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Here's another one... a bit short but hope u like it anyway :)

"So ya telling me that. *pointing at the statue. * THAT. *taking a deep breath with his eyes closed. * Is supposed to be me! ME the great demi god of the wind and sea." Disgust was written all over his face.

Moana signed for what seemed like the millionth time that day at him.

"For the last time Maui. It's what they found out that you might look like. I can't help that cut off your hair..."

One of Maui's hands immediately flew up and grapped a good chunk and held it with such care, his chin began to quiver just a bit and how his eyes was all puppy dogs eyes on her, the more she talked about how they had found a cave, where they had estimated his look from.

"I mean. If I know you right, I would have guessed that you would have left a great statue of yourself. Like the one in the cave you tried to trap me in to steal my boat."

She said while shrugging.

Squinting his eyes, he stepped in front of the not so young girl anymore.

"We're still talking about me here right and not of what had happened before I knew ya, right?"

Really, she tried to hold her laugh back, that tried to break through, with a hand in front of her mouth.

"Don't ya dare laugh."

He stood with a raced finger pointing at her. That didn't help the case. Now Moana had to bite her tongue for not laughing, but sadly a noise came out.

For a split second she could see how anger took over in his eyes and suddenly was afraid that the scene of him smashing the statue would come to life, but just as fast it was gone again.

"It doesn't look anything like me." Came it from him. He had turn his back, so he couldn't see it.

"Heey I got an idea." Hope seemed to come on his face. He took a step closer to her.

"Here pinch ma arm. If it doesn't hurt then it's all a bad dream."

Maui held his arm forward to Moana and waited for her to do whatever she had in mind. At this point she stood dumb founded and looked at him if he had gone crazy or something.

"You want me to do WHAT?"

Maui shaking his arm in front of her face.

"Pinch it reeeeeeeally hard."

Smiling he took another step forward so he was stood towering over her. Moana could almost taste the desperation in him.

"I don't know Maui." She ran a hand over her face and exhaled.

"Here let me show you. Take two fingers..."

"I know how to pinch one."

She snapped at him. Quickly, before he got away she pinched him hard on his arm. (As hard as she could really, with no inhuman strength.) A welp came come from the man in front of her and had taken his arm to nurse it with a pout.

"Come on. That shouldn't even hurt on you."

She once again ran a hand over her face, but this time it was because of the way he looked at her while he gently blow some air to lessen the pain.

"Don't look at me like that. You asked me to do it." Crossing her arms, she tried to stand her ground. 'Really sometimes he IS just like a child.' Silence was between them for what seemed like an eternity. After waiting some more as she turned back to him.

"So? Did it work?"

All she got back from him was a snort and his shoulders dropped.

"What did you expect, really? It all vanish, and you be happy?"

Throwing up her arms while she said it, she walked over to his statue. Knocking on it so he could hear it was still there when he refused to look over.

"See? Still here."

This made him look over and he dropped his arm, defeated, and made his way over to her. Learning up against it, Moana waited for the big dumb demi god to open his big mouth. She didn't need to wait long.

"They even have ma tattoos wrong. Fuckers." Maui mumbled. Walking around it he cursed a lot more when...

"I don't have ma eagle form tattooed on ma whole back. Really what and where the fuck did they come to that discovery? Look it's right here on ma right arm. *pointing.* And the BONES in ma nose and ear? Really? Oh, this is just fucking perfect."

"Maui. Please. Calm down."

Moana did not like where this was heading off to. She tried to walk over to him and saying this with a much calm voice as she could.

"Maui I can't salsa up to the director and say " Oh about the demigod statue you got? It's all wrong." He would want me to explain how I would know all of this and then I wouldn't be left alone. Can't you see?"

She stood beside him and stroke his arm. The other was up and running multiple times over his face. Wan she was done talking he turned his head faster than she had ever seen before.

"Why not?"

He snapped angrily at her. Moana took a step back when she saw the blazing fire in his eyes, from rage. Looking down, he saw her take her step back, away from him. She feared him and that was the last thing he wanted her to be.

