Kei

[color=royalblue]Oo; Who told you that? The only card I can think of off the top of my head that's banned is Ancient Mew. There's another one, but I can't remember what it is. I myself have a deck called "Vaporeon's Vortex" based on TR's Dark Vaporeon, and it's perfectly fine. You should just try to find a tournament site and sit in a few games. It's pretty interesting.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Téa (thinking): Aunt....Jemimah...?![/color]

[color=royalblue]Aye. This I suggest as well. It's obvious you didn't read the thread in sign-up. I kindly ask you delete your posts, sign-up and read the rules first, thanks.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Well, for me, I'm off to Maryland to go see my dad. I'll probably do some fishing or go to Six Flags or King's Dominion or something. More than likely I'll get a job at the library near his house doing the same thing I am now, lol. I'm looking forward to it. [size=1]HC, trust me. It is. ^_~[/size][/color]

[color=royalblue]Pikachu waddled happily into the kitchens and noticed the Princess sitting at the table looking out the window. She seemed to be deep in thought. Pikachu ran over, narrowly avoiding a servant carrying a tray of food and hopped up on the table. Peach seemed a bit startled by his sudden appearance. He quickly bowed and sat down smiling. "Well, hello there, Pikachu. Did you get hungry?" Pikachu shrugged and pointed to the recently attacked cake. "I just wanted to see what was so good that Mario practically fell into it." "Oh. It seems Mario's been here. He does love that cake of mine. Did you want some?" "Here's some sandwiches for you, Princess," a servant said setting a small platter of light sandwiches in front of her with all sorts of condiments. Pikachu immediately attacked the bottle of ketchup, happily opened it and began licking it from the bottle. "I guess you're fine with that, then." Peach said with a laugh. She picked up a sandwich and bit into, getting that far off look in her eyes again. Pikachu noticed and looked up at her, tilting his head. Peach looked at her little friend and petted him. "I'm just wondering what will happen with this war. All these attacks have me worried. I just hope everyone will come out of this okay... Especially Sonic. I heard he'd been captured." Pikachu waved his paw at her, indicating she shouldn't worry. "Sonic can take care of himself. He's probably on his way back by now...unless he stopped by a chili dog stand on the way back..." "Hm? Are you saying I shouldn't worry?" Pikachu sighed at his inability to communicate properly with humans and nodded. "Perhaps you're right...." "Yeah... Perhaps..." Pikachu mumbled, then returned to eating his beloved ketchup.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Pikachu sat on the sill of a window in one of the many towers of Toadstool Castle, watching over the troops recently given up on by Mario. He chuckled softly at his lack of humor. He'd found the little Goomba funny. But since this was a big event and with the recent attacks, the troops training was important. Pikachu leaped from the sill and agily landed on one of the lower roofs. He kept up this pattern of skillfulness until he reached the last one, where he promptly slipped on a loose tile and crashed into the flower bed below, startling a Koopa Troopa that was weeding there. Pikachu rose rubbing it's head and looked up sheepishly at the angry gardener. "AH! Do you know how long it took me to plant those 'mums?! Now you've gone and crushed them all!!" "Sorry 'bout that..." Pikachu said in his little language. The gardener gave him a quizzical look, then looked even angrier than before. "I don't know what you just said, but I [i]do[/i] know that you'd better get out of here before I give your tail a trim with my hedgeclippers!!" With a yelp, Pikachu ran off full-throttle for the troops, not once looking back. He finally stopped and rested on a nearby Koopa. "Geez... I said I was sorry...." he mumbled. He then looked up at the Koopa he was leaning against and poked him to get his attention. The Koopa looked down, and Pikachu gave a smart salute. "What're you trying to say? That you're training us now?" the Koopa responded. Pikachu nodded quickly, and saluted again smiling, expecting the Koopa doing the same in response. The Koopa gave Pikachu a long look, then burst out in hysterics. "Hey, you guys!! The little mouse wants to play leader!! Hahahaha!" The echos of laughter that followed was enough to bring Mario back outside. "Hey! What's-a goin' on here?!" The troops took one look at Mario, and laughed even harder. Pikachu walked over to him, smiling himself. He tugged on Mario's pantleg trying to stop from joining in the laughter. Mario looked down with an annoyed look on his face. "Well? What's-a so funny?" Pikachu made rubbed his hands around the outside of his mouth, and audibly started giggling. Mario looked at him oddly and followed the motion. When he looked at his hands, he found them covered with chocolate frosting. "If the cake's that good, I'll go have some myself!" Pikachu said laughing while walking off to the castle kitchens.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Seems like fun... ------------------------- Téa: Hey, you guys! The contact was in my eye the whole time! Yugi, Joey and Tristan: ...[/color]

