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Chapter 11
"You're a Keyblade Master?"
"I am." Hoku sat down, smiling. He patted the ground beside him for the boy to sit.
The boy sat down, looking at the ghostly figure beside him. Inside, he felt like he should be afraid. Seriously... he was sitting beside a ghost of all things.
He laughed slightly.
"Something funny?"
"I'm just... sitting beside a ghost."
Hoku smirked. "How many times have you been off-world?"
"I left my homeworld and I've been living on a new world too. So, I guess that counts. Other than that, this is my second time on a different world."
"Second time." The man nodded. "I only left this world a few times. My place was here. I defended it. So, why is a boy with no weapon here alone?"
Xehanort leaned back, resting on his hands. "Well, Master Fuji said his master left him on a world for ten days to learn more about himself as a person and a warrior. So, he did the same with me. Actually, he dropped me in the ocean." He chuckled, as did the ghostly master. "He said I was to try to figure out what something means. 'May my heart be my guiding key'. I have no idea what that means."
"May your heart be your guiding key. I taught that phrase to my children and to my fellow servants of Kamohoali'li. And I did a very similar thing with them."
"You know it too?"
"All Keyblade wielders do. It's one of the first things our masters taught us. So, what do you think it means? Take a guess."
...
A guess.
"I guess... trusting what your heart tells you."
"How do you do that?"
"Trusting your instincts..."
Hoku smiled. "Are instincts heart? Or Are they different?"
"... Are you just here to make me question everything?"
The master laughed, a deep laugh. "I practically asked my master the same thing. It's part of the learning process. No one is going to give you the answers. Not even me. Honestly, I was curious as to why you were here. That is why I wanted to meet you. But, it sounds like you need some time alone to think. That, I can help you with." He stood up. "Tangaroa!"
The ancient god rose up from the ocean again. "Already finished, my friend?"
"In a way." He glanced back as Xehanort stood. "When we get up to the surface, the boy needs a canoe for himself to meet Maui and Moana at the resting place of your sister. He has a role to play there, I'm sure of it."
"Of course." The god's eyes drifted to the boy. "Are you ready?"
"Yes."
Water swept the boy off his feet and down into the water. Xehanort cried out, expecting water to fill his lungs in a second. But a bubble of air surrounded his head.
However, time barely allowed for him to process all of this as the water shot him out of the water. He landed softly back on smooth wood. A canoe, small, built for a single person, lay beneath his feet.
He saw no sign of Tangaroa, but he saw a glowing shark in the water.
Hoku.
The shark swam in a circle before swimming off to the north, leaving a glowing train in the water.
Xehanort grabbed a paddle, but the water swelled around the boat, moving him after the shark.
"I guess this is to give me time to think..."
"UUUUUGH!"
Why weren't there any books about listening to the guidance of ones heart!?
Whatever.
The boy laid down, closing his eyes. Allowing himself to drift off into sleep.
As he slept, he remembered...
He remembered his grandmother.
He remembered Venus.
"Grandmother. I don't know what to do!"
"Xehanort, what is your heart telling you?"
Venus cocked her head. "Miss Himitsu, hearts don't talk."
"Yes they do." The old woman smiled. "You just have to listen. Both of you, close your eyes." The two children did so. "Now listen. Wait to hear what you should do."
Xehanort closed his eyes.
He fell silent.
He waited.
He listened.
In present time, the boy's eyes shot open.
"That's it!" He bent over the water, calling out. "Hoku! I figured it out! I need to listen to my heart and let it guide me! I figured it out!" He laughed, bouncing slightly as the excitement filled his heart!
The ancient keyblade master didn't appear, but the ocean swelled further, pushing him forward quicker.
The stars overhead lulled the boy to sleep.
When he woke, he was still in the boat.
Still moving.
So, again he slept.
He woke.
No change.
He slept.
He woke.
He slept.
He woke.
He slept.
He woke again, this time to the boat slowing down.
