It has been a day since Jewel's wing has recovered. A single day of freedom. Jewel rose up early to go enjoy the morning air. She walked up to the hollow's entrance, and breathed in deeply, watching the crimson sunrise. Such a beautiful morni..Jewel's thoughts were rudely cut short by a loud snore. The blue macaw flinched, and looked back in annoyance, at her mate, which was still in deep slumber. Blu was lying on his head, and seemed to have "crawled" across the hollow in his sleep. Jewel spent some time staring in amusement before deciding to wake him up.

"Blu, get up, the sun's out."

As expected, Blu continued snoring away.

What was I expecting...

Jewel sighed, and nudged Blue with her talon, in her kind of gentle.

"Get up!"

Blu shot up like a rocket, bumping his head on a low lying branch.

"Ow! I'm up! I'm up!" Blu said, while rubbing his head with a wing.

"You know, you gotta get up a little earlier than that," Jewel laughed.

"Do I have to," Blu whined.

Before Jewel could reply, a rhythm of music echoed through the jungle. The rest of the birds were up, and most enjoyed a good song in the morning.

"Come on, the song's starting!" Jewel beckoned Blu, before flying out of the hollow. Blu stretched a little, then followed Jewel out.

Not too long later, when the music died down, the couple ran into a dear friend of theirs.

"Hey Rafael!" Blu greeted, sharing a brief hug with the toucan.

"Whoa, Blu, we're in the sky!" Rafael said, returning the hug only very briefly.

"Whoops, sorry."

"It's so nice to see you again," Jewel greeted as well.

"Same as you! I see your wing healed! So the human really did help"

"Yea, it took some time, but Tulio did help," Jewel peered at her healed wing.

"Well, I was on my way to find Tiny. I'm trying to get someone to babysit my kids," Rafael said.

Blu couldn't help but chuckle a little. "Tiny? Well, someone's gonna be swarmed."

"Yea, about that..." Rafael hesitated.

"What is it?" Jewel pressed on.

The toucan hesitated some more, before finally starting to lay down his request, "Well, I promised Eva I'd show her round Nico and Pedro's new club setup today, and I really need someone to babysit my 18 kids,"

Blu sensed what was coming, and attempted to wriggle out of it, "Welllll, I wish you a good trip to.. uh.. Tiny, then! Er.. good luck?"

"I wasn't finished yet. You've made a point, Tiny would be pulverized by 18 mini hyperactive birds... So, maybe you two could take a crack at it?" Rafael continued.

Blu tried his best to hide his fear with a clumsy smile, while Jewel started hesitating a little herself.

"Come on! A baby sitter is my last chance at this!"

"Okay, okay... we'll do it. I hope you can pay for my insurance," Blu finally gave in. Jewel gave a short glance, a little peeved that Blu happily included her in it. Rafael laughed.

"Making as much sense as always Blu!" Rafael laughed, "Thanks guys! I wish you luck. You would most likely need it"

Blu and Jewel followed Rafael back to his hollow.

"Ah Eva, beautiful as ever! Are you ready to go?" Rafael asked his mate.

"Yes, I'm ready Rafi," Eva smiled at Rafael's compliment. "Who are these two?"

Rafael quickly introduced Blu and Jewel, and said that they were here to babysit the kids.

"Fear not, Blu," Rafael laughed at Blu's worried face.

"Because if you do, they will smell it, and they will exploit it. Now, for meals, give them grapes or mangoes, don't let them near any human food, and try to make them go to bed when the sun sets. Thanks again guys! Oh, and don't bring back too much food." With that, the two toucans took off, leaving Blu and Jewel with 36 peering eyes.

"So.. what would you like to do?" Jewel asked.

Mischievous looks seemed to reply her question. "Attack!" one of the little toucans yelled, causing an onslaught on the two blue macaws. Jewel and Blu didn't have much time to react, before they got overwhelmed. While most of the kids kept Blu and Jewel from getting up, 4 of the toucans brought vines and tied Blu to a nearby branch in the hollow. Jewel resisted for a moment, and almost escaped, but the 18 attackers swarmed her, and Jewel ended up being tied upside down on the ceiling.