[color=royalblue]There's really been two teachers I honestly liked the whole time I've been in school. 1) Mrs. Blake- My current Cisco teacher. I love her to death. Mostly because she treats us as if were equals. Most teachers are plain condesending to students, but she talks to us and treats us as if we're adults, and I love it. She's extremely lenient (unless we're too easygoing) and nice. She's like a mother to us "cisco kids" as we're called. lol 2) Mr. Berkshire- My LA 11 teacher. He actually gave me a challenge this year. More often than not, due to our horrible school system, I'm usually bored out of my skull during classes because they're so easy. But Berky (cute nickname, no?) actually gave us work that made us think. His was more of a lecture class than book, so that was one better thing, and his assignments were cool. One we had to do was make a mini-anthology based on [u]Spoon River Anthology[/u] by Edgar Lee Masters, which I really enjoyed. Plus, he's got a cool sense of humor. (I guess one would if you'd let a class full of Juniors call you "Berky" all year, lol.) I'm so sad he retired... The only one I've ever bore bad feelings toward is my Life Planning teacher, Mrs. Reynolds. --; That class is totally pointless, and she barely knows how to teach it. I usually finish the work in about five minutes at most in there. Why I chose it as an elective, I'll never know. I'm so glad that's over...[/color]

[color=royalblue][b]My Blog Address:[/b] [url]http://evilbadtzmaru.blogspot.com/[/url] [b]Blog Name:[/b] Oh Badtz, Not Again.... (Weird, isn't it?) [b]Thoughts/Reasons:[/b] Because my mom kept reading my journal and she's computer illiterate. (Kidding...slightly) I basically use it just to spout random crap about my life once in a while. Rants, banter, etc. But I'll write in it if something big happens too. I think I'll keep this one up, though. I've had about three of them before this one. But I've got a nice little skin for it, so, yeah.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Yes, there were a lot of Neo expansions. Neo Genesis, Neo Discovery, Neo Revalation, and Neo Destiny. The more current expansions include Pokémon-e: Expedition and Pokémon-e: Aquapolis. There's also another called Pokémon-e: Skyridge, but I don't know if it's been released yet. The former cards all include the Pokémon from G/S/C as well as the originals. I stopped collecting after Neo Destiny, so I couldn't tell you if the newer cards are any better.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Yup. There aren't any more starters than those mentioned. As for the Pokémon that have pre-evolved forms: Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan, Jigglypuff, Magmar, Clefairy, Electabuzz, Jynx, and Pikachu.[/color] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Crimson Spider [/i] [B]What pokemon grants wishes? [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]I'm going to go with Unown on that one. How many Pokémon have their main or sub-type as Water?[/color]

[color=royalblue][b]Character Name:[/b] Pikachu (Pokémon games) [img]http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/images/pikachu.jpg[/img] [b]Reason for choosing character:[/b] Pikachu's quick and powerful when trained properly. It can think on it's feet and I love the little thing. Plus, it can use electricity with pinpoint accuracy, and lightning has always been something I've been interested in. [b]My knowledge of this character:[/b] Having fully trained a Pikachu to level 100 without cheats and doing breeding research via strategy guides, I believe I have a good grasp on the true Power of the Pika.[/color]

[color=royalblue]I'm seriously leaning towards Rayquaza on that one, but I'm just grasping at straws... What Pokémon did Misty battle during her bout with Trista in the Whirl Cup Competition?[/color]