Sitting up, he looked around. Night blanketed the sky, but the horizon glowed slightly with the coming of dawn. Finally, he slowed. His eyes searching the ocean, landing on a small canoe with a girl. "Moana!"
She turned around, her eyes lighting up. "Xehanort! You're alright! We were worried about you" She glanced down at his boat. "But, where did you get a canoe?"
"Would you believe that a god gave it to me."
"I would believe anything at this point."
The boy jumped over to her canoe. "So, where is Maui?"
The girl sat down. "He left. We got his magic hook back and made it to Te Fiti's resting place... but Te Kâ was waiting for us. It forced us back, and cracked his hook. One more hit and he would loose it. that would make him loose his magic too. So, he left."
"So... are you still going to try and return the heart?"
"Yes." She smiled, clutching her necklace with the heart inside. "Te Kâ can't follow us into the water. We make it past the barrier islands, we make it to Te Fiti."
"What if one of us distracted Te Kâ with the canoe, and the other takes the heart to Te Fiti?"
The girl nodded. "I can distract Te Kâ. Maui taught me to sail better. Do you think you could put the heart back?" The boy nodded. Leaving behind his canoe, the two sailed north.
Xehanort watched as dark rocks appeared on the horizon. Jagged. Menacing.
"That it?"
"Yes." Moana turned to him, handing him the heart. "Ready?"
"Ready."
The girl adjusted the sails, the boat speeding up. The girl grabbed the rope attached to the sails and the rudder. "Let's go!"
They moved toward the rock face. It glowed brighter as they neared. Then, Xehanort gasped as head rose up; a head of rock, lava, and flame.
"That's Te Kâ!?"
"Yeah!" An eagle screeched overhead. The eagle flew by, changing into Maui.
"Maui!"
"You came back!" The girl laughed. "But... your hook?"
Indeed, the giant fishhook in the demigod's hands had a dark crack in it. It looked like good hit would shatter it completely.
However, Maui grinned. "Te Kâ's gotta catch me first! Go save the world you two!" He changed into a eagle again and flew up toward the fire monster.
"Then let's go!"
The two rode the waves toward the dark barrier islands. Moana turned the canoe suddenly. "Jump, Xehanort!"
Xehanort leapt off the boat, rolling across the rocky ground. He climbed up the islands to where Te Fiti should be. He came close, but stopped.
Something... something felt wrong.
He paused.
His heart.
Something told him to stop.
So he stopped.
He listened.
"Xehanort! What are you doing!?" Moana ran up behind him, looking a little scratched up; the canoe must have crashed.
"Letting my heart be my guiding key." He placed the heart in her hand. "This is for you to do. Not me. Go."
They jumped at a loud crash. They saw a light.
And Maui fall.
"His fishhook must've broke! Go, Moana!"
The girl climbed the rest of the way up, followed by him.
She froze.
"What's wrong!?"
"Te Fiti... is gone."
Xehanort climbed up beside her to see... nothing. What should have been a dead or sleeping goddess was nothing.
"What now!?"
Moana clutched the heart tightly, glancing back as Te Kâ rose up. She stared hard at it before turning to the boy. "What did you say earlier, about your heart?!"
"Let my heart be my guiding key. Why?"
"Let my heart be my guiding key..." Moana looked from the heart to Te Kâ. "I know what to do."
Te Kâ, a ball of fire in its hand, turned its attention from the two teens as Maui began to cry out, drawing its attention, though he had no weapon.
Moana held the heart of Te Fiti into the air, and the heart lit up. Drawing Te Kâ's gaze. Slowly, the girl began to walk down to the shore.
The ocean. The one thing keeping Te Kâ from the two teens.
Xehanort followed her down as the girl looked at the water. "Let her come to me."
The ocean parted, creating a dry walkway between the fire monster and the island girl. Xehanort felt frightened at first, but he did nothing. His heart told him that this was right.
And Moana was following her heart as well.
She walked onto the dry sand as Te Kâ crawled frantically toward her.
