Okay real quick. Here's what I was thinking.
After this fight thing we're doing, Akaelin decides 'okay that's enough help, now let's actually maybe...oh I dunno, think of what we're actually doing here?'
So we skip that three months and just assume that everyone's training and junk. Then Yoko comes for another Ohai Kitai night.
And then after that stuff happens *not saying* and he's finally back. ^^