[color=royalblue]Brock stays behind with Professor Ivy to help out around the lab and lean about how the Orange Archipelago's Pokémon are different from Kanto's. Ash and Misty meet up with Tracey later. *notices her other question hasn't been answered yet* ^^; I guess no one can answer it, so I'll just go with a new one. It's pretty easy. How many Egg Moves does Smeargle have?[/color]

[color=royalblue]The only way that Treecko could learn Surf is if it's an Egg Move for Treecko. All TMs and HMs survive on through to the next generation of all Pokémon. If not, there's no way to go about breeding it in.[/color]

[color=royalblue][center]Chapter 6[/center] Rayne looked at Seto as if he was her number one enemy. His secretary probably told him all about her, so he could be considered as much. All she knew was, if he told Yugi and Bakura about her, everything was going to go to Hell in a hand basket? ?Well, Yugi. Bakura. To what might I owe the pleasure of you being here?? ?Listen, Kaiba. It?s extremely important that we be here.? Yami said in a serious tone. ?I?d like to hear your reasoning,? Kaiba replied in a dark voice. ?I can?t explain it. All you need know is that we?re just about to leave anyway.? ?You may be, but your new little friend behind you won?t be so quick in joining you.? ?What? What would you need with?? ?It?s okay, Yugi.? Rayne said suddenly. ?I feel I need to have a nice long chat with Kaiba.? Yami gave her a quizzical glance, but she didn?t notice, as she was staring at Seto with considerable attitude. ?You and Bakura can just go. I?ll be down with you shortly,? she said, never once taking her eyes off of Kaiba. ?Are you sure, Rayne?? Bakura asked her. ?Yeah. I won?t be long.? ?All right. We?ll be downstairs in the lobby,? Yami said making his way to the door, Bakura following close behind. Kaiba remained in the doorway as Yami approached, smiling slightly as Yami gazed at him with a look bordering on hatred. Kaiba?s smile simply widened and he stepped out of the way to let them pass. Bot Yami and Bakura shot him a last withering glance as they passed and walked down the hall. ?You?d better go with them, Mokuba. Just to make sure they don?t get in any other places they have no business being in.? Mokuba looked a little shocked at his brother?s suggestion, and opened his mouth to protest, but then saw the look in his eyes as he gazed at Rayne, and thought the better of it. He simply turned, and with a quick glance behind him, followed Yami and Bakura to the elevator. Kaiba looked over his shoulder to make sure the others were out of earshot, and closed the door. ?Now, Miss Misaro, I think we should have a little chat.? [center]***[/center] Yami, Bakura, and a slightly peeved Mokuba stood in the elevator going back to the bottom floor. Yami was thinking about the looks that Kaiba and Rayne were exchanging before they left. ?Kaiba knew something about Rayne that we don?t,? he thought. ?More than likely, it?s something that Rayne would keep secret with her life, so how would Kaiba know?? Bakura looked over at Yami and noticed he was thinking hard about something. ?Yugi? What is it? You seem to be a bit lost in thought.? ?I am. There?s something Rayne?s hiding that I believe is very important.? Mokuba heard Yami?s comment and looked over at him. ?I heard my brother say something about that girl,? he said aloud. ?It was really a mumble, but I know I heard him say something about the government.? Yami and Bakura looked in shock at Mokuba?s statement, then at one another. ?The government?? they said in unison. [center]***[/center] Rayne was seated on the couch in front of Kaiba?s desk fixing him with a stare that would normally make a man wilt. Kaiba