All right, I think this story deserves an update, so let's give it one! Time for more of "The Cave of Love"! Anyway, enjoy!
"ACK!"
Doink.
"ACK!"
Doink.
"ACK!"
Doink.
For the last half-hour, both Maui and Moana were trying to find a way out of the cave... well, Moana was. Maui, after about fifteen minutes, had gave up and sat to the side as Moana was using Maui's hook to try to destroy whatever force field was blocking their path, but it was useless.
After the last slamming of the hook, Moana took a few deep breaths as she dropped the hook to her side. Maui raised an eyebrow. "Are you quite finished using my hook as a battering ram?"
Moana took a few deep breaths. "Y-yeah... I'm done. What is this... strange force that's keeping us in this cave, anyway?"
Maui frowned as he paused. "I'm not quite sure... but wherever this is, the only way we can go... is further into the cave."
Moana paused as she looked deep into the cave. She frowned as she turned to the demigod. "Do you really think they'll be another exit at the end of this cave?"
"Well, we won't know for sure until we explore it further..." Maui said as he grabbed his hook. "Come on, are you coming or what?"
Moana frowned. "Ugh, fine."
As she followed Maui deep into the cave, Maui started to ask, "How the heck were you able to lift my hook up? That thing should be heavy to lift!"
"Hey, when you're trapped, you can do just about anything in panic." Moana frowned as the two went further into the cave. "But what the heck was with... whatever prevented us from going outside?"
"I'm not sure... but... I have heard strange legends about caves before... I think there was one involving a force field where two people come in and never come out or something, but the details are a little... foggy." Maui frowned as he tapped his forehead.
Moana growled as she and the demigod continued walking further in the cave. And the further they went, the darker it became as pretty soon, nothing but the whites and pupils of their eyes were seen in the blackness.
"M-Maui? I can't see anything in here. Are you there?" Moana asked as she tried to reach around in the dark.
"Yeah. Can you reach my hand?" Maui asked as he offered his hand.
"Er, hold on, I... I..." Moana started to feel around until her hand started to grasp something, as Maui's eyes widened in shock. "I-I think I got it."
"Moana, that's not my hand you're holding." Maui squeaked.
Moana's eyes widened in horror. "Please tell me that is your leg I'm holding right now."
"Let's go with that, yes." Maui said as Moana instantly let go of Maui's... leg. "Try to go up above."
The chief's daughter felt around until she felt fingers and a hand from up above. From there, she sighed as she said, "Maui, please tell me that hook of yours can create some light."
"Hang on, let me see if I can get it up..." Maui said as he started shaking his hook.
All of a sudden, as if by magic, the cave lit up as Moana and Maui looked around to see a little better. Maui looked at his hook strangely as Moana sighed in relief. "Oh, thank goodness, I can see again. Thanks, Maui."
"Er, Moana, that wasn't me or my hook." Maui said slowly.
Moana lifted an eyebrow in confusion before noticing something on the cave walls. "Hey, look, I think I see something on the walls."
Maui turned over to see where Moana was looking as indeed, there seemed to be cave drawings on the wall. They examined it further as they noticed pictures of two people entering a cave, then looking at each other with smiles, then the two kissing, then the two hugging each other with a heart above their heads... and the final picture depicted them leaving the cave, each dressed differently and covered in a blanket as the same heart symbol raised above their heads.
Moana frowned as she felt the drawings. "Hmmm... that's weird. Whoever was in there obviously had a honeymoon in this cave."
"Honeymoon?" Maui frowned... as he suddenly noticed Mini-Maui jumping up and down in shock, as if knowing something about the cave. "Hold on a moment. What is it, little guy? You know this cave? What is it?"
Moana and Maui watched as Mini-Maui was acting out the coming scene through the tattoos as he pointed to the cave, that had a heart symbol on it as Mini-Maui started to symbolize another tattoo... what looked like a black tattooed version of Moana.
