So, here it is; the story that at least I have been waiting for: my brand new Rio story, My precious Jewel! Hell yeah!
Okay, Rio hasn't come out yet here in Porvoo, but nah. Whatever. I can do some chapters without seeing the movie again. I don't have a so bad memory that I couldn't remember what happened in the film.
And for you that really liked my previous Blu birds story, don't mad at me. I didn't delete it for any reason. It wasn't that good in my opinion. It had many misspellings, it story lacked of potential and I just had no more ideas. But I'll guarantee that this story will be MUCH better. Thanks anyway for reading my previous story.
Also, I have been busy lately, so as you see, I haven't been on FF so much lately. I have been busy with school and Super Mario bros. X. But now when my computer's broken, I can't continue on my SMBX project, instead, I'll do this! So…
This story happpens between Jewel's recovery and when they have chicks, as usual. That seems to be the main storyline in Rio fanfics around here, am I right?
But without further ago, let's begin with my new and improved Rio story, MPJ! (This'll be hopefully a big project, so I'll use that abbreviation from now on.)
Enjoy!
Blu had liked Jewel from the very first time he met her. When he saw her that evening in the blue bird sanctum, he thought she looked like an angel. Soon enough, he found out that she maybe looked pretty, but inside, she was more like a demon.
But she weren't evil.
As Blu spent more time with her, he started to like Jewel more and more. He liked her personality:
She was aggressive, hot tempered and free minded, plus, she was beautiful. Jewel was a total opposite of Blu, as he was friendly, shy, and even a bit spoiled. But weird enough, Blu liked her just as she was.
And as they learnt to know each other better, their friendship became stronger. Jewel started to soften for Blu, and she even showed him her sweet side. As they fled together, they danced together, they suffered together, Blu found out how much Jewel meant for him. And on that day when they were chained together, Blu knew that his friendship was turning into something much more. Love.
My precious Jewel
Chapter 1: I'm nice
The male blue spix macaw was sitting on the roof of a small building in the town of Rio de Janeiro. From up there, he had a perfect view at the carnival at all its glory. The parade, the lights, the music, everything was spectacular. The setting sun gave a beautiful and slightly romantic touch at the dazzling happening. If only the macaw would have got the time to see this all.
The male blue spix macaw was of course Tyler Blu Gunderson, or just Blu for short. He looked like he had some kid of stress, he even sweated a little. But he was not here to watch the carnival; he was here practicing for a very important moment.
It had been now five days since the day that Blu and Jewel escaped the poachers. Since then, when Jewel broke her wing, they have been living in the vegative chamber especially desined for Jewel. They was going to live there until Jewel's wing is healed and they can be set free in the newly opened Blue bird sanctuary. Blu had tried to be as kind as possible to Jewel as she couldn't fly and needed some help. He had been giving her food, water and encouraging her when she had it hard (mostly when she got a dream of flying or when it was time to check the health of her wing).
They had learnt a lot new of each other, but they both seemed always a little nervous around each other. They liked being together but they avoided eye contact for example. Of course Jewel liked when she got help and she even showed some signs of having some feelings for him. But always when she tried to say something to Blu, he got nervous and flew away. It didn't go so well when Blu tried to tell Jewel the feelings of his own; When he looked in her eyes and was about to confess, he got stuck of words. Getting embarrassed, he hid his blush and flew somewhere else. This had happened for four days now. Every day, Blu tried again, just to fail again. He even failed when the environment was perfect and the time was right. Blu knew that Jewel was the girl of his dreams. They were literally meant together.
So, when Jewel went earlier asleep tonight and Blu checked she was asleep, he went out to a spot where he could easily concentrate on practicing on confessing his feelings. He had chosen this place because Blu liked the carnival. It really gave some atmosphere for practicing such a thing like this.
Blu looked around at all the happy dancing humans in their bright-coloured clothes. He listened to the happy samba music that was playing load and clear as the parade went on. This should be easy, but why isn't it, he though.
He stood still a moment and decided then to give a try.
"Jewel, I-I have something to…" Blu said in a weak and low voice.