sat back in his chair smiling nonchalantly at her rocking back and forth slightly. He then stopped and rose from his chair. He walked over to a small cart with a few beverages on it and began pouring himself a glass of water. ?Can I get you anything, Miss Misaro? I wouldn?t want to be a rude host,? he said in a calm voice. ?Cut the crap, Kaiba.? Rayne replied haughtily. ?What? I?m just trying to be nice,? he said turning to face her smiling. ?You know who I am, I know who you are, so why not knock off the nice guy act and be straight with me?? she said glaring at him. The tone she?d used just then had such an icy edge, Kaiba swore he felt a chilly draft blow through the room in the back of his mind. His smile dissipated, and he quickly returned to his seat and returned Rayne?s grim stare. ?All right. You want me to be straight with you? Why shouldn?t I have both you and your superior?s badge for coming in here and running a search without a warrant?? ?Simple. This is a very important case that?s time-sensitive and I didn?t have the time to run it through the courts. I figured you wouldn?t mind.? ?You figured wrong.? ?Well, like I said, I?m involved in a time-sensitive case, and I need to get in here to look for a clue that could make or break it, so I really couldn?t give a damn whether you mind or not.? ?You might not, but the courts would. Coming in here without a warrant is an invasion of privacy, last time I checked.? ?Look. This kidnapping case is extremely important. The lunatic said the next clue to finding him would be here, so we came here. And why am I telling you all this? You have nothing to do with it. I?m out of here.? ?You walk out, the next call I make is to my lawyers.? Rayne stopped in mid-air as she was getting up from her seat, and glanced up at Kaiba. If looks could kill, he?d be about six months gone. She slowly sat back down, knowing that with someone like Kaiba, from what she gathered, he meant every word. The last thing the government needed was someone like this guy on their backs. ?What exactly do you want, Kaiba?? she said in an even tone, trying hard not to lose her temper. ?I want to know why Yugi Muto is involved.? ?Well, not that it?s any of your business, but the kidnapped person is his friend, Joey Wheeler.? Kaiba looked a bit taken aback by Rayne?s response, but quickly recovered from it. ?Why would whoever took him want Joey?? ?More than likely to get to Yugi. The suspect seems to have a vendetta against him.? Kaiba spun around in his chair to face the window and began to think. ?So someone?s after Yugi, and is using Joey to get to him. Whoever it is will be in for a rude awakening if he believes that Yugi would take that lying down.? He then turned back around slowly and fixed Rayne with a calm look. Rayne returned his look with one of pure annoyance. ?Can you chill with the ?James Bond? bad guy stuff? It?s really starting to get on my nerves.? Kaiba chuckled slightly at her comment. ?So Tough Cop has a sense of humor,? he said in a bemused voice. ?More than I can say for you. Are we done now?? ?Just a few more questions, Rayne. I can call you Rayne, correct?? ?Only if I can call you Clueless.? Kaiba chuckled again and lowered his head to try to hide the fact that Rayne was beginning to ruffle his feathers. He failed miserably. ?Getting on your nerves, eh?? Now it was her turn to use a bemused tone. ?No, not at all.? Kaiba replied lying through his teeth. ?Just admiring that quick wit of yours. Just answer this. How did you become involved with this, exactly?? ?Well, the suspect left a letter saying that Yugi had a week to find him and Joey, and that he would leave clues behind to his whereabouts. It also said that Yugi could