(Monday)

"We're back." Lillie and I are back from Cortando Town, as we were asked by Professor Jacq to attend the Olive harvesting festival with the other students.

Reisa says, "Harvesting olives are interesting, and to think that we use the olive to make the oils for the meals we have."

"Indeed. And I guess we also get a present as well." Lillie says while hugging the Smoliv in her hand.

Smoliv: The Olive Pokemon: Grass and Normal Type. It protects itself from enemies by emitting oil from the fruit on its head. This oil is bitter and astringent enough to make someone flinch.

"Well, we do get to see what an Arboliva looks like back in our gym battles. And I can't wait to see how it evolves." I say.

"Me too." Lillie says. "I guess it is time for us to go to class."

"Let's go." Luke says.

(Tuesday)

"What? You guys are coming to Paldea Region?" Lillie is surprised.

"Of course, Lillie. We're going to see how you do in school and don't worry, it will only be me, Mohn, and Gladion." Lusamine says.

"Gladion is going to come too? I thought he is going to Sinnoh to travel!" Lillie yells at her.

"Well, sorry about that. But we'll see you on Wednesday." After that, Lillie ends the call with a sigh.

As for me, I was training Smoliv with my Lycanroc, though everyone is looking at my training because my Lycanroc looks different from the others.

"So this is the Dusk Form Lycanroc!" Luke says. "How did you evolve it?"

"You just need to have a Rockruff with the Own Tempo ability and evolve it during dusk. That's how..." I say.

"But that is really hard to achieve." A student tells me. "Yeah, that is only an hour..."

"Guess I'm the lucky one." I chuckle, and I also notice that my Smoliv is evolving, it has become just like a doll made of Olive.

Dolliv: The Olive Pokémon: Grass and Normal Type. Evolve from Smoliv at LV:25. It basks in the sun to its heart's content until the fruits on its head ripen. After that, Dolliv departs from human settlements and goes on a journey.

"Looks like you're one step closer to having Arboliva." Nemona says.

"Yeah." I turn to Lillie, who just finish calling the phone, she rushes to me and panics, "Ash! My family is coming tomorrow! What should I do?"

"Wait, your family is coming?" I ask in surprise. "That's awesome. Why are you panicking about it?"

"Did you forget how my mom acts? I don't want to embarrass myself in front of others...and Gladion is also here as well."

"Gladion? He's coming?" I gasp.

"Who is Gladion?" Drandon asks.

"My brother..." Lillie says, "I told you the other day before."

"Right, I'm sorry to forget about it." Drandon says.

"Anyway, I'm sure that nothing is going to be bad about them. Professor Mohn probably can get your mother in check." I say.

"I hope so..." Lillie mutters.

(Wednesday)

Lillie and I ask Professor Dendra for our personal leave because Lillie's family is coming, and much to our surprise, she approves our leaving and we get to the airport as soon as possible with the help of Koraidon and Miraidon.

I remember that three weeks ago, we were worried that Koraidon and Miradon will cause a scene for the people of Paldea, but all of them just feel like it and they just think we have some special Cyclizar.

"Lillie! It's so good to see you again!" Lusamine gives Lillie the bear hug and Lillie is now blushing and muttering, "Mother... this is really embarrassing..."

"Lusamine, you should stop it, Lillie can't breathe if you continue to do that." Mohn says.

Gladion walks to me and says, "Ash."

"Gladion. Nice to see you again." I smile, and Gladion also smiles back.

Mohn says, "Good to see you here as well, Ash. I hope that Lillie didn't give you a lot of trouble."

"Not at all, we have been helping each other a lot." I say. "And I'm really grateful that you help us with the joint Pokedex. We do have some training with the new Pokemon."

"I will definitely like to see them." Lusamine says. "By the way, what are those two behind you?"

Koraidon and Miraidon stare at the family and Lillie says, "They are Koraidon and Miraidon. They are entrusted to us by Professor Sada and Professor Turo."

"Sada and Turo?" Suddenly, we can see that both Lusamine and Mohn's faces darkened. Gladion asks, "Mother? Father?"

"Sorry, but I think we should discuss it in private." Mohn says. "Anyway, aren't you going to show us your university?"

"Of course." Lillie says as we all bring them to Narauva University, once we get there, we bring them to the director's office since they seem to know Director Clavell.

"Clavell, how are you?" Mohn shakes hands with him.

"Hello Mohn, I heard that you've disappeared for years, though it seems you have returned to your family." Clavell says.

"Some accidents happened." Mohn says. "And thank you for taking care of Ash and Lillie in the school, we really appreciate it."

"Ah, both of them are very enthusiastic about learning, or that's what I heard from the other Professors." Clavell says. "Other than that, they also did a good job finding their own treasures in the school."

Lusamine says, "So the Treasure hunt continues, I see."

Lillie says, "Wait... Mom, Dad. You know Director Clavell personally?"

Lusamine says, "Of course, we have been classmates at this school. We also become researchers in the end, though I was surprised that you become the director of the school, Clavell."

