IC: Xander sighed and sunk to his feet. Just about every trainer he'd seen over the past... three quarters of an hour had outdone him completely. He watched from his spot in the gym as Hazen got ready to battle Paul. It was obvious the gym leader would not be having a good day. He was about to be pawned by yet another Pok?mon Master. Xander could relate to this guy. He was like him, a failure. He sat down on the floor in self-pity for another few minutes before rising to his ffet.
Xander turned to Scizor, who'd got over the attack from Drago's Altaria.
"Let's get out of here, my friend. We need to do some training" Xander beckoned to Scizor, and put retreated him back to the confines of the Pok?ball. He pulled his pack onto his back, and pushed out through the double doors of Herricon gym, and walked out into the street. Xander pulled out his Pok?Nav, and searched for information on any Khanono tournaments in the area. After a few seconds, the Pok?Nav let off a warning tone, to show it had finished its search. Xnader cast his eyes over the results.
'19 Tournaments currently underway in Khanono. 14 Found within twenty miles of Herricon City, 1 found within Herricon border.'
"Right..." Xander said to himself "We'll go for the one in Herricon. I'll check the full details." He punched in a few keys on the Pok?Nav and opened up a full-size page on the event.
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS FOR ELITE FOUR OF KHANONO
Now that Khanono has become an official Pok?mon League Region, we are in search of four candidates worthy of becoming the 'Elite Four' of Khanono! All trainers are welcome, and the last twenty-five trainers left at the end of this stage of the tournament will be forwarded to the Finals in Khanono's capital, Rhyern.'
Xander did not need to read any further. He quickly noted down the location and start date of the preliminaries, and start heading off in the direction of Herricon Stadium.