Sorry to leave everyone hangin' on this for so long but now we're back! And before we start, I just wanna say THANK YOU to every new person who's added a follow to Rio Restart or added it as a favorite.

Thank you, and we're on back to this alternate universe.

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: A ROMANTIC TIMEOUT (PT.3)

On one new night in the city of Rio de Janeiro, every bird and human were each having a great night because of their usual activities. But the same couldn't be said for the city's two young lovebirds, Blu and Jewel. All the way in midtown Rio, there was an abandoned warehouse, but it wasn't so abandoned as Blu and Jewel were there, uncomfortably tied up together on the ground, and were guarded…by a gang of bad toucans who called themselves the Rough Stones. Right now, the young Jewel was pretty scared and wanted to brave, and Blu only comforted her anyway he could. And while the two were like this, they could hear what the Rough Stones were planning.

"Alright gang, let's go over the plan one more time." Said the boss toucan, which made the others roll their eyes. "Look, you all know how much I want that toucan girl to be my girlfriend, and how much I want her to ditch that jerk she's with. So now these two blue freaks are my key to having the perfect girlfriend." He walked up and looked down on them. Jewel got mad. "So wait, you wanna use us for ransom? So you can get Eva?" "Oh yeah. And if you two keep your beaks shut then me and my gang won't lay a feather on you." "Hey buddy, if you think Rafael and Eva gonna agree to this then you got another coming!" Blu yelled.

"Oh really? Then I guess you don't mind if we took your girl. She may not be Eva but she does seem pretty pretty."

"Easy pal, because you don't know what road you'll be entering if you touch her."

"Ooh. Tough bird. Don't worry, I won't touch her. Just do what I say, you'll be fine."

Blu and Jewel were just angry, so the boss left them alone, and they held each other's wings.

"Are you feeling okay, Jewel?"

"I would be if we weren't forcefully get closer and our two best friends weren't being threatened."

"Yeah. Jewel, I'm sorry about all of this."

"Sorry for what?"

"You said you were feeling nervous around me, so I flirted with you. Which made us both distracted. So distracted that we didn't see these chumps coming."

"Oh Blu come on. You don't have anything for."

"Yes I do. I was being irresponsible and unfocused that I put you in harm's way…again, and I'm ashamed. This is why I thought I needed to break up with you last month. Because I thought being single would be better than seeing you in danger."

Jewel gasped, seeing her boyfriend being selfless again. So she tried to move around until she faced Blu's back and put her wing around him.

"Blu, I don't care. Like I told you before, if you ever leave me then I would already be broken. I don't ever wanna break up with you, so please don't break up with me. Blu, I love you."

She hugged him tight, and Blu felt sorry for saying those things to her again. So he gave in to the hug and said, "Okay. Jewel, I'm sorry. I still agree, I'll be with you without any problems." "Thank you." Blu moved until they faced each other and hugged again. But then they felt a kick push them, and saw it was one of Rough Stones.

"Slow your roll, lovebirds. You'll have plenty time to do that once your Eva friend gives herself up to the boss."

Blu growled. "Don't bet on it, creeps."

The toucan laughed, and everyone went about their business while Blu and Jewel were still tied. Time felt like it was going by slowly for them, and the boss's patience was wearing thin. "Ugh. How long ago was it since you gave those two the message?" He said to one his minions, and the minion answered, "About an hour ago." "Ugh!" The boss did seem temper mental, until they all heard someone coming, but instead a pair.

"Well, well. Look who decided to show up and play reason." The boss said, for he saw Rafael and Eva together, looking mad, and Blu and Jewel gasped seeing that their hopes of them not coming were let down. "Guys!? What are you doing here!?" Blu yelled and one of the Rough Stones kicked him.

"Stop!" Rafael yelled. Eva then spoke. "Look we know what you want. You want me to be your girlfriend in exchange for my friends." The boss made a sly whistle. "Wow. Pretty and smart, also yeah. If you want your friends to be free, then you come to me and ditch this loser." He threatened, which made Rafael hold onto Eva tightly but she gestured him to let go. "Hey. Rafi, it's okay. I'll be fine." "Okay, I hope you're right." He kissed her cheek and she walked away from him to the boss. "Good girl." He put his wings around her, and said "Now that's done…gang, untie those blue freaks now." They did what he said, and Blu and Jewel walked towards Rafael.

"Rafi, what do you think you're doing?" Jewel whispered to him.

"Don't worry."

"Don't worry? That you're girlfriend and my best friend you're giving away!"

The boss smiled. "Now you three can go before I change my mind." Then he began to dance while holding Eva before she said, "Wait. Before you do anything, can I say something?" "Sure. What do you say to me, sweet heart?" "This: you're a joke!" Then Eva kicked him in the stomach. The boss really felt that, and Eva yelled "NOW!" Then out of nowhere, Eva's parents hovered down, carrying Mikka & Leo, then came Nico and Pedro, and Luiz came charging in barking like a mad dog.

The Rough Stones and their leader were shocked. Blu and Jewel's friends were all here. The Rough Stones were only a gang of three toucans, and Blu and Jewel had nine friends, so they were outmatched.

"Okay…this ain't worth it. I'm out of here!" Said one of the toucans, and the other one followed. "Right behind ya!" They flew away, clearly scared, and the boss was left behind. "Hey! What do you think you're doing you can't-!" He stopped as the good guys approached him, looking mad. He smiled nervously, and Eva's mother said "Young man, do you have any idea of how much trouble you're in?" Eva's dad then took his wing and everyone exited the building, seeing that this rescue mission was too easy.

Eva and Rafael happily hugged each other, as did Blu and Jewel, and the parents were glad that they're safe. And now they didn't have to worry about the Rough Stones again.

An hour later, everybody went home. But while Blu was finally at his fort nest, he saw Jewel.

"Oh hey Jewel, you okay?"

"Yeah, hey um…it's getting pretty late and we didn't get to spend this night together the way we wanted."

"Oh so you wanna spend the night with me again?"

"Yes please."

"In that case, come here." He gestured her to come over, and they sat in the nest, and Blu pointed up to the sky. "Whoa." Jewel said amazed. They were looking at a blue night sky with over a handful of stars. "It sure is beautiful, Blu." "Yeah but there's just one thing." He kissed her cheek lovingly. "This sky's no match for beauty." "Aw." Blu had both his wings around her, making her smile and blush more. "So, Jewel…are you still nervous around me?" "Maybe just a little now." "Do you still think I'm handsome?" "Well do you still think I'm beautiful?" "More than any bird yet." "Good." So they cuddled their heads before drifting off to sleep.

But what they never noticed was that Mikka and Leo heard them, and Mikka just thought that was more than adorable.

"Aw…those two are so great together."

"Yeah. Man, Mikka, do you remember how young we were when we did that?"

"Yeah, but who says it has to stop?"

They smiled at each other, and gave each other a goodnight kiss before going to sleep together. And now, everyone in the gang would be waiting for a new good day to come in without anymore problems.

There we go. Sorry if that was too boring or anything. I haven't made a new chapter in three months so I'm gonna a little rusty. But now that I'm back with this and still have the stories to work on…

•A Rio Restart

•Life of Love & Pure of Heart

•Ask C (almost) Anything

•The Gang Secrets: Heroes Unlimited

•For The New Spider-Man

I will only be working on making one new chapter for each story at a time. And soon I will make the first chapters to each of these three new stories.

•The Last Blue Macaws on Earth

•Rio (In 2 Form)

•FLY

And the next chapter maybe short still.