Hello everyone, here's chapter 7. I'm sorry its taken me so long to write this. I've been back at school for three/four weeks and haven't had the chance to really write anything.
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This chapter follows on directly after chapter 6 going into a bit of detail about some of the rumors and a bit more in depth look as to why Maui hates Tapu so much.
EDIT 23/02/17: I changed some minor things around so the chapter flows a bit more
Please enjoy
Date: 29/01/17 - 22/02/17
Time: 12:11 am - 8:48 pm
Some of the rumours weren't too bad while some of the others made him feel sick:
Moana was completely fine with Maui being nearby when she bathed. It wasn't the first time and likely wouldn't be the last, besides she had asked him to stay. After a while it became a normal occurrence. Maui kept his eyes on her face.
Maui had turned around to pass Moana her towel when Tui, Sina, Tapu and two other villagers walked into the clearing having not seen Moana and Maui. By the time they noticed Moana had the towel wrapped around her, her face was as bright as a tomato.
Tui, Tapu and the two male villagers imminently assumed the worst. Moana had polity asked them to leave so she could get dressed. When they didn't move Maui stepped in front of Moana allowing her the privacy she needed to get dressed.
Some of the other rumours were a bit tamer but they still made Maui feel extremely uncomfortable, Moana was his friend. Very close friend, they had saved the world and each other's lives, traveling together for six months of course they were close. Moana had asked Maui to tighten the straps of her top because it was getting a little loose, he obliged without thinking.
It was something Moana had asked him to do countless times in the past. Once Moana's hair was out of the way Maui tightened the straps of Moana's top with familiar ease. It was only after he had finished did they realise Tapu, Tui and likely half the village had found them just as Maui was tightening the straps of Moana's top.
The looks on their faces made it clear what they thought had happened, given the fact Moana was covered in sand and Maui's grass skirt was messier than usual. The outer layer of Moana's skirt was lying nearby cover in sand and coconut husks. Moana just sighed not saying anything.
There wasn't anything she could say.
In truth Moana had been helping Maui create a new grass skirt since the one he had needed to be replaced, he hadn't gotten around to make a cloth one for himself, when Moana had found out she offered to make it for him.
Moana had taken off the outer layer of her skirt so it wouldn't keep snagging on the tree bark when she climbed up the trees to get the coconut and coconut leaves.
This wasn't the last time Tui, Tapu or one of the villagers caught them doing something questionable when really they weren't doing what the village thought they had doing, it was a little annoying. When they stopped at the next island Moana gave Maui his cloth skirt after she had dyed the fabric.
Maui had taken apart his leaf skirt, braiding the leaves together in such a way it made three thick bands which had been dyed red, ocean blue and dark purple. Once the three bands had been sown together he had sewn some left over cloth into the three bands to create straps and a tie at the back.
Moana had loved the top. Tapu and another villager by the name of Manu had found them just as Maui was tying her top closed.
These two times were enough to really set off the rumour mill, Moana hadn't bothered saying anything knowing nothing she could say would change anyone's made, and they would likely think she was trying to defend Maui's actions.
"Maui, we have a problem," Moana yelled as the wind and waves picked up, Maui blinked tightening his arms around Moana who had started shaking due to the suddenly ice cold rain. They shared a look before Maui let go of Moana and grabbed some rope so they could leash themselves down as Moana started to brought in the mast not wanting it to be damaged by the wind.
Moana stared at the storm, wondering what on earth was going on, it had seemingly come out of nowhere. Maui unwrapped a length of rope from the end of Manaiakalani and secured it to his back so he wouldn't lose his hook in the storm.
Maui pulled Moana's ore from the water knowing it was better not to use it, letting the ocean take them where she wanted to. He slipped Moana's ore across his back knowing Manaiakalani rope would keep it in place.
Moana gasped when the rope around her chest and waist was jerked as they went over a huge wave, this was the worst storm Moana had ever been in and that was saying something as over the last ten years she had been in some bad storms but they were hardly able to effect the huge sea fairing boats that where built to withstand that kind of weather
Maui wrapped and arm around Moana, holding her close to his side in an effect to stop her from being tossed around as the boat jerked violently and would hopefully not have too many bruises when the storm ended.
Had Maui been focused on anything other then keeping himself and Moana on the boat he would have felt Manaiakalani start to warm up even in the ice cold rain. Manaiakalani started to glow, the power travelling through the cravings on Moana's ore as Manaiakalani stared to wake up after 1000 years.
Maui wouldn't realise something had happened until he went to give Moana her ore back and felt Manaiakalani's magic pouring off Moana's ore.
Maui curled his arms around Moana trying to protect her the worst of the ice cold rain, he could feel her shaking and knew she was cold but there was nothing he could really do other than rub her arms to fend of the tingling cold that chilled him to the bone, little shocks ran up his arms every time he moved them.
