Notes & Disclaimers:

• Rio is Blue Sky Studios IP.

Sorry to keep everyone waiting but I thank you for being as patient as you can be, and before I start, I just wanna mention about the hurricane going on. I'm glad about the four-day weekend away from school but more importantly, I just hope everyone will be safe and keep each other together by helping, preparing, and supporting one another during this harsh storm.

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Chapter Sixteen: A New Day to Open Part 1

The sun came up once again, and as did every bird in the jungle of Rio. However, two of those native birds didn't get to sleep much because of their situation of…endangerment or extinction.

For Jewel, it was the most bothersome to think about. She finally got up and had a bit of red eyes from her staying up with thoughts, and despite her wanting to put those behind and enjoy her day, she just couldn't. Then, to her own relief, Eva finally woke up.

"Hey Eva!" Jewel yelled, hugging her by surprise.

"Whoa! Morning, Jewel." She let go of her and spoke kind of fast. "So how are you? Good? That's good, okay. Do you wanna do something today? I wanna do something today! What about-?"

"Hey Jewel, calm down. Don't you think it's a little too early to be doing something? Right now, I just wanna relax and clean myself up. See you later."

"Oh…uh, okay. See ya." Jewel said, disappointed seeing that her best friend wasn't in the mood for the moment. So she went up out of the room to see Carlos, who seemed to be the first to wake up.

"Morning Carlos."

"Morning Jewel. How are you feeling today?"

"I'm good. Uh hey, do you mind if I hang out with you and Sophia today?"

"Not at all. In fact, we heard from the neighbors that since Blu's back, Nico and Pedro plan on reopening their club. So I thought maybe the four of us could help them out."

"Okay. As long as it gives me an excuse to hang out with you guys…and Blu." Jewel said and sweetly smiled to herself, looking away from Carlos, and finally felt relieved about her troubles being over. Carlos actually chuckled behind her back, since even he thought that Blu and Jewel were cute together. Soon she helped Carlos clean up the hollow until Sophia would wake up, and got ready to go to the club.

For Blu, the feeling of trouble was still no different for him. It was like he had eyes opened up all night without the thought endangerment giving him a chance to blink. But he put that aside as he noticed the sun getting to him. He finally got up and looked around to see his fort was safe, but not just for him, but for his new friends, Mikka and Leo, the new scarlet couple. As he was done scanning the area, he peeked into his nest and saw that the guests were still sleeping and cuddling. Blu smiled imagining them as a big red heart, and thought "Wow. I just can't wait for Jewel to move in with me." Then he moved his head out as he heard Mikka yawn.

He just sat back down to where he was lying before, and waited for both of them to wake up, to create any conversation that would take his mind off of things.

"Mmm…Leo…oh Loveo. It's time to get up." Said Mikka, trying to wake up her husband. He struggled a bit and sounded like a hatchling. "Uh…five more minutes, Mommy." Blu could hear him and chuckled. What seemed amazing was how Mikka put up with a stubborn bird like him. Soon Mikka tickled him awake then he got up and hit his head on the ceiling of Blu's fort, causing Mikka and Blu to laugh before he peeked in and said, "Good Morning."

Mikka, "Oh morning, Blu."

Leo, "Hey."

"Hey guys, uh since you're up, I want you to know that I don't mind working on your new nest now."

"Thanks, pal." Leo got up and out of the fort, and took Mikka's wing.

"Are you okay, Loveo? You seemed to have hit your head hard." Mikka chuckled trying to kiss her "Loveo's" head, but he protested, "Uh, I'm good thank you."

"Oh hush. I'm sure our friend won't mind seeing your wife nurse you." Leo felt embarrassed, being treated like this in front of his new friend, until Blu said, "Oh, I won't mind. In fact, I know how that...feels. Oh gosh."

"What's the matter?" Mikka asked.

"I just remembered something. Um, if it's alright with you guys, could I work on your new nest maybe tomorrow? Because yesterday, I promised I'd help a few friends of mine fix up a little club of ours tonight for a reopening. But in the meantime you can stay here a little longer." Blu finished saying, but Leo wanted to ask, "Wait, you mean Nico and Pedro, right?"