He was just furious over the statue of himself. How greatly mistaking they had made him even though he had giving them all clues on how he looked like. He stood up straighter and tried to calm himself down.

"Sorry Curly."

Maui said while his eyes was still closed. Slowly he opened them and easily found hers. He watched her relax under his gaze.

"Didn't mean to scare ya."

She could tell that he was clam and he meant what he said. Moana looked as he turned to watch his replica again and how he clenched his hands Reassured, that he wouldn't give her such an out brake again, she walked up beside him and took his hand in hers. Running her one hand over the back, of his bigger one.

"I know, Maui."

Maui looked down from the corner of his eyes. A smile made its way, when he saw her stare at the statue before them. He had been surprised when she had come over to grab his hand but didn't say anything about it. He was just glad that she wasn't afraid of him anymore. He opened his larger one and grabbed hers in a shift move.

The enjoyment of her small hand in his came to an end, when...

"Do you enjoy living in peace and not being followed by all, all the time?"

Not sure on what she was getting at by that, Maui thought of it for a while. Sure, he sometimes missed his glorious days after they had returned the heart. When all had to relearn about him once more and how the threw a feast for him like it was a daily thing when he visited the islands. But then again. Now he was just as happy to just sit back and watch the people do their daily lives and his bar was a filling in itself. Some was regular visitors, and some came in he never had seen before.

"I do. But I also miss the good old days."

Turning he winked at her. The smile that erupted on her face was something he never was tired of seeing.

"Thought so." She gave him a big smile and tighten the hold on his hand for just a second.

"But you know. You wouldn't have that, if they haven't been making that mistake in the first place."

Maui was about to argue with that logic when it came to him, that no he wouldn't have had the life at the bar if they had made his replica right. So, standing there with his mouth open and closing like a fish trying to breath under water. It must have been a funny sight because Moana had to hide her laugh behind her hand and look away for a moment.

"Did you really hit your head that heard? I mean It's understandable, if you take in the count that you were in your Beatle form."

Moana stood with one hand still in his and the other on her hip while tilting her head to the one side.

That looked like it woke him up.

"Heey be nice here. How would you have been when you fly in and see... and see... THIS OUTRAGEOUS..." *pointing once again to his statue. *

"That gave you your freedom. Remember that Maui."

Moana held a finger up to make her point.

Maui dropping his head and mumble back. It was like a ton of bricks came down on his head, at the moment.

"Ya right, Curly."

He had been living in peace for almost two thousand years. (Give or take. Who really counted the years after the first couple of hundred years had gone by?)

"And how is your life today? Not bad is what I hear. You get to toss drunken men out. Or more precisely. Scare the liven Crap out of them, is more right."

Looking back up, Maui looked back at it.

"Maybe I should just forget all about this, huh?"

"I think that would be a wise thing to do."

All she had to do now was wait. And wait she could. It didn't take long until two small words came from the man beside her.

"I'm sorry. You said?" She held a hand behind her ear to make it seem like she didn't get it the first time.

"Thank you." Came it much louder from him, but also a bit more forced out.

Taking her hand down she looked ahead.

" ~Your Welcome~ " came it from Moana in a singing voice.

Squinting his eyes, he looked down at her.

"Had har. Good one."

Suddenly a sound of and heavy door could be heard. Moana whipped around to where the doors was.

"Shit. Maui quickly, hide."

It took a split second to register what she just had said, before he ran over to where Te Fiti was and crouched behind her, just in time to see a man walked in.

"Moana? You still in here? We're about to close."

Moana came out from behind the statue of Maui with a big smile on her face.

"Yeah. Hehe sorry for that Dave. Was just putting the mats back in place."

The guard looked down at the floor.

"Uh huh. As in those there on the floor?"

"Oh, for fuck sake."

She bent down and picked them up while she let a string of curses out her mouth. Maui had to cover his mouth, so he wouldn't get busted from his hiding spot as she said them. Moana placed them where they belonged, after folding them.

"You can go if you want, Dave. I'll finish this and head out in a bit."

"Nah it's alright. I'll wait for you."

Dave leaned up at the wall and watched Moana work.

