Ch. 2: Blu's New Tribal Position, A Good Game, and Affections of Two Friends

written 6/19/14

Note: Luana, Marcus, and Jessica as well as their friends are already pre-adolescents at this point meaning they're emotionally mature, but still somewhat reckless.

It was a glorious morning in the wild Amazonian rainforest, and Blu had just woke up from a very sound sleep. He looked

to his right and saw that his mate was still sound asleep under his left wing. He lifted his wing off of her gently, got up, and

flew off to get a couple brazil nuts for the two of them. Once he got to one of the brazil nut trees he heard a familiar voice

behind him. "Hey Blu, how are you and Ju-Ju doing?" "Great Roberto, how about you?" asked Blu. "Oh, you know just

keeping watch over things, and came to get a quick brazil nut breakfast." replied Roberto. "Same here." explained Blu.

"Came to get a couple of brazil nuts for both myself and Jewel, so I can surprise her with breakfast in the nest." "So caring

of you Blu." said Roberto. "Good morning Blu and Roberto." said Eduardo who had approached the two from the side. "Oh,

morning Eduardo." replied Roberto. "Good morning sir." answered Blu. "Blu, you don't have to call me sir." explained

Eduardo. "You're my son-in-law, so you can call me Eduardo or Dad." "Okay as you wish, Dad." replied Blu. Eduardo smiled

at his son-in-law. "Blu, I'm glad you and Roberto are here because I have something to tell you both." Both Blu and

Roberto looked at each other, shrugged, and looked back at Eduardo. "Okay, what is it?" inquired Blu. "Well Blu, your

efforts in uniting our tribe with the Scarlet macaw tribe and driving away the loggers has made me realize your potential,

and I have a position for you so that you can watch over the tribe and the surroundings along with Roberto." said Eduardo.

"You will be the interpreter of human activity and our battle strategist while Roberto will be on surveillance and

recruitment detail, but neither position has superiority over the other." "Eduardo, I am honored that you are giving me

this duty and I totally accept it." said Blu happily. "I can't wait to tell Jewel, speaking of which I originally came here to pick

up two brazil nuts for each of us, and she's probably up by now, gotta run." "Me too." said Eduardo. "I'm supposed to join

Mimi, we are going to look after your grandchildren and their friends. With that Blu bit off four brazil nuts, grabbed them in

his talons, and took flight back to the nest. Eduardo took flight to the Pit of Doom where Mimi was watching Luana,

Marcus, and Jessica play with their friends Cezar, Lygia, and Raymundo.

Blu arrived in the nest just as Jewel was waking up. "Good morning, Jewel." he said. "Good morning, Blu." replied Jewel

sweetly. She spotted the nuts in Blu's talons. "What's that you've got there?" she asked. "Your favorite, breakfast in the

nest." replied Blu as he handed her a brazil nut. "Two for you and two for me." "Awe, Blu you remembered." Jewel smiled

seductively. "Isn't that nice." Blu took his mate's wings in his own and looked into her eyes. "Jewel, the cold hard truth is

that whenever you're a variable in any equation that equation ends up having the best answer." he declared. "Well, aren't

you the sweetest little nerd bird." replied Jewel. "Oh, Jewel by the way your Dad has given me a position in the tribe that

involves working with Roberto." announced Blu. "What is that?" inquired Jewel. "I'm the new interpreter of human activity

and the tribal battle strategist!" answered Blu enthusiastically. "Congratulations Blu!" exclaimed Jewel. "I knew Daddy

would warm up to you even more than as just my mate." Blu and Jewel shared a quick kiss with each other. "Oh Jewel, I

really don't deserve you." said Blu with sigh. "Of course you do, you saved my life when you jumped out of that plane after

me, despite the fact that you couldn't fly." replied Jewel reassuring her mate. "Plus you blessed us with three wonderful

kids!" "You're my one and only Jewel." proclaimed Blu. "And you're my one and only Blu." answered Jewel. The two

lovebirds cuddled up next to each other and ate their breakfast.

Meanwhile, Dimas and Pearl were just waking up from their beauty sleep. The two looked at each other exchanged a

morning kiss. "Hello beautiful." said Dimas. "Hello handsome." said Pearl. The two looked around at where Luana, Marcus,

and Jessica usually slept, but they were nowhere to be seen. Pearl started to panic. "Oh meu Deus, where are the kids!"

yelled Pearl. Dimas saw a note next to hollow's exit/entrance.

Dear Mom and Dad,

We went out to play some soccer for fun with our friends Cezar, Lygia, and Raymundo in the Pit of Doom. Don't worry

we're safe, our Great-Great-Aunt Mimi and Great-Grandpa Eduardo are watching over us.

Love,

Luana, Marcus, and Jessica

P.S. - We didn't want to wake you.

"Well, at least they left us a note." commented Pearl. "That was very responsible of them." "You're absolutely right, but we

should check up on them anyways." replied Dimas in agreement. "We should talk to their friends' folks as well, you

remember them." "Of course." answered Pearl. "Davi and Suzana." With that the couple flew off to find their offspring.

Unknown to them, Davi and Suzana woke up with the same scenario, and had decided to take the same course of action.