"No, that won't work. I'll try something different." He said and though a while, thinking bout different options. Then he looked straight forwards, and though that he saw Jewel looking at him.
"Jewel, there's something important that… That…"
He looked down, and he started to stammer again.
"T-that I-I-I need to say… I lo-lov…"
He sighted and hid his face in his wings.
"God, that won't work either… This is going absolutely nowhere. It can't really be this hard." He said with a very faint voice while shaking his head. He sighted again.
"There must be some way to tell Jewel my feelings. I have to do it soon before she finds someone else or something." Blu though while looking down at his feet.
The carnival was already leaving and the music got weaker the whole time as the parade went on. But when he looked down under him, he saw a young couple under a streetlight. They were snuggling each other and seemed to have some great time. After a while they kissed. Blu saw this all and remembered his moment with Jewel.
"But does Jewel love me? I'm just a jibberish talking pet from Minnesota, I'm shy and timid and I always seem to ruin great moments. On the other hand, she did kiss me, but was it an act of love. Come on Blu, you can do this! Remember that you don't do this only for you, but also for Jewel. Telling her how you feel is important, if she rejects you, it still is because if you don't do this, you'll just cause yourself to suffer even more. This is unstoppable, and you have to accept it Blu. Don't be a chicken Blu."
With that, Blu got some encourage. He could maybe thank that couple, because courage is what Blu really needed now. He stood up, looked straight forward again. He took a deep breath.
"I have something important to tell you Jewel, and I need you to listen. I…"
…No, Blu thought and closed his eyes, He couldn't do it.
"I-I… I love… I love…" Blu said with a voice as low as a whisper. He hid his head again and found himself nearly crying. All of the willpower he just got faded away.
You failed, he though. He couldn't take it anymore. The stress was killing him and he needed to do something.
"JEWEL!" he screamed in his sorrow. He fell down on his knees, sobbing. "Blu, you stupid cowardice bird! Why do you have to be such a pussy, why, why?"
In his rage towards himself, he shred some of his feathers on his head. When he realized what he'd done, he calmed down a little. He took a deep breath. His stress faded away when he just laid there. But soon, he heard a voice coming from somewhere near. The voice was very familiar.
"Hey, there he is! Finally I found him." the strange person though.
"Blu, Blu!" it said. Blu stood up. The person who called him was now behind him.
The person or bird was also a Spix macaw, only a little lighter coloured blue than he. It had a bandana on it's right wing. And it was a female.
"Oh Blu, is it you?" she asked and grabbed Blu's shoulder. He then turned around and he saw someone who he hoped he really wouldn't see at this time.
"J-Jewel, what? What are you doing here, where did you…" Blu said surprised by the female bird. He hadn't expected her to go looking for him and definitively not that she would find him in this big city.
The female bird was of course Jewel, the one Blu had a crush on and the reason he was here in the first place. He continued.
"Did you hear what I just said?" Blu asked in an embarrassed and slightly shocked voice.
"Hear what?" Jewel responded. Now she seemed curious and she looked at Blu in a strange way.
"Eh, yeah… Nothing, really." The male answered and looked away. Why did he act so awkward?
"Nothing important."
"Okay." Jewel said. She remained standing. "Eh, Blu, is it okay if I'll sit here next to you?"
Blu blushed and tried to hide it. Jewel clearly saw it and blushed too. But because Blu didn't want to act rude, he answered:
"Hrm, yeah, sure…" he said and let Jewel sit first. Then he sat too. Both remained sitting but they avoided each others glance.
He took a quick look at the female next to him.
"Oh, she's so perfect... There's nothing in her that's not pure hot bodied-blue macaw awesomness."
Then Blu broke the silence.
"Jewel, may I ask you something?"
Jewel nodded and Blu continued.
"Why did you come after me? I though you were sleeping." Blu said and looked at Jewel. The female turned her head around and looked at Blu.
"Why I did? You know, you have been acting like and guardian angel to me for almost a week now. You have been helping me out in so many things. I never think I can reapay you. I don't know how I could have survived this time without you, so coming here and spend some time with my best friend is the least that I can do."
