A/N well, I hope you like this chapter. Too bad I couldn`t remember the original way I was going to have this turn out, It was easily much better then this one. But still, I hope you like it.

Blu couldn't help but freeze as he sat there, shocked that their beaks were touching. 'I am so, very, very dead.' He thought to himself, but he continued to push forward until he felt his first kiss in his life.

He then kissed her, and she kissed back. To Blu, it was as surreal as if the sun suddenly turned neon green, and, to Jewel, the kiss brought elation that also came with the knowledge of being in charge of her own fate. To her, this proved that only she could make her own choices, regardless of how Raphael and his friends tried to force things. She was the one in control, not them.

While they kissed, the sounds of the club changed from dancing to singing to cheering and whistling since their beaks met and the kiss began. They ignored it for a few moments, wrapped up in the feelings they shared, until something accidentally bumped into them, bringing them crashing back to reality, which happened to be a samba club full of cheering patrons.

And when their tender moment was interrupted by screaming and cheering, they jumped apart, suddenly becoming completely aware of what they were doing.

Blu nervously looked at Jewel as he sported a tremendous blush, and began stuttering apologies, all while jewel did the same, completely overlapping each other and making it impossible to understand. But, if they were being truthful, neither of them were listening anyway.

" I`m"

"it`s all…"

" so stupid"

"my…"

"sorry!"

"fault,"

"sorry!"

Raphael stood nearby, face in wing. While this was a tremendous step forward, it wasn't enough. If they weren't so determined to go back from where they came from, this would be so much easier, and he wouldn't have to be so aggressive. Instead, he was forced to rush love, which, admittedly, was against conventional wisdom.

Ah well, they day was still young. And this old bird had plenty left up his sleeve.

*CRASH*

The monkey that had been posted near the fruit stands was, instead of looking for the pair of Blue birds, was rolling around on the ground with a stray cat, which had leapt out of nowhere from behind a large pile of crates, attacking him and breaking the flash on his camera. And while this wasn't the first time strange occurrences like this had happened, this had to be the least opportune time for them to appear.

The cat had been sleeping, before something hit the fruit stand, waking the ill tempered cat, who went in search for who awoken it.

After several moments of fighting, the monkey pulled out half of the cat's whiskers, making the angry creature howl and run off.

"And don't come back! You hear me!" the monkey shouted, shaking its tiny little fist that was holding the whiskers at the retreating creature. "Dumb cat…" the monkey grumbled to itself.

He resumed his post, looking for the Blue birds Nigel was talking about, when he noticed his Camera was broken. "Uh oh..."

Back at the club…

Raphael sat down, racking his head for something, anything, that would help. He knew that all they needed was one more little push, and he knew he could do that. But how?

He thought for one last moment, before shrugging. "Hey, if it worked once..." He quickly flew over to Pedro, and nudged him to get his attention.

"Whatchya need?" Pedro shouted over the music.

Raphael whispered something somewhat loudly into his ear, and he nodded.

"Great Idea! What is it again?" He shouted back with a smirk.

Raphael rolled his eyes, and repeated himself, this time much louder.

" Oh… I thought you said… never mind… I know just the thing!" Pedro then flew into the crowd, and quickly returned with a bird that was identical to him, except female. "Alright Raph, Tell her what you told me! I'm gonna go set the light things."

He then went over to the stage hands, and told them something. The three of them, including Pedro, quickly took off and flew outside of the tent. Suddenly, the whole club went dark, the music stopped, and everybody became quiet.

"Sorry! My bad!"

*Slap*

"Ow!"

Blu and jewel started to look around frantically, completely unable to see. Then, they heard a loud click, and suddenly, the whole roof of the tent lit up, most of it still pitch black, but now there was thousands of little speckles of light, looking identical to stars.

Then one of the spotlights turned on, dimmed, and unfocused, instead of a single beam of light, it very dimly lit the whole club. Jewel looked around, and was speechless. It looked pretty close to a beautiful night with a full moon.

Then, without warning, some music started playing. At first it was just instruments, so she just listened to the beat. After a few seconds, she grabbed Blu's wing with her own, and looked at him, who looked back nervously. She smiled at him, and stared into his eyes, where she could see all of the tiny little "stars" in them.

And then, Pedro's sister started singing.

"How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin',

Underneath the starry sky?

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'?

Just the moon and you and I.

Mmm, just the moon and you and dancin',

Mmm, moonlight dancin'."

She listened to the enchanting song, humming along with the first line. She then started to lead, slowly dancing with him in a circle. He danced with her, But stared at her nervously. What if he messed up or something? But, before he could freeze, Jewel gave him a smile, which bolstered his confidence a bit. They danced for a few moments, then Blu dipped her ever so slightly, then brought her back up.

