#also hes got a great lower voice that would be fitiing for rock

[samuyed]

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[pirate-autobot]

The Stowaway: Chapter 6

When a kakamora accidentally winds up on Moanas boat, she and Maui have no choice but to bring it along their quest.

For real, take down Te Ka!

Rummaging through the boat, Moana found thread and a needle. That should help patch the sail. It was a start to what needed to be fixed. Kaco helped retie one of the poles and double checked the storage compartment for leaks.

Moana soon realized she didn’t have enough thread to patch her sail. Kaco noticed her frantic searching. It unwrapped the binds from its feet and wrist, threaded them through the needle, and sewed the rest of the holes in the sail shut.

“You’re sure it's strong enough?” Moana asked

Kakamora are pirates, but we also know how to make do with what we have. Kaco tapped and banged a response.

“Good. Thank you Kaco.” Moana responded

She pulled the sail tight. It caught the wind and propelled the boat forward. Kaco stood at the front. After last night, it had a lot of things on its mind. 

Questions over who it was bounced around the coconut shell. If it does go back to the kakamora ship, will it just go back to being a number? Just another coconut? Did it have to?

Did it want to?

Kaco liked being Kaco. It didn’t want to be a number. It didn’t want to steal or be mean. Being a pirate felt exciting, but it also felt cold. But being nice felt warm. 

I am not a number.

I am Kaco.

It looked back at Moana. Should it tell her about this new revelation? They did have bigger things to deal with. With every second they sailed closer to Te Ka. Closer to the fire demon. Kaco turned.

What happens if we win? Kaco tapped on its shell

“I will return to my island, my people and family, and you can go back to yours.” Moana said seriously

What’s it like? Kaco asked

“The people are friendly, and a little old fashioned. There’s lots of forests and coconut groves. Its green, big, and beautiful.” Moana said wistfully

I understand why you want to save it. Kaco said before turning back around. Moana sighed and smiled.

“I am Moana of Motonui. Aboard my boat, I will sail across the great sea, and restore the heart of Te Fiti.” She said seriously, “For my island, for my friends, for the world.”

And so they did. After a whole day on the water, they sailed back to Te Fiti. Back to Te Ka. Ash fell around them like a light rain. While Kaco climbed the mast, Moana put Hei Hei in a basket, closing the rooster into the storage compartment.

“Ready?” Moana asked

Kaco answered by putting on its war paint, drawing an angry sharp toothed expression. Moana tied her hair in a bun. 

“If we make it past the barrier islands, we’ll be safe.” She said

Kaco nodded and climbed the mast to the top. It growled, seeing lava boiling on the barriers. Moana tightened the rope in her hand and sailed the boat closer.

Te Ka arose. She hissed and growled at them. Kaco hung onto the mast, knowing what was coming. Moana ran to the bow and jumped down on it, quickly steering the boat away along the edge of the barriers to a hole within them. Te Kas fist landed in the water. With a shriek she pulled it back out as it hardened. She glared at Moana before her hand was restored.

Incoming! Kaco banged. It slid down the mast, hanging onto the base as a fireball was thrown at them. The wave tossed them, but they were not sunk yet. Te Ka crawled to hover over the hole. She looked through the smoke, but did not see the boat.

Moana quickly turned them back around to sail to another hole. She pulled on a rope and lossened the sail, getting more speed out of it. Te Ka yelled. They were just entering through the crack when an explosion sounded overhead, sending rocks tumbling around them. Moana fell forward. The heart fell out of her necklace and skittered across the wood. Kaco dove for it. It slipped out of its fingers.

Hei Hei caught it in his beak.

“Hei Hei!” Moana yelled in relief and shock. As their boat shook, Hei Hei juggled with it in its beak. Kaco ran to the rooster before he could swallow the heart. The kakamora carried the chicken, which carried the heart, back to Moana.

“Nice work you two!” She said, putting the stone back in her necklace.

Kaco hung onto her leg with one arm, while the other held Hei Hei. They were almost through. Rocks kept falling.

At last they made it to the other side of the barriers. Moana breathed a sigh of relief. An explosion behind them capsized the boat.

Moana climbed up onto it, struggling to turn the boat around. Kaco grabbed the rope to help, placing Hei Hei in a basket for safekeeping. They looked up at Te Ka. She reached a hand for them, arm stretching over the water. Moana shrieked. Kaco grabbed her leg.

A shriek of a hawk sounded above them. It was Maui as a giant hawk! He flew forward. Briefly changing back to normal, he used his hook to cut off Te Kas hand. 

“Maui!” Moana said happily

Cheehoo!

Kaco jumped up and down in excitement. Maui flew to their boat, smiling. Moana smiled, feeling close to tears.

“You came back!” She said

Maui shrugged and looked down at his tattoos. Mini Maui nodded and crossed his arms.

“But your hook! One more hit,” Moana started

“Tch! Te Ka’s going to have to catch me first.” Maui responded. All eyes turned to the demon in question. Her hand reformed, glowing white, then yellow, then bright orange.

