?"

As Lillie thought of it, she nodded. "Yes, it would."

Elio nodded back. "In around a couple weeks, do you want to gather two pokemon and start our trip to Orre fresh? Like pick two pokemon we never got the chance to really use on our adventures, or start a starter from square one."

Lillie thought it over. "Yes but only if you help me with a couple ideas. I heard of how breeding pokemon works, but I don't want to make any mistakes in this."

Elio's answered. "Oh? That is rather easy once you gather the components needed."

Elio spent ten minutes talking to Lillie about the band like items, destiny knot and the ever stone.

In a distant land, in a worn out engine doubling as a diner.

A tan man with a blue jacket, a strange device on his left hand, a black and yellow feline on his right side was looking at brochures of various regions for him to discover.

"Huh, Alola? Hey Rui, what you think of this place?"

As he pointed towards an orange haired woman who had a velvet feline behind her. Rui read the brochure.

"Alola, sounds like a pleasant place to visit."

Wes sighed. "Heh! Better than this wasteland that is for sure,"