Sorry for the delay in my normal update schedule, but I was very busy. But now that everything is settling down, let's get to work!
Fanfiction guy: Yeah, it's funny to see the nerdy side come out. Thanks for your ideas, I'll keep them in mind. Enjoy this next chapter!
After almost a whole day of preparation, it was now evening. The sun was setting over Rio. This gave a romantic atmosphere that encompassed the entire area like a warm blanket resting over the city.
"Ok amigo. I think that does it." Rafael said proudly as he finished moving a small crate.
"Yeah Blu, you should go get hot wing." Nico added and winked at Blu.
"O-Ok." Blu nervously replied while rubbing his wings, similar to how people rub their wrists when afraid.
Blu took a deep breath and took off, headed back towards the Aviary.
"Don't worry Blu, everything's going to be fine." Rafael called out while cupping his left wing around his beak in order to extend the distance of his voice so Blu could hear.
"Ohhhh, I wish you would tell my stomach that." Blu worriedly said to himself while flying away.
What neither Blu nor the samba birds knew was that a mysterious figure was spying on them from a nearby rooftop.
"Hehe. Looks like our little friends are gonna have a nice evening together. Well, not for long. Those mugs won't know what hit 'em." He smiled evilly while rubbing his wings together.
Meanwhile, Linda and Tulio finally managed to go out on their date. Well, almost. Linda was standing outside her hotel, waiting for Tulio to come pick her up.
"What's taking him so long?" She thought while crossing her arms.
Suddenly a red jeep pulled up, with the driver being none other than Tulio. He tilted his head down and looked over the rim of his rectangular glasses.
"Need a ride?" He said deeply, mimicking a tough guy voice.
Linda merely laughed in response.
"Oh Tulio, you sure know how to make a girl laugh." She replied.
"Yeah, I guess." Tulio replied while rubbing his neck and exiting the jeep.
He made his way over to the passenger side door and opened it for his date.
"After you." He said while bowing a little.
"A gentleman now, are we?" Linda playfully teased.
"Well thank you sir." She added as she walked towards the open door and got into the jeep.
Tulio closed the door for her and hurried over to the driver's side. After they were buckled in, Tulio started driving towards the restaurant he planned to take Linda to.
"So Tulio, where are going?" Linda inquired and looked at her date.
"Oh, well I thought it would be nice to go to the place where we first had dinner together; The Churrascaria!" He happily replied and smiled while he spoke. (Tulio made sure to keep his eyes fixed on the road though)
Blu had finally made it back to the aviary, and started making his way through the ventilation system.
"Ok. Planning, check. Bath?" Blu smelt his wing, but quickly recoiled after realizing he smelt horrible from a long day's work.
"Ewww, not check." He wheezed.
Blu made it back to his and Jewel's room, and decided to give the whole bath thing another shot. He flew down to the man-made stream and looked down at the flowing water.
"Ok, this is for Jewel." He said trying to motivate himself as he leaned down towards the water.
"What is for me?" A voice rang from behind Blu. Blu unfortunately jumped in surprise and clumsily fell into the shallow water.
"Waaaa!" He yelled as he splashed into the water. Blu popped back out a second later with his eyes wide open. He coughed a little in an attempt to expel some water that went down the wrong pipe. He was soaking wet and water dripped off of him. All of his normally puffy feathers were now pressed down.
"Well, I guess that's one…way….to…whoa" Blu trailed off as he saw Jewel standing above him. The rays of light emanated from behind her and sparkled off her freshly cleaned feathers. She also had the Pink Orchid Blu had given her earlier in her feathery crown.
Blu shook his head to clear his thoughts, and did his best not to look at Jewel until he was out of the stream. He used his beak to pull himself out from the water and onto the concrete. He then continued to brush off the excess water with his wings, not even bothering to use the traditional method of using his beak.
"Sorry Blu, I didn't mean to scare you like that." Jewel apologized while chuckling a little, finding Blu to be cute when he was his klutzy self.
