Chapter 2 :
Unsure

Soma and Ken take their first step into the wild grass, not knowing what might happen.
The Pokémon world is indeed dangereous, so they take care not to disturb any wild Pokémon.
But, after some walking, a wild Pokémon appeared!

"Hey, this is my territory! Stay out, you lousy trainer!" said the wild male Snivy, trying to look tough.

Oddly enough, Soma also did grasp what this Pokémon said, so he does have the power to
understand Pokémon speech after...

"Look Ken. A wild Snivy. What do you say we add a new member to our team?" says Soma while looking sideways towards Ken.

"Sure! Just tell-me what to do!" he says, excited.

Ken takes a step forward, ready to battle the wild Snivy.

"Ken, use tackle!"

Ken dashes, and hits Snivy with a tackle. However, that Snivy is a tough cookie and doesn't refuses to give-up easily.

Snivy counters with a scratch to Ken's face, it wasn't very damaging though.

The wild Snivy says to Ken "I hate trainers! Don't you see? They simply want to use you! And then they dispose of you just like that!"

"What do you mean?" says Ken in his confusion "I'm having lots of fun with my trainer! You just don't know how to play!"

"You think battling is fun? You're so wrong about that..." says Snivy, in a sad and underwhelming way.

"Ken, use one more tackle so we can weaken this Snivy."

Ken had some thoughs of his own for a moment. Maybe he was being used by Soma after all? But, Ken had just started his journey with Soma, so he didn't hesitate in what he had to do.
He dashed a second time and tackled Snivy again, this time injuring the Snivy slightly.
The sensation of actually injuring another Pokémon made him doubt his actions. He knew Snivy did feel pain in that last tackle.
Before he could clear his mind, he saw a Pokéball flying above him, and then hitting the Snivy. The Pokéball shaked a little, but then Snivy was captured.

Soma clenched his fist and said "Ok, you did a good job Ken! Now we have a new-"

Ken turned around, and looked at his trainer. Then, he ran towards him and hugged his leg... Ken was shedding tears.

Soma was quite shocked at this. Why was Ken crying? He decided to ask directly to Ken, but his answer was... "I, I don't want to battle anymore... I don't want to hurt others..."

Soma embraced Ken in his arms, and asked "Ken, are you feeling guilty of hurting other Pokémon?"

Ken looked upwards. "Yeah...*sniff*"

"Ken... please don't cry. You're my Pokémon. If you're afraid of hurting other Pokémon, then who's going to protect-me when i'm in danger?" asked Soma.

Ken opened his eyes and looked at Soma. Soma's eyes were full of determination.

"Ken... I can't do this without you. Will you stay with me til the end?"

Ken wiped out his tears with his hands. He slowly stopped crying.

"Ok, that's good... now, about the Snivy. What do we name him?"

Soma then noticed his belly rumbling. Hungry? At a time like this? Seems like the cereal wasn't enough... maybe that's because he hasn't eaten his favorite fruit before leaving?

"Hm... I wished I had some melons to eat now... wait, this gave-me an idea. I'm gonna name Snivy Melons."

Soma sends out Snivy to inform him of his new name. Melons seemed to be okay from the last battle.

"What? How dare you give-me a name like that?" says the disappointed Melons.

"Sorry, it's just that your color also reminds-me of melons."

"Whatever... just... don't make a joke of my name, ok?"

Soma returns Melons to his Pokéball. Then, after some more walking, they finally see from the distance...
Accumula Town is just a few meters away! They enter the town, and their first stop is the Pokémon center. There, they encounter Bianca healing her Pokémon and buying some potions.

Bianca turns around and sees Soma "Hey! Over here Soma!"

Soma closes in on Bianca "Hey, what's up. So, this is a Pokémon center?" asks Soma.

"Yes! This is Accumula's Pokémon center. You should make sure to heal your Pokémon when you can!"

Soma then meets the Nurse, who is actually a pretty nice woman. He returns Ken to his Pokéball. He then delivers his Pokéballs to the Nurse, who then heals Soma's Pokémons with a strange, beeping machine.

"We hope to see you again!" says the Nurse.

Soma then goes to the mart vendor and does a quick re-stock on Pokéballs and Potions. He thanks the shop clerk afterwards.

"Oh no!" Bianca looks at her watch "I'm late! I have to deliver this to Juniper ASAP! Bye now!"

Bianca leaves the Pokémon center in a heartbeat.

Soma then sends out both Ken and Snivy to see how they're doing.

"Oh, hi Soma! Did you need-me for anything?" asks Ken.

Soma replies "Nope, i'm just letting you two accompany-me for the time."

"Fine, we'll play by your rules then." says Melons.

Just as they start to go outside, they notice that a lot of people have gathered around the park. They go see what's going on...