"A boat!" Maui cheered, he raised up the boat with one arm, "A boat! The gods have given me- a second" He looked down to see Moana and me, "Ah!" He gave a shriek, dropping the boat down on us. We dashed out of the way, behind him. He opened his eyes and lifted back up the ship, finding nothing but Heihei in the sand.

"Ahem" Moana coughed, She had her oar raised at him. He turned towards us with the boat, making us duck as it swung overhead. He simply looked at us blankly, "Maui, Shape-shifter, Demigod of The Wind and Sea," Moana began, "I- am Moana of-"

"Hero of men" He interrupted.

"What?"

"It's actually Maui, Shape-shifter, Demigod of The Wind and Sea, Hero of men" He corrected, "I interrupted, from the top; Hero of men. Go" Moana raised an eyebrow,

"I am Moa-"

"Sorry, Sorry! And women. Men and women. Both. All. Not a guy-girl thing" Maui began, "You know; Maui is a hero to all" He smiled, "You're doing great."

"Wha-? No! I'm here to-"

"Oh of course, of course!" Maui smacked his forehead, setting the boat down, "Yes, yes, yes! Maui always has time for his fans" He took Moana's oar. He then grabbed Heihei from the ground, using his beak to scribble on the blade of the oar, "We're going to use a bird, to write with... it's called tweeting" He handed Moana back her oar, "D'you want one too kid?" He pointed at me, studying my keyblade, "Don't think I could write on that though..."

Moana looked at the oar, Maui had carved a heart and his fishhook onto the blade.

"I know it's not every day, you get to meet your hero- Oh!" He gasped, Moana struck him in the chest with the oar. She grabbed his ear and pulled him down,

"You, are not my hero!" She growled, "And we're not here, for you to sign my oar! We're here because you stole the heart of Te Fiti! And you will board my boat, sail across the sea, and put it back!" She tried to drag him over the boat. Suddenly he stood up straight, dragging her off the ground with his head,

"Um, yeah" He sighed, "It almost sounded like you didn't like me. Which is impossible because I got stuck here for a thousand years, trying to give the heart as a gift for you mortals. So you can have the power to create life itself" He looked down at us, "Yeah, so what I believe you were trying to say... is thank you."

"Thank you?"

"You're welcome!"

"What? No, no, I didn't- I wasn't... Why would I ever say-"

"It's okay, I see what's happening here," Maui said, "But I'm afraid I'm not going with you guys" He brushed past Moana, "But I thank you for the boat," He said as he headed to it. I stepped in front of him, keyblade raised. He chuckled, "That's cute, boy, but come on-" He flexed, "You're trying to fight a demigod, a child of a god! There's no way you could ever even be compared to the strength of one!"

"You wouldn't have beaten me if I had my hook..." Maui grumbled as Moana, and I dragged him aboard. He quickly stood up, "Alright, alright! Let's make a deal, I'll return that little stone if you help get me my Hook back" Me and Moana looked at each other, I gave a shrug.

"Alright, fine, let's go," she said.

"Great! Let's get to sailing!" Maui grabbed us and thew us on the boat, as he shoved it back into the water. He jumped up, "This is going to be great!" We began sailing back off into the ocean. Once we had left some ways of the island, Maui gave a yawn,

"Alright so... deals off" He gave me a punch, throwing me into the water.

"Leaf!" Moana yelled. Maui then gave her a simple shove off the boat. Suddenly the water around Moana and I gave a push, we flew up onto the ship.

"Was not expecting that?" Maui said.

"Excuse me?!" Moana grabbed her oar, "Did you just-" Maui kicked the bottom of the boat, knocking it up and sending us overboard. But once again, the ocean sent us back up.

"And they're back... I'm out" Maui then jumped off into the ocean, swimming away. But he was sent back up on the boat, "Oh come on-!" A gush of water drowned out his cry.

"What is your problem? We were going to get your hook!" Moana said.

