Chapter Three: Tricks, Treats, And An Angry Sapphire

Author's Note: Hello Everyone. Happy Halloween! I might not post tomorrow because I'll be out with some friends. I hope you'll enjoy the new chapter for this story and the new chapter for Rio: A New Bond. Enjoy. :D

A Few days after Jewel was released.

That night, Jewel awoke to a start. She remembered something about a past life with a bird she knew. Well, Blu is better, even with all of his kinks. It's what makes Blu, Blu. Although, I wonder how Roberto is doing. She thought.

Author's Note: After this story is complete, then I'll start on Rio 3. Roberto is not going to be in this story. I'm sorry, but he'll definitely be in my Rio 3 story in a few weeks. I'm only going to do two stories at a time and try to upload a chapter for each every day to every other day. By the way, I just reviewed the ratings on the stories, and K+ is 9 and up. My bad. K is 5 and up, which is why I thought this rated T story dropped to rated K+.

She looked to Blu, and then to the hollow entrance. I just hope Blu feels the same way about me, with Sapphire going around exclaiming to be his ex-girlfriend. She thought. The sun started to pour out its beauty over the horizon, and Jewel decided to get her boyfriend a little breakfast. She flew off to the mango tree right next door.

Blu started to stir, and noticed Jewel gone from his embrace. Aw. He thought. I wanted to say goodmorning to her when she woke. He thought. I bet she's just out to get breakfast.

At the tree, Jewel was grabbing two mangos, but couldn't find a ripe enough mango where she was. She flew to the other side of the tree, and spotted one. "AHA!" She said as she plucked it from its stem. She started to head back, but something terrible happened. The next thing she knew, she was on the ground, with talons digging into her neck.

"You, my little gem, are coming with me."

"Who do you think you are!?" Jewel screamed. Blu heard it.

"I'm Rojo, I work for Dante, and he works for another, and I think another precious stone wants you." he said, referring to Sapphire's name.

"Who?"

"Really? Don't play dumb Jewel."

What if I do play dumb. "Who's Jewel?"

"What? You are! DId I knock you upside the head too hard… OOF!" he said as Blu tackled into him. Only this time, Blu had mud all over him, giving him camouflage. "HEY!? Who do you think you are, pal!?" Rojo shouted.

The Irony. Jewel thought.

"You mess with my lady, you mess with me, pal." Blu said, putting a sarcastic tone on 'pal'.

"Okay, okay, but what do you want?"

"I want you to leave Amber alone, over there." He said.

Hmm, Amber. I like it.

"She, she isn't Jewel?"

"Who is, Jewel?" Blu asked.

"Uh, uh, nevermind. I'm sorry for the confusion." Blu then let him go and he quickly flew off.

Blu turned around, but suddenly found himself in a kiss. "Hello Blu." Jewel whispered in his ear.

"Hello. Next time, you need some camouflage." Blu said in a worried tone.

"Don't worry, I had it handled."

"You call being pinned to the ground, mud in your face, and being immobilized handled?" Blu asked, giving her a 'really' type of glare.

"Yeah. Oh, here's a mango." she said, as she picked up one of the mangos laying next to her. Blu just rolled his eyes.

"Why, thanks. But you are seriously wearing camouflage next time you go out." Blu said. They enjoyed their mangos and flew back to their hollow, taking a confusing trail, just in case they were being followed.

Meanwhile, at the marketplace

A few minutes have passed, and Rojo showed up to Sapphire's stronghold. To his relief, Sapphire wasn't home, so he flew back out and grabbed something to eat. When he returned, he saw a toucan chick, in a cage, crying. "Who's the chick?" asked Rojo.

"He was in the…" Sapphire started to say.

"SHE!" screamed the chick.

"She," Sapphire said, putting a lot of meaning into 'she' so the chick would hear her over her crying. "Was in 'Blu's hollow with another toucan family. Dante was with me and we were both pinned. There weren't enough birds to pin both of us down for a while, though. When I got free, I snatched this little one, and told them harm will come to her if I don't get Blu by tomorrow's end.

"But ma'am! That's a chick! By the looks of it, a few weeks…"

"I don't care!" She shouted. At least the red macaws had some dignity in what they did.

"Our deal was get Blu for you and we get Jewel. You didn't say anything about bringing chicks into this!"

"ENOUGH!" Sapphire shouted. There was a long silence. "Come outside, please."

"Why do we need to talk out here?"

"So the chick doesn't hear my plan." She said. "I have no intention on hurting little ones. I've just captured her so I could lure Blu here. There isn't a scratch on him!"

"Her!"

"HER! Him, her, whatever!" She said, losing her patience. She took a deep breath. "What did you find in the jungle?" She asked.

"A Spix macaw, and, some sort of brown parrot."

"Who was the spix macaw!?" She asked, starting to blow her fuse again.

"Well, it couldn't have been Jewel, the parrot said that she was his lady, and her name was Amber."

SLAP

"OW!" screamed Rojo, in pain. "What!? What did I do?"

"There is only one other spix macaw left on this earth, besides me!" She said. "What you experienced, is something I call an act." Rojo just remembered how he last saw Jewel, but this time, him smacking her in the mud put a little damper on her appearance, making it hard to identify her as Jewel.

"I-I'm sorry, ma'am." he said, slowly.

"Where, were, they?" Sapphire asked, grabbing the end of Rojo's beak and pulling it closer (like what Blu did to Roberto in Rio 2).

"In-In the jungle."

"Well NO DUH!" she said, slapping him again.

"By the aviary, ma'am." he said, very quickly to avoid another slap.

"And where is this aviary?"

"Just west of here! It's the big building that has Blu's head on it!"

"Well, it looks like my future mate is a celebrity." she said. She started to head west.

Back to Blu and Jewel

"Blu! Jewel!" shouted Rafael. He was flying as fast as he could.

Blu came rushing out of the hollow. "What, what is it, Rafael?"

"It's Maria, our youngest. Sapphire has her!"