Choosing a person's first Pokemon. One of the biggest decisions that a person makes when starting their journey as a Pokemon trainer. Matthew slowly looks through the three segments of land. One part is grass, one part is fire, and the final part is water. He sees a total of 21 Pokemon in front of him. He takes a minute to look through the cast of Pokemon.

Matthew rummages through his pocket and takes out the Pokemon battle simulator. He simply stares at it before walking towards one of the gates. The protagonist of the game. A shining star, a symbol that yelled out hope for Matthew did have his signature Pokemon.

'Maybe… With his partner. I can be reminded by the courage to push through.' Matthew thinks to himself. He kneels down in front of his Pokemon of choice. He looks at his future with a firm glance before reaching out slowly. 'His power. His strength. I need it. To push through.' "Please. Go on a journey with me."

The Pokemon in front of Matthew looks up to see his face. They could sense the hesitation in Matthew, yet also the courage to push through. The Pokemon nods slowly before placing their hand on Matthew's.

"Thank you. Froakie." Matthew said with a smile. Froakie jumps onto Matthew's shoulder and takes an interest in Matthew's headphones. "Hey. What are you doing?"

"So. You picked the ninja life, huh?" Amanda asks nodding her head before smiling. "Thought of a nickname?"

"A nickname? For Froakie?" Matthew looks up at his Pokemon to see it still messing around with his headphones. He thinks about it for a bit before coming up with a name. "I'll pick. Alister."

The name goes through the Froakie. It slowly ponders before nodding, accepting the name for it. Amanda thinks about the name for a bit. "Alister? Where have I heard of that name before? Anyway. Now that you have your first Pokemon, why not start you off with a battle!"

"Wait… What?! This is rather sudden!" Matthew exclaims.

"Ah don't worry about it. I won't use my real Pokemon on you." Amanda takes out a Pokeball and tossed in the air before catching it. "Get ready Matthew!"

"R-Right. Alister!" Matthew commands Alister jumping in front of him. Amanda throws out her Pokeball, it slowly opens revealing a Litten in front of her.

"Let's Battle!"

Yuto - 1 Pokemon

Amanda - 1 Pokemon

Pokemon Rejuvenation: Interceptor

By: NexusMHX

Chapter 3: First Pokemon

'She sent out a Fire-type to my Water-type… Does she only use Fire? Or is she going easy on me?' Matthew thinks to himself before shaking his head. 'Damnit. Just stop it, me. This isn't a game. You don't have all the time in the world.' "Alister! Bubble!"

Alister jumps into the air with a spin before shooting out multiple bubbles at Litten. Amanda simply chuckles before raising her arm in the air. "Litten! Use ember to pop the bubbles!"

Litten shoots out multiple fire shots that collide with the bubbles, causing a small amount of steam to appear.

"Hide in the smoke. Get ready to use Pound!" Matthew commands with a hint of authority. Almost as if the shaky boy from before didn't even exist. Matthew constantly kept his attention in the fight, occasionally shifting his eyes in case there were any movements. The smoke clears up slowly as two figures stood barely across from each other. "Nine o'clock! Straight ahead!"

Alister immediately follows his directions as he looks over to see Litten. His body glows a light grey color before smacking Litten into the air with Pound. Amanda couldn't even react as the smoke didn't even clear enough for her to see the two Pokemon. "Litten!"

"It can't recover in the air! Jump towards it! Use Bubble now, Alister!" Matthew yells with Alister slowly nodding. Alister glows a blue color. It jumps toward Litten getting in the point-blank distance with its superior acrobatic skills. Alister spins before shooting a bubble attack at Litten. Each hit, knocked Litten into the air until it eventually reached the ceiling before falling to the ground, fainted from exhaustion.

'What the hell was that? It's almost like this kid did a complete 180 from before…' Amanda was totally shocked before smiling. She returns Litten into its Pokeball. "Gee willikers Mary Ann, explosive, beautiful! You're a natural at fighting!"

