Notes & Disclaimers:

• Rio is Blue Sky Studios property.

Thank you guys so much for loving that mother and son moment with Blu and Mikka. Now you get to see another Blu and Jewel chapter that involves something that everyone's been waiting for.

Plus, there'll be more future summaries at the end again.

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Chapter Twenty Seven: Surprising the Lover Part 1

On the night after the storm, the jungle and city of Rio were now cold and wet. People and animals were all safe and knew that they would have to go through their new day by walking on the wet grounds or flying through the cold air. Even Leo knew that once he woke up. But when he did, he even noticed that his dear girl, Mikka, was not nearby. The sight of her absence made him feel worried until he thought about Blu. He stood up and walked over to his nest to see that Blu and Mikka were sleeping there.

Seeing something like that would shock another male, but Leo only smiled. He assumed that she wanted to give him some comfort. So to make himself feel good, Leo gently walked into Blu's nest and laid down before putting his wings around Mikka and Blu. Leo felt warm, and had the exact same feeling as Mikka did. He had the feeling of being proud to be a comforting father for Blu.

Though he wasn't the only one who felt that way. All the way to another part of the jungle, Jewel was sleeping happily at where she always was. In her room at the hollow of her adoptive parents, Carlos and Sophia.

She just couldn't help but feel good inside, sleeping very cozily in her vine bed, until she felt a little nudge and a small voice. "Jewel? Jewel, sweetie. It's time to get back."

Jewel opened her eyes and noticed that it was Sophia. "Oh. Morning Sophia. Why'd you (yawn) wake me up?"

"Sorry, sweetie. It was morning and I didn't want you to sleep in."

"Well please let me next time." Jewel chuckled. "So how are you?"

"Fine. But…" Sophia sat down by her. "…before I woke you, I noticed that you seemed to be smiling a little too much. And I can guess why." She made a funny smirk that made only Jewel blush.

"Well, I can't tell a lie. Your guess is correct. I was thinking about Blu again."

"Hmhm. Well even birds find firework shows to be very romantic."

"That's not exactly why I was thinking about him."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. You see, after we left and all went to sleep, I had the sudden urge to wake up. It was pretty late and even though I wanted to sleep, I just couldn't fight the urge. Then when I woke up, I realized that this urge was a bad feeling. Almost like, I could detect something was wrong and it involved Blu. So...I went out of the nest to check on him."

That did shock Sophia just a little since she wouldn't let Jewel or Eva go out that late.

"Jewel." Sophia began to sound stern.

"I know. Sophia, I'm sorry, I know I wasn't supposed to go out that late but can you please listen to what else happened?"

"Okay, okay. Continue."

"Thank you. When I did go out, I made it to Blu's nest and noticed that my urge was really instinct. It turns out that I actually cared about Blu so much that when he's feeling bad, I can sort of sense it. And it wasn't wrong because I saw him crying in his nest. I was planning on going over there to comfort him until I noticed that Mikka got there first. Then they spoke to each other. Blu was crying because of this parent problem he was having, so Mikka comforted him like a mother. Until they both slept. Seeing that actually made me feel both sad and relieved for Blu because...even though he has Mikka and Leo as his new parents, I'm still worried about the fact of where his real parents might be or if they'll come back."

"Oh. Jewel, I'm sorry to hear-wait. Mikka and Leo adopted him?"

"Yes. Just yesterday. They didn't tell you that?"

"I'm pretty sure they didn't. But, never mind that, since you're awake, how would you like to spend another day with Blu when he wakes up?"

"Really? Thank you, Sophia." Jewel hugged her.

"You're welcome. Just tell me honestly, you never snuck out at night with Blu like this before, have you?"

"Absolutely not. I promise that this was the only time. Unless you count those when you allow me to spend those others with him."

"Very well. See ya."

"Bye."

They let go of their hug, and Jewel went outside to wait until Blu woke up. Sophia stood up, still in Jewel's room, thinking more about what Jewel told her. Having to sense if your loved one is in despair? Sophia still remembered having that feeling for Carlos when they were both chicks. She also remembered that both Jewel and Eva were growing up pretty quickly. She knew that they can't stay in their nest forever, so she thought it would be time to go over something important.

A few moments later, Jewel rested herself on the outside of Blu's fort. So that way she wouldn't have to wait for him to wake up. But he did once she laid down. Blu opened his eyes and noticed both Mikka and Leo laying near him. The sight of it just made him smile, so next he stood up and walked out of the nest to relax.

