Notes & Disclaimers:
• Rio is Blue Sky Studios IP.
Finally! I finished this chapter, and I thank everyone for being patient once again. Now, one note to mention: I love the Rio franchise but I barely know much about the actual city or anything that could've happened in it before 2000, so I'm just gonna make up what I can.
(Please leave a comment and enjoy.)
Chapter Nineteen: Movie Night Part 2
A few hours later, after everyone split up to get ready, Blu soon caught up with Nico and Pedro, still looking for the best movie theatre in town.
"Whoo!" Pedro cheered. "I can't remember the last time I flew this fast!"
"You!? What about me!?" Blu yelled. Even though he didn't grow up with Linda and had gotten used to the big city because of his friends, he still had to walk, run, and climb everywhere. But on the bright side to that, it gave him plenty of exercise (which made him look about as strong as Roberto).
"Oh sorry, we forgot about that."
"Yeah, well don't push your luck. Sooner or later, I'm gonna start flying and beat you guys at whatever race you put me through."
"Is that the only reason why you keep trying…Lover-Boy?" Nico smirked. Blu made a fast stop with a puzzled look. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that we know that you're only trying to fly for Jewel's sake."
"I…uh…" Blu wanted to deny it but he couldn't. "O-Okay. Maybe I am. It's just that…me and Jewel have already been an official couple since May, and yet I feel like I haven't done too much to please her. It's as if I feel like she only likes me because she has pity on me. That's why I keep trying to fly, so that way I can actually impress her more." He brought his head down, and the two friends started to take pity on him.
"Hey pal. I think you need to worry too much." Pedro said.
"Yeah, my bro here's right." Nico continued.
"You love this girl, don't you?"
"Yes." Blu replied.
"You wanna hold her?"
"Yes."
"Please her?"
"Yes, yes, and yes. Any good question that you ask me, that involves her the answer is a thousand times YES!"
Nico and Pedro were more impressed by his care. Nico said, "Then you gotta try a little tenderness. Take it easy with what you're doing, and be grateful that Jewel feels the exact same way. And I mean, 'has pity on you'? Come on, me and Pedro may not have our own girls but we both know how these things work. We know that Jewel loves you because you're one of the coolest birds around, and everyone knows it."
"Thanks guys. Maybe you're right…about what Jewel thinks of me not about me being the…wait are people actually saying that?" The two just laughed and continued looking for the theatre. "Guys? Guys come on, are they?"
The three continued on, until Blu spotted something pretty interesting. "Hey guys look!"
"What?" The others asked and Blu pointed up and they saw it. "I think that sign says…Cinema Roxy Theatre." Blu read it, and the two thought it looked good.
"Looks good." Nico said, and Pedro agreed.
Blu replied, "Well then I guess it's decided. Let me take a look."
Blu did what he said. He walked closer to the front of the theatre and thought, "Hmm. It does seem interesting. Now we just need to figure out where to si-" He was then interrupted by a couple of voices.
"Hey Sienna."
"What is it, Jonah?"
Blu saw two humans, who looked like the theatre staff. "Aw." Said one of them, staring at Blu.
The other said, "An actual macaw. I've never seen one this close." The guy known as Jonah kneeled down to Blu, and he backed up a bit.
"What are you doing?" Blu squawked. They couldn't stop staring at him and kept thinking how cute he looked, so Blu just decided, "Okay. This is gettin' weird." And walked to the front door.
"Whoa, whoa! Where do you think you're going?" Jonah tried to stop him. "I'm sorry, Blue-Boy, but no animals are allowed in the theatre." Blu seemed surprised but didn't want anything to be ruined for Jewel and the others so he kept moving. "Hey!" Jonah moved in front of him again. Blu kept moving and Jonah kept trying to stop him again and again. "Hey! Sienna, can you help me out here?"
"What and miss this show? I don't think so."
"Come on!" Jonah whined, Sienna kept laughing, and Blu secretly enjoyed annoying the guy, until Jonah got mad. "Okay, Blue-Boy!" He was about to grab him but Blu just started dancing and bouncing off his hands.