"I wasn't that great…" Almost as if it was adrenaline, Matthew reverts back to his usual self once the battle finished. Alister lets out a sigh as a Pokeball appears from a slot next to Matthew. He picks it up and points it at Alister. A red flash sends Alister into the Pokeball. Matthew looks at the Pokeball.

"Are you joking?!" Amanda walks over. "You may have a long way to go. But I know for a fact that you'll get there. You performed amazingly… Oh, I have the perfect gift for you to celebrate your victory!."

"A gift?" Amanda hands a few empty Pokeballs into Matthew's hands. "You know how to use them, right?"

"Y-Yeah. I know exactly how to use them to capture Pokemon." Matthew says looking at the Pokeballs.

Amanda chuckles as she smacks Matthew's shoulder. "See. You're a natural. I know you'll do well. In any case. That's all for me now. But Professor Jenner should get you all situated. Take care now. Good luck on your journey, Matthew!"

Amanda waves before walking away. All Matthew could do was simply walk back to Professor Jenner's desk as he patiently waits. He takes notice to the boy before giving him a small round of applause. "Congratulations, Matthew! Your journey is about to begin… But that aside, I have something personal to ask you. It has to do with-"

Before Jenner could continue, a boy with black hair, black jacket and pants, and a white shirt appeared from the entrance. "Professor Jenner, I'm back from my trip to Amethyst Cave! Here are the Pokemon you lend to me."

The boy places several Pokeballs on the desk with Jenner giving off a rather frustrated look. "Ah, Ren… You got back quickly."

"Yep, I got to research on all the Pokemon you requested too." The boy named Ren stated with a proud expression. "I told you that hiring me as your assistant was a good idea! I get the job done! Oh? Who is this? A new recruit?"

"Not a new recruit, but a new Trainer." Jenner corrects Ren.

"I'm Matthew. Nice to meet you, Ren." Matthew states. Ren thinks about it for a bit.

"A new trainer? Alright then, if that's the case… Let's see how you do in battle!" Ren states taking out a Pokeball and tosses it, revealing a Froakie. "So tell me. What Pokemon did you pick?"

"My Pokemon? I chose this one! Alister! Come on out!" Matthew tosses his Pokeball as Alister pops out. The two Froakies look at each other with Ren taking quite the interest in it.

"Similar tastes, huh? Fine then! Let's get this show on the road!"

"Let's battle!"

Matthew - 1 Pokemon

Ren - 1 Pokemon

"Alister! Use Pound!" Matthew commands towards Alister. Alister slightly lights grey color as it swings its arm at Ren's Froakie.

"Counter with Pound!" Ren yelled as his Froakie uses Pound as well. The two moves clash with each other. Yet they were the same Pokemon, Alister was overpowering Ren's Froakie enough to knock it back. "What… Wait. That makes sense! Froakie! Use Bubble!"

"Huh?! But why though? It's not going very effective!" Matthew exclaims. Froakie shoots bubbles at Alister, exploding slightly knocking him back "What?!"

"Your Froakie has the hidden ability of Protean. It can change its type before a certain move is used. Pokemon who use moves with the same type as they are usually stronger." Ren explains.

"Ah… I see. Pound. Then use Bubble!" Alister smacks his opposing Froakie in the air before shooting bubbles, smacking Froakie in the air. With each move, Alister would flash a different color.

'Did he just readjust his battling style? Froakie is known for its special attack… My Froakie doesn't have Protean…' Ren thinks to himself before readying himself. "Froakie! Use Pound!"

Froakie rushes over to smack Alister with Matthew slightly pondering before making a decision.

"Use Bubble again!"

The bubbles knock Froakie back. Ren grunts slightly.

"Counter with bubble!" Froakie shoots out their water moves to create multiple explosions. Ren's Froakie lands in front of him. Matthew looks at the clash with a firm nod.

"Pound!" Alister glows its color charging to Froakie and knocks it back before jumping back. "Alright then… One last blow."

