Previously, Jonathan was relaxing on a cruise to the Aevium Region, in order to participate in the Aevium League. However, it was attacked by a mysterious organisation, whom kidnapped his mother Nancy. Luckily Jonathan was rescued in the nick of time by a kind lady riding on a Talonflame.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon Rejuvenation, it is the property of its creator, SuperJanBro.

Chapter 1:

Gearen Docks

The Talonflame carrying both Jonathan and its trainer landed safely on the dock. The young man immediately hopped off the large Pokémon and began kissing the cool brick pier, ecstatic that he's safe. He then got up and faced the woman whom he owes his life to.

"Thank you so much!" he replied, as the lady got off and thanked her Talonflame.

"No worries." She replied, before turning to face him. "I'm Tesla, one of the Elite 8 of the Aevium region." She introduced herself, flicking her hand through her luscious red hair. "And you must be Nancy's son, Jonathan."

"Y-yeah I am." He replied, still a little shaken from what happened. "How do you know my name? Furthermore, why'd you rescue me?"

"I'm a close friend of Nancy." Tesla replied. "And as for your rescue, well I owed her a favour, so she decided to cash it in at that moment." Jonathan's face became gloomy at the mention of his mom, his failure to rescue her still resonating with him.

"Who…who were those people that caused the bomb to detonate?" he asked.

"Team Xen. They're a criminal organisation that's been causing trouble throughout the Aevium Region." Tesla explained. "However, they haven't done anything of this magnitude until now, leading me to believe that they're finally getting their plan into motion."

"So what do we do now?" Jonathan asked.

"Well you'll need to go to the Gearen Lab in order to get your Pokémon." Tesla told him. "I'll stay here, in case I find anymore survivors." She said, as she hopped onto her Talonflame. "I'll see you Jonathan." And with that, she flew off into the night. Jonathan watched her fly for a few seconds, before making his way to Gearen City.

"Man, this bites! All I have left is the clothes on my back, my trusted Pokémon, my cane sword, and my special edition of Gym Leader Monthly." He growled under his breath. "I bet none of this shit ever happens to Vladimir and Natasha." He continued, his voice dripping with venom upon mentioning his former friends. Just then, he was stopped by some random street punk.

"Hand over the bag, twerp!" he demanded, raising a baseball bat.

"Go fuck yourself!" Jonathan snorted, flipping off the thug. With a roar of fury, the thug charged at the young man, his bat raised in the air. Jonathan dodged the swing and punched the thug in the gut, causing him to gasp for air and fall to the ground. With a look of contempt on his face, Jonathan curb-stomped the thug, knocking him out. Eventually, Jonathan made it to the Oceana Pier Gate, and walked up to the Aevium Immigration desk.

"Hello there young man!" the clerk behind the desk smiled, showing off her shiny white teeth. "Welcome to Aevium Immigration. Do you have your passport?" Jonathan rummaged through his bag, when a sudden realisation dawned on him; he'd asked him mom to keep his passport safe, and now she's in the hands of those Team Xen fuckheads.

"Shit, shit, shit!" he whispered harshly under his breath, zipping up his bag and putting it over his shoulder. "I don't have my passport with me." He informed the lady behind the desk.

"No passport? Oh this is quite a problem indeed~…" the clerk replied, as she typed up something on the keyboard. "Do you have a Trainer Card at least? Those can double for passports." A wave of relived coursed through Jonathan's body, he can enter this city after all. He rummaged one of the pockets on his trench coat and showed it to the lady.

"Excellent! Follow me to the verification desk." The lady smiled, as she walked over to another desk, with Jonathan in tow. Once they arrived at the desk, the lady got out a scanner and used it to scan the trainer card. A small 'ding' came out of the machine, indicating that the card was officially verified.

"Congratulations. You can now explore the Aevium region, without any restrictions." The lady replied, handing Jonathan his Trainer's License. "Good luck on your journey!" Jonathan nodded in appreciation, as he went through the open gate, and stepped into Gearen City.