"Best friend? That sounds pretty promising." Blu thought. Then he returned to the discussion.
"Yeah, but… How did you find me? I-I mean that, Rio is pretty big and all… And you have your wing injured so you can't fly, right?"
"Well, finding you this day was pretty easy. It's the carnival so, duh? You know what I mean? And yes, I can't fly, but I can still walk. I walked to the buss station and took the buss to the town and then I spotted a blue bird on the roof of a building. So that's how I found you." Jewel finished. Blu was pretty proud of her. She has shown that she could be very clever if she wanted. One more reason to love her even more.
Another moment of silence. Blu was so much in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice that Jewel came closer to him.
"Jewel's here, what to do? I don't seem so ready to tell her but I can't continue on practising either. Let's just hope she won't ask anything that could reveal any secrets."
And unluckily for Blu, that's exactly what Jewel was going to ask next.
"Blu? I have been wondering…" Jewel began. She looked at Blu shyly.
"Why have you been doing all this stuff for me? Why have you been helping me out for so long now?"
Blu hasty turned his head and looked at Jewel. Now he had to find out an excuse and fast.
"I, uh… I d-did it because… Because…" Blu stammered. He nervously looked around trying to find something to say. Jewel looked at Blu with waiting eyes. Blu looked back and scratched his head with his wing. Then he looked back at Jewel.
"I'm nice?"
"You're… Nice?" Jewel said. She sighted and looked down. That didn't seem to be the answer she was expecting.
"Sure, cool, you're nice… Well… Thanks for being nice then." Jewel said happily but Blu could easily sense that her happiness was faked.
"Yeah, so Blu is just acting nice to me. What a pity, I though he did it for some other reasons. Sight…"
"Okay, I screwed that up too. Quick Blu, find some way to fix the situation!"
Blu made an "Hm-hmm" voice to get Jewel attention. Soon the female turned her head and looked at Blu.
"Jewel, have I told you that you have beautiful eyes?" Blu said. Jewel looked at Blu weirdly, surprised by the change of discussion.
"Eh, Blu, that's sweet. Thank you, yours are pretty cute too." Jewel said and giggled a little. She seemed now a little happier.
"Jess, is he trying to hit on me? It must be in his own weird way. Maybe he does like me, more as a friend." Jewel tough. And smiled. She looked at Blu in his brown eyes. Blu glazed at Jewels blue eyes. They were quiet for a long time where they only stared at each other. She came closer to Blu and now they were pretty close. Blu could feel Jewel feathers tickling his own. The silence was perfect. The only noice was the birds breath and some various other noises in the street. The sky was now pitch black, and the stars tinkled in the sky. It was sure a very romantic night.
"No, not now… I know what's happening here and I know what will happen soon. Oh no, here it comes."
Instantly, he became nervous and blushed. He moved involuntarily a little bit away from Jewel.
"J-Jewel, wait… Eh…" Blu said hasty.
"I want to know one thing, Jewel…"
Jewel stopped at the spot. She knew that Blu tried to change her thoughts by throwing in something random. He clearly tried to avoid her.
"How did you get out from the chamber? A-aren't I the only one who is allowed to go out?" Blu asked quickly.
Jewel looked shyly back as she was sad that Blu tried to avoid her closeness and this was the question she didn't want Blu to ask. He knew that Blu was going to go nuts, but she already had enough of embarrassing moments so she had to tell.
"Well Blu, I sort of, fled, from there." Jewel answered with an awkward voice.
As Jewel's wing is injured, Blu is the only one that can leave the bird research facility. He just has to go to some of the workers there and they'll let him out. But Jewel was one kid of rule-breaker she might just easily find out some way to escape. And now when Jewel had done it, Blu got shocked.
"Fled? Fled! Why… How… Oohmaahnaah, waargh?" Blu screamed and stood up. His reaction was clearly something odd. Jewel got shocked by this too, as she couldn't have excepted something like that. She places her wing on Blu's mouth.