"A lot of things happened, I just have this title for only one and a half year." Clavell says while turning to Gladion, "And it is also nice to see you again, Gladion."

"Director Clavell." Gladion nods and Lillie asks, "Wait, Gladion, you were also a student in this school before?"

Gladion sighs, "I graduated a year ago, the director is nice enough to let me do distance learning. Two years ago, the Paldea Region suffered a plague, and I stayed at Alola, and the last year I was searching for Father with you, and then finish the rest once we had that battle."

"I see." I nod. "So the year in the Alola League you were still a student here."

Gladion nods, and then we decide to take them to the dorm's meeting room, since the others are not here because they are doing the Tera Raids, Lusamine and Mohn decide to tell us something.

"I'm sure you are wondering how we know about Sada and Turo, right?" Mohn asks.

We nod as Mohn says, "Sada and Turo are also our classmates like Clavell. We used to do a lot of research together."

Lusamine says, "Instead of joining the department of Pokemon Battling like you three are, we are in the science department. Time and Space, are the projects that we were interested in. We wanted to create a space machine that can let us go through the Ultra Wormholes, exploring what is beyond our world. However, Sada and Turo, want to create the Time Machine, so they can either go to the future or the past."

Time and Space... now this is giving me Dialga and Palkia memories. But Solgaleo and Lunala are related to space, so I guess that Koraidon and Miraidon are related to time?

"We used to compete with each other about our process, but we are also best friends." Mohn says. "They were there on our wedding day, and we also attended theirs. However, for some reason, we weren't able to contact both of them."

Lusamine says, "And after that, Mohn also disappeared because of the Nihilego incident, I thought that both Sada and Turo must have suffered the same thing as Mohn. You said that you met them, where are they now?"

I say, "They are at Area Zero, but we're forbidden to enter the place because of school rules. They have our contact number in the Rotom Phone, but for some reason, we can't contact them back..."

Gladion says, "Nobody knows what's inside the Crater, so you said that Professor Turo and Professor Sada are in there, huh?"

"I guess so." Lillie says. "So this is the reason why you're here? Because you want to see if Professor Sada and Professor Turo are still alive?"

Lusamine says, "Well, we did come here to see Clavell again, but we're not here for a long stay."

Mohn says, "Indeed. We're just here to see how you are doing. And Ash."

I turn to the professor, and he says, "Your mother and your sister will be coming to the Paldea Region as well, though they have some business to attend in Rota that they couldn't come with us at the same time."

"Wonderful." I say in a sarcastic tone. "I can't wait to see them again."

Gladion says, "By the way, care for a battle before we leave?"

"Of course." I say as we all head to the plaza at Mesagoza. I use Pikachu while Gladion goes with Zoroark to battle.

"Zoroark! Night Daze!" Gladion goes for the Dark Type attack, but Pikachu counters with Thunderbolt, as we are battling, I notice that some of my friends are back and notice what we're doing.

"Lillie! Who is Ash battling?" Drandon asks.

"That's my brother Gladion." Lillie replies while Zoroark and Pikachu are clashing with Shadow Claw and Iron Tail.

"Wait, you mean that guy is Gladion?" Nemona gasps, "He was one of the top graduates in the Department of Pokemon Battling!"

"Seriously?" Reisa asks.

"I guess so." Lillie's sweat drops.

Gladion shows the Tera Orb and says, "It has been a while since I use this. But Zoroark! Terastalize now!"

I see that Gladion's Zoroark is having a Ghost on top of the head, meaning that its Tera Type is Ghost. I also do the same to Pikachu, only it has a diamond on the head, meaning it's Normal.

"Looks like we couldn't use our strongest moves together now..." I say. Normal and Ghost... both attacks can't hit each other.

"Just my luck." Gladion says, "Night Daze again!"

"Use Knock Off!" I yell, and Pikachu charges forward and slams at Zoroark, causing a lot of damage, but the Night Daze is also doing a lot of damage to Pikachu as well.

"Thunderbolt!" "Dark Pulse!" We both yell at the same time, and both Pokemon attack until both sides are hit back and knocked out at the end.

"Looks like we have a draw..." I say after picking Pikachu up.

"You're still the same." Gladion smiles back after recalling Zoroark.

"Ash... did you just have a draw with him?" Drandon asks.

"Just because I'm a World Monarch doesn't mean I can't lose any battles." I sigh. "But Pikachu did give his best, Gladion is one of my best rivals."

Lillie says, "Indeed. I know for sure that his strength won't lose to Ash." Snowy also nod in agreement.

Then I introduce all my friends to Gladion, and he also greets them before he leaves with Lusamine and Mohn as they are going to return to Alola. And now I'm going to be worried since my Mom might be coming tomorrow with my sister...

And here is a new chapter, as you can see, I decide to let Lusamine and Mohn know Sada and Turo personally since one couple researched time while the other one researched space. And I hope you like this chapter as the next one will be Ash's family visit.