Maui hoped the storm would be over soon, he didn't know how much longer either of them could stand this weather.
He just hoped their boat would be alright after this was over. Moana had managed to get the sail down in time so it hopefully wouldn't be too damaged. Moana shivered as Maui started to rub her arms helping a little in fending of the tingling chill she could feel sinking into her bones.
Moana was glad Maui's body temperature was higher than a normal humans.
The ropes holding Manaiakalani and her ore to Maui back rubbed unpleasantly against her skin as she tried to stay as still as possible, conserving her energy the best she could.
Moana very much wanted to close her eyes and go to sleep but knew she couldn't it was too dangerous in this sort of weather, even though she knew she was safe with Maui she knew if something happened there was no way Maui could keep a hold of her.
Moana slowly linked the spare bit of rope around her waist to Manaiakalani's rope around Maui's chest, in hopes it would enough to keep them tethered together in case something did happen. Moana looked up at Maui when she felt him move, he smiled when he saw what she had done.
It was probably best if they were leashed together so they couldn't be separated.
It was a good thing Moana had thought to leash them together as not long after a giant wave crashed into the boat capsizing it and sending Moana and Maui into the cold Ocean water. Maui worked quickly with the little time they had to properly secure Moana to Manaiakalani's rope tied around his chest. Not a minute later they were hit by another wave sending them under.
Several Hours Later - Unknown Island
Moana groaned sitting up, her chest, waist and back hurt so much, she was sure she had more than a few bruises. Moana blinked a few times to adjust to the bright afternoon sun; their boat was nearby perfectly intact like it hadn't been through a massive storm.
Moana looked around, trying to find Maui, grinning when she saw what looked like a huge pile of sand about two or three feet away and couldn't help but laugh as she crawled over to the sand covered Maui.
Moana brushed the sand off of Maui's face. His nose twitched making her laugh again, he was fast asleep. Moana giggled and poked his arm trying to get him to wake up making Maui rolled onto his side trying to get away from her prodding hand.
"Maui wake up," Moana said poking Maui in the side again, his twitched and moved away from her but didn't seem to be waking up. Moana sighed, knowing he would wake up soon enough, she tried to stand up but fell over forgotting she was still leashed to Maui.
She groaned and untied the rope from around her waist and chest before trying to stand up again, this time with much more success even if she was a little unsteady on her feet.
Moana brushed the sand off of her clothes and out of her hair the best she could and started to make her way over to their boat. Moana looked down when she felt something roll into her foot and was surprised to see what looked like a papaya but larger and a reddish orange colour. Moana climbed into their boat to see if she needed to collect any supplies.
Everything seemed to be fine though they might need to make some more rope as they were getting a little low and the last rope used to leash them to the boat had been the last. Moana looked around, smiling when she saw coconut trees not too far away from the boat.
Grabbing some left over rope and making a makeshift basket out of the outer layer of her skirt she started to collect coconut, ignoring how sore her back, shoulders and chest here. During that time Maui woke up, very disorientated.
Moana slid down the tree she had climbed to get the coconuts and made her way over to Maui, knowing it wouldn't be good if he woke and she wasn't there. Maui sat up, trying not to panic when he couldn't find Moana. He looked up when he heard something hitting the sand behind him and starting to make their way over to him, he looked up, relieved to see Moana was perfectly fine.
Maui groaned, resting his head in his hands. He couldn't remember all that much after they had been tossed into the ocean. It was a relief to see their boat was perfectly find, Moana's arms, shoulders and waist were covered in darkening bruises that looked rather painful. Moana smiled and gently ran a hand through his hair, dislodging the sand and bits of kelp stuck in it.
Maui flinch despite how gentle Moana was trying to be. Moana sighed and reached down to untie the ropes holding Manaiakalani and her ore to Maui's back wincing when she saw the lines left by the rope.
Bruises were starting to form around his shoulders and the top of his chest, there was no doubt some very painful bruises on his back if the way he sighed in relief when Moana untied the ropes.
"Do you think you can stand?" Moana asked, once the ropes around his chest and waist had been removed. Maui opened his mouth to reply as he tried to get up but ended up cutting off a scream instead.
Moana sighed, she had a feeling Maui wouldn't be able to get up, not with those bruises, they looked very painful, he had quite a few scraps and cuts on his arms and back likely from being tossed around by the storm. Some of the cuts may have come from being dragged over the reef.
Maui sighed and let Moana pull him carefully to his feet helping him over to the boat with far more ease then should have been possible. Maui groaned once they were at the boat, it wasn't a very long walk but he hurt all over. He hadn't been this sore since Tamatoa decided to throw him around.
