Sand sprayed everywhere, and a jab of pain shot up Raichu's foot. Swearing in his head, he got up. The air was hot and sticky, like someone had boiled some honey.
"Ugh!" Raichu whined, and observed his ankle, "Why does it have to be so hot!?" He grabbed the fallen bandage ends and tied it tightly back together.
"In Cauliflornia it's hot and dry," Bell explained, dusting off her jeans, "In the Philippines it's hot and wet."
"Like a sauna!" Shell sighed, before she got hit in the head with a green coconut. It cracked and Bell quickly caught it in her hands.
"What a nutcracker," Bell said, awed. "You're skull must be thick!"
"I'm only here for the Filipino Mangoes!" Shell declared, and she stood up indignantly.
After hours of wandering in search for mangoes, jogging throughout towns and plantain fields, Shell had had enough.
"Hey," she nudged Bell. "Can you ask where in Asia those mangoes are?"
"Uhh," Bell said. "Saan sa Asia aang mangoes (Where in Asia are mangoes)?"
"Do'on," the vendor said, pointing at a mango.
"OOOHHHH," Bell realized, "Mangoes aren't in plantain fields! They are in MANGO FIELDS."
"That makes sense," Shell murmured.
"And they make dollars, I mean pesos, look!" Bell exclaimed, "ONLY 50 PESOS PER MANGO BUNCH!"
"50??!!" Raichu took out his pen, ready to forge a dot.
"Raichu, it's in ENGLISH. You know ENGLISH," Bell informed.
"No!" Raichu cried, "I only know American and a little Irish!"
"Well sir," Bell said. "I know some Punnese, English, Filipino, Dolphinese, Mandarin Orange, and Spainish Spanish. Most fluent to least fluent. I think I am also fluent at American! Let's talk in that language so no one can understand!"
"Hello," Raichu said, "Wha ya'll cowboyzz do-in dawn here yo?"
"We r' speakin' 'merican," Bell replied.
"Woah, ya good at 'merican langage," Raichu complemented.
"Now dissis gettin' 'bit race-ist."
"We all 'merican here, yo!" Raichu shouted.
"Ahh! Most people in the Philippines think that Americans are rich!" Bell realized. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
"Stupid Raichu cowboy accent," Shell muttered.
"OMG. It's an American! They must have money!" a person cried.
"Really?" another exclaimed.
"ATTACK!"
"PS: BASICALLY EVERYONE HERE CAN SPEAK ENGLISH," Bell said. "Welp, I guess I have no choice..."
Bell took out her water bottle and started to speak Dolphinese. The suction of the water created high pitched squealing sounds mimicking those of a dolphin.
"Oisj skfl ocuvci slkdfj pzoixcpo qmerwo pozi wmsa xoicuz mzpiw zipw cvlIW KMAI (Let us go now or I will do something)!" Bell exclaimed in Dolphinese.
"Ummm," the crowd murmured.
"Ummm," Shell sighed. "Lemme try."
"Ni hao, da jia, wo shi Shell (Hello, everyone, I am Shell)," Shell said. "Wo lai le zhe li wei le mang guo (I came here for mango)."
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The Legend Thief - Part 5: The Cure
FanfictionFollowing the events of last book, everyone is back in the Protego Base. Quinci Laciasal, the heir of Team Valor, and Shelly Yangtze, the heir of Team Mystic, had both had their powers removed from them because an mysterious villain called The Guy h...