"I have crossed the horizon to find you... I know your name." The space between the two closed as Moana stepped onto a large rock, putting her nearly eye-level with the creature of flame. "They have stolen the heart from inside you. But this does not define you." Te Kâ came up to the rock and stopped, rising up above the girl. "This is not who you are. You know who you are."
Te Kâ paused, the fire dying down to a black rock as the monster bent down toward the girl. Moana reached out, touching the cool rock as Te Kâ closed its eyes.
The girl came down from the rock and walked to the chest of the creature... and placed the heart inside. A green glow covered Te Kâ, and plants began to sprout from the dark rock.
Xehanort smiled. "Te Kâ was Te Fiti all along...! Your heart knew, Moana."
The rock fell away to reveal a giant woman with plants for hair. Her kind face looked down on the girl as the crawled to the place where Xehanort stood. Her hands touched the rock and plants sprung up.
The boy laughed as the water threw Moana and Maui up beside him, now onto soft green grass. "Your heart was right, Moana."
"Yeah, I just had to listen to it. Thank you." She glanced at the demigod. "I'm sorry about your hook."
"Well, hook, no hook. I'm Maui."
The three smile, but all gasped as the ground shuddered beneath them. Out of the ground rose Te Fiti's hand beneath them, bringing them up to the goddess' face. She smiled at the teens, but... frowned as her eyes met Maui's.
"Te Fiti! Hey, I mean, how ya been?" He cleared his throat, sheepishly. "Look, what I did was wrong. I have no excuse... I'm sorry." Te Fiti's gaze softened before her other hand rose up. As her fingers unfolded, she revealed Maui's fishhook, completely repaired. Maui squeaked, gasping as he withheld squeals of joy.
"You know," Xehanort laughed, "it would be rude to refuse a gift from a goddess."
Letting out a yell, Maui grabbed the fishhook before he composed himself, bowing to Te Fiti. "Thank you. Your kind gesture is deeply appreciate." With that, he calm demenor vanished; he yelled and leapt off the goddess' hand, changing into an eagle.
Te Fiti lowered the two teens down to the ground. "Come on."
"You go." Xehanort smiled. "I'll stay here."
"But, you don't have a boat, Xehanort."
"Don't worry about me. I'll be in good company." His eyes glanced up at Te Fiti. "I'm sure we will have good conversation."
Moana smiled sadly. "Well, I guess I'll see you around my friend. And thanks for all your help."
"You're welcome, Moana. Goodbye."
"Bye!"
From atop the mountain, beside the goddess, he watched Maui fly off and Moana sail away. As they vanished, he felt Te Fiti's hand lift him up again. "Yes, uh... your highness? Or do I just call you Te Fiti?"
"Te Fiti is just fine." She spoke softly, but her voice made the ground shudder slightly still. "Thank you, young warrior. I could sense my brother at work, and I assume he brought you here."
"He and Hoku did."
"I will give them my thanks then. And thank you for helping Moana figure out the truth."
"You're welcome."
Sato flew down to the island covered in bright green plants. Xehanort sat on the grass; he waved as his master flew over.
"Hello, Xehanort." The master landed with a smile. "How was your time here?"
"It was great! I helped save the world! And I figured out what you meant by 'may my heart be my guiding key'."
"Good. Ready to go home?"
"Yes!"
Xehanort put on his armor, as did his master, and they began to fly away, Xehanort glancing back at Te Fiti, who sat up from the ocean and smiled at him as he left. Just before she faded from view, he waved goodbye.
Goodbye.
Dear Venus,
I saved a world! Or, I at least helped. I also met two gods and a ghost.
But I also figured out that saying. Remember Grandmother telling us to listen to our hearts? That was the answer. Listening to my heart and let it guide me. I was able to teach Moana that too, and that allowed her to save the world. So, yeah, I helped.
Maybe when I see you again, I can bring you here and you can meet Moana. I really think you would like her. And Te Fiti would like you too!
I miss you so much.
Sincerely, Xay.
Moana's world is done!
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VAs:
Te Fiti- Tia Carrere (Nani Pelekai, Nana, Lin, Queen Tyrahnee, Katrina Van Tassell)