The Determined Girl (Maui x Reader) 3

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Warning(s): In this story, the events of Moana never happened. 
Title: The Determined Girl
Number in Series: Three
Pairing: Maui x Reader
Fandom: Disney/Moana
Word Count: 1,112

 
    When you woke up, you realized that you were alone in the cave. You stood up and began to look around. Where had Maui gone? When you heard him yelling at someone about how 'he didn't feel bad, the girl will be fine. She's survived this long!', that was when you realized he had left you on purpose. You quickly scrambled out of the cave and ran down to the seaside. There you saw Maui pushing your boat into the sea and getting on it. He was trying to leave you here and take your boat for himself. 

    "Hey!" You ran down to the shore. If you had enough time, you would have liked to relish in the warm sand beneath your feet. IT felt nice but you had a more important issue at hand, "Get back here! You said you'd help if I got you a boat." 

    Maui ignored your words, turning his attention to sailing the boat. You huffed, marching into the ocean. You got as far in as your ankle deep before realizing that you weren't going to be able to catch up to him. You felt something grab your ankle and pull you under. Luckily you had enough reaction time to keep your mouth shut as well as your eyes. Before you could try to understand what was going on, you were placed on the boat. Maui looked just as confused as you felt, but you made sure that your expression didn't convey your confusion. You tried to play it off like you dully understood what had happened.

    "You are going to-" You said but before you could finish, he pushed you back into the ocean. Just like before, you were plopped back onto the boat, this time at the front of the boat. You gripped the mast, 

    "I said, you are going to help-" Once again when you were thrown back in the water, the ocean surrounded you and once again you were placed back on the boat. This time, Maui just went back to dealing with the boat. He was obviously trying to ignore you. 

    "You are going to help me get back home." You glanced up at him, almost daring him to throw you back into the sea. 

    "Fine, I'll help you." He sighed, looking back at you.

    "Wait, really?" You asked excitedly.

    "Yeah, cause it seems like I'm not going to be able to get rid of you."

    You smirked proudly, sitting down on the side of the boat. You had just made Maui do something. You felt powerful as you began to wring out your hair to attempt to dry it. While you did that, you stared down at the sea. Why had it just done that? It had helped you majorly, but why? You weren't special in any way. Still, here it was, helping you. As you thought about this, the sea seemed to sparkle up at you. It made a small wave and patted your pouch.

    "Huh?" You mumbled, opening up your pouch. What did it want? That was when you saw the green glimmer. You pulled it out and shoved it toward the sea, "Is this what you want?"

    "Where did you get that?" You jumped and looked behind you to see Maui standing there with a scared and worried look on his face.

    "The ocean gave it to me," You said, telling him the truth.

    "Well, give it back!" Maui roughly grabbed it from you and threw it into the ocean, "Do you even know what that thing is?" 

    "No, it just gave it to me."

    "It's..."Maui started but was cut off when the stone was flung back at him, hitting his head before falling back into your lap. Maui groaned before continuing, "That's the Heart of Te Fiti!" 

    The Heart of Te Fiti?! Your eyes widened as you picked up the stone and looked it over. Was it really it? Well, why not? You had just met Maui, why couldn't the stone be real? You remember the story of Maui stealing the stone, which caused terrible things to happen to islands that used to flourish because of the Heart of Te Fiti. Had that been the reason the storm had hit? Before your grandmother died, she would always tell you what to do if the island began to die. She would tell you how you would have to find Maui and make him deliver the stone back to Te Fiti. You used to think she was just telling you myths, legends, stories. But you realized that it was true! 

    You quickly jumped up, causing the boat to sway. You kept your balance and you shoved the stone toward Maui. He as far as he could to try to get away from the stone. 

    "You have to take this back!" You demanded, attempting to have a forceful expression on. 

    "No, kid, we had a deal. I am going to take you home and then we part ways," Maui said while leaning back as far as he could without falling off of the boat. 

    "But my village is dying and my island is as well. That's all happening because you didn't return it."

    "That isn't my problem." Maui turned his back to you. If he couldn't go any farther away he would just refuse to look at it. You pouted and crossed your arms over your chest as you watched him.

    "I thought you were a hero."

    "Kid, I am a hero."

    "Not anymore," Your words caused Maui to turn around, eyebrows knitted together, "You thought that people will still think you're a hero after you stole this? People are dying because you didn't fix the mistake you made. You aren't a hero anymore." 

    Maui huffed and flopped down on the side of the boat, his legs in the ocean. He was pouting, obviously upset with what you had just said. 

    "But~" You purred out, "If you were to return the Heart of Te Fiti back to Te Fiti, then people will defiantly see you as a hero again. You would save so many lives. They would think you were the best hero to ever exist. They'd scream, ' Maui, Maui, Maui." 
 
    You whisper screamed the last part of your attempt to convince him to do what you asked. 

    "Fine, I'll do it, but only under one condition," Maui said while standing back up.

    "Oh, okay. What's that?" You asked, slowly returning the Heart of Te Fiti back to your pouch.

    "We get my hook back."