"Listen, that 'heart' is not a creation of life, it's a homing beacon of death!" Maui cried, "It attracts all sorts of trouble everywhere will come for it!"

"What you mean this?" Moana pulled out the heart,

"No! Put it away!"

"You mean this heart right here?" She began yelling, "Come and get it!"

"Shhh! No! You are going to get us killed."

"No, I'm going to get us to Te Fiti. So you can put it back, thank you, you're welcome" She mocked.

*Fling*

A tiny spear-like object hit the boat. Maui pulled it out of the wood, looking at it.

"Kakamora" Maui said, "Wonder what they're here for" He looked at the heart. A boat behind us came into view, with tiny creatures wearing coconuts that covered their whole body.

"They're kinda cute," Moana said. That changed quickly when they painted angry expressions on their bodies. Then they all pulled out weapons of their own. As they got closer, the boat only got bigger and bigger, being six times larger than our little canoe. The boat held what looked to be hundreds of the creatures. A large number began playing drums in a rhythmic pattern. "Ocean! Help us! Do something!" Moana pleaded.

"The ocean doesn't help you, you help yourself!" Maui began pulling on the sail, "Tighten halyard! Bind the stays!" Moana and I looked at him, dumbfounded. "You can't sail?!"

"I'm... I am self-taught?" Moana said. Maui tightened the sail, causing an increase of speed for us. Despite this, the pirates began to get closer. "You can't shape-shift or something?"

"Do you see my hook? No magic hook, no magic powers!" Maui yelled. We turned to see the kakamora's boat, beginning to split into three.

"Their boat... is turning into more boats!" Moana called. The two new boats were smaller but much faster. It wasn't long before they were on both sides of our ship.

Arrows were fired at us, landing onto our boat. These arrows had ropes attached to them, allowing them to pull us back! We turned to see the kakamora's ship, beginning to split into three.

"Their boat... is turning into more boats!" Moana called. The two new boats were smaller but much faster. It wasn't long before they were on both sides of our boat. The small pirates began to travel over to us! Maui and Moana began pulling off the arrows. I swung my keyblade, slicing off the rope attachments quickly. Moana struggled with the same rope for a bit, before finally getting it off,

"Yup, I just did that," she said smugly. We managed to counter their attack. But they still surrounded us.

"Kyah!" screamed the pirates. Some of the ones from the side began jumping onto our boat. A couple landed on our heads. I swatted as many as I could off of me.

"Ah!" Moana screamed. One of the kakamora's was pulling at her necklace, it broke off; sending the heart over across the boat. Heihei picked it up and swallowed it. "Heihei! No!" That's when one of the kakamora's sprang at the chicken. I quickly grabbed it, kicking it off the boat. I picked up Heihei, securing him in my arm. A couple more jumped onto the ship, lunging at me. They were too quick for me to fend off, and they pulled Heihei from my grip. They began running up on the sail, where one lone rope was attached by an arrow. One shot on it, sending themselves flying back to the main boat: with Heihei.

"They took the heart!" Moana said. Maui shook off the last two monsters, looking over to see Heihei being dragged away.

"That's a chicken," he said.

"The heart is in the... ugh!" Moana groaned, "We have to get him back!" Maui began looking around. The two boats on the side started closing off our path forward.

"Maui!"

"Yahoo!" Maui yelled, jumping on the front of the boat, sending it spinning the opposite direction. We began heading towards the main ship.

"There!" Moana pointed to the kakamora that held up Heihei as it was reeled in. Maui made the boat turn swiftly to the left, "You're turning?! What are you doing?"

"Ah... escaping?"

"The heart!"

"Forget it! You'll never get it back. Besides, you have a better one" He held up the signed oar.

"Unbelievable, Leaf come on!" Moana grabbed the oar, jumping onto the kakamora boat. I quickly followed her.

"Hey! What am I going to escape with? They just going to kill ya!" Maui cried.

Moana and I climbed up onto the deck, to meet dozens of small faces turning to look at us.

