Pokemon: Bond Evolutions of Pokémon

The masked Phantom ran away immediately after he said his goodbye, and a large middle aged lady got out of the car and chased him in the direction of where he was escaped towards, or where the last wind blew towards.

Unfortunately, she couldn't catch up in time because of her weight, but did manage to pick up a pen, a pen that belonged to her son.

The lady was wearing all the famous brands and jewels one could think of and possibly more. Ash's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the lady looking so sad while looking at the pen and where the Phantom ran away. This must be one of the mission a NPC gives the main character; meaning him. The reward for completing such a mission might be hefty, too good for him not to do.

It may be that the masked guy who calls himself the Phantom must have his own reasonings for covering up his face and running away so suddenly.

Sure enough, the lady turned around and asked the group, "Are you with that Masked Coordinator, a companion of the Phantom Coordinator?"

As she said this, the aunt was also seeming to talk to herself, and without asking any questions, she began to say responsibly and ridiculously, "What did you do to my lovely son? Come on, tell me everything you did clearly! It's all your fault!"

Just saying that wasn't enough fo their, she also reached out to grab towards where Ash was. Ash couldn't just let this random woman touch him, she wasn't even beautiful, and caught her arm before she could catch his collar. "Alright lady, please be patient, I was just having a battle with the Phantom," he said while his taller frame catching her off guard. "It was just a battle between two Pokémon Trainers, and we also don't even know each other, so you're being hostile for no reason."

"Oh, and I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, also a certified Pokémon Investigator, how can I help you?" This eas a standard way to ask the special NPC for that mission.

Apparently this lady was called Mrs. Grimm. After listening to Ash's words and hearing that he was a real Pokémon Investigator, she finally calmed down, took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears and said.

"Recently, my lovely little son Timmy has started to skip classes and not even going to tutoring leasing, so I commissioned a detective to investigate in detail on why he was doing that. They then discovered that wherever Timmy went, that guy known as the Phantom also appeared.

"My child must have been deceived by that the Phantom guy and led to do bad things with him!"

Ash's mouth twitched when he heard this, it sounded just like a certikg friendly neighborhood hero.

If that really was the case as Ash imagined, the reason why the Phantom wears a mask is also a very very clear answer.

That Timmy kid was the Phantom, Ash could alsomt immediately confirm this after listening to the full mission description fork Mrs. Grimm. The only question now is why did Timmy put on a mask and become the masked Phantom?

And also why his mother never tried to talk to him about this?

They just heard this when Mrs. Grimm finally announce the mission to them, "You guys are all Pokémon Trainers, please. Please help me expose the true identity of the Phantom. Of course, I will definitely reward you guys for that!"

This is exactly what Ash had been waiting for so so long. Just look at this lady's bulging purse, she must be very rich, and she will definitely be able to give them a lot of things.

Even money, which they didn't lack, was a good thing here.

Ash of course readily accepted this new task.

Then he got ready and said, "Can you then come to watch the Pokémon Contest happening tomorrow at the DOME?"

"A Pokémon Contest?" The aunt was a little stunned, and then thought that the Masked Phantom would definitely participate in their town's Pokémon that will be happening tomorrow, so she nodded and agreed to it thinking this will help help her send the Phantom send away.

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This was how the Pokémon Contest in Verdanturf Town begins!

Ash took some time to beat up as many Pokémon Trainers and Pokémon Coordinators as possible, and finally collected the 3,000 Exchange Points he needed.

The Z-Crystal he wants to redeem this time was none other than the Rockium-Z. This was for his stronger Pokémon's in the Lab who had finally grown up to their current point and now can finally have this new extremely powerful move.

This final attack was non other than Continental Crush!

So far, Ash had successfully redeemed four Z-Crystals: Electrium Z, Dragonium Z, Waterium Z, and now Rockium Z.

His progress in collecting them can be said to be very fast.

"Ok, Timmy!" Ash, who was waiting in the waiting area along with his girlfriend, May, suddenly called out to the masked Phantom.

Sure enough, he showed a clear tremble across his whole body but he ultimately refused to admit that he was TIMMEH, "Timmy? I've never heard of that person!"

"Okay okay, as they say, tomato potato. Let's talk about why you escaped last time. You were still clearly there, watching us talk while hiding carefully. How about you go back?" Ash looked at the Phantom and smiled.

Hearing this, the Phantom, or Timmy, suddenly became angry after this, "So you're trying to stop me too!"

"My mother left me a lot of homework, enough that 8 people need to do simultaneously to finish, and I couldn't even leave the room until I finished it all! If my dad hadn't let me out, I would have missed this Pokémon Contest!" He admitted it. He admitted he was Timmy, he even took off his mask, revealing his childish and timid face.