Blu and Jewel had a brief second of silence before the kids continued their assault. The kids started irritating their babysitters in any way they can, biting, pulling, tickling and riding on their immobilized victims.

"Ow! Hey! Hahahaha, stop thahat! OW!" Blu managed to get out of his trap, and flew through the kids, trying to untie Jewel.

"Blu, get me out of here!" Jewel tried to say, while a toucan was pecking her head, with two others plucking at her feathers, and one tickling her sides.

Blu used his beak and bit the vines confining Jewel to her upside-down prison, and set her free. With all their might, Blu and Jewel scooped up as many toucans as they could in their wings, with their captives either continuing their irritating actions, or escaping. Then all together, the kids zoomed out of the hollow. "Well, glad that's over," Blu commented, trying to rearrange his disarrayed feathers. "What are you talking about? We needa get them!" Jewel said, bolting after the kids. "It's so definitely a trap.." Blu murmured, lingering behind a little.

Lucky for them, the kids were only flying around their home tree, and didn't wander off. But, as Blu thought, it was mostly a trap. Blu went around the tree, and found Jewel tangled in a few vines, getting tickled by the kids.

"Blu! Geheht them ohohof me!" Jewel gasped between her laughter. Blu laughed at Jewel's predicament, but his noise caused the toucans to stop, and look.

Blu's laughter died off, when he saw all 18 toucans looking at him. "Er.. I'll just be.. over there.." Blu said, before screaming off, with 18 toucans following closely.

After most of the morning, the toucans finally got bored of annoying their babysitters, and played among themselves. Soon, it was noon, and Jewel slipped off the get food for the kids, leaving Blu behind. Blu tried to hide himself at the entrance of the hollow, spying on Rafael's kids. "Oh.. hurry back, Jewel.." Blu murmured, when one of the kids saw him, and pointed up at the hollow.

"Blu?" Jewel came in, carrying a few bunches of grapes in her talons. "Blu where are you?" Jewel shrugged. Knowing him, he's probably hiding somewhere. Jewel called for the kids, and they began digging into the food Jewel brought back. Well, they are much cuter when they aren't attacking me..

"Jewel...?" Blu called out. The kids had stuck up onto the top of the tree, and Blu couldn't really see what was going on. "Jewel...?"

Jewel heard a faint call, and decided to go out and investigate, leaving the kids to munch on their food. Jewel looked around, before finally tracing the voice to the top of the tree. "Wha.. how did you get up here?" Jewel pried some of the branches away, allowing Blu to slip through. "They carried me up here, and shoved me into the tree top, and left me," Blu explained. Jewel chuckled at Blu's little story, and went back to the hollow to check on the kids. Blu followed close behind her, hoping to use her as a shield.

"Oh my.." Jewel said, ducking as a grape soared out from the hollow, hitting Blu. Blu wiped off the fruit, only to see a pandemonium in the hollow. The kids were having a very messy food fight with the remaining grapes.

When evening finally came, the couple used their last sparks of energy to get the kids in bed. Lucky for them, the kids were tired from such a day of "fun", and fell asleep quickly.

"Well, they are much better when they're quiet, and out of range," Blu commented. Jewel yawned.

"I can never view them as cute after all this..." The couple heard someone landing at the hollow entrance, and were relieved to finally see Rafael and Eva back. Rafael observed the house.

"Hmm, you're the first babysitters that managed to keep the house in fine shape.." Rafael chuckled.

Eva added, "Remember when we found Tiny stuck in that branch?"

Jewel and Blu looked at each other, and made a silent pact to not mention the kids' success in tying them both up. Rafael hugged the two blue macaws, and thanked them.

"Well, we should go, it's late," Blu said, and the couple left after their farewell. Eva looked around the hollow, and found a splotched grape in a corner, which Blu and Jewel had missed while cleaning up the hollow.

Rafael noticed it as well, and said, "Well, let's just hope that it was just some discarded food.."

Jewel and Blu immediately collapsed when they reached their hollow, slipping into much needed rest. It had, after all, been a very active day.