"Or do you want to spend a little more alone time in here?" Dave winked at her. He made sure to make the press on that one word.

Panicking a bit of that statement the guard had blurted out and she could feel her cheeks getting warm.

"No no it's fine. Be right there."

She hoped that Maui hadn't heard it, but then again. Him and his hearing was not to be taken lightly. She made a quick look over her shoulder to where Maui was hiding and saw he was ready to jump or run to where his beloved hook was. Remembering where it was she scanned over to it and paled at what she saw. 'This is just keep getting better and better.'

The hook laid right behind the Kakamora in plain view. 'One has to be blind NOT to see it.' Moana would have to hurry to get Dave out before he saw it.

"There all done now." She dusted off her hand to show that.

"Come let's go out." She pushed towards headed the door and hoped it would give Maui the time to get hold of it.

"Heey slow down girl. Why the rush?"

Dave looked over his shoulder, to see a Moana pushing him with her hands planted solid on his upper back.

"Oh. I just remembered I had to be somewhere else."

"Okay. Sounds fair, but why push me? You do know that I need to lock the place down right? It's kinda my job."

Stopping up, she could feel how stupid she must have looked like when Dave turned to see her. She had not thought about that or in her panic to get Maui his chance to get his hook, it might had slipped.

"Ehm."

A heavy THUD interrupted the line of the young girl's thoughts. She knew that Maui had seen the chance and had taken it.

"What was that?"

Dave gently pushed Moana to the side. She had to think fast now. 'Fuck fuck fuck. I have to distract him.' Dave had now taken a slowly step with his hand on his gun and a pepper spray in hand.

Moana watched as he took another step. She could feel how the she was shaking and dreaded for the outcome if he saw Maui shapeshifting.

Not knowing what else to do, she began coughing. She tried to make it seem like she couldn't breathe.

"Heey you okay girl?"

It was a lame idea she knew that, but it worked. Dave looked over his shoulder to see if it was seriously. He locked his eyes with her for a second and it was all it took for Moana to point at her throat. Wide eyed, Dave turn fully to her and ran over to see if he could help.

"Breathe, breathe Moana."

Just as he laid a comforting hand on her back, a shade of blue illuminated him from behind. 'Maybe I should have gone as a actor if he could be fooled by a simple cough? Or maybe he IS just dumb?' Slightly amused by her thought, a wave of relief washed over her as she felt Maui land, in his beetle form, and tucked himself securely under her hair.

Tapping on her skin with one of his legs on her skin, like they had done so many times before when they had been out visiting the islands village for inspection. Moana acting like the chief she once was and Maui as her hidden bodyguard if something should happen.

Moana stopped her coughing and took a much "needed" breath again.

"There all good now. Thank you, Dave."

The guard looked surprise at the sudden stop, but also relived that she was better again.

"Maybe you should see the doc for that?"

The former chief placed a hand on his arm. A sign of appreciation for his concern and smiled to him.

"I'll do that tomorrow. Thank you again."

Moana turned to walk out but was stopped as a hand grabbed her arm.

"You sure you are okay? It seemed like really bad."

Giving him the best reassuring smile she could muster up, Moana gently removed his hand.

"Yes, I'm sure Dave. I'm fine now."

Giving him a small wave, she headed towards the door. Moana prayed to the gods that it was it. She quickly turned to the right, headed down the hall to the employer's office. Grabbed her stuff and made it quick to the lobby.

Moana almost open the front door when.

"Moana!"

'Just my luck.' "Yes?"

She turned to see Dave come running at her. A stone now formed in her stomach at what he wanted. Hurrying over to her, the guard stopped a few feet away to catch his breath.

'Oh yeah by all means. Take your time. I'm not in a hurry to leave her. NOPE!'

"Did you. *inhale* move one. *exhale* of the Kakamora statues?"

She stood slightly taken aback and a wave of relief made its present at that. Dave stood bending over with his hands placed on his knees and took gulps of air. Moana had forgot all about that, in all her hurry to get Maui out.

"Ehm no?"

She could feel how he tried to hide more under her hair.

