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Chapter 2: No Chain

"You have got to be kidding me" Jewel muttered as she stared at the huge, circular saw. Blu looked at her as she said.

"Hey, don't worry, Luiz has this all under control, we'll have this chain this chain off in no time…" Blu trailed off sadly

Jewel turned to look at Blu with a teasing look

"You were starting to like this chain weren't you." Jewel said in a teasing tone Blu looked away in embarrassment when she finished.

"Kinky" Said Pedro, loud another for everyone to hear, after hearing this, Nico, Rafael and Luiz burst out laughing and Blu and Jewel looked to the ground blushing, Blu worse than Jewel.

"Wow, Blu" Stammered Nico, in between his laughing which had literally floored the small yellow bird. "I guess I didn't know you were into that sort of thing, I should've known you were one of them…"

"That's enough" Rafael shouted, causing everyone to become silent and look at him. "Let Luiz do his thing and get rid of the chain that Blu and Jewel were bonded together by.

"But in all seriousness Blu, why are you starting to like this hindrance." Asked Jewel.

Blu nervously gulped.

"Well… well I guess the reason is because with it I always know you are close and that I'm not alone, also to do with the fact that any boy would love to be chained to a beautiful bird like you Jewel." Jewel gazed into his eyes, and smiled at him.

"Come back to reality love birds." Luiz started, shocking Blu and Jewel out of their trance. "It's time to get this chain off" he finished. "Now I'm going to put this mask on to keep me safe." Luiz lowered the metal helmet onto his head, "Now I can't see very well so stay still so that we don't have an accident."

With that, Luiz started to push Blu and Jewel towards the metal saw. Blu and Jewel's eyes widened in fear. And like always with their adventure, things didn't go smoothly. Luiz tripped sending Blu skidding towards the saw and forcing Jewel to fly into the air and grab a lamp. Blu soared into the air just in time, so not to be chopped up and narrowly missed the say, with one of his back head feathers coming clean off in the process. Blu smashed into some paint pots and then got sent careering into Luiz, who had promptly removed the mask to see what was going on. Blu and Jewel hung by the chain of the edge, which was in Luiz's mouth, the bulldogs saliva dripped down and soaked the bird's claws, allowing them to wriggle free of the chain. Blu and Jewel hit the floor hard. Blu groaned.

"Why don't things happen the way they are meant to anymore?" He muttered and shook his claws. "Wait!" Blu shouted, realising he was no longer chained to Jewel. "Jewel! Jewel!" Blu shouted " Jewel the chain's come off and we're…" Blu was stopped in mid-sentence when Jewel came crashing into him, sending him onto the floor and rewarding him with a passionate kiss. After recovering from shock, Blu relaxed into the kiss, kissing Jewel back. When their beaks finally parted, Jewel smiled at Blu and vice versa. Jewel then took off into the air and started flying, followed by the other birds as Blu watched with mixed emotions.

Blu was happy that Jewel could now fly again, but he was also extremely upset that he couldn't join her up in the beautiful, night sky. Blu became overcome with sadness and tears started to glaze his eyes. Blu then shook his head and quickly recollected his thoughts, 'Wow Blu, You shouldn't be getting upset over something as petty like this, you should be happy for Jewel, not being filled with self-pity.' Blu heard Jewel singing in the background as he came back to reality. Jewel spotted Blu being sad and flew down.

"Blu, Blu!" Jewel said, making Blu snap his head round to look at Jewel. "Blu, what's wrong."

Blu replied "oh nothing's wrong, just maybe the fact that you are enjoying yourself flying with everyone while I'm stuck watching you on the ground." Blu finished sarcastically.

Jewel replied hastily. "Well it's not my fault that you can't fly is it." She retorted

Blu realised his error and immediately looked at her with remorse.

"Sorry Jewel, it's just that I hate being the odd bird out by having to stay on the ground." Blu said to his love apologetically.

"I forgive you Blu" Jewel smiled as she was pulled into a hug by Blu. She closed her eyes and sighed with content, as she was exactly where she wanted to be, in Blu's arms.

Blu and Jewel heard a shout and they both looked up. They saw Nigel taking Rafael away with him to the parade.

"Rafael, NO!" Jewel shouted and began to give chase.

"Jewel!" Blu shouted, "Jewel! Don't follow him, that's exactly what he wants to happen. He's trying to trick you into following him.

"But what about Rafael?" Jewel replied anxiously.

"Don't worry, Jewel, we'll rescue him. But first thing's first, we need to find Linda and Tulio."

"What!" Jewel shouted. "Why on Earth do we need to find them?"

"Think about it Jewel." Blu started. "If we can get them to follow then we'll have an easier time getting Rafael out of Nigel's clutches.

Nico and Pedro came racing towards the two blue macaws.

"Blu! Jewel!" Nico said, panting. "He's got Rafael."

"I know Nico, I know"… We'll deal with that later, but Jewel and I need to deal with something first. While that happens, you and Pedro search for Rafael, we'll meet you at the parade." Blu instructed. Pedro and Nico flew off.

"Pedro! Nico!" Jewel shouted "Whatever you do, make sure you don't get captured by Nigel!" Jewel turned to Blu "So Blu, where exactly are we going." The female macaw asked in a demanding tone.

"Why, the Parade of course." Blu replied

Blu and Jewel rode to the massive parade on Luiz, on their way there. Jewel and Blu had some time to find out more about each other.

A/N: Another cliff-hanger (of sorts, okay maybe not). But luckily for you guys I will most likely have the next chapter posted almost instantly after this one, at least definitely on the same day. Remember to press the Review button to give me some feedback!