Alright, people. After two weeks, here's chapter 18. (I'd better not get any bitching about how this is too short after such a long time.) First, I think I should explain the cause of the delay. Well, I'd been playing Skyward Sword, which is an AMAZING game. It's the definitive Wii game. I've also had some school work to do lately.
Now there's something I feel I must address. Let's start now. People, the chapters will come when they come. Asking me when they will come out does not make me go any faster despite what you may think. As a matter of fact, it makes things worse. When you ask me, "When is the next chapter coming out?" I will almost always tell you, "Tomorrow." But then what happens when it doesn't happen? You feel disappointed and I feel disappointed in myself. Nobody benefits. This mildly frustrates me and makes me not feel like typing, further delaying the chapter. This is part of the reason this chapter was so late. On a side note, if you're going to say anything in the reviews/comments, would it kill you to have your review pertain to the story? I have a perfectly good example of what I don't want to see. Here's a review (a word that is used very loosely in this case) from Camicazi: "When are you posting the next chapter?" ...Alright, I'm not gonna sugar-coat it. Seriously? Is that all you have to say? You wasted your time posting that when you know that I reply to comments in the next chapter? What do expect me to say, "I posted this just now."? Even worse, you posted that TWICE. WTF? I deleted one of them, and I was being extremely generous keeping the other one. That's why I'm going to implement a new policy. The next person who does this is getting blocked. Any anonymous reviewers will have their *sarcasm*review*sarcasm* removed. I would delete reviews from actual authors, but as far as I know, I can't do that. Look, I'm glad that you're all excited for the next chapter, but I dislike being asked for update dates. I'm more lenient on stuff like "Hope you update soon!" but don't abuse that.
There's another thing. A few authors have been bugging me to read their story or stories. Look, I will read your story if I feel like it. If I find myself bored, I'll probably read your story, but, again, if I feel like it. Telling me over and over again won't get me to read it. No, it actually has the opposite effect. I hate being told to read. I'm the kind of person who reads what and when he wants to, not when he's told to (unless it's for a class, in which case I kinda have to.)
Granted, I have done both of these things, but only because the former was after the author hadn't updated in a month, and the latter was because I was being stupid. Then again, I didn't ask people if the could read mine; I asked if they had already read it.
So let's review, shall we? No asking for when I will update; that results in you being blocked or having your comment removed. PLEASE, have your review pertain to the story. And don't make up some bullshit just so you can say something that has nothing to do with it. No asking me more than once to read you story. Actually, no. Don't even ask me to read your story. Ask me if I have read your story. There is a fine line.
Sorry to sound like a dick. Enjoy.
Blu and Jewel lay on their backs together on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue, panting from their recent lovemaking session.
"Blu... That... was amazing," Jewel told Blu in between heavy pants. The resulting ecstasy of his lovemaking left her breathless. It was even better than the first time. She couldn't believe how sex could made one feel afterward. But strangely, she didn't really want more at the moment. Then she remembered that she felt the same way last night. She had to wonder, why was it that no matter how good it felt, she couldn't go another round? Somehow, she knew that it wasn't because she was exhausted.
"It was," Blu replied, staring at her tear-stained cheeks. While it did feel amazing, throughout the past ten minutes, Blu was more focused on showing Jewel his love rather than his own pleasure. He was overjoyed to have her, his dear mate, back in his company.
Jewel couldn't believe that until now, she hadn't realized the full extent of Blu's love for her; he would always be there for her, to comfort her, to protect her. His passionate lovemaking was all the proof she needed of that. Never before had she felt so... not alone. She, who had at one point stated that she hated him, was proud to call him her mate. "Blu?" she said.
"Yeah, Jewel?"
"Thank you for coming for me."
"Of course, Jewel. What, did you expect me not to?"
"Well... ummm..."
"Jewel, you're my mate. My one and only. I will always be here for you. Don't you ever forget that," Blu said as he rolled over onto his stomach and put a wing over Jewel.
Jewel stared deep into Blu's brown eyes for a few seconds and smiled. "I won't," she said before quickly kissing him on the beak.
After separating his beak from Jewel's, Blu looked around. "What is it, Blu?" Jewel asked him.
"Nothing. I... I just hope nobody saw us."
Jewel giggled in response. "Well, we're pretty high up. I don't think anybody ever flies this high."
"Yeah, but... I, um... I was only able to find you, because a marmoset saw you from somewhere over there," Blu said, looking behind himself.