"How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of late night romance underneath the starry sky?

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of late night romance?

Just the moon and you and I.

Mmm, just the moon and you and I.

Moonlight dancin', mmm, moonlight dancin'.

They continued to dance, and suddenly jewel pulled him closer and held him. He sat there. shocked, for a few seconds before getting the message, and wrapped his wings around her as well, albeit much looser, and not near as close, due to his own nervousness.

Ohh, nobody's gonna be there.

Ohh, so don't you wanna go where

We could dance across the sky,

leave the world behind us?

Nothin' that we couldn't do.

Yeah, we could dance across the sky,

leave the world behind us.

Just the moon and me and you.

Mmm, just the moon and me and you."

They continued to dance, and Jewel started to get comfortable with Blu and the rhythm of the song, and started to hum along whilst they danced. While this happened, Blu started to get more comfortable as well, and started to hold her closer. When he did this, Jewel smiled, and calmly put her head onto his shoulder, bringing back his nerves.

"We could hide inside the rhythm

'til the morning finds us.

Share a little ecstasy.

Yeah, we could hide inside the rhythm

'til the morning finds us.

If you come away with me

I'll show you how it feels to be

moonlight dancin'. Mmm, moonlight dancin'."

As they danced, Blu let go of one of jewel's wings, and spun her gently. When she came back around, he caught her and dipped. While they danced, the rest of the club, unbeknownst to either of them, watched them intently. Especially Raphael, who wore a warm smile.

"Oh, we gonna sail on the wind."

They continued to dance, all the while getting more and more comfortable with each other and dancing closer and closer. Jewel sighed, and realized how much she was enjoying this dance, and silently wished that it would never end.

Or, that she could dance like this again.

"Oh, so don't you wanna begin?

Moonlight dancing, mmm, moonlight dancing.

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit?"

Before the singers could continue, Jewel interrupted them. She pulled her head from Blu's shoulder and looked into his face, and started to sing.

"How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'?

Just the moon and you and I.

Moonlight dancin, mmm, moonlight dancing.

Ooooh, ahhh . . .

The singing stopped, But the instrumental beat remained. So, they continued to dance slowly, jewel holding onto Blu and smiling. When the instruments stopped, Jewel pulled her head back off of his shoulder.

"Heh, You're, umm... a great dancer." She said awkwardly, smiling at Blu.

"Ummm… Thanks! And you're… you're a great singer!" he said back clumsily, flashing her a disarming smile.

She giggled at hearing this, and let go of him. She continued to smile at him, whereas he sat there, nervous and restless.

While all this was happening, Raphael watched. When the music was done, he went up to Nico, and asked him "Quick, do you have any other slow songs?"

"Man, this is a samba club. That was the only relatively slow song we had, and we don't normally even play it. You're just lucky Pedro's sister was here, else all we would have was the beat."

Raphael sighed, and nodded. "Well… I guess we should get going to Luiz then. And that's the end of their romance. So close, yet so far…" he said dramatically, trying to not so subtly goad Nico into coming.

This did not go unnoticed by Nico. who simply smiled and raised an eyebrow. "You know, if you want, me and Pedro could come along. We might be able to help…" he said, then making a dramatic spin and looking and Raphael "set the mood."

Raphael watched this and chuckled, before nodding.

"Sure, why not? But hurry. We don't have all the time in the world. My little kumqua… I mean… my wife wants me home soon."

Nico chuckled and shook his head, before flying off in the direction of Pedro. But, before he got out of sight, he turned around and whipped his wing, making a "wtshhh!" sound.

Raphael sighed and shook his head, and then walked up to the two blue macaws, and said "Its time to go, you two."

Blu nodded and sighed, But jewel looked at him and asked "Awww… Is there any other songs?"

Raphael looked at her and sighed.

"I'm `fraid not. Now, Let's get to the trolley before it leaves." Jewel sighed and nodded, and the both of them followed him.

They slowly made their way up to the trolley station, not noticing that they passed a surprised monkey with the cell phone, and got onto the trolley, climbing up the ladder on the back to get to the top.

When they got there, they immediately heard someone shout "Heeeeyyyy! Wait for us!"

Raphael turned around and frowned. "I thought I told you to hurry! Luiz isn't going to wait for carnaval!"

Nico and Pedro shot over to the trolley, and landed on its back, where the rest of them sat.

Nico sat down beside Him and sighed. They sat there for a few minutes until Blu and Jewel walked up to the front of the trolley, and sat down near the edge.

Raphael watched this, and said "Well, I think it's time to set the mood."

A/N There you go. and If you are wondering what the song was called, its called moonlight dancing by bette midler.

Aaaaaaand, Rewrite rewrite!

Did a rough rewrite for the second chapter. Onward to the third!