Author's note: Moving on and yes, I have to move on with this one because I have a few decks in my sleeve. Hehehehehehe! Thank u for the reviews and the support for all my stories. I'm surrounded by great story tellers and that is one big pleasure! Let's go!

Oh! And before I forget to mention, Ilaila would have Jason Segel's voice. One big contrast with Tamatoa's since Jason voiced Vector in Despicable Me. Let's go!


4. Iʻila

Tamatoa had never kept count of the days or years in his life. He had always lived to his fullest, knowing he was ageless and that was that but in the last two years, all his existence had been reduced to doing chores for Kuna Loa and recovering his loot. His last fight with Maui left him as the biggest loser in Lalotai, something he could hardly stand. All the monsters thought of him now as a whiner. Not even his smooth talking could help him now. Nobody took Tamatoa seriously and much less the eel who demanded him to finish Maui once and for all. But how was he going to do that if he couldn't even leave the stupid Realm of Monsters? Ugh! It was frustrating.

"It's a small underworld, after all, huh?" Kuna slid beside the crab. "You can swim all you like, you always caught up with a crabby face" the eel smiled and Tama tried looking away. "Get it?" but the large fish used his tail to keep the eye contact.

"Yeah, yeah"

"Now, where's my well-beaten-half-dead-demigod?"

"Uh, it has been ordered but it's not yet well done…" he tried to walk away but Kuna kept him in place and growled.

"I gave you just one task, crab boy, just one and you still haven't been able to do ANYTHING!" the eel charged itself with electricity and the crustacean back away in fear. "You better start doing something or else I'm going to start considering boiled lobster for dinner! You are not my only choice for a minion, Tama, I've got plenty of volunteers and you are not in the essentials list" Kuna barked and swam away. "But hey! Chin up! You only got till I have ran out of patience and guess what? That will take place real soon" he disappeared into the shadows and Tamatoa dragged himself into his own cave. Some big mess he had gotten himself into. All because he wanted revenge on that stupid demigod, argh! What was he going to do now?

"He really is a big push-over, hu?" said a voice over his head. Tamatoa looked up with anger.

"YOU?" the giant sea-slug Tenari 'Ilaila' had somehow gotten into his cave. "What are you doing in here? This is private, you big pile of slime!"

"Hey, I'm not a pile of slime. I'm a pile of mucus, see?" there was an awkward silence. "OK, that came out wrong. But this place is no longer private, Happy Meal. Nobody respects you anymore"

"Haha! Talk to the pincer" he laid down to rest.

"I'm serious. Look, all you do is stay in here, count your treasures and moan. You were beaten by a teenager, how sad is that?" Ilaila chuckled and Tamatoa frowned even deeper. "You are getting harassed by No Legs because of that but you can't get what he wants cuz you are stuck in here and as long as you can't get out of Lalotai, you are no good"

"I already know all that, Taffy"

"Yes, you probably do but hey, I got good news"

"Humour me" Tamatoa puffed.

"Ok, ok. Here it goes" Ilaila chuckled. "I know a way out of this place and straight to get Maui"

"You're making that one up"

"No! Of course not" the slug moved his eye tentacles. "I know what the big deal is, really. Your problem is you're way too big and can't leave this place but, if you had a makeover and knew where Maui is… Tadaraaa!"

"You make it sound easy and it's not"

"Don't be a party-pooper, Red. I really got it" he hung a little bit more from the ceiling. "I know just the thing" Ilaila smiled. "I mean, look at you. You are big and strong, yes. But you are also way too heavy, man. With those pole sticks as legs, you can't even cross over the barrier"

"Hey, look who talks. The guy who glides on goo"

"Who me? Hey, it's easier than walking and besides I just don't know what to do with my hands. What do I normally do with my hands?"

"Nothing cuz you have none, dumb-dumb!"

"… Ok, you got me there but hey, for real" Ilaila smiled. "Maui is right now in an island with the kid's parents. I heard Frostbite mentioned it this morning and he's in bad shape so there's your first part of the puzzle. It's a rock called Pele in the east part"

"Ok and… the point is?"

"Point is this your fat chance, Tama. If you want to get Maui this is your big time. And as for you, my friend, all you need is a change of look. You would keep all your treasures and be able to leave this place" the slug beamed. "To do that, we just need to get some stuff, a seashell and a crab leg"

"…"

"Just kidding with the last one. And, voila! You'll be a new monster and you will get Maui while he's down in the dumps. You get revenge and impress Kuna, eel gets happy and everybody wins"

"Now wait just a second, what about you? You will want something in return"

"Oh, don't worry, Red. I don't want your treasures, honest. What I want is something that you will give me sooner or later but it's not your loot, promise"

"I hope it's not my cave"

"You'll see. It won't be something too important" smiled Ilaila and they shook their tentacle eyes. "Perfect. Now I'll go gather all the things. You wait here and I'll do the hard work"

"You sure about this?"

"Like the plague! Don't worry! I got this one handled" the slug crept to the outside. "Really handled" his grin grew wider.


A small chapter before we go back to Maui and see if Moana gets there in time to save his friend or not.

So what do you think? Is Ilaila a friend or a foe?

We'll see soon enough!

Later, guys!