To say Gearen City was large would be an understatement, it was absolutely massive. There were tall buildings as far as the eye can see, with various billboards advertising different goods and services. Jonathan looked at the ground and saw that it was made out of solid cobblestone, and what he interpreted as purple water flowing through see-through tubes. All around him were beginning trainers squaring off against each other, their Pokémon engaged in battle.

"Bah, I can take out these weakling with ease." He scoffed to himself, as he walked down a fairly wide path, that lead straight to a tall building, made out of purple bricks. The windows were also tinted lime green for some reason. Jonathan glanced at the sign in front of the building, stating that it was the Gearen Laboratory. With a simple shrug, he entered the building.

When he entered the building, he noticed that it was vastly different inside, than it was outside. For starters, the floor was a baby blue, instead of the purple that he saw outside the laboratory. There were also two fountains standing parallel of each other, adding a touch of prestige to the laboratory. There were dozens of tables and chairs for trainers to rest and relax, while reading one of the books from the various bookshelves, or eating a simple meal. Jonathan walked up to the front desk, and waited in line for his turn. After around 5 minutes of waiting, he walked up to the desk, as the clerk took her seat.

"Hi there, my name's Jonathan, and I'm waiting for Amaria. I need to explain something to her." He introduced himself.

"Amaria's busy with another trainer at the moment. If you could wait for her, then I'll let her know that you're here." The clerk replied, as she handed Jonathan a small note. Jonathan then made his way to a seat right near a wall, and opened his bag to retrieve his Gym Leader Monthly magazine. The young man then flicked through it, reaching the Reborn chapter and began deciding on whose shoots to look at.

'Saphira, Amaria, Serra, Titania. There's so many cuties to choose from…' Jonathan thought to himself, as he pondered on which shoot to look at. Eventually he decided on viewing the Amaria-Titania shoot, that's exclusive to the special edition. Flicking through the magazine, he arrived at the shoot and began reading at his own leisure. 'Hey, Amaria and Titania sure look cute together. I wonder if they're in a relationship…' he thought to himself. However, some snot-nosed Youngster noticed Jonathan and walked up to him.

"Hey, is that the special edition of Gym Leader Monthly?" the Youngster asked, a sneer on his face.

"Yeah…" Jonathan replied, not looking up from his magazine. "Why'd you ask?"

"Hand it over to me, and I won't beat you up to a pulp!" the Youngster threatened, clenching his fists. Jonathan signed, before putting his bookmark in the magazine, and placing it on the chair, before decking the young boy in the face.

"How about you go fuck yourself?!" Jonathan barked, as the Youngster got up and cried to his mother. The young man huffed to himself, before he picked up his precious magazine and resumed reading it. A minute later, a very angry middle-aged lady stormed up to the young man, with her son snivelling into her dress.

"Are you the ruffian who assaulted my boy?!" she demanded, pointing a finger at Jonathan.

"Yeah, but he started it." Jonathan grunted, his eyes focused on the magazine.

"My boy would never start fights with street punks like you!" the mother insisted that her son was a perfect little angel.

"Your boy, threated to punch me, if I didn't hand over my copy of the special edition of Gym Leader Monthly." Jonathan commented.

"Is that the rubbish, where the gym leaders pose in the nude?" the woman asked.

"Yes, and it is far from rubbish." Jonathan answered her question.

"People like you these days have no respect for women, viewing them as pin up models, due to garbage like that!" the mother scoffed.

"Hey, what I do in my spare time is none of your business! So scram, unless you want your son to lose a few teeth." Jonathan growled.

"You—this isn't over!" the woman huffed, as she stormed off with her son in tow.

"Fuckin cranky-ass bitch…" Jonathan muttered under his breath, as he continued to read his magazine. A minute later, Amaria had walked out of her lab, with a rookie trainer in tow. She had handed him a Pokédex, and a set of Pokéballs, as she registered the trainer for the Aevium League. Once that was done, she wished the trainer luck in their endeavour, as the receptionist from earlier notified Amaria of Jonathan. The Aevium scout then spotted the young man, and walked up to him, a big smile on her face.

"Hey there, it's good to finally meet you face to face." Amaria greeted the trainer.

"Same here." Jonathan replied, as he put his magazine back into his bag. As the duo were walking up to the counter, they began talking to each other.