pick two people to help him, and I was one of the ones he picked.? ?And you?re just doing this out of the kindness of your heart?? ?Mostly. But I also believe that this guy may be the same one involved in a string of crimes that have surfaced recently.? ?Ah. I?ve heard about those. They said they were getting the FBI involved in it.? ?Well, it got transferred to us. Now, if you?ll excuse me, I?ve got an investigation to get back to.? Rayne rose abruptly and began to take her leave when Kaiba began to speak again. ?I don?t know what you expected to find here, or do expect to find here, if you?re not leaving just yet,? Kaiba called, ?but I?ll make sure my security personnel give you full access to my building.? ?Appreciated.? Rayne said over her shoulder. ?Oh, and Agent Misaro?? ?Yeah?? ?Here.? Rayne spun around just in time to catch a business card Kaiba had thrown at her. It seemed just like your ordinary car, with the Kaiba Corp. logo on the front. Rayne flipped it over to see that it had his personal phone line number written on the back. ?Feel free to call if you should need any help with your search.? ?Heh. I?ll do that.? Rayne said slipping the card into her pocket and began to walk out. ?Or anything else, for that matter.? Kaiba looked at her as she stopped short for a split second, then continued on her way as if nothing had been said. Kaiba smiled slightly at her reaction to his last comment, and turned around to look at the city skyline from his window. He thought about how he should do some digging into Agent Misaro?s background when he had the time, and look into these little string of crimes he?d heard so much about? [center]***[/center] Rayne got off the elevator and walked out to the main lobby where Yami, Bakura and Mokuba were looking at something on the wall. Rayne got a curious look on her face and walked over to them. ?What we starin? at?? she asked. ?I think it?s our clue.? Bakura said never taking his eyes off the wall. Rayne looked at what had everyone so mesmerized and soon became mesmerized herself. A poster that no one had seemed to notice before was hanging in front of them. It was an advertisement for a circus that had come to town a couple of weeks ago. There were acrobats and fire-breathers, all that stuff one would expect at a circus, but this was a bit different. All of the performers seemed to have a demonic look to them. Long, sharp teeth, evil looking eyes, the works. It creeped Rayne out a bit, but she?d seen worse to be honest, so she wasn?t too freaked out. What she really noticed was the black circle that was in the left-hand corner of the poster. It seemed to surround an address. ?Check this out,? she said pointing to it. Yami and Bakura looked at the circle, and came to a realization. ?That?s the address for the fairgrounds. I suppose he wants us to go there.? Bakura said aloud. ?Well, then, that?s where we?re going,? she said snatching the poster off the wall. ?Right.? Yami said nodding. ?I suggest we get going. It?s around 4:00 now.? ?You?re right. We need to get a move on.? ?I hope you guys bring Joey back safe.? Mokuba said to them. ?You told him?? Rayne asked looking at Yami. ?He wouldn?t leave us alone until we did,? he replied. Rayne sighed and shook her head. She then patted Mokuba on the head. ?Be good, kid,? she told him. She then walked off towards the exit with Yami and Bakura close behind, her mind set on getting to the fairgrounds, but also thinking about some other things. As she walked on, Bakura noticed her reaching to her pocket and taking something that looked like a card out, then throwing it in the nearest garbage can. ?What was that, Rayne?? he asked her. ?Just some old trash,? she replied.[/color]