"Oh don't worry Jew-whoops" Blu shipped on the puddle of water he made while walking over to Jewel.
"Yep, that's my Blu." Jewel sighed and lovingly looked at Blu, who was trying to recover from his fall.
Blu pushed himself up with his wings and looked at Jewel.
"Hehe."
Back with the human couple, the two bird lovers had just parked the jeep and Tulio was escorting Linda to the Churrascaria.
"Well, here we are…again." Tulio announced while pushing the entrance door open for Linda.
They made their way to the receptionist.
"How can I help you today sir?" The man greeted.
Tulio walked up with Linda.
"Reservation for Tulio." The ornithologist replied.
The receptionist looked though a list until he found the name he was looking for.
"Ah, Dr. Monteiro it's a pleasure to have with dine with us tonight." The man replied.
"This way please." He continued while walking away towards a staircase in the back of the restaurant.
Tulio and Linda simply followed the man up the stairs, where they were greeted with a wonderful view of the city of Rio. There was a private open air seating area on the roof, and the setting sun only added to the beauty.
After the two were seated, Linda sighed happily while looking out over the city.
"Wow, this is so beautiful." She said while gazing out at the view.
"Yes, you are." Tulio said to himself while dreamily looking at Linda.
The two lovebirds were walking through the vent towards the outside world. Blu had leaned the wooden plank Tulio gave them up against the wall so Jewel could get into the vent.
"Wow Blu, this is sooo exciting! I haven't been outside in days." Jewel enthusiastically squealed.
She took a deep breath and allowed the fresh air from outside to fill her lungs.
"Ahhhh…" She exhaled.
The two birds made it to the exit and stood on the ledge for a moment. Blu looked next to him and saw Jewel smiling happily with the breeze brushing against her feathers.
Blu joined Jewel and took a deep (deep for him anyway) breath and closed his eyes.
The two macaws stood there for a moment until Jewel broke the silence.
"Hey Blu, um, how are we going to travel. I'm not exactly in any condition to fly right now, and I really don't want you to have to carry me everywhere either."
Blu just smiled, flew above Jewel, and gently grabbed her in his talons. He carefully descended down to the ground and, after placing Jewel down, he landed next to her.
"No need to worry. Transportation had already been arranged." Blu said, answering Jewel's question.
Suddenly, the sound of running could be heard from the distance. It sounded like a four legged animal. Out of nowhere Luiz, a friend of the birds who happens to be a bulldog, came darting around the corner from behind the aviary.
"Hey! Whats up birds? Luiz asked while getting into an excited stance (this was him lowering his body as his legs spread out).
"You seriously don't mean..." Jewel trailed off, remembering her last encounter with this drooling dog.
"Hey, don't worry. I just had a treatment for my medical condition. You won't get wet on this ride." He proudly said trying to persuade Jewel.
"Come on Jewel, it won't be for long. Pleeeeaaasseeee!" Blu begged and gave Jewel the puppy eyes. Luiz joined Blu and gave Jewel puppy eyes too.
"Ok fine." She conceded and threw her wings up in the air.
"But I better not get drooled on!" She added while sternly pointing a wingtip to Luiz.
"Yes!" The bulldog exclaimed.
After a short ride, which felt like an eternity to Jewel, the lovebirds and the bulldog arrived at a trolley station.
"Ok, last stop for the Luiz express! Toot toot!" Luiz happily said and pumped his paw like he was pulling a train whistle chain.
Blu and Jewel jumped off.
"Thank you." Blu thanked Luiz.
"No problem birds. Hope you have a spitacular time!" He said while running away.
Blu chuckled a little and turned back toward Jewel. She looked a little upset from the ride. She was rocking back and forth and was staring at the ground.
"A-are you ok Jewel?" Blu inquired, genuinely concerned for his angel.