"Over here, big guy!" Blu yelled excitedly. And so it went on, and Sienna and Blu were just enjoying themselves seeing Jonah make a clown out of himself, and was picking himself off the ground from slipping so much. He then looked at Sienna and Blu, and just chuckled along with them. He just stood up a bit. "Okay, Blue-Boy…you're good but you can't go in. This city is filled with too many birds and I like them but we don't want any of them in the building, especially this one. If our boss finds out that we let a bird, he'll fire us. Right, Sienna?" Blu looked to her and gained a disappointed look when she agreed. "Yeah. Sorry, buddy but rules are rules."
Blu saw that they were serious, so he decided to leave them alone. So he backed out further and saw Nico and Pedro laughing over what Blu did to Jonah. "Ah hahaha! Aw man that was too good!" Pedro said.
"Oh you guys saw that, huh?"
Nico, "Yeah!"
"Well, you can stop laughing because those humans won't let us in through the front door." The two stopped laughing.
"What?!" Nico freaked out, and Pedro asked, "You mean you're not gonna see the movie?" Then Blu gave his friends a confident look. "No, I said we can't go through the front, that doesn't mean there isn't another way in." The two thought about it and unlike Blu they had their doubts, but he paid more attention to his surroundings.
"Let's see." He whispered as he continued looking, and then it hit him. "That looks promising." He noticed a broken air vent on the side of the building, so he walked up towards it and used his climbing skills on the pipe near it. It seemed good, so he jumped to it and yelled to his friends, "Hey guys! Are you coming with me or am I gonna have to check this place out myself?" Nico and Pedro saw him with amazement and followed him in.
The entire vent they were in seemed dark and pretty cramped, even for the two small guys, but Blu didn't mind since he went through similar stunts like this many times.
Pedro questioned, "Uh Blu? What makes you think we'll be able to see the movie like this?"
"Don't worry, I've done this a thousand times."
"Say what?"
"Yeah. Before and after I met you guys, I'd go to this huge bookstore near the edge of the jungle. I go through its air-vents so I can peek at all the books and the people who pick them out. That's pretty much how I make myself knowledgeable about certain things." Blu continued analyzing the place and Nico & Pedro continued being impressed by their Blu Buddy. Then he noticed another vent cover that showed the main room of the theatre, the room where all the menus and showtime schedules were displayed. Blu took a good look at the place and saw the whole schedule for INDEPENDENCE DAY.
"Hey guys, look at this." They looked, and Blu continued, "You see that? That right there is the schedule for the shows which will play during the whole day. You see, it'll be playing in less than an hour, so if we all wanna see it tonight, the best chance for us is to go to room…number 3, and head to it during 8pm."
"Okay." Said Nico. "But how are we gonna watch the film still? If we're gonna see it from here, there won't be enough room for this party." Blu wondered about that too so he analyzed the rest of the room and saw that all the vents led to all of the theatre rooms, including number 3. He ran up to it, and saw something extraordinary.
The end of the vent that led to room 3 was broken all the way. It was so broken up that it looked like it was hit by a man sized boulder that was launched by a catapult. On the bright side, it meant more room for Blu and the rest of the gang. Nico and Pedro finally caught up with him and were impressed by the giant wreck too.
"Wow." Pedro murmured.
"I know." Blu agreed. "Haha. It looks like we're all set. Now all we gotta do is get everyone to meet back at Luiz's garage at 7, and head to the theatres together."
"Bam! That's right, you got it, Blue-Man, let's go!"
"Ye-Ha!"
The three ran out and were excited to have everything planned out pretty well.
Three hours later…
The entire gang met back up at the garage, Blu and other two went over the plan with them and went off, but Rafael was on the other side of the building waiting for Eva to start their date.
It took a while but Rafael really wanted to enjoy the beautiful night with her. "Come on, Eva. Take your time. I'm not leaving even one inch away from this spot." He continued waiting. Still on the street light pole waiting for her. Just then, as he was getting more bored, he whistled "Girl from Ipanema" over and over again, and what he didn't know was his true love was watching him. Eva was at the corner of the building the whole time just so she could test him. For so long, she had a crush on him but she wanted to make sure that he wasn't like any of the guys in the city that liked to do stupid things like lie to girls or do anything reckless and unforgivable. But seeing as to how well he was doing on waiting for Eva, she began to dreamily fall for him even more. She felt like she lost control of her tongue and legs, and whispered, "Aww. You really are my sweetest juicy papaya." So she decided to really surprise him. She walked up behind him to the street light, and got him with a big hug and a long kiss on the cheek.