"What took you so long? I dealt with 5 newbie trainers while waiting for you." Amaria asked, as Jonathan chuckled at the question.

"Well where do I begin? Firstly, the cruise ship I was on was attacked by those Team Xen assholes. Then said assholes kidnapped my mother, and sent a bunch of Deoxys to attack me. Then when things were finally looking up following Tesla's rescue of me, I get harassed by two jackasses, the latter of which had the gall to get his mom to scold me." Jonathan ranted. 'So yeah, this trip is turning out really great so far."

"Really?!" Amaria gasped. "The S.S Oceana has been attacked?!"

"Yeah, Tesla's checking it out to see if there are any more survivors." Jonathan explained.

"I'll get in contact with her, once I'm done with you." Amaria stated. "In the meantime, why don't you pick out your starter Pokémon?"

"That's the thing, I already have my Pokémon with me." Jonathan explained.

"Oh really? From where did you get them?" Amaria inquired.

"I got them during my time in the Tandor region." Jonathan answered.

"The Tandor region?!" Amaria gasped, surprised at what she had just heard. "I have to talk to Professor Jenner about this."

"Professor Jenner?" Jonathan inquired, a curious look on his face.

"He's the professor of this region, and quite the intelligent man." Amaria explained. "Why don't we go meet him, so we can explain your situation to him?"

"Alright then." Jonathan replied. The duo arrived at the door behind the counter, which leads to Professor Jenner's office. As Jonathan walked up to the door, he accidentally bumped into a beautiful blonde girl, around his age.

"Ah, my apologies." He said, as he helped her get up off the floor.

"I'm sorry about that, now if you'll excuse me." The girl replied, as she proceeded to walk briskly to the front door. Jonathan stared at the retreating figure, her angelic voice still ringing in his ears.

"Uhh, Earth to Jonathan. You there?" Amaria called out to the spaced out youth, as he shook his head and followed the Aevium Scout through the door, where they then proceeded to climb up a set of stairs and enter Jenner's office.

The room was extraordinarily spacious, with several potted plants decorating the room, breathing some life into the place. There was several high tech machines that gathered data on things that affect Pokémon populations, such as weather, over catching, introduction of foreign species, and many more. Additionally, there was also several bookcases filled with important research notes and books written by Pokémon Professors from other regions. In the back of the room was a blonde man wearing a professor's uniform, facing a large monitor, which showed the silhouette of what Jonathan assumed to be a woman. It appears that the two were speaking to each other, but Jonathan wasn't able to listen to the whole conversation.

"…And make sure she's there…" the woman asked in a tone that sounded like she was ordering the man.

"…I will, don't worry about it…" the man replied in a casual tone, as the monitor was then switched off.

"Did I interrupt anything?" Amaria asked, as Jonathan followed closely beside her.

"Ah no, no! I was just finishing off something." The man replied, a bit flustered. Jonathan found it somewhat odd, but didn't pay any heed to it.

"Rightttttttttt. Anyway, Jonathan. This is Professor Jennerson. Aka. Professor Jenner. Jenner, this is Jonathan. He's a new trainer, with an interesting proposal." Amaria introduced the two men to each other.

"Nice to meet you." Jonathan replied bluntly, shaking his hand with Professor Jenner's.

"And it's nice to meet you as well." Jenner shook Jonathan's hand. "Now then, what is this proposal you're suggesting."

"Well you know how you've been wanting more data in regards to Tandor's native Pokémon? Guess what this guy has…" Amaria explained, a sly smile on her face.

"Really? And I assume you would want to use your Pokémon, rather than pick a starter." Jenner deduced.

"Correct." Jonathan nodded.

"How fascinating…perhaps we can come to an agreement." Jenner mused to the young man, as he opened his desk drawer and rummaged through it for a few seconds. He then got out what appeared to be a blue SD card, and inserted it into a Pokédex, before handing it to Jonathan.

"This chip will gather data on your Pokémon, regarding their diet, habitat, evolution, and even gender differences. I feel that this is a fair trade off for allowing you to use your Tandor Pokémon." Jenner explained, handing the young man the Pokédex.