"Yeah. I'm ok." Jewel replied as she shook off her dizziness.
"Just promise me we won't do THAT again." She finished.
"Don't worry Jewel, I promise." Blu warmly responded and put a wing around Jewel.
Jewel nuzzled his wing. Surprisingly, she actually felt a lot better now.
A moment later, an empty trolley pulled up next to the two lovebirds.
"Ok, are you ready?" Blu asked and looked at Jewel.
"Yeah." She sighed happily and moved out from under Blu's wing.
Blu then gently grabbed Jewel in his talons, and flew up to the top of the trolley where he rested himself and Jewel down.
"After you." Blu said and extended his left wing to signal for Jewel to go first.
Jewel giggled. "What a gentlebird."
Blu followed Jewel the front of the trolley. They both sat on the ledge with their talons hanging over the end.
As their ride started moving, the two birds took in the beauty of Rio.
Blu turned his head around and looked behind him. He winked to someone and continued to look forward.
"Ok, that our cue!" A red crested cardinal whispered to his friends.
"Let's go amigo!" A toucan replied.
"Nico, you got this buddy." The cardinal said to a yellow canary and put his wing on the canary's shoulder.
Nico took a deep breath and exhaled nervously.
"Ok Pedro, work the accompaniment." He instructed.
"On it." Pedro replied.
Nico squinted his eyes and put on a determined face.
"Let's do this."
Suddenly, the sound of a gentle strumming hit the lovebirds' eardrums. Blu smiled, knowing that one of his plans was working well for once.
"Phase two, check." Blu thought to himself.
Nico started whistling his famous tune, and prepared to sing.
Wasn't really thinking, wasn't looking, wasn't searching for an answer
In the moonlight
When I saw your face
Blu scooted a little closer to his precious Jewel, and joined her in watching the sunset.
Saw you looking at me, saw you peeking, out from under moon beams
Through the palm trees
Swaying in the breeze
"Wow, this so beautiful." Jewel sighed in contentment.
She turned her head to the right and looked lovingly at Blu.
"Thank you for doing this. I can't imagine the trouble you went to." Jewel cooed.
"Oh, it was nothing. I just needed to find the time chart and make sure we were here when it came." Blu replied while happily gazing at Jewel.
"I would do anything for you Jewel. You know that, right?" He softly said.
"Of course I do Blu. And I would do anything for you." Jewel answered and nuzzled her head into Blu's wing.
I know I'm feeling so much more
Than ever before
And so I'm giving more to you
Than I thought I could do
Don't know how it happened
Don't know why but you don't really need a reason
When the stars shine
Just to fall in love
Rafael was flying next to the trolley. He looked up at Blu, eagerly awaiting the signal. The blue macaw peered over the edge and nodded his head. Rafael smiled and darted ahead.
Made to love each other, made to be together
For a life time
In the sunshine
Flying in the sky
I know I'm feeling so much more
Than ever before
And so I'm giving more to you
Than I thought I could do, oh
The toucan flew like a rocket, and shot through the leaves of some nearby pink trumpet trees. The pink petals danced in the air as they gracefully descended towards the ground.
Now I know love is real
So when sky high, as the angels try
Leaving you and I, fly love.
As the canary finished his song, Blu looked down at Jewel.
"Jewel?" Blu said with a nervous yet inquisitive tone.
"Hmmmm?" Jewel hummed in response, relaxing in Blu's warmth.
"Um, well, t-there's kind of something I wanted to s-say to you." Blu said stuttering a little.
Jewel stopped leaning on Blu and returned to an upright posture.
"What is Blu?" Jewel excitedly asked, hoping she knew what he was going to say.
"Well, I've been wanting to tell you this since we danced together at the club but I never had the chance."
Jewel's heart started racing. Could this be it? Will Blu finally unequivocally confess his feelings to her? She could only wait as her socially awkward lovehawk tried to find the words.
Blu took a deep breath.