"Oh morning, Jewel." He noticed her laying down.

"Hmm? Oh morning, sweetie. Wow, I thought I would have to wait longer."

"You were waiting for me?"

"Yeah. I can't imagine any time of my life where I'm waiting for someone who isn't my handsome lovebird." She smiled and turned before snuggling herself to Blu's shoulder.

"Aw…now I wish I had something to top that as always."

They both chuckled.

"Hey you can't win at everything, sweetie."

"Hehehe. You know, it's funny how we're both a little over a year old and yet we're treating each other like a married couple from a novel."

"Yeah. Speaking of which, when was the last time you read a good one to me?"

"Oh I don't know. But I doubt you're into that right now."

"You got that right. Follow me."

She took his wing and made himself run to the spot at the back of the tree. Then she had Blu sit down and let her massage his shoulders.

"Ooh. Ahh…that's nice." Blu cooed.

"You like it?" Jewel giggled.

"Oh yeah. You know…I usually like it when I massage you but-"

"You work too hard for me."

"Maybe so. But if it's for you, then it's no problem for me."

"Maybe. Either way, you gotta let me do it every once in a while."

"Hmm."

Jewel continued rubbing his shoulders until she couldn't help but sit and snuggle herself next to him even more. She always felt so much pleasure being that close to him, and from that, it did make her think of something important.

"Hey Blu?"

"Yeah?"

"A minute ago, you said that we're both a little over a year old. And I remember that through our time together you once told me that humans set up parties to celebrate the day of a person's birth, right?"

"Oh yeah. I remember that. I even remember that on the day I told you about it, you kept wanting to use me as the piñata for fun." Blu began laughing.

"What? No, I remember that being the other way around." Jewel tried holding back her laughter.

"But yes, I still remember…part of it. What about it?"

"Well, have…you ever…celebrated…?"

"My own birthday? Oh gosh. I…no. I've been alone a lot, spent most of my days now with you and the others, and only celebrated other occasions with you guys. Other than that…nothing. Especially since…"

"Your folks? Without them, you can't even remember how old you really are, can you?"

"Nope. All I can do is look at the math and make a great guess. But I don't care how old I am. Right now, I'm thinking about you. Did you ever celebrate yours?"

"Well you and Eva have known me longer than anybody else in this city or jungle. And I was a little younger than you were when Eva found me. So…I think we all know the answer to that."

"Wow. So neither one of us have celebrated our own birthdays before? Gosh." Blu showed a face of worry. Jewel could tell that he felt like he didn't do something good like bringing up the anniversary of when his greatest girl came into the world. Jewel kind of felt the same way. So she moved her head to nuzzle his.

"Mmm…you know what? Maybe we shouldn't care. After all, we're enjoying the time of being together now, and…heck, we wouldn't even know where to find the right date for each of our birthdays."

"Yeah."

"Yeah. So now, let's just relax."

"Hmm. Like you even have to ask."

Blu slowly brought his head closer and kissed Jewel. The slow enjoyable kisses that they never stopped admiring. But while they were doing that, they had the same thought.

"You've never celebrated your birthday before? We'll see about that."

It was clear that each of the lovebirds had a next mission in mind to impress the other.

More Notes & Disclaimers:

Alright. Next comes the planning and surprises. Speaking of planning…

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As more years go by, things for the gang look great. But one day, while Nigel was having a good time alone, he noticed that birds have been disappearing because of smugglers. So he sets up a plan (with the help of everyone) to get rid of those guys for good. So Blu and Jewel go along with it by…getting kidnapped by Fernando and letting Linda and Tulio try to find them.

Eventually the smugglers see that Nigel was just playing bad guy to free the birds so they trap him too. Blu gets separated from Jewel and tries to rescue her and everyone, and they all make it on the plane. Nigel and Blu get everyone out. The smuggler boss tries to get to them but Nigel barricades the door while everyone flies out, then the boss pushes the door all the way open, causing Nigel to hit Jewel and accidentally break her wing. Nigel stops the boss from hurting Blu and Jewel. Jewel falls, and Blu goes after her, she thinks he's being crazy until he admits again how much he's willing to do anything for her. Then she kisses him (even though that wasn't their first kiss), and both thought how much that could be their last kiss. Until Blu spread his wings and actually flew for the first time.