[color=royalblue]I would pay to see you chase an ice cream truck down the street, Ceh. lol As for me, just give me strawberry or cookies 'n' cream in a big waffle cone. ^-^ I love it to death. I've always loved Pepsi floats, too. The frothy stuff is so good. ^^; But I've come to hate the ice cream man around my neighborhood, a) It tends to be overpriced and b) that new music is plain annoying....[/color]

[color=royalblue]*scratches head* Um.... That's worded kind of weird, but if you're referring to changing the name of an attachment, I can help there. All you have to change the file name of the thing you're uploading. Just right-click the file, hit Rename, and change it to whatever you want it be, then upload it. If you're talking about just regualr old links, type this: [ url= *enter URL here* ] *text here* [ /url ] Just make sure you take out the spaces. I hope this is what you were asking.[/color]

[color=royalblue]I'm the artistic one of my family. I'm the Bookworm, the Emotional One, and Crazy One (

[color=royalblue][b]Best Anime:[/b] The one I love the most so far is Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I'm sure that'll change here soon... [b]Best Comedy Anime:[/b] El Hazard: Wanderers. I love the comic moments Fujisawa and Jinnai provide. Especially in the second ep.... That was classic. lol [b]Best Romance Anime:[/b] Fushigi Yuugi. Enough said. [b]Best Drama Anime:[/b] Haven't really seen any to vote for one....I guess Neon Genesis Evangelion would fit here. [b]Best Action/Adventure Anime:[/b] Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Some of the best fights I've ever seen. [b]Best Mecha Anime:[/b] I'm between Gundam Wing and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Both are great animés, and have great mechs. I guess I'll go with the Evas again on this one. [b]Best Fantasy Anime:[/b] El Hazard: Wanderers. ^^ [b]Best Horror Anime:[/b] Blue Seed. I loved it so much. The monsters in it were all based on old Japanese legends (I think), and they were really good. I liked them. [b]Best Male Character:[/b] Bakura!! Bakura is one of the best anime characters around. I personally like him because it's kind of hard to figure him out. No one knows for sure whether he's a good guy being controlled by evil, or he's evil himself working with an equally evil person, then had a change of heart. Of course, that accent helps too. ^^ His Yami form rocks, too. [b]Best Female Character:[/b] Hm... I'd have to say Shayla Shayla from El Hazard: Wanderers. She lives up to the fiery red-head, fanged persona to the fullest. Sort of like a cross between Tasuki and Ryoko. [b]Best Soundtrack:[/b] I've never heard an entire soundtrack from an anime, but from the music I've heard, I like El Hazard's the best. [b]Funniest Character:[/b] Fujisawa from El Hazard. I love him to death. Whenever he's drunk or coming in all heroic is the best. In the third ep, I'll never forget when he was riding a shard of a giant broken bowl on a flooding river yelling "Fujisawa Cowabunga!" lol [b]Biggest ***$hole(the one person you hate the most...):[/b] Um, that'd have to be Katsuhito Jinnai. --; A total jerk, and he's got a laugh that's more annoying than Mandark's from Dexter's Laboratory in both English and Japanese, which I didn't think was even possible... [b]Biggest Badass:[/b] Tasuki from FY. Enough said. [b]Best Villain:[/b] Hm. I'll have to say either Malik or Vicious for this one. [b]Hottest Chick:[/b] Hm.... Hard to say. I guess I'll say Momo from Peach Girl. [b]Most Well Dressed/With The Best Style Character:[/b] Faye Valentine. Always fashionable when stepping out. [b]Best Death:[/b] Hm.... Spike from CB. Always gotta go out with a memorable quote. lol [b]Best Anime Movie:[/b] I haven't seen that many, but from all the ones I [i]have[/i] seen, I'd have to say I love Spriggan the most. It just really appeals to me for some reason. The animation is very cool in my opinion and though the plot has been done in [i]some ways,[/i] it's still really good. [b]Best Anime OVA:[/b] Haven't seen any. [b]Best Anime Music Track:[/b] Speed Racer! No, seriously. Um...Clever from El Hazard: Wanderers.[/color]

[color=royalblue]^^; I'm sorry. Here, I'll make a second question for those who haven't seen it yet. How did Ash acquire his trademark hat?[/color]

[color=royalblue]lol Not a lot of people would give it any thought. When I noticed it a while back, it was only because a Girafarig's tail is somewhat of a separate being, and it can attack from either end. ^^; The American director of the Pokémon movies, Micheal Haigney, noticed it too. He mentioned it during the Director's Commentary of "Spell of the Unown." He said he found it quite disturbing, lol. Anyways, on with the quiz. Since I spoke about P3, this'll be a movie question. During the Director's Commentary, Mr. Haigney had one of the many voice talents along with him, Matthew Milter. During a specific scene, it was said that his favorite quote was in it. What was the quote?[/color]

[color=royalblue]Actually, there are two answers to this one. Eevee is one, but Girafarig is the other. ^_~[/color]

[color=royalblue]Rayne: I'll take the honor of presiding over your first match, Mitsuna. [i]Rayne walked over to the Ref's Podium and everyone else left the field as Mitsuna and Neo took their places at either end of the battlefield.[/i] Rayne: The following is an official Hoenn Leauge match for a Leauge Badge! Each trainer may use two Pokémon in one-on-one combat style! The challenger may switch out at any time, but the Gym Leader may not! Are you ready? [i]Neo and Mitsuna nodded quickly and both got serious looks on their faces.[/i] Rayne: Choose your Pokémon! Neo: I choose you! Helix! Mitsuna: I choose Blubby! [i]Rayne smiled slightly as her beloved Blubby and Neo's tough-looking Bagon took to the field.[/i] Rayne: Quagsire vs. Bagon! Begin![/color]

[color=royalblue]As always, I love it. Always cheers me up to read one. ^^ [/color]