"Coconuts," She said, "Hyah!" She swung her oar, knocking one kakamora into a group of others.

"Sonic Impulse!" I quickly dashed around, swiping with away the little monsters. Moana wiped the floor with a couple more of them, even smashing one into the floorboard. She lept up to the second floor. A group of them approached me, armed with blowguns. I jumped up, avoiding the darts that flew out. I flipped forward, "Thundara!" I aimed my keyblade at the group, striking them with lighting. A couple more stood before me, shields and spears raised. They leapt at me, I merely swatted them away with ease. I jumped up to the second floor, looking for Moana.

"Ha!" Cackled one of the pirates, It jabbed my leg with its spear,

"Ow," I gave it a hard kick, sending it barreling into the others. I looked up, to see Moana climb up to the makeshift crows nest. She flung over it with her oar, stealing back Heihei from the kakamora.

"Leaf!" She called as she landed back over to me, "This way" We began running downward. Along the way, she took an arrow with a rope attached to it. We ran back down to the first floor, with still dozens of them after us.

"Jump!" Moana told me, we jumped down, bouncing off a huge drum. As we were falling, she threw the arrow at our boat. It stuck onto the sail's pole. She used her oar to zip line across back over, I used my keyblade to follow. We landed back down, hitting the boat hard. So hard that Heihei coughed up the heart when he landed, "Yes!" Maui took the oar, quickly steering us forward. The two boats began edging closer towards each other, trying to cut us off. Darts flew past us, We're dead. I told myself. But as if some sort of miracle, we slipped by at the last moment. As we sailed away, the two boats collided, crashing and collapsing into each other. The main boat also crashed into the collision, sending all of them sinking. "Yeah! We did it! Hehehe!" Moana giggled.

"Well, congratulations on not being dead." Maui said sarcastically, "You surprise me, but I'm still not taking that thing back." Moana gave a look of disappointment, "You two want to get to Te Fiti, you have to go through a whole ocean of bad" Maui explained as he walked to the front, "Not to mention Te Kā," He pointed to a tattoo on his back, of a fearsome looking being, "Lava monster. Ever defeat a lava monster?" He turned back at us.

"No" Moana shook her head. She looked at me,

"Not really 'lava' but I've fought my share of heated battles" I responded.

"Have you?" Moana asked Maui. He gave a sigh,

"I'm not going on a suicide mission with some... mortals" He began rummaging through the storage, "You can restore the heart without me, and me says no" He pulled out a banana and headed to the back, "I'm going to get my hook, end of discussion."

"What about our deal, we get you your hook back, and you help return the heart?" I asked.

"You do remember that I said the deal was off, right?" Maui replied.

"So you still won't help even if we help you?"

"Ha, I don't need some help from mortals... What are you anyways? Demigod? A human with super training? Don't think I didn't see that magic you cast earlier."

"I'm nothing more than just a keyblade wielder."

"Key what?"

"Come on Maui... you could be a hero" Moana stepped in. Maui paused before eating the banana, eyeing Moana, "That's what you're all about, right?" She asked.

"Little girl," He said, "I am a hero."

"Maybe you were. Now, now you're just the guy who stole the heart of Te Fiti" Moana snatched the banana away from him, "The guy who cursed the world!" Then she took a bite out of it, "You're no one's hero."

"Teh, no one's?" Moana turned back to him, shaking her head. Maui's face slowly began to morph into a frown as he looked down at Heihei,

"Bok," he said. Maui looked over at the ocean, who had a mound of water standing up, it shook its 'head.' Maui's jaw dropped when he realized the truth,

"But... give this back" Moana revealed the heart, "Save the world, you'd be everyone's hero" Maui began smiling as he thought about the possibilities.

The smile faded just as quick, he stood up.

"We'd never make it without my hook," He said.

"Then we get your hook," I said, "That was the plan from the start, right?"

"I suppose..."

"Then let's get your hook, and save the world!" Moana stuck out her hand, Maui thought for a moment,

"Alright then" Maui shook her hand.