Kingdom Hearts X Unchained: Moana World

Chapter 7: The Island of Te Fiti

The sun had set hours ago as we began to sail to Te Fiti. I had taken to steer the boat in the back. Maui hadn't moved from his spot on the raft since we had left the last island.

"What can I say except; We're doomed..." He mumbled to himself. Moana watched him with nothing more than sadness.

"Can you at least try?" She suggested. He slowly looked at her, sighing, before reaching for his hook.

"Giant hawk" The moment he laid his finger on it, he shifted into a pig, then a fish, an iguana, and finally back to himself, "Hey it's okay, it's okay," He said sarcastically.

"Alright," Moana got up and took the oar from me, "Your turn then" She poked him with it.

"Why? You gonna give me a speech? Tell me I can beat Te Kā cause I'm, 'Maui'" The tiny tattoo on his chest elbowed him. Maui sat up, "Take a hike, tiny" He flicked it away. The little Maui landed on Maui's back, arms crossed with a frown. Moana studied the tattoos on Maui's back,

"How do you get your tattoos?" She asked.

"They show up when I earn them"

"How did you earn that one" She poked a large tattoo showing a roman throwing a smaller figure into what looks to be water, "What's that for?"

"That's uh... man's discovery of nunya."

"What's nunya?"

"None ya business" Moana sighed and tapped his back lightly with the oar,

"I'll just keep asking" Maui ignored her, however. Moana tapped his shoulder, "What's it for?" Still no response, "C'mon" She continued to poke him. Eventually, he pushed her away,

"You need to stop that!" He turned away in frustration. Moana eyed me, slowly raising the oar over Maui's head. She squished down his hair bun. Maui stood up and grabbed the oar,

"Back off."

"Just tell me wha-"

"I said back off!" He shoved her back. She hit his chest,

"Is it why your hook's not working?" He threw her off the boat.

"Maui-"

"Out of the way pipsqueak" He shoved me aside as he sat at the edge of the boat. Moana came floating back up, carried by water. She just stared at him,

"If you don't wanna talk, then don't talk," She said, "If you want to throw me off the boat, throw me off the boat. You wanna tell me I don't know what I'm doing... I don't," Moana looked down, "I have no idea why the ocean chose me... but my island is dying. So I am here, with you and Leaf. And we want to help but, we can't... if you don't let us."

"..." Maui said nothing. Moana gave a soft sigh and began to turn away, "I wasn't born a demigod" Maui began, "I had human parents, they uh... took one look and... decided... they did not want me. They threw me into the sea like I was nothing. Somehow I was found by the gods. They gave me the hook; they made me, Maui," He cheered silently, "And back to the humans I went. I gave them islands, fire, coconuts, anything they could have ever want."

"You took the heart for them... you did everything, for them." Moana gasped, "So they'd love you" She looked down in sorrow.

"It was... never enough" Moana walked over and sat by his side.

"Maybe the gods found you for a reason," She said, "Maybe the ocean brought you to them because it saw someone who was worthy of being saved. But the gods aren't the ones who'll make you Maui; you are" Maui looked at her, with a glimpse of hope. She stood up and walked away.