"Thanks." Jonathan replied, as he placed the Pokédex into his pocket.

"Now that we've gotten it sorted out, why don't we have a 1-on-1 battle?" Amaria suggested. "I been wanting to see how the Pokémon in Tandor fight."

"Alright then, prepare to get creamed!" Jonathan smirked, as he and Amaria walked into an elevator, which lead to duo to a room where newbie trainers could pick their starters. The room was quite pretty to look at, with three different biomes in the room, for the Grass, Fire and Water starters to live in. The Grass Pokémon got a lush forest, filled with various types of vegetation. The Water Pokémon got a large pond with a bridge spanning its length. And the Fire Pokémon got a craggy cliff, with a pool filled with artificial magma that was nowhere near as hot as regular magma. Beside the elevator entrance was some sort of weird machine that looked like a rainbow cylinder.

"What is that?" Jonathan pondered.

"It's a Pokémon Randomiser." Amaria told him. "If a trainer can't decide on what Pokémon to choose, then they can turn the knob and get a random starter Pokémon. However there are rumours that extremely lucky trainers have pulled exceptionally rare Pokémon from the randomiser."

"Huh, now that's fairly interesting…" Jonathan said to himself, as the duo then arrived at a miniature battlefield.

"This arena was made for Melia's exclusive use, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind." Amaria said out loud, before she unclipped her Pokéball from her belt and held it in her hand. She then threw it onto the field, as a powerful Delphox materialised out of the Pokéball.

"A Delphox? I guess I'll call out my most trusted comrade." Jonathan called out, as he summoned his trusty Yatagaryu. The draconic Pokémon roared to the sky, its body pumped for battle, as dark storm clouds appeared in the room. "I'll start things off with a Thunder!" he declared, as sparks emanated from Yatagaryu's horns, before the Stormbringer Pokémon sent the spark up into the clouds. A few seconds later, a wicked thunderbolt struck down from the clouds. Delphox narrowly avoided the attack, but a tree beside the arena was struck by the bolt, reducing it to ash.

"Wow!" Amaria gushed. "Now that is what I call a Thunder!"

"Heh, that's the power of Tandor's Pokémon." Jonathan shrugged his shoulders.

"Now it's time for my counterattack. Delphox, use Shadow Ball!" Amaria called out. The fox Pokémon conjured a shadowy blob of energy using its trusty stick, before flinging it at the Yatagaryu.

"Use Dragon Pulse to block the attack!" Jonathan responded, as his trusted comrade fired a beam of pure energy from its mouth, colliding with the Shadow Ball, creating a massive explosion that rocked the arena. However both Pokémon were still standing, eager to continue the battle.

"Your Delphox is pretty strong. Most Pokémon would have been knocked out by now." Jonathan complimented.

"Thanks, but you haven't seen anything yet." Amaria smirked. "Use Dazzling Gleam!" The Delphox conjured a ball of potent fae energy, before lifting it up in the air and causing it to explode, sending the energy all over the arena. Yatagaryu cried out in pain, as the fae energy struck the draconic Pokémon.

"Delphox can learn Dazzling Gleam?!" Jonathan called out in shock, as his Pokémon managed to get up off the ground.

"Even veteran trainers learn something new every day." Amaria chuckled. "Hey Delphox, why don't we do that again?" Delphox chirped in response and began charging up another Dazzling Gleam.

"Not this time! Yatagaryu, use Dark Pulse!" Jonathan called out. Yatagaryu nodded and charged up a ball of dark energy in its mouth, before firing it at the Delphox. The fox Pokémon cried out in pain, as its body was sent a few feet back by the powerful attack.

"Ahh…" Amaria gasped in shock, as Delphox struggled to get up. "Yatagaryu can learn Dark Pulse?"

"Didn't you say that veteran trainers can learn new things?" Jonathan replied, a smirk on his face.

"Heh, guess I did." Amaria smiled, before brushing her hair aside. "Looks like it's time to finish this, Delphox use Mystical Fire!" Her Delphox then began swinging it's stick in a circle, creating several rings of fire, before releasing a stream of fire from it's mouth.