"Calm down Blu. Remember when we first met? I was making a way to freedom. The air-condition? I never finished it because we got kidnapped. But on my spare time, I have finished it."
"But why? At this point, Linda and especially Tulio must have worried themselves to death!"
Linda and Tulio. They are the two humans that are responsible for Blu and Jewel's safety.
Linda is Blu's "owner". She was the one who saved Blu as a chick when she found him in Moose lake, Minnesota many years ago. After they came to Rio they lost each other but they met again after Blu saved Jewel. They may not spend as much time together as they use to, because Blu spend time with Jewel and Linda spend time with Tulio. They are a couple. But this doesn't ruin their relationship, they're still great friend, in fact, she is the human Blu trusts and loves the most. Nowdays, she owns a bookstore here in Rio. That's also were she, Tulio and their adopted son, Fernando lives.
Tulio is a ornithologist from Brazil. It was he that talked Linda in to take Blu to Rio de Janeiro. He is the main scientist of the bird research lab. He is a little, okay, very weird, but Blu likes him somewhat anyway. He has a massive addiction to birds, and sometimes acts like their mother. Weird?
Jewel continued.
"I don't think so. This is not the first time I went outside of the center." she said.
Blu looked a while at her with a stunned face.
"Jewel, AARGH! We-we have to hurry back! Come now! They're going to be so mad at us!" Blu said. He took Jewel's healty wing in his own and prepared to lift of but was stopped by Jewel. She took a tight grip of his wing and pulled him back, and forced him to take a seat again.
"Blu, stop worrying for once."
She put her wings around Blu and pressed her head against his shoulder. She did it softly, but was carefull to not hurt her broken wing.
"This night is too perfect to be ruined for such a small deal."
Now Blu's face was red like a tomato. He tried to get out of Jewel's grip but failed. He wanted to stay there, but he was so nervous that he couldn't. This was too much to handle for him. He wasn't ready jet.
"Jewel, stop, STOP! Please, your wing... I… Can't…" He said loudly. Jewel loosened her grip of Blu although she wanted still to feel the warmth of his body. She still held his wing trough.
Blu put his other wing on Jewel's and looked at her with regretting eye.
"Jewel, I-I have to go… I'm sad that I ruined this moment, but…"
He ran out of words again. He sighted and let go of Jewel's wing. Jewel looked at Blu while he walked away.
"I'm sorry." Blu said and flew away, leaving the poor female alone, looking at him with a face that clearly said "what did I do wrong?"
15 minutes later, Blu is back at the center. He didn't anyone to see him coming so he came in trough the air-condition that Jewel now broke. He fled as fast as he could so that he'd get back as fast as possible. While flying, Blu regretted everything he did to Jewel. He ruined a perfect moment with his works. And it was his fault, ONLY his fault. If you'd looked up and you'd seen Blu, you could have felt some tears dropping. He was that sad.
Now back in the vegative chamber, Blu is standing near the big tree, looking down on the ground. The sanctum was dark at this time of day because the researchers tried to make the enirivoiment so realictic as possible with real daytime cykles. But now when it was night, the cage was a lonely and creepy place, just like a real jungle. Blu didn't care for that. It was not important. He walked to the fake river and looked at the water, just to see his own, flushed face.
"I'm not sure how this'll work out. I'm sure Jewel will never be able to treat him normal again. Why am I like this? This is not funny, it's just plain awful."
He knew that he should go and see Linda so that she knew that he was OK, but he had to do something more important first. And soon, he heard someone coming trough the hole. He didn't need to even turn around to see who it was.
"Blu…" Jewel said from the tree. She seemed sad and her voice showed that she had been crying.
"You don't have to be sorry Jewel. It was my entire fault." Blu said without even turning around. Jewel came down from the tree.
"But Blu, what I did was wrong."
Blu turned around and saw Jewel's eyes that regretted her actions.
"I shouldn't have tried to hit on you." she continued and placed her wing on her chest. Blu listened terrified for these words.