Eventually, the two couples ran into each other, talked about what happened with their kids, and then the four of them

flew off to the Pit of Doom together.

Over in the Pit of Doom, Luana, Marcus, and Jessica were playing soccer together with their friends Cezar, Lygia, and

Raymundo under the watchful eyes of their Great-Grandfather Eduardo and Great-Great-Aunt Mimi. Marcus and Luana

were playing offense and Jessica was playing defense while on the other side Cezar and Lygia were playing offense and

Raymundo was on defense. Mimi was keeping score for both teams using brazil nuts (like they did in Rio 2) and set the

score limit to be the best of nine. The current score was seven to eight, with Luana, Marcus, and Jessica in the lead.

Eduardo flew in, sat down, and watched the kids as they played with each other. Mimi turned around and gave him an

irritable look. "Jeez brother, what took you so long?" she asked. "Oh, I was getting a brazil nut for breakfast when I ran

into Blu and Roberto who were talking together, and I was happy to see them because I had something to tell both of

them and to admit to Blu my realization of his potential in the tribe." answered Eduardo. "I gave him a position where he

could help Roberto watch the surroundings." "What was that dear brother?" inquired Mimi. "He will be our interpreter of

human activity and battle strategist while Roberto will be on surveillance and recruitment detail." explained Eduardo. "Oh

brother, I'm so proud of you and you're increasing acceptance of Blu as your son-in-law!" exclaimed Mimi. "I'm sure that

Jewel will be so much happier when Blu tells her about it." "I'm sure of that too." said Eduardo in agreement. Then,

Eduardo looked past his sister at his three Great-Grandchildren and their friends as they played soccer together. "Ah, I see

they're having fun." he commented and he looked over at the brazil nuts. "I also see that you've been playing the role of

score keeper." "That's right." replied his sister. Just then, the two of them heard one of the kids shout "Goal!" It was

Lygia. Mimi threw up another brazil nut on Lygia's team's side. "Ah man!" cried Marcus with sigh and turned around to go

back to his side. As Lygia passed him on her way back to her side she whispered to him, "Nice try." They both regrouped

with their teams. Mimi smiled. "Okay you six this is the final point!" she declared. "The team that scores the next goal wins!" "Okay

sisters, huddle up." ordered Marcus. His sisters came in for a team huddle. "Okay, so here's the plan, we're all taking the

offensive this time." he proclaimed. "Sounds good to me." answered Jessica. "Got it." said Luana in agreement. "Alright

break!" shouted Marcus. The three siblings broke the huddle, and turned around to their opponents. Moments later, their

friends broke their team huddle, and little did they know that their team and their friends' team had the same plan.

Eduardo flew down, got the ball, and flew to the center. "Okay we're ready!" declared his Great-Grandchildren. Then he

looked to their friends. "So are we!" they announced. With that Eduardo tossed the ball up in the air, and then took off to

join his sister. When he turned around he was shocked to see both teams playing offense and no defense. It was the most

intense round yet, but in the end Lygia scored the final goal with Marcus barely missing the chance to stop the ball. "Yay!"

shouted Lygia. "Nooo!" cried Marcus. Both teams were all very mature. They shook wings while telling each other "Good

game." Suddenly, they heard their names called. "Marcus, Luana, and Jessica." The three of them looked up to see their

parents with happy expressions on their faces. "Nice job." they said. Then, they saw their friends' parents touch down next

to their's. "Lygia, Raymundo, and Cezar." Their friends turned around to see the parents smiling at them as well. "Well

played." said their parents. "Thank you." replied the six kids in unison. The four parents flew over and thanked Mimi and

Eduardo for looking after their kids. "No problem, our pleasure." replied Mimi with a smile. "Yes, they were well behaved."

added Eduardo. "Well, we gotta go." said Mimi. "Come on brother." Eduardo followed suit. Once they were gone the

parents looked over at their kids. Suzana and Davi looked at Lygia, Raymundo, and Cezar. "Alright you three, let's go

home." the two of them said. Pearl and Dimas looked at Marcus, Luana, and Jessica. "Come on you three, time to go."

Pearl and Dimas watched their two girls fly up to them after they said their goodbyes to Suzana and Davi's two boys who

flew up to them. What happened next shocked the four parents as well as their two daughters and two sons. They looked down to Marcus and Lygia hugging each

other, and not wanting to let go. "Come on, Marcus." said Dimas. "It's time to go." "That goes for you too, Lygia!" declared

Davi. "Let's go." "You listen to your Father now!" ordered their Mothers in unison. "Okay, we're coming." the two of them

replied reluctantly. The two of them hugged once more, but before parting they whispered to each other. "Meet me back

here tonight, okay?" requested Lygia. "Alright, but when?" inquired Marcus. "Let's say around sunset." answered Lygia.

"You got it." said Marcus in agreement. With that two of them broke their embrace and followed their parents back to their

nest. For the rest of the day both of them couldn't stop thinking about meeting again.

I'm going to the midwest for an exciting reunion with my extended family during the July 4th week so I most likely won't post more chapters till I get back.

Stay tuned for Chapter 3.

Spoiler Alert: I'll probably name it The Secret Romantic Meeting.