"Hey, that's a mini-Moana!" Moana giggled as she watched Mini-Maui taking Mini-Moana into the cave.
Mini-Maui then dragged Mini-Moana into the cave as Mini-Maui started to nuzzle affectionately against Mini-Moana. Mini-Moana giggled as she posed sexily... before turning around and kissing Mini-Maui, much to Moana's shock.
"What the- what is mini-Moana doing?" Moana said in confusion as Mini-Maui took Mini-Moana bridal style deep into the cave as they seemed to be dragged into a ritual-istic center of some type. Maui's eyes widened as he soon began to realize what Mini-Maui was trying to tell them. Moana still looked confused as she watched the ritual of Mini-Maui and Mini-Moana being wrapped in a blanket and cuddling against one another.
"I..." Moana said as Mini-Maui clapped his hands and the mini-Moana, along with the rest of the tattoos, disappeared as Mini-Maui took some deep breaths. "I don't get it. What exactly was going on?"
"Moana, do you remember when I said that there was a legend involving a force field where two people come in and never come out or something?" Maui asked.
"Yes?" Moana nodded... as she gasped. "Are we in that cave?"
"Afraid so." Maui sighed.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!" The chief's daughter was panicking as she held her head in worry. "We'll never save our homes!"
"Don't panic, don't panic, there may be a way out." Maui said.
Moana gasped. "There is! What?"
"You're not going to like it." Maui groaned.
"Please, I've helped take the hook back from Tamatoa, and escaped from Kakamora pirates. A cave is nothing." Moana frowned. "How do we get out?"
Maui yelped as he closed his eyes and said the words Moana would never thought she'd hear.
"We have to agree to marry each other."
Moana blinked in confused. "Come again?"
"We're in the Cave of Love. A boy and a girl go in, and they don't get out until they agree to profess their love to each other and agree to marry." Maui said.
Moana stared at the demigod with a blank stare... before she started laughing. Maui watched as she fell on the ground, and rolled around laughing.
"It's a joke! I see what's really going on. It's one of your jokes! The force field out there was just a force field you set up, and I bet you drew those pictures up, didn't you? I bet even you and Mini-Maui set this all up, didn't you?" Moana laughed.
Maui just looked down at Mini-Maui on his chest, who just shrugged. Maui groaned as he looked at Moana. "Moana, I'm not joking."
"Of course you are!" Moana laughed as she got up, still laughing a bit. "All right, that cheered me up, you got me going there. But let's get back to the real world. Just put the force field down and we can go back and build that raft so we can get the heart of Te Fiti back to its rightful place."
Moana then started to go off as Maui just stood there in worry. Moana noticed as she turned to Maui, "Well come on, we're done with the joke now."
"Moana, this is serious. We can't get out of here unless we profess our love for each other and agree to marry!" Maui said in worry.
Moana gave a giggle. "Oh, I see. It's because you haven't seen a woman for so long, you think the first one you see, she'd automatically fall for you? Well, sorry, Maui, but I'm afraid that I'm not looking for a date. And besides, there's still the Heart of Te Fiti to deal with and all, you understand. But don't feel bad. I'm sure there's another female demigod that wants to be with you. Now, let's go."
Moana started to go off as Maui used his fish hook to snag Moana back. "Moana, listen to me. I'm not laughing. If this was a joke, I would be smiling right now. This isn't a smile, this is a look of worry. We stumbled into a cave where it curses people to stay in forever until we either fall in love or agree to marry. And seeing as how we're different, unless we can both learn to tolerate each other, there is no way out."
The chief's daughter looked up at Maui as realization started to dawn on her. "You... you really are serious..."
The demigod nodded as Moana held her knees and sat down. "Oh... oh my goodness... oh my goodness..."
Maui sighed as he looked down at Mini-Maui and said, "I don't think she took the news well..."
Mini-Maui could only shake his head in sadness.
And that's the end of this chapter! How did you guys like it? If you like to see more, let me know! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, everyone!
