After leaving the Valley of Peace, Koji, Crane, Yang, and Tongo Tonga made their way to the coast of China where Koji's tribe lived. They learned that these last ones left for the sea to return to the land of Fagamalo. So, Koji, with the help of his friends, built a Camaku waterfcraft which was similar to catamarans, outrigger canoes, or smaller a version the drua, but larger than a takia.
The four friends traveled across the sea until they reached the beautiful land of Fagamalo. Needless to say that they received a rather warm welcome from Koji's family upon arrival.
They arrived at an absolutely beautiful beach with warm sun, thousands of seashells scattered throughout the ground, and clear water which reflected the sun rays and also allowed to see all the oceanic life underneath. Behind the beach was a small forest consisting of palm trees with coconuts that were reaching serious highs. But what retained their attention was a small village (just imagine it's like the one in Disney's Moana) where many beetles who were dressed and tattooed like Koji were doing stuff.
"Guys," This last one said with a big smile on his mouth. "welcome to my home: the Beetle Tribe of the land of Fagamalo!"
"Woah! This place is awesome!" Yang said with excitation as Crane and Tongo simply nodded in agreement.
"KOJI!"
As soon as they were in view for the villagers, a particular beetle rushed to take Koji in a big hug. He was pretty chubby (I could even go to say fat, but that would be mean), but his belly was only half the width of his butt (it was even bigger than Po's) which was giving an hard time to his black trousers that looked like a sumo dress on him.
"Dad!" Koji managed to happily said despite being squeezed. Once he was free again, he looked at his friends. "Guys, meet my father and leader of the tribe, Riki."
"You look great, son!" Riki said with looking all around his son to see how much he changed. "By my elders, you look strong! Last time I saw you, you were the size of a ladybug! This Kung Fu training of yours really payed off! Well, don't just stand there, present me your friends!"
"Okay...Dad, those are my friends Crane, Yang, and Tongo Tonga."
They all bowed to him. "It's an honour to meet you, chief-" Crane started but got interrupted by a big hug from the leader who somehow managed to hold the three of them simultaneously.
"Thank you so much for befriending my son! I wouldn't have been able to stand him being all alone in such an evil world!" This made Koji rub his head in embarrassment. "Hey! Are the four other friends you made at the Spring Celebrations coming too? I can't see them."
"No, dad. There's only them with me."
Soon, all the villagers gathered, happy to see that the leader's son has returned. Later on, as night fell and the sky turned dark, celebrations were being held for the occasion. The villagers were performing dances, songs, or simply drinking coconut juice and eating exotic fruits.
Koji and his friends were the honour guests and were sitting beside the leader in the middle of the village, close to the fire. Koji managed to convince his friends to change their dress for a pair of skirt made of leaves, a tribal necklace and also some tribal paint. While Tongo and Yang had no problem with it, Crane wasn't feeling so well changing his trousers for a skirt and putting on a necklace and tribal paint.
"This is delicious!" Yang said as he was eating his fruit soup with little-to-no manners which wasn't a big deal since all the villagers were doing pretty much the same thing.
Some beetles were playing tribal instruments while others were dancing around the fire to it. Koji was one of them and the most energetic one. At a moment, he stopped before his friends. "Hey, guys! Come dancing: it's fun!"
Yang joined without hesitating. Crane, however, didn't wanted to as he was too shy. "No thanks: dancing's not my thing."
"Come on: it's fun!" Koji insisted.
Tongo decided to join in as well. As Crane still didn't wanted to come in, Koji grabbed him by the wing and dragged him in the dancing zone by force. "Come on, pal: dancing is easy. Look."
He cleared his throat and started singing.
"Tatou o tagata folau e vala'auina
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
Ia ava'e le lu'itau e lelei
Tapenapena."
The rest of the tribe suddenly started singing with him.
"Aue, aue
Nuku I mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue, aue
Te fenua, te malie,
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e."
Feeling it, Crane started doing good moves with his wings while Yang was completely in it and Tongo's shyness faded away.
"We read the wind and the sky
When the sun is high
We sail the length of sea
On the ocean breeze
At night we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are, who we are
Aue, aue,
We set a course to find
A brand new island everywhere we row
Aue, aue,
We keep our island in our mind
And when it's time to find home
We know the way
Aue, aue,
We are explorers reading every sign
We tell the stories of our elders
In the never ending chain
Aue, aue
Te fenua, te mālie
Nā heko hakilia
We know the way."
After the song ended, everybody was cheering in joy.
Later on, bed time came and Koji and his friends were invited to sleep in the leader's hut which wasn't more fancy than the other huts, but the leaves beds were super-comfortable.
"Awww." Koji sighed while laying on his back in the leaves. "I forgot how good it was to sleep in those beds."
Yang and Tongo immediately fell asleep. Crane, however, took more time as he wasn't exactly used to sleep in leaves. Koji looked up at the ceiling for a while, thinking about the fact that he was back home before closing his eyes and drifting to the world of dreams.
Koji's story is started! I want to point out the song they chanted is called "We Know The Way" and is from Disney's Moana. I ADORE this song!