“I got your back chosen one!” Maui said as he flipped the boat back over with his hook, “Go save the world.”

“Thank you.” Moana said

“You’re welcome.” Maui said

With a yell, he turned into a beetle and flew to Te Ka. Moana pulled the ropes to sail.

Something ripped. The sail fell limp. The top was ripped off from the mast.

“No!” Moana yelled

I got this! Kaco banged. It grabbed the end of the sail, climbed the mast and used its headband to retie it.

Maui turned into a whale. The splash caused Te Ka to fully solidify for a moment, and the wave sent Moanas boat further forward. Kaco stayed at the top of the mast, holding onto the sail.

Don’t look back! Kaco banged

The kakamora enjoyed Mauis distractions. The Demi-God bit Te Ka as a shark, then ran along her shoulders as a lizard. She tried to catch him, she almost caught him, but he squeezed through her fingers and turned into a hawk. He cut off her right hand.

Te Ka screamed in pain. Then she noticed Maui on her left arm with a shark head. He jumped up to cut off her left hand before turning into a hawk. But Maui was smacked out of the sky. He changed back to normal, landing on a rock. Te Ka turned her attention back to the boat.

Must go faster, must go faster! Kaco tapped and banged

“I’m going as fast as I can!” Moana shouted up to the kakamora

“Moana!” Maui yelled

Te Ka threw a fireball at them. The ocean lifted a wave to stop it, but the water only slowed it down. It crashed just behind the boat. But the force was enough to send the boat and its occupants flying into the water.

The ocean carried Moana and Kaco to Te Fiti safely. Kaco steadied itself and looked back at Maui with Moana.

“Get the heart to the spiral!” Maui yelled

Kaco looked up at Moana. And Moana looked down at Kaco. It took on step away from her.

Go, it said. The kakamora backed away to the water.

“Kaco, what are you doing?” She asked

Helping, came the response

Kaco jumped into the water, swimming towards Te Ka. It stopped and banged its hands in the water to get its help. The ocean complied and carried Kaco. The kakamora drew a mocking smile with a tongue sticking out of it on its face. It banged on its shell until Te Ka finally noticed it. She watched it angrily, and tossed small fireballs to attack it. The ocean tossed Kaco into the air and submerged it, helping it avoid certain death. Kaco was suddenly thrown onto the rock Maui was on.

“Not bad.” Maui commented, “But it wasn’t enough.” Te Ka turned her attention back to Te Fiti, to Moana.

No, Kaco tapped 

Maui looked down at his hook. One more hit, was it worth it? Did he have a choice? Te Ka formed a fireball in her hands. Kaco climbed onto Mauis shoulder.

“You sure?” He asked

“For... Moana.” Kaco said, with its own voice in actual words. If the fate of the world wasn’t at stake, Maui would have been surprised.

Maui ran forward and leapt into the air with a mighty yell. His hook glowed as he swung it.

I’m not nothing

There was a bright light, an explosion.

Te Ka was forced back into the barrier islands. Maui was thrown back onto the rock. His hook was destroyed. His shoulder was absent.

He glanced around the rock.

“Nut head?” He asked 

He looked into the water. Two halves of a coconut floated just below him.

“No.” Maui whispered, pulling the halves out.

Moana was at the top of the mountain. Te Ka was rising once more. Maui dropped what was left of his hook and put Kacos shell at his feet.

“TE KA!” He yelled

He chanted and danced, banging on his chest, doing a haka. Te Ka raised her fist to end the Demi-God.

Bu-bump! Bu-bump!

Moana, held the heart over her head. The stone shined brighter than ever. Te Ka froze, mesmerized by the bright glow. Maui could do nothing but watch the girl walk down the mountain to the water.

“Let her come to me.” She said

The ocean surged and parted waves to the barrier island Te Ka positioned herself on. Moana took a few steps to the sand. Te Ka screeched and crawled on it.

“I have crossed the horizon to find you,” Moana sang

Maui picked up the coconut shells and was ready to jump into the water. A wave raised and shook side to side in a ‘no’.

“I know your name,”

Te Ka was desperate, angry. She could hurt Moana!

“They have stolen the heart from inside you,”

Moana walked to a rock. One of Te Kas fireballs that hardened and cooled in the water.

“But this does not define you,”

A cloud of smoke and fire followed Te Ka. When she stopped, it floated forward around Moana. Te Ka towered over the girl.

“This is not who you are,”

The smoke cloud dissipated. Te Ka froze in front of Moana, her lava cooling. She lowered herself to her level.

“You know who you are.”

Moana touched her forehead to Te Kas. 

“Who you truly are.” She whispered. The demon closed her eyes, lava hardening to black stone.

Moana placed the heart where it belonged, in the spiral on Te Kas chest. Instantly, the spiral glowed bright green. Plants and flowers broke through the rock. The plants spread, with the rock breaking free from Te Kas face. From Te Fitis face.