Moana smiled in sympathy no doubt hurting just as much as she reached into the cold box where their food was knocking what looked like a large reddish orange papaya off the deck, Moana caught it before it could roll too far away.
"Where did you find that?" Maui asked pointing at the large papaya Moana was holding, it looked familiar somehow but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before, Moana shrugged, she had no idea where it had come from but had a feeling it would be a good idea to keep it rather than throwing it away.
Any fruit they could get was more than welcome as she was unsure whether or not this island had edible fruits.
"I found it went I come to check out the boat. We need to make more rope," Moana replied, placing papaya on the deck next to Maui who carefully picked it up wondering where it could have come from. Maui placed the papaya down on the deck sighing, he knew they were going to need more rope sooner or later.
They wouldn't be able to tell where they were until nightfall but that was okay it would give them plenty of time to find a place to rest, the boat was far enough up the beach that it wouldn't get washed away during in the night.
"Do you think this'll be enough for now?" Moana asked having gotten up to grab the outer layer of her shirt which made been made into a makeshift basket for about twenty or coconut, Moana clearly been busy while he was asleep, he smiled and nodded as Moana placed the makeshift basket onto the deck then climbed on herself to sit next to Maui.
This boat was a little bigger than the one they had used to sail to Te-Fiti and was a lot more sturdy and able to deal with massive sea storms.
Strangely enough it would only work for Moana which everyone found annoying, Moana had a feeling she knew exactly why it only worked for her, carved into the side of the hull was a bluish green swirl that reminded Moana of Te-Fiti's heart, no one else seemed to know it was there.
Moana sometimes thought she saw the carving pulsing but that was stupid.
"That'll be plenty; do we have enough storage containers?" Maui asked, the containers they used to store their food in were made out of hollowed out coconuts, Moana looked in the cold box to see if they had enough containers.
They would need to make two or three more which wasn't too hard all they had to do was hollow out the coconuts, seal the two halves of the coconut back together with tree sap and create a stopper.
"I think we need maybe one or two. What happened after we were thrown in the ocean?" Moana asked, she couldn't remember anything after they ended up in the ocean, Maui shrugged he couldn't really remember anything from other then that bright bluish green light coming from the boat before everything went black.
It took around a week for Maui to heal enough to move more then a foot from the boat without stumbling.
While Moana collected coconuts Maui made rope from the husks as well as a tightly woven net to use to catch fish, Moana had made a large basket type thing to strap to her back to put the coconuts and later berries and fruit making it easier to carry.
She didn't so any further then about three or four meters into the thick jungle while Maui was still hurt.
It had taken a little under a week for Moana's bruises to most go away, she was still a little sore but that was to be expected she was climbing trees contently which was something she hadn't done in a while.
Something about this island felt familiar somehow though Moana didn't know how, Maui said it was one of the first island he pulled up, that's why it was so small.
There was nothing small about the island.
It was bigger then Montinui but smaller then Te-Fiti's island, there were so many different fruits, berries and flowers on the island. Moana had been confused when she found what looked like a fairly deep tide pool, Manaiakalani was carved into one of the large smooth stones, when she showed Maui the strange carving it wasn't there when he was last here.
It was only when Maui Moana flying did they realise the tide pool was in fact a large hole that had been filled with a little water, it looked like waves with Manaiakalani and Moana's ore floating on top of the waves. Moana swore she saw the thing pulse but knew she must have been seeing things. Maui said it reminded him of the spiral where Te-Fiti's heart was.
When they had landed in the tide pool Moana's necklace had come off, sliding along the smooth rocks and stopping in what looked like a hole, Moana watched in shock as a blueish green light spread out from her necklace, lighting up the carving of Manaiakalani as well as the real thing and the carving of her ore, Moana and Maui stared a look.
Had Moana brought her instead of leaving it with the boat she would have realised it too was glowing the same bluish green of the tide pool. Te-Fiti smiled to herself knowing Moana and Maui had found the island. This was going to be interesting.
"Maui what going on?"
There done. This chapter has taken a while to write. I ended up hand writing what I did already have and then copying it back onto my computer as a way of not only editing it but to get my brain working. It went through another two partial edits until this version.
The ending sort of wrote itself, I don't know what significance the island will play but it has everything to do with Moana being a demi-goddess. It may be a gift from Te-Fiti I'm not really sure yet. If you have any idea please do share them, if you do please explain what you mean in detail, making it easier for me to understand what you mean.
I've ready finished chapter eight though I'm not sure if I'll but it as chapter eight since it takes place after chapter one, it certainly won't be the end of the story.
I have a vague idea of where this is headed but as I'm being to find with this story my fingers aren't connected with my brain and will write whatever they please. This chapter is my longest chapter so far with 3,438 words.
Thankyou for reading, please tell me what you think. I will try and have chapter 8 written and hopefully published after my exams in four weeks time.
