Moana - Warrior's Journey (AU after the first film)

Chapter 19: Mind Game Over Physical Fight

"At least it's much cooler in here," Moana said as she walked into the cave in Reigna, since those were the places that they haven't looked at. "But! Never let your guard down, Moana! There are three more monsters to capture!"

"Not only you're good at talking to other, but you're also good at talking to yourself, kid," Maui said. "I'm so impressed."

"Maui, you know what else I'm good at?" Moana asked.

"What is it, princess, or chief of Motunui?" Maui asked tauntingly.

"Spearing something," Moana said as she held her spear up. "I'm not afraid to spear anything now."

"Woo~ So scary!" Maui said. Moana rolled her eyes and continued the search. They had just three more monsters left and she wanted to get it over with and go back to Pua and Heihei, who may be waiting for them for hours now. They're probably hungry, well not Heihei, but Pua. "You look worried, kid."

"I'm just worried about Pua and Heihei," Moana said. "I need to find those monsters fast and seal them so that I can go back to them."

"I don't think it would be long," Maui said. "I saw the monsters on the charms earlier. Trust me, they are SO loud and annoying that it is impossible to not notice them."

"Well, let's just hope that-" Moana was about to finish her sentence, but there was a loud screech. In a dark cave, they were able to at least see something soar in circles, since there were streams of light. "That's the one!" Moana was sure that was the one. "It has eight eyes!"

"I'll use my birds-eye view!" Maui said as he transformed into a giant hawk. I'll get that and help Moana get back to little piggy and drumsticks! Maui said as he soared against the monster. The monster felt something coming and turned to the direction where Maui came from. All the eight eyes turned into frown and and it also glided towards Maui. Maui purposely flew low. By the time it got close, Maui swiftly slid sideways, making the monster headbutt the ground so hard. Moana quickly placed the charm on the monster.

"Wow, for a bird-brain you sure are smart," Moana said. 

"It's that a compliment or an insult?" Maui asked as he turned back into a human. 

"I guess it's safe to say both," Moana snickered. "And now we have two more creatures to capture. And they both have a lot of eyes too... I guess we're gonna have eye trauma like we still freak out over tentacles."

"And they we'd not even want to see other's eyes anymore," Maui thought about actually being traumatized by eyes. "Ughh..." he shivered as he groaned. "I can't stand it... even the thought of it..."

"Let's just... get this over with," Moana said as she continued her search.

Maui held the fishhook, Moana held her spear, and cautiously walked and looked around. "Also keep in mind, these creatures can see in the dark, but will let their guard down and will screech whenever they get a chance. Get those eardrums ready."

"Yup," Moana answered as she continued to look around. There was another screech. This time, it was high-pitched. They couldn't see deeper in the cave, so Maui illuminated his fishhook to see better. It was a bat with eyes everywhere. It saw Moana and Maui with Maui's fishhook.

"Ughh! The screech!" Moana groaned. "Geez, it's worse than a bat!"

"I wish I can control my deafness," Maui said.

"Let's just get that, it's coming this way!" Moana said. "Let's dodge into different direction as it comes closer." Maui nodded in agreement. Surely, the creepy looking bat with eyes all over the body glided towards Moana and Maui. Moana dived left, and Maui dived right. But the bat was smart enough to stop before hitting the ground hard. It quickly turned to Maui and glided towards him. Moana ran towards it to attack, but the bat had eyes all over it. It saw Moana coming over and it quickly turned to Moana to screech and show off its fangs.