Jewel lifted her head and saw what Blu was talking about. The mountains on which some of the forest sat stood around the city. Anybody could see the top of the Christ the Redeemer statue with a good enough pair of binoculars—which Jewel assumed were something that improved vision. "Oh... Well, I guess we can only hope not."
Blu sighed. "I guess you're right." Then he looked at her stomach, which was covered by his wing. He gently stroked her stomach once. He felt the same three minuscule lumps that Jewel had felt. He smiled. "Wow... I never thought that I would ever become a father." Jewel smiled at the fact that he didn't seem the least bit mad or afraid. "Makes me kind of wish I could rub it in those twos' faces," Blu joked.
"Huh? Who?" Jewel asked. This was the first time he had ever brought up Alice and Chloe.
"Just these two geese I knew back in Minnesota."
"Oh. Friends of yours?"
"Uuuuuh, no," Blu answered frankly. "They were complete jerks. They never seemed to have anything better to do than annoy me, especially during winter, when I'd expect them go south."
"Why would they go south?" Jewel asked Blu curiously.
"When it gets cold in the North, birds fly here where it's warmer. Don't you fly north during winter?"
"No, cause it's always pretty warm here."
"I thought all places in the south got cold at some point."
"Looks like you don't know everything, huh, Blu?"
"Not by a long shot."
They stared into each other's eyes for a while, enjoying the sight of each other's smiling face. After a few minutes, Blu remembered something. "Oh, shoot. I hope everyone else isn't too worried." But it was obvious that they all were.
"Everyone else?" Jewel repeated. She felt guilty now.
"Yeah, I got some help from Scarla. And I think she got everyone else to help."
"Oh... Blu, I'm... I'm sorry I put you all through this."
"Jewel, it's okay. I'm sure they'll understand. Come on, let's go."
"Alright. Could you help me up?"
"Sure," Blu said as he stood up. He carefully helped Jewel roll over so she could stand.
She grunted as she got up, feeling a bit stiff. "Thanks..."
"What's wrong, Jewel?"
"My stomach kind of hurts, and I'm really hungry," Jewel answered.
Blu's own stomach growled at the mention of hunger. Come to think of it, it was probably around three o' clock, and he hadn't even eaten breakfast. "Maybe we should get something to eat first. Then we can tell them."
"Okay..."
...
They flew at a moderate pace back into the jungle. Blu stopped for Jewel every so often to allow her to take a break. They easily found a mango tree, in which Jewel rested while Blu brought her a mango.
"Here you go," he said as he tore open the mango with his talons. He disposed of the seed and slid half of the mango over to Jewel, and she immediately dug in. And did she really dig in. She was tearing through it like it was nothing. Blu tried to eat his mango quicker than usual as well, so they could get home quicker. But by the time he could get halfway through it, Jewel said something.
"Blu could you get another one?"
Blu stopped eating. "What? But that's how much you usually eat."
Jewel glared at him. "Just do it."
"Alright, alright. I'll be right back," Blu said before flying out of the hollow, not wishing to upset her for whatever reason.
"Geez, why do I feel so irritable?" Jewel mumbled to herself.
Blu returned half a minute later with a small mango. He knew that they wouldn't be able to eat an entire mango of any other size. He set it down, tore it open, and passed half of it to Jewel.f
They had their fill a few minutes later and flew out of the hollow. On the way home, they heard somebody call them.
"Blu! Jewel!"
Blu and Jewel stopped on the nearest branch and looked around to see Rafael and Eva flying toward them. The two toucans landed next to Blu and Jewel. Eva was the first to speak.
"Jewel! Where have you been?" Eva yelled at Jewel, kind of like a mother would when her teenage daughter comes home late.
"Now, Eva, I'm sure that she has a good reason for running away," Rafael said, defending Jewel.
"I... I..." Jewel looked down at the ground guiltily. She was ashamed that she had put her friends through all this. She was afraid to explain to them her stupid (as she thought of it) reasoning as to why she ran away.
"Guys," Blu said; Rafael and Eva looked at him, and he continued. "Jewel and I... We became mates last night." Rafael and Eva were now looking at him wide-eyed. That was totally illogical; what kind of reason was that?
"That only makes things worse!" Eva said. "You better have a good reason!"
"Yeah!" Rafael said, now slightly irritated by Jewel's reason.
"You two, just go home now, okay?" Blu snapped. "We'll sort this out ourselves."