"Oh Yeah I'm sorry. I might have pushed it a bit. Ehehe"

By now Dave had caught his air and stood straight up, looking at her.

"You do know that I have to report it right?"

Starring at her with a serious face, she could do nothing but crumple a little under the stare.

"I'm sorry."

She couldn't help the blush that made it to her cheeks. Head tilted to the side she looked up at him like a kid who had done something they shouldn't.

"Just... Don't do it again okay?"

He signed and pinched his nose bridge. Opening his eyes again, he was met with the girl crashing him with a big.

"Thank you. Thank you. I'll remember that.

Dave stood, shocked was properly the best way to express it, while Moana hugged him. Dropping back she left him still standing at the same spot. Moana opened the door and waved at him before she headed out side.

All this time, she not once tried to speak to Maui. Afraid that they would get caught. Once outside she took the first road that turned and leaned up at the wall, letting a puff of air escaping her.

"That was close. *pause* Why didn't you just walk in like a normal person would?"

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"..."

"Figures. Don't answer then."

She began to walk again, into the heart of town. She wanted to get her stupid friend home so people didn't turn their heads to see she talked to no one.

After Moana had walked for a while, she remembered that she didn't know where his home was.

"Ehm Maui?"

Completely lost Moana turned her head from one side to the other. She had walked into an ally and as it turn out, a dead end. Moana peaked out carefully to see if there was somebody around.

"Now would be a good time to talk Demi." She said in a low voice.

When he didn't speak up, she began to wonder if he had taking off and left her to herself. Biting her thumb nail as she tried to recall how she even got there in the first place.

"What's eating ya brain, princess?"

She could feel him coming out from his hiding spot to her shoulder.

"So now you speak?"

She lifted an eyebrow at him. To that he just shrugged at her.

"Well if ya don't want ma help..."

Maui headed back to where he came from. He didn't make it far when he heard as Moana let a sigh go.

"I'm trying to find the way to your bar, but I think I'm a bit lost now."

"What's the magic word, Curly?"

If a beetle could smirk, Moana thought it would look stupid on him right now. But she could hear it, in the way he was talking to her.

"Oh, you really going at it now ain't you?"

Out of the corner of her eyes she could see him shrug and then began to head back under the hair.

"Well. If ya don't want don't want ma help. Then good luck getting there. *fake yawn* I'm going to take a nap while you're trying."

If Moana wasn't used to him walking over her shoulder, she would have waves of goosebumps right about now, as he went back under her hair and settled down.

"You can't be serious about this."

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"Maui?"

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"Okay first of all. NO ONE fall's asleep THAT fast."

"..."

"Oh come on. REALLY?"

Throwing her arms up in irritation, she half wondered if she shook her head hard enough he would drop down and then stomped away. But it wouldn't help the fact that she had no living clue on where she was.

Shaking her head lightly, Moana debated with her self on what to do. When she heard a small snore, coming from her neck.

"That's it! Maui you piece of no good for human kind. *shaking her head, to wake him up* and you call your self hero to all?! Your worse than Tamatoa right now. At least he could talk to one. Even if he held one prison."

Rustling her hair while shaken it, Moana quickly found out that it was a really bad idea. She was beginning to get dizzy from it. Gasping as she stumped to the wall to get her dizziness under control and took deep breaths as she leaned up at the wall.

Moana looked up to see had made a noise and to her surprise, there stood a bunch of people looking at her. Watching her as if she had suddenly lost her mind. Closing her eyes she once again tried to calm herself down.

'Great. Just great.'

A mother grabbed her son when he pointed at her.

"Funny hair."

Gasping the mother pulled him away and was off. Moana, hurrying, ran hands through her hair and shot the people glance until they began to head off, now that the fun of it was over.

"Go to the right."

Came Maui's highly amused voice. She headed out the ally and turned right. Moana just knew She wouldn't hear the end of this one.

"Thanks a lot."

Muttered the heroine. After that Moana kept her mouth shut as she walked the way Maui pointed out to her by tapping lightly on either side of her neck. After what felt like an endless walking she stopped.

"You gotta be joking."