"If that's how you want to play, then that's how we're gonna play. Use Dragon Pulse!" Jonathan ordered. Yatagaryu proceeded to fire a beam of pure energy for the second time, as both attacks collided with each other. Both Pokémon tried to overpower the other, but in the end Yatagaryu managed to overpower Delphox, as the Dragon Pulse send the fox Pokémon flying a few feet, before it collided with the ground.

"Oh no, Delphox!" Amaria cried out, as she ran over to her fainted Pokémon. "You tried your best, take a nice rest." Amaria told her Delphox, as she returned it to it's Pokéball, before a grin appeared on her face.

"You're a natural when it comes to battling!" Amaria praised Jonathan's battling skills. "I mean talk about an explosive fight."

"Well that's the sort of power you can expect from me and my trusted comrades." Jonathan replied, as he gently petted Yatagaryu for a bit, before returning it to its Pokéball." At that moment, Professor Jenner exited from the elevator and walked up to the duo.

"Did I miss anything?" the professor asked.

"Well you missed a wicked 1-on-1 battle, but other than that, nothing." Amaria replied.

"Don't worry sir, the chip you gave me should contain the data from that battle." Jonathan replied. "And I'm confident that it'll gather more data than you could ever ask for."

"Excellent! This should be beneficial for not only Gearen Laboratory, but the whole of Aevium." Professor Jenner smiled, as Amaria's Pokégear began ringing all of a sudden.

"Ah, it looks like duty calls. Catch you later!" Amaria said, as she walked up to the elevator and entered it. Both Professor Jenner and Jonathan watched the elevator go up, before the former turned to face the latter.

"Now that we're alone, I'd like to ask you a second favour…" Jenner confided. "It's about my daughter Melia—"He was suddenly interrupted by the voice of a teenage male, exited out of the elevator.

"Professor!" the voice called out.

"Why…?" Jenner whined to himself, as the boy walked up to the duo. The teenage male was fairly tall, and had short black hair as well as blue eyes. His outfit consisted of a grey overcoat, with a white undershirt and black jeans. He also wore black sneakers, a short black scarf and black fingerless gloves.

"I've finished with my assignment in Amethyst cave, Professor!" the male informed Jenner.

"What were the results of your assignment Ren?" Jenner inquired.

"Well I didn't find much, on account of the Pokémon there being stronger than my own Pokémon." Ren answered with a sheepish grin on his face, as Jenner facepalmed himself, before letting out a sigh.

"Don't worry about it…" he replied, before he remembered something. "By the way Ren, this is Jonathan. Jonathan, this is my assistant Ren." He introduced the two younger men to each other.

"Yo!" Ren called out, giving a 'thumbs up' gesture to Jonathan, causing the latter to groan inside.

"Hello…" he replied, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.

"As you can see, Jonathan is providing me with useful data on Tandor's wide variety of Pokémon. So in a way, you're both my assistants." Jenner informed Ren.

"Really? That's totally cool!" Ren replied, before he faced Jonathan. "Once I've healed up my Pokémon, we should have a battle sometime."

"I have no problem with that." Jonathan told the young man, before crossing his arms. "Just don't expect an easy fight." Ren then went back into the elevator in order to go heal his Pokémon, leaving Jenner and Jonathan alone again.

"Now that we won't have any more interruptions, I would like to ask you for a second favour." Jenner requested. "My daughter Melia is on an expedition to Route 1, and I would like for you to check up on her for me. There's a train that can take you to Route 1, which will lead you to Goldenwood Forest."

"I see…" Jonathan replied. "In that case, I have no problem with your request."

"Wonderful!" Jenner thanked the young man. "I'll give you something that's sure to help you out on your journey." Jenner then handed a CyberNav to the young man, whom nodded gratefully. "That CyberNav is a useful tool. Not only does it have an inbuilt map, but you can listen to a wide variety of music."

"Heh, this should come in handy." Jonathan mused to himself.

"Now I'll need you to leave the arena, as I need to do some private research in here." Jenner informed the young man. Jonathan then proceeded to walk back into the elevator, and enter it. As the elevator went up, Professor Jenner watched it, an unusual smile on his face.

I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't as long as the first one, but Chapter three is where the story really begins.