When he puts on the mask, he was the famous and arrogant Phantom, but when he takes off the mask, he cannot resist his strong mother and escapes.

"I understand your pain, I'm just like you. So this will be your last time participating in a Pokémon Contest for a while. Cherish this!" Ash patted him on the shoulder. That's all he could do as an acquaintance. The rest depends on Timmy's own will.

Of he really was a Pokémon Trainer or a Pokémon Coordinator, he needs to have the courage to back up his goal.

Seeing Ash turn and leave, Timmy gritted his teeth, seemed to have made a conscious decision, and put on his mask again.

"Babe, when was tomato and potato the same thing?" May asked cutely, "and when did you knew that the Phantom was actually Timmy himself?"

"You don't need to think all of that, just concentrate hard on your upcoming performances." He finished his sentence with a kiss to her red lips.

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The first round of this Pokémon Contest went as smoothly as one would expect.

Jessie had already been blacklisted from Pokémon Contest due to her cheating in the last Pokémon Contet, so she simply changed her name to another one. Simple but somehow still effective. This time, she was genuinely trying her and did not try cheat at all, and finally got a very good score of 28.5.

She was really talented at such a thing, maybe just as good at she was at doing business.

However, Mays try wasn't the best. There was a few mistakes in May and Skitty's performances together, and her Blizzard failed to perform like they had practiced for, but in the end they still managed to use their Double Slap to finish the ball, which brought out Skitty's cuteness very well, and finally managed to get a score of 24.9.

25 points was the sure hit line, a safety line basically. If one does cross it, they will most likely be able enter the second round of the Contest; however, that may not be the case if there are many well trained Pokémon Coordinators in there. But compared to other Pokémon Coordinators who only hover around the 20 point line, this score was not that bad, and there was still some hope left for May.

Ash's Meganium level was simply too high, and her control of all of her moves were almost perfect and very exquisite, almost at their peak usability.

Ash just thought of a few combinations of moves on the spot and got the very high score of 29.8 points, almost a perfect score, and the whole audience was excited, especially Ash's biggest Pokémon Contest fan, that being Vivian.

Even Ash didn't realize how big of a fan she had became for him after his one Contest performance back when he was at Slateport City.

Finally, it was Timmy's or the Phantom and Dusclops turn to go. It can be seen that he really tried his best and performed very well, with a final score of 28 points.

So it was the four people Ash knew, including himself, who managed to enter the second round of this Contest.

After some random arrangement and combination, Ash had to face Jessie, and May will have to face the Phantom/Timmy who defeated Drew.

Drew did ultimately decide not to participate as he was at the Pokémon Center with his injured Roselia, watching and secretly supporting Ash and May from there.

"Boss? Why? What did I ever do wrong?" Jessie was more than stunned when she relaxed that her "Boss" was standing opposite to her.

Ash smiled and said, "Jessie, have a battle with me without having regret. Let out bond bloom, Meganium!"

"As soon as Ash's Meganium came on stage, the whole place has now filled with a delightful floral fragrance that can attract anyone. Wow, this is the perfect blend of intoxicating and refreshing!" Vivian closed her eyes and felt the floral fragrance wafting in the air, and felt refreshing.

She genuinely loved the first time Ash had performed with his little Ralts against Milotic and its Trainer, Robert.

Coupled with Meganium's beautiful posture and the entrance of delightful smell, and Jessie ahving just made her debut with her Dustox, Jessies points had already been deducted a small amount from them.

"What?" Jessie suddenly flailed to realize something very important, "We can't be afraid, come on, Dustox!"

"Dustox, use Poison Jab!" Jessie restrained her fear and admiration of Ash and took the lead in launching her attack.

However, without even needing Ash's orders, a colorful light curtain was set up in front of Meganium, making it difficult to take one's eyes away from it.

"Meagnium had just used her Safeguard without needing Ash's command, it's such a beautiful thing!" Vivian was already fascinated with this giant and beautiful Meganium, but now this had just boosted her fascination for it.

Dustoxs Poison Jab was blocked, and because this move was also very beautiful and countering, Jessie's score was greatly deducted, leaving a little more than half of it left.

"Damn it, Dustox, use Psybeam!" Jessie could no longer care about her stage performance and wanted to have a force win.

"Petal Dance!"

It seemed to Ash that Jessie had forgotten how many times she had to lost this Meganium with even stronger Pokémon's than her current ones. So Ash had to give her a reminder of this fact.

Meganium launched one of her strongest moves after hearing Ash's command, large amounts of flowers spread all over the stage, and Dustox completely lost his fighting ability without being able to do anything to stop it.

"Dustox lost his ability to fight and all his points were deducted. Coordinator Ash has defeated opponent Jessie with a crushing attitude. His Meganium really is a powerful and beautiful creature. I really can't find a way to discrive how awesome she really was!"