"Pound!" Both yell out. Ren thought that Matthew would switch back, giving Ren a chance to deal a finishing blow. By the time he notices what was about to happen as Matthew simply gives a smug expression.

Both Froakie's clash with a massive impact as Alister overpowers Ren's Froakie, knocking it out. Ren was in awe as he looked at his Froakie before pointing his Pokeball at Froakie. "Return. You deserve it."

"Return Alister." Matthew looks at his Pokeball with a smile before nodding slowly. "Thanks, Alister. You did a lot already. I'm gonna rely on you for a long time."

Ren slowly applauses as he walks over. Not bad! Not bad at all!" Ren states with surprise. "Wow… I didn't really think I'd lose. You're really good at this! Though that was my first battle with a Pokemon I actually own. Any other battles were from assignments that I got Pokemon from Professor Jenner."

"It really wasn't much…" Matthew whispers to himself. Almost like something snapped into him.

"Speaking of which, I have another task for you when you're ready," Jenner states with Ren grunts.

"Do you mind if I take on that task a little later? I promised some friends that I'd meet up with them after I came back."

"You've done a great job so far so I suppose you can have the rest of the day off," Jenner said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir! I'll see you tomorrow." Ren bows slightly before looking over at Matthew. "Later, Matthew. We'll see each other soon, I'm sure."

Ren leaves the room with Matthew looking over. He takes a deep shaky breath as Jenner clears his throat catching Matthew's attention. "About that personal favor… I have a daughter named Melia. I sent her to Route 1 and Goldenwood Forest a little while ago. I have faith that she'll be able to take care of herself, but… I'd… feel better if there was someone to look after her. Of course, I won't let you do this without reward."

"W-Wait. You're putting a lot of faith in me! Wouldn't it be better if you asked someone else? Someone, who has a lot more experience with battling?" Matthew asks with Jenner raising his eyebrow.

"I believe I just saw you beat two people with more experience than you with your first Pokemon that you received like ten minutes ago," Jenner says with a smile. "I believe that you are more than qualified to do this assignment. How about this as an advancement?"

Jenner takes out a small device before slowly sliding it on his desk. Matthew slowly picks it up, realizing what it was.

"A Pokedex? Are you sure about this?" Matthew had an expression of hesitation.

"Depends. Are you going to do it?" Jenner asks. Matthew slowly looks at the device before nodding. "Brilliant. You may be on your way now. Good luck."

"R-Right. Thank you for everything. I'll be on my way." Matthew pockets the device in his back pocket before slowly leaving the room.

Jenner ponders a little bit before picking up a small file. He opens it before frowning. "Mmh… Everything is now gonna start now."


"Technology is amazing! It can do all of this now?" Matthew was amazed at all the pieces of technology that he was showed by Jan.

"Yep. Technology is amazing these days. They're all over the region. These babies really are state of the art." Jan state with a smile. "I have a lot of work to do, so I must go. Good luck on your journey."

Jan and Matthew leave the room. Matthew walks out of the building before pondering to himself. "So uh… I should have asked Jan how to get to Goldenwood Forest."


Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another episode of Pokemon Rejuvenation: Interceptor! Hmm. I actually pondered about this. How to exactly do all of this? What do I mean? Well. How do I do Pokemon? For right now. I am gonna nickname all of the Pokemon that Matthew is going to do. That gives us a sense of connection to both Matthew and his Pokemon. And to start off, Froakie's name being Alister is a meaning. It's the name that I gave him on my first Pokemon Rejuvenation playthrough and I don't know why. It just came out of nowhere. Like that's a badass frickin name. I'm going to just use it and shit. And hey. I'm made the boat. I'm damn well going to push through and see how far it goes. But for now, thanks so much for watching. If you enjoyed, please give this a follow/favorite/comment for more content. This is NexusMHX here signing off! Stay Classy!

ALSO. How the fuck is this fanfic getting more popular than my other Pokemon fanfic. Makes no sense lawl.