"I did it one time and you pushed me back. Is shouldn't have tried to do it again, but… I did it because I like you. Very much Blu."
Blu tried to say something but Jewel continued before he reacted.
"Sight… But if you don't like me, it's okay. I won't force you to do it. And Blu, you don't have to help me. I can take care of myself."
A long silence. Blu attempted to say something but he couldn't find anything worth saying. When Blu just stayed shut, Jewel turned around.
"Good night Blu." she said and started to walk towards the nest. But before she got there, Blu shouted:
"Hey! Jewel!" he yelled. Jewel turned her head and looked at the male.
"You remember the when the plane crashed, and I jumped after you when you fell?
Jewel turned towards him and nodded. He continued.
"The kiss you gave me? Was it real, or was it just some sudden reaction?" Blu said. Jewel closed her eyes.
"Yes Blu, it was no random act of mine. I kissed you because when you jumped into a sure death just for me, it made me realise how much I loved you. I loved you back then and I still do." Jewel confessed. Blu looked at her with big eyes. She loves me, he thought.
"Jewel loves me!"
That gave him some courage. Now when she had told her inner feelings, Blu thought it was his turn. He felt brave and something made him know that this time he'll succeed.
He ran the little distance between him and Jewel. He took her wing and onto it. He looked deep into her eyes and felt that this time he would not fail.
"Jewel, now when you said what you did, I have a little confession of my own."
Jewel looked at Blu with hope in her look.
"As you may have recognized, I always act weird around you and it probably makes you believe that I don't like your proximity."
"Yes, you sure do." Jewel answered although she had no idea what Blu meant with proxmit-something.
"But that I don't like you, it's not true. I like you more than any bird on the planet. It's just that… Always when you're close I get this feeling, no, I start to get embarrassed. I simply just start to stress of your closeness. I don't know why, maybe because I'm such a shy bird or…"
"Get to the point Blu, please?" Jewel told Blu. Blu scratched his neck.
"Yeah, yeah… Jewel, when I told you that I helped you because I was nice. It was not true. Or I may be nice, sure, but that's not why I helped you. I did it because I care for you. You're important to me, and if something would happen to you, I don't know how I could live."
Jewel looked glitter in her eyes when Blu told her about his feelings. She had never heard something so beautiful from him. She came closer to him. Now their beaks were just a couple of ten centimetres from each other. Blu could sense Jewel's warm breath. Now was time for the final showdown.
"Jewel, I have been caring for you for one reason, and the reason has been around since the first time we met." Blu pulled Jewel a bit closer. Now or never. He closed his eyes and sighted.
"Jewel, I love y-"
He never finished that sentence as Jewel couldn't take it anymore. She wrapped her wings around him, forgetting her injuries, and gave him a second kiss. Blu got surprised at first and fell on the ground but soon he closed his eyes and let the pleasure take him with it. This moment, they knew that they were made for each other. That moment, magic filled the room.
A girl about 25 years old with orange hair and glasses walked in circles in the research room. She pulled her ripped her hair and groaned. She was Linda Gundersson, Blu's former owner. Beside her was a scientist in the same age with brown hair who also whore glasses. It was Tulio Monteiro. They both were stressed but Linda wasn't just stressed. She was on the edge of panic.
"Tulio, what if something has happened to them? What if they got ran over or eaten by some…"
The Linda gasped.
"Or what if the poachers took them again?"
She couldn't continue as she lost her breath of the stress. Tulio put his hand on her shoulder and tried to comfort him.
"Linda, don't panic. Just settle down, I'm sure those men we sent will find them. They'll be here at any minute and they have the birds with them." He said and tried to sound normal, but it was hard; if Blu or Jewel would die, a whole species would die out. And if that happened, they would be the one to blame.
"But Tulio?" Linda said with a weak voice. She took his hand.
"How do you know that they'll be safe?" she asked and looked at him. Tulio looked pondering. How could he know? He sighted and took the keys to the vegative chamber observatory room.
"Let's go and have a look if they're back." Tulio said.
Linda nodded. She followed the scientist.