"When I first came here, all I wanted to do was go back to Minnesota. But while we were chained together, I experienced things that I never had before. Like what it's like to feel the air on your feathers, or what it's like to dance. I even found feelings I never felt before. And there is one that only you gave me. After our adventure together, I realized that, well…Jewel…I, I, I – waaa!" The trolley came to an abrupt stop and flung the unprepared blue macaw off where he was perched.
"Omph!" Blu grunted as he slammed onto the ground.
"That's my boy." Rafael said sarcastically while covering his face with his right wing.
"Oh well. So much for that." Jewel thought to herself as she watched Blu dusting himself off.
"Oh well, so much for that." Blu thought to himself.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." He hit his beak with his talon repeatedly with each word he spoke.
After a few seconds, Blu decided he would try again later and flew up back to Jewel.
The blue macaw was surprised to not only see Jewel, but a Roseate Spoonbill as well.
"Hey Blu, hey Jewel!" Kipo the Spoonbill greeted.
"Hello." Blu replied while waving his left wing.
"It's nice to see you again." Jewel added.
"Wow, you two look nice. What's this all about?" He asked, even though he knew quite well what was happening.
Blu motioned for Kipo to come closer. The Spoonbill lowered his head, accompanied by his enormous bill which almost knocked Blu over, down to the macaw's level.
"Is everything ready?" Blu whispered, not wanting Jewel to hear.
"Yep, everything is all set buddy." He replied with a wing to the side of his face opposite to that of Blu in an attempt to block any sound from reaching Jewel.
"Ok, cool." Blu happily smiled in response.
Kipo stood back up to his normal height with his wings to his sides and spoke louder so both blue macaws could hear.
"It was nice seeing you guys, but I need to be off. Bye amigos!" Kipo bid farewell as he flew off into the distance.
The two lovebirds watched as the pink spoonbill departed. Once he was far enough, Jewel turned to Blu with a questioning face and her wings crossed.
"Ok Blu, what was that about?"
Blu nervously rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled.
"Hehe, well, uh, hey look at that!" Blu pointed to a nearby rooftop which was overlooking the ocean. It had a small table with two miniature candles and chairs which the perfect size for macaws.
Jewel gasped.
"Blu, i-its beautiful!"
Blu secured Jewel in his talons once more and flew both of them to the nearby table.
After they landed, Blu pulled out the small chair as to let Jewel sit in it. Once she was comfortable in the seat, Blu pushed the chair forwards a little. Blu walked over to the opposite side of the small table and sat himself down in the other chair.
"Phase three, check." The male macaw happily thought, now relieved that the final part to his surprise was underway.
Meanwhile, Linda and Tulio were enjoying their date.
Tulio was eating the tofu chicken hearts he ordered, but became concerned when he heard a light sniffling coming from across the table. Tulio looked up to see Linda's eyes were watery, and she was wiping away a tear.
"Linda? What's that matter?" Tulio softly inquired.
The fair skinned woman look up at her date and sniffed once before answering.
"It just that I, I'm going to miss Blu!" She then started bawling and put her head in her hands.
Tulio immediately moved his chair over to be next to Linda, and put an arm around her.
"Linda, Linda. Don't worry. We can work something out." Tulio tried to comfort her, but to no avail.
"How? I can't take Blu back to Minnesota! He's happy here. He is with Jewel. I couldn't separate them just to have Blu." She cried in despair while smothering her face into Tulio's shirt.
"Well, maybe…maybe you" He paused. Tulio knew it was the right time so say something. If he didn't, he may never see Linda again.
"Linda. I need to tell you something." Linda looked up at Tulio with her big eyes that there now pink from irritation.
Tulio held Linda's hands in his and started intently into her eyes.
"Even though I've only known you for a little while, it feels like it's been years. I have never met anyone like you, Linda." Tulio took a deep breath.
"I know this is sudden, but I want you to know that…Linda I want you stay here in Rio."