"Yeah."

Mikka then responded, "Oh, I remember. From the first nights we were in your nest, me and Leo came to their club and...I don't mean to brag but...we kinda killed it on the dance floor together, didn't we, Loveo?" Leo blushed, and Blu said, "Really?"

"Yeah, and I also remember hearing how they closed down for a bit since their top bird wasn't around." Blu just smiled at what Mikka said, and pointed his wingtip to himself. Leo and Mikka were surprised. "And you're him?"

"Absolutely. In fact, I suppose you won't mind coming with me to help out, would you?"

"Not at all. We'll consider this as a way to pay you for letting us stay in your nest."

"Thanks, and on the way, maybe we can talk to each other a little more."

"I think that's fine."

Leo, "Sure."

So the three just walked up and began to talk on their way to the club.

Meanwhile with the others, things only seemed better. Rafael, Nico, Pedro, and Luiz have made it to the fruit market, to where the club was, and already spent forty minutes trying to fix things up for the upcoming night. "A little to the left." Said Nico as he was getting Rafi and Luiz to move one of the crates for more room. As they were working, they did some more chatting.

"Hey Rafi, do ya think everybody will love coming back here?"

"Without a doubt, Pedro. Before I met you guys or even came close to this town, I heard about how cool your club was and to this day, I believe it still is and will be even more so tonight."

"Thanks, bird. But I think me and my bro have Blu to thank for that. He's certainly a cool man, and I just can't think for a second on what our club or any of our lives would be like without him around." Pedro felt prideful mentioning that, and the rest of the gang felt the same way about Blu. Until a few ideas came to Rafael's mind. "Hey, I have a thought. How long has Blu been friends with you guys?"

Nico answered, "I don't know. Maybe a year, probably about as long as the first time he's ever gazed at his treasure Jewel." He laughed, and Rafi continued asking, "Okay, and how is it that they seem to be the only blue macaws in town?" That left Nico and Pedro frozen.

"Oh, uh...we don't know. When we met Blu, he told us he's been surviving in the jungle alone, waiting for his parents." Said Pedro.

Nico concluded, "And Jewel's story wasn't any different. She got separated from her parents because of a fire caused by loggers, and had walked away for days until she met Blu. Haha, in fact, when we met Blu, we called him Ty, and then when Jewel met him, she thought it would be cute to call him Blu. And we went along with it just to tease them. But more importantly, before them, I don't think we've ever met or have ever seen any more blues like them lovebirds."

"Neither have I." Rafael mumbled, as he was becoming interested in the story of his two blue friends, then Pedro brought up a new good topic. "But never mind about them. What about you and Eva?" Rafael now felt jumpy. "W-What about us?"

"You know what I mean."

"Oh...I don't know, but we're just friends."

The two just continued chuckling. "Yeah, Blu and Jewel have been telling us the same thing for a whole year. But don't worry, we promise to say nice words at the wedding." Rafael got mad, but the two hovered off laughing and continued on the club. Rafi was beginning to think more about Eva, and there was no doubt that she was feeling the same way. So it seemed Blu and Jewel weren't the only ones thinking about the future.

More Notes & Disclaimers:

• "the new scarlet couple": …of this AU.

• "Blu's fort": It's only big enough for a chick or two to lay in, not stand in.

I hope this seems better, and I will be posting another chapter to "Restart." Oh, and here's a message that I wanted to finally bring to the people that wanted me to make something of the story, like Blu using his restart to avoid the Amazon and everyone there.

Those ideas sound…extremely cold. After everything that happened in both movies, Blu is nowhere near that selfish! Also, remember this, Jewel knows that she's experiencing the reset as well and she knows what happened so she won't make Blu feel bad...again. So Blu is not gonna avoid what made his life worth wild. Try to remember the reason why I published the "Rio Life Prologue" and "My Ending" of Rio 2.