Rafael was shocked. He had never imagined Blu to be the type to yell at others. "Blu, we're... we're sorry for, um, getting so... mad." He and Eva felt the guilt of getting mad at their friend without hearing them out first.
"It's fine, Rafael. We're just going to go home and forget this ever happened,"—he looked at Jewel—"okay, Jewel?"
Jewel nodded her head unsurely.
"Okay," Rafael said before turning to Eva. "Eva, let's leave them alone."
Eva sighed. "Yeah... Alright... Sorry, Jewel."
Jewel didn't respond.
Rafael and Eva spread their wings to begin their flight back home, but were stopped by Blu. "Wait! Rafael, if you see Scarla, could you tell her that we found Jewel?"
"Of course, amigo," Rafael answered before taking off with Eva.
Blu looked at Jewel again and saw how sad she was. "Jewel, what's wrong?" he asked, using his wing to make her look up at him.
"Blu... They hate me now..."
"No, no, Jewel. They don't hate you. They're just a little, um... frustrated. They'll be fine tomorrow. Come on, let's go home."
Jewel nodded and they took off toward home.
...
That night, Blu and Jewel lay next to each other as usual. Blu had a wing around Jewel to keep her warm.
"Blu?" Jewel said.
"Yeah?" Blu responded.
She looked at him. "Thank you... for always being here for me."
Blu smiled. "No need to thank me. I always will be. Tell you what, I'll take some time tomorrow to build a nest for you and the eggs."
"Okay. I think I'll lay the eggs in about a week. I'm... kind of scared."
"Well, I'll be there when you do."
"And one more thing. Could we not tell Linda and the other guy about this?"
"About us mating?"
"No, the other thing," Jewel said, not wishing to say it out loud.
"Oh. Of course. They never need to know."
"Thank you, Blu. I love you."
"I love you too, Jewel."
They closed their eyes and went into a peaceful sleep, glad to be back in each other's company.
...
When Blu said he'd always be there for Jewel, he meant it. He got to work on the nest the next day. But he realized that he actually had no idea how to build one. You could imagine his embarrassment when he realized this in front of Jewel. At first, he planned to go to Rafael for some help, but remembered that he was a toucan; toucans and macaws probably had different nests. Instead, he flew to Jewel's friend's hollow to take a look at the nest. It was a bunch of twigs, but he thought that would be too hard for the eggs. Then he noticed that it was semi-covered with dry grass. That gave him an idea.
Blu used small twigs as a frame and support and covered it with grass for cushion. "So... um... how is it?" Blu asked Jewel.
Jewel looked it over very carefully. With every passing second, Blu's heart hammered harder against his chest. The suspense was killing him.
"It's perfect," Jewel finally said, more than satisfied with it.
Blu gave a huge sigh of relief.
Everyday after, Blu stuck by Jewel's side, only going out when they needed food or if Jewel ordered him to go outside for some fresh air; she couldn't stand to see her mate cooped up all day every day no matter how much she enjoyed him being there. Naturally, he also had to put up with any mood swing of Jewel's that may have come up.
Of course, Blu informed Tulio that he and Jewel had mated. Tulio gave Blu a bone-crushing hug in response. Luckily, Linda was there to stop him. He promised he'd tell them when the eggs hatch.
...
Then the day finally came. The day Jewel would lay the eggs.
Jewel had been in pain all morning. She lay down, breathing heavily, in the nest Blu had made. They both knew that she was about to lay the eggs.
"Blu, it hurts..." Jewel told him.
"I know, Jewel. It'll... It'll be over soon," he said, trying to sound as encouraging as possible.
Then the pain increased. "Agh!" Jewel yelled. "Do something, Blu!" she yelled desperately.
"I... I don't know what—"
"Just do something!"
"I... I..." He couldn't say anything. Then he thought of the only thing that he thought could help. Reacting on instinct, he forced his beak onto hers.
Jewel's grunting ceased, as did her pain. She kissed him back. It was very romantic, the way Blu was comforting her during the greatest pain she had ever felt.
A few seconds later, they slowly disconnected their beaks.
Jewel smiled at Blu. "Thank you."
Blu smiled back and helped her out of the nest. They both looked at the center of the nest and saw three eggs. Jewel looked at Blu and said, "Beautiful aren't they?" She was still panting.
"Yeah," he said with a smile on his face. He sighed contently. "I can't believe it. In just a few weeks, we're gonna be parents." He put a wing around Jewel and brought her closer to him. "I couldn't want anything more with you."
She smiled, glad to see that