"Ah!" Rafael jumped. "Oh Eva. Haha, you scared me."
"Sorry, I just wanted to surprise you. Sorry if I'm late."
"No, no. I don't care, I'm just grateful that you are here." And again, she felt like her legs were going weak, seeing how caring he still was. "Thanks. So where do you wanna go tonight?"
"Oh, I do know this one place we can try."
"Alright, lead the way, Rafi." So then they flew off and were also ready for their big night.
On the way to the theatre, the gang was still near the street. They were flying, Jewel was safely carrying Blu, and Luiz was catching up pretty quickly. They were all still chatting and having a good time, but Blu and Jewel were in the back having their private talk.
"So Jewel, are you excited?"
"You bet. And to think, before I met you, I was scared of humans and of most of the things they made, yet here I am now. Waiting to see a new motion picture on a giant flat screen. It's thrilling."
"Yeah, and I'm just glad that Carlos and Sophia let you go."
"Yeah. They said it was fine just as long as you, Mikka, and Leo chaperone."
"Great but what did they say about Eva going on her first date with Rafael?"
"Uh...I did tell them that Eva was gonna hang out with Rafi but that piece of detail did slip my mind."
"Oh boy."
They both laughed until they soon made it to the theatre.
Rafael was still leading Eva to the special spot. They were flying awfully far.
Eva, "Wow. This is...pretty far. Rafi, I don't think I've ever gone this far away from home."
"That's fine. Just try not to worry, I'm right here with ya, plus we're already here. Look."
Eva turned to where Rafael pointed and noticed something amazing, the Christ Redeemer Statue. She was in awe with how big and extraordinary the whole statue looked. They landed on the left arm, and Eva spoke as she looked down. "W-W-Wow. This is incredible."
"And the statue's not the only best part. Look." Rafael pointed forward and Eva saw the greatest view of the whole city all lit up. She gasped. "Oh my gosh. Rafi, this is so...so beautiful. Thank you for bringing me." She couldn't help herself as tears of joy came out. Rafael was obviously proud of himself, and replied "Oh you're wel-" But he couldn't finish as Eva launched herself onto him, hugging him as tight as possible. Rafael was in shock but felt like he was in total heaven, as did Eva.
But what she did began to come to her mind more clearly, and it made her let go of the embrace. "I-I-I'm sorry. T-That seemed too fast." She blushed massively, but Rafael didn't. Instead he smiled and reacted smoothly. He brought his wingtip to Eva's chin, moved her beak towards his and said, "Hmm. Has anyone ever told you that you are so cute when you blush?" Her eyes became wide from that compliment and it only made her blush more. "I rest my case. Haha." They stared at each other but Eva smiled as she was feeling more and more embarrassed. He made eye contact with her again,
"Hey come on, it's okay. Since this is our first date, there's no reason to feel embarrassed."
"I know, Rafi, it's just...I'm new to this whole...romance thing and I'm worried that I might ruin it all."
"Well that's funny. Because I felt the same thing until Blu helped me out a bit. Which boosted up my confidence."
"Really?"
"Yep. So how about this, you just relax..." He put his wings around her, making her adrenaline go up more. "And let me sweep you off your feet, making this a romantic night." She then put her wings around him and smiled.
"Okay Rafi. Whoo me, haha."
Then the two toucans began to dance on the statue's arm.
Later, the rest of the gang finally made it to the theatre. Jewel released Blu from her grip. After Nico and Pedro gave everybody the details, they went their way to the side.
"Blu, what are you doing?" Jewel asked because she noticed that Blu wasn't going in the same direction as everyone else was. "Oh don't worry, I'm fine, Jewel. I'm peeking to the front to make sure that the theatre staff doesn't find us."
"Well okay, just come in before the show starts." She turned but had a different thought. "Then again, you wouldn't want me to feel lonely in the deep dark air-vent even for a second would you?" Blu turned to her back.
"What? Never."
"In that case, would you mind not worrying about the staff and just follow me to vent?" She moved closer to him.
"Whoa. Jewel, what are you-?" He became confused until she moved her face closer to his and slowly moved him to the air-vent. "Come on, you've worked hard enough today. Now let's just enjoy the show." Blu just couldn't help but give in. During the many months before, Jewel had been teaching herself to flirt more so she wouldn't have to worry about Blu using his breath on her all the time.