"W-what?" Linda asked shocked and unprepared.
"Linda, I-" Tulio left his mouth open for a second. No words were coming out as he was almost paralyzed with fear. Tulio tried to get his diaphragm unlocked.
"I love you." He finished, feeling relieved to have it off his chest.
Linda was quiet for a moment.
"Oh Tulio! I love you too!"
The unlikely couple hugged each other, never wanting this moment to end.
Blu and Jewel were enjoying their dinner together. Blu was eating a delicious blackberry, while Jewel was feasting on a mango slice.
Jewel looked up and took in the majesty of the view. The moon reflected over the ocean, and the gleaming light bounced across the nearby landscape.
"Isn't this amazing Blu?" Jewel asked while staring off into the distance.
"Next you Jewel, it's nothing." Blu commented.
Jewel looked back at Blu and cooed.
"Hmm, there was something important I needed to tell you." Jewel playfully pretended to think while tapping a wingtip on her beak.
"Oh, yeah. Wasn't something you wanted to tell me Blu?" Jewel reminded him.
From a nearby bush Nico, Pedro, Rafael, Luiz, and Kipo watched the two lovebirds.
"There he goes." Rafael said excitedly.
"Ohh, I'm so excited I just want to bite their heads off right now!" Luiz said in a yelling whisper.
All of the birds sidestepped to the left, leaving the bulldog standing by himself.
"I-I mean metaphorically. Hehe." The dog tried to recover.
The attention was directed away from Luiz when Kipo pointed towards the sky.
"Hey, who's that?" The spoonbill inquired.
"Oh, that just Paris." Pedro calmly answered.
There was a moment of silence.
"PARIS!?"
"Jewel, what I've been wanting to tell you is that, I L-"
"STOP!" A voice called out.
"Oh come on!" Jewel angrily yelled out, and stood up from her chair. She turned around to see who was interrupting Blu.
"Whoever said that isn't going to be talking much longer!" She threatened.
A Macaw dive-bombed down and pinned Jewel to the ground with his right talon.
"I am NOT going to let your kind ruin another bird!" Paris screamed at Jewel.
Blu had enough of this nonsense. He charged at Paris and knocked him off balance. The two male macaws collapse on the ground.
"What was that for!? I'm trying to save you!" Paris retorted, getting back up on his talons.
Blu quickly followed him in getting up.
"Save me? From who!?" Blu interrogated with his wings clenched.
"From her!" Pairs answered and pointed at Jewel.
"From me!?" Jewel exclaimed and walked up to Paris.
"We need someone to save us from you!" She added while pointing a wingtip on his chest.
Paris's eyes burned with fire.
"It's because of women like you, my life is ruined!" He bellowed.
"What do you have against me and Jewel being together Paris!?" Blu asked, now quite enraged.
"It's not that he's mad you found love." A familiar voice resounded in the eardrums of the macaws.
Everyone looked up to see Nico standing in front of the macaws.
"Nico, don't you dare!" Paris threatened and gave the small canary a death stare.
"I'm sorry Paris, but they need to know." The canary calmly replied.
"Nico!" Paris snapped.
"It's not that he's mad you found love Blu, it's because he can't!" Nico said.
Paris growled under his breath.
"What do you mean? There has to be another scarlet macaw out there for him. Me and Jewel are together and we are the last Blu Macaws." Blu stated.
Paris sighed in defeat.
"There was only one bird for me, but now she's gone." Pairis explained, now willing to reveal his story.
"Guys, I'm not a scarlet macaw. I'm a Cuban red macaw."
Blu's eyes shot wide open with shock. He stuttered as he came to an unexpected realization.
"B-but you're s-supposed to be…extinct."
Whew! That was a pretty big chapter, eh? It is actually the longest one yet! Once again, sorry for the delay. I'm back now and I hope this longer chapter made up for it. As usual let me know what you think in the review section. See you next time and happy reading!