Blue and Scarlet

**Warning may be slight limes in later chapters**

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A.N. This is my second story so I hope it lives up to my other and that this is an enjoyable story. If you get confused, please say! Also this story happens before Blu and Jewel's kids but after the movie. Blu and Jewel are just friends in this fic. So just consider this another 'Change of Direction'.

Chapter One: Arrival

Scarlett the scarlet Macaw sat atop 'Christ the Redeemer' one of the seven wonders of the modern world. It was pretty late in the morning and she had just arrived after a long journey.

"Wow! It's so beautiful; I can't believe I finally made it to Rio!"

"Made it from where?" asked a voice from directly behind her.

She jumped and turned around to face the bird who spoke to her. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you jump." Said a male Spix Macaw.

"That's okay, I'm Scarlett, who are you?" she asked.

"Hi Scarlett, I'm Blu. Where are you from? I don't remember seeing you around Rio."

"Oh I'm from the West; from quite deep in the jungle, it was getting a bit drab so I thought I should move to Rio to lighten my life up a bit."

"Why would your life need lightening up?" Blu asked kindly.

"Well the inner jungle is mainly where the older birds live; you see that encourages predators of all different types like: spiders, snakes, eagles, and that just makes the place hard to live in."

"It sounds it." started Blu before being interrupted.

"Oh and then there's the thing about being raised by my grandparents, they were kind of mean, didn't like me going to meet with friends much. All of this just made it difficult, so I left the first chance I got and here I am, Rio de Janerio."

"Hey Scarlett, if you just moved here does that mean you don't have a place to stay yet?"

"I suppose I never thought that far ahead. Do you know of any good trees I can build a nest in?" Scarlett asked hopefully.

"I could show you a lot of suitable trees, but it's a big jungle, in the mean time you could stay at my hollow with my friend Jewel."

"Really, would that be okay with you?" Scarlett said overjoyed.

"Of course, come on, I'll show you." Blu then took off in the direction of his home and Scarlett eagerly followed.

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"Hey Blu, who's your friend here?" Jewel asked Blu as she turned from her nest to greet him.

"Oh hi, I'm Scarlett"

"Scarlett, the scarlet Macaw?" said Jewel with a questioning look on her face.

"So; you have a friend called Blu he's a Blue Macaw." Scarlett replied.

Blu interjected before anymore could be said. "Scarlett here has moved from the western part of the jungle to the western coast, so I offered that she could stay here until she finds her own place to stay."

Jewel looked at him without revealing much about what she was thinking. "Blu can I see u outside for a minute?" she said while giving him a little shove in the direction of the entrance.

"Hm, ok Jewel; you make yourself at home Scarlett." Blu smiled warmly at her before Jewel led him down to the bottom of the tree.

Scarlett looked around and found that the hollow was basically divided down the middle, though not physically; each side had a well kept nest and a very small log next to each one for some personal items. She could tell that the left side belonged to Jewel because the log had an arrangement of flowers and a small sea shell full of water. Also the light blue feathers scattered across the nest were a dead giveaway.

Blues nest was a little bigger in size and strangely enough all of the dark blue feathers were put together in a small pile on the left side of the nest. His log contained weird bits of metal that looked as if they had been picked up off of the ground; also hanging on the wall above the log as a dirty shard of what looked to be a mirror. Along the bottom wall at the back of the hollow was a small pile of fruit.

She then waddles over and peers at the dirty shard, she quickly moves a troublesome feather out the way of her face then goes to lie down on Blu's nest.

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Jewel landed first with her back to Blu and as soon as he touched down she turned on him with a scowl. "How could you just invite a random stranger into our home without consulting me first? That place is as much mine as it is yours!"

"Calm down Jewel," said Blu; he moved closer and looked into her eyes "I didn't just invite her into our home, I saw she needed help so I did what I thought was right. She just needs a place to stay for a couple days, a week at most, until she can build her own nest."

"But where's she going to sleep? If you haven't already noticed, there is only two nests up there."

"Well how about she sleeps in your nest, and we could share mine?" Blu suggested.

Jewel loved the opportunity to sleep with Blu for a few days at least, but the idea of her sleeping in her own nest... "No."

"Oh" Blu said a little disappointed, "how about if she shares my nest with me?" He suggested brightening up a little.

"I think I prefer the other idea more." Jewel mumbled.

"What was that?" Blu said moving closer a bit more.

"I said that I suppose she could stay for a few days, but you're responsible for her, ok?"

"That's great, let's go tell her!" Blu quickly flew up to the Hollow and Jewel flew up after him a few seconds later.

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Blu walked into the hollow first to find Scarlett comfortably snoozing in his nest while using his pile of feathers as a pillow.

He smiled and whispered to Jewel as she flew up beside him "Doesn't she look cute when she sleeps?"

"Cute, that's not exactly the word I would use..." Jewel replied, putting extra emphasis on 'Cute'.

"Well we shouldn't disturb her, what do you want to do?"

Her scowl towards Scarlett turned into a devious smile towards Blu, even though he was completely oblivious while staring at the sleeping red bird, she moved a bit closer and whispered "How about we go to the beach? Just you and me for a couple of hours."

"Ok Jewel, lead the way." Blu replied. Smiling to herself Jewel flew off towards the beach.

Just before Blu followed after her he turned to take one last look at the sleeping Scarlett.

A.N. So that's it, the first chapter of my second fan fiction. I don't know about you guys but I found it a tad bit weak. YOUR opinion matters so please review and tell me what you think and if this story should be continued, abandoned, or changed, there will be a poll for those who dond want to review. If you have any suggestions please tell me!

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P.S. Did you notice my cliché chapter title?