Chapter 324

## Moved On Its Own

Moved On Its Own (勝手に動いた Katte ni ugoita) is the 324th chapter of the Bionicle Circulation manga. It is proceeded by chapter 323 and succeeded by chapter 325.

## Summary

Maku walks into the room which is now in ruins from the explosion. She walks to the edge of the building and looks down at Sanok standing over the bodies of Takua and Jaller. Sanok says he could easily kill both of them but Makuta has plans for Takua, however he didn't say anything about Jaller as Maku realizes what he is doing. Sanok aims his axe-rifle at Jaller's head and says farewell but before he can pull the trigger Maku yells for him to stop. Sanok looks up at Maku and as they stare at each other a cloaked figure appears behind and smiles before pushing Maku off the edge.

As Maku falls Sanok quickly reacts by saying "Up" causing the ground beneath him to launch him upwards towards Maku. Sanok catches Maku and crashes into the side of the office building while shielding her from harm. Sanok looks over Maku for injuries and despite passing out from shock Maku was perfectly fine. Sanok then realized that his body moved to save Maku by itself which disturbs him. Meanwhile Jaller manages to regain conscious and stands up commenting on how Sanok didn't let up during their fight. Jaller asks if Takua is ok to which Takua says he wants to die, Jaller tells him they can die later and asks where Sanok is.

Jaller then notices Sanok fleeing the scene while still carrying Maku, Jaller comments that Sanok has taken a hostage but wonders why. Takua said he heard Sanok talking and that he said that he could have easily killed them and wonders why he went to get a hostage instead. Later at BCdonalds Hahli asks if both of them are ok, Takua and Jaller both say not really as they sit there bruised from the fight. Hahli says she was sorry she wasn't there to help and had a feeling that Sanok was up to no good. Jaller mentions that Sanok was mostly telling the truth despite being a walking head injury. Takua said Hahli could have been there but she replies that she was busy looking into the Bahrag Princesses however she didn't find anything.

Hahli says after the two of them went after Sanok, Maku confronted her after the class. In the flashback Maku asks Hahli if she, Jaller, and Takua are the Toa. Hahli is shocked and denies it however Maku says they barely changed their names and it was a wonder that no one else figured it out yet. Maku tells Hahli not worry but that she does have something serious to talk about. Hahli mentions that they aren't sure if Huki is still active in his body. Maku asks what she means and Hahli says that Vhisola was also turned into a Shadow Toa but she retained her personality but since Sanok isn't anything like Huki he might just be using Huki's body. Maku says that Huki is still in there as she saw him and was relieved after had been missing for so long. She continues by saying that even though he acted differently but his reaction wasn't and that she believes that at least a part of Huki is in there somewhere. Hahli says she has seen what Shadow Toa Kanohi can do to their hosts and says they have no idea what happened to Huki even if he is in there.

Maku replies by saying even if Hahli is unwilling to try she still is and walks off. Back in the present Hahli says that was the last time she saw Maku, Takua realizes that the hostage that Sanok took was likely Maku and tells the others. Meanwhile Sanok in Huki's Matoran form exits a Everything But Fabric Softener store with a bag and heads to a stone wall. He transforms into his Toa form and opens the wall before closing it behind him, he comments that Maku is finally awake as he hands her the bag saying he got her some food. Maku asks where she is to which Sanok says it's somewhere to keep so he can find her easily. Maku is surprised that the bag contains lemon mochi cake, Sanok asks her if she doesn't like it but she replies saying it's her favorite. Sanoks says he picked it out at random while trying to hide his surprise. Sanok watches Maku eat as he sees her the way Huki sees her, Maku asks if she is a prisoner which Sanok confirms saying he will keep her and use her as leverage if the Toa come after him again.

Maku asks if that is his fancy way of trying to cover for saving her, to which Sanok asks what she is talking about. Maku says she isn't dumb and knows that Sanok has no clue why he saved her and is trying to cover for it to which Sanok says he knew she was friends with the Toa and was only taking advantage of that. Sanok asks Maku to keep interrogating him about his moral compass and see where that gets her as he slams both hands onto the table. Maku's nerve wavers for a moment before she says she will since she knows Huki won't hurt her. She gets up and walks over to Sanok and puts her hands on his Kanohi. Maku yells that she knows that Huki is still in there and asks him to come back to her and stop letting Sanok use him. Huki takes control of his body back and realizes Maku is in front of him much to Maku's joy.

## Characters

* Maku Shimizu
* Sanok Bushida
* Takua Ichimura
* Makuta Kagome *(Mentioned)*
* Jaller Kaneko
* Tahnok-Kal *(Debut)*
* Hahli Arakawa
* Hahnah
* Cahdok *(Mentioned)*
* Gahdok *(Mentioned)*
* Vhisola Saito *(Mentioned)*
* Huki Takao