After a moment of getting in, which by the way, since Luiz couldn't climb to the vent like the others, they put up a pile of crates for him to use. After he used it and everyone came in, they all seemed prepared to see their first big screen event together.
Blu and Jewel soon came in, and saw everyone ready, and they all sat down. "Thank you for taking it easy, sweetie."
"No problem, Jewel." They were wrapped in each other's wings, and Mikka and Leo did the same thing. The gang had a perfect view of the whole room, and then it became dark as the screen soon turned on, revealing the beginning act, the trailers. Then after seeing ten minutes of the trailers of films the gang wanted to see in the future, the feature presentation...began.
INDEPENDENCE DAY (in Rio)
From the very beginning to the very middle, it was nothing but a special effects thrill for the gang as they saw what looked like real destruction, real fights, real laughs, real scares, real annihilations, and real passion. And it got even better when it reached the biggest part yet. When the president of the United States made his biggest speech.
"Good Morning. In less than an hour, aircrafts from here will join others around the world and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind...Mankind, that word should have new meaning for us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be uniting by our common interests, and as fate would have it, today is the fourth of July, and we will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution. But from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday. But as the day when the world declares in one voice...We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"
The second after that, everyone (in both the movie and the theatre room) cheered incredibly from that speech. From true words of resistance and freedom. Even Blu and the others thought they were beyond inspiring. So everyone continued watching the film, and after the whole thing ended, they cheered again, seeing this Sci-Fi adventure was a real classic. Then the gang soon exited the vent and commented so much on what they thought.
"Wow..." Leo said. "That blew my mind."
Mikka, "No argument here."
Jewel, "I just wish Rafael and Eva were here to see it with us."
Nico, "That was the first time we've ever seen a movie on the big screen, and amazing doesn't even begin to cover what we just saw."
"True that, and best part among it all...it was all free." Everyone laughed at what Blu said and they all agreed, and the next best part…
"Hey guys?" Jewel said.
"Yeah, Jewel."
"I was wondering...since we enjoyed that awesome flick and had no problem getting in, what if we decide to do this more often?" Blu moved his left wing around her and replied, "I love the way you think. I'm all in."
"Me too."
"Me three, bro." Nico, Pedro, and Luiz agreed. Then Mikka and Leo thought that sounded great too.
"Okay, it sounds like we're all in for our new hobby. But how about we all go home and get some sleep." Mikka yawned. So everybody separated to get back home. Mikka and Leo walked back to their nest without any trouble, Luiz made it back to his garage, Nico and Pedro went back to their club, and Blu and Jewel soon made it to their homes.
"Goodnight Jewel. I'll see ya tomorrow."
"Bye sweetie. I love you."
"Love you t…Wait, Jewel." She was about to take off until Blu spoke again. "Yeah Blu?"
"Hey listen, I need to know. You really do love me, right?"
"Absolutely. As if you have to ask, but why? Is there something wrong?"
"No it's just...you've been able to fly for a month now, and since we got released...I've been practicing to learn how to fly so that way I won't feel like you love just because you take pity on me."
"What? Oh Blu." She came over and hugged him very softly. "Blu, I love you because you're the one who made the rest of my life worth wild. As I keep reminding you, you are the best and you always will be. Although, hearing that you practiced just for me makes me feel good. Just know I will never stop loving you." Blu was at a loss for words, but hugged her back. As usual, he was grateful to have a girl like her, which made him finally wonder, "How is Rafael doing with Eva?"
So the night went on, as everyone returned home and enjoyed a nice good sleep, and waited for what tomorrow would bring them for their exciting lives.
More Notes & Disclaimers:
• "You wanna hold her? … Please her? … Then you gotta try a little tenderness": I was most likely thinking about Shrek when I wrote that.
• "Let me take a look": The next part was inspired by AlexRioLover95's last comment.
Done, and Done. Now the next chapter will show the next thing that Rafi and Eva did, and a triple date. Now, school has been intense lately so I'm gonna take a break from publishing and updating for a while. I'll make two or three more FanFictions, and won't be updating this or Restart until I finish three more chapters (I mean it). I hope you all enjoyed this once again.
Also, about my next FanFictions...does anyone wanna know about one of the origins to my entrepreneur series, The Gang Stories? Or another good question, has anyone ever heard of Noah's Ark?