"Blu, please be there…" she thought while Tulio opened the door.
When they opened the door, they came in into a small room with some buttons and a monitor that showed a part of the cage zoomed in and glass windows. It was especially meant for studying the birds inside the chamber, how they live, what they do and so on. The room was empty as almost every scientist in the building was searching for Blu and Jewel. There was often someone in there to keep an eye on the birds but Jewel escaped when they were on a coffee brake. Linda and Tulio had to stay, because someone had to watch the birds when everyones gone. Linda and Tulio was at first helping the search, but they had to go back due of Linda's weeping. Tulio came back to to comfort Linda.
They walked in quietly and looked around. At first they didn't see anything.
"Oh no, Tulio, they aren't here! What'll we do?" she said in panic. She clearly overreacted as she didn't even watch carefully around. When she whined around, Tulio took his time and looked around the sanctum. And then he saw two birds on the ground. They were behind a large leaf so they were hard to spot. Tulio tapped Linda who continued her whine.
"…A whole species will die out and it's my entire fault, I should have kept a better eye on…"
She stopped when Tulio hushed her.
"Ssssch, look:" he said and pointed on the spot where the blue birds where. Linda didn't first notice but then she saw them. She became filled with joy:
"Oh lord, there he is! I have been so worried! Come Tulio, let's go and take them in!" she said happily. Tulio didn't answer, he just kept on pointing at the spot where Blu and Jewel where.
"I think we'll let them be. They seem to have something private going on…" Tulio said and placed his glassed higher up. Linda looked with round eyes at the two birds. The leaf was in the way to see what they were really doing, but running in was not worth taking the risk.
"This may be the moment we have been waiting for. If you go now inside, they'll surely stop."
Linda knew that Tulio was right. And he didn't want to ruin Blu's moment with Jewel. He deserved it.
"You're right. This may be our only chance." she said and kissed Tulio on his cheek.
"But do you think they'll be okay?" she wondered and looked at her love.
"They'll be just fine. Let's just go home now and get some sleep." Tulio answered in the know. They walked out from the room. Linda went out first and when Tulio gave one final glaze at the cage he said to himself:
"And tomorrow I'll fix that hole."
All this time Blu and Jewel kept kissing. They had no hurry and they had so much love to give. They stopped now and then to have some air but continued after it. This kiss was much longer and more passion than the first one when they fell down the smuggler's plane. And after a while that seemed to last forever they broke the kiss.
"What were you saying?" Jewel asked while she rubbed his chest.
"I won't answer stupid questions."
They looked at each other with loving eyes.
"Jewel, what about your wing? Doesn't it hurt now?" Blu said and gently touched her right wing.
"Yes, it does. But I don't care of the pain. The happines inside me is much stronger than it."
"My dreams have come true..." Blu said.
They kissed again.
"This is the happiest day of my life." Blu said after the kiss to the beautiful blue creature on top of him.
"Mine too…" Jewel answered. They were still for a long time, and the only thing they felt was the heat from each others bodies. Blu wished this moment would never end. He smiled.
"I love you Jewel." he said.
"I love you too." was the answer.
That's it! God, this chapter is long! It turned out so much longer than I though. I wonder if I even can do short chapters. We'll see. But this chapter was in my opinion a pretty great.
Anyways, I'll be doing this now, don't except me to update in a while, as I told, I'm busy. The next chapter will be hopefully a little shorter, hope you don't mind…
Oh, and criticism is appraised, I don't care if you give me negative feedback. But just tell me what's bothering and if I find it true, I try to fix it! But please: NO FLAMES OF MY TYPING!
I try hard to get my language correct, but hey, so what, a few typos here and there, whatever. It's just important that you understand. But if you find something grammatically incorrect, you can tell it, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAGE ABOUT IT.
I think that's all. Thanks for reading, and see you again soon!
EDIT: I fixed some things in this chapter suchs as the colour of Jewel's eyes and the when I said sanctuary, I meant the vegative chamber (thanks for that M.)
Coming soon:
My precious Jewel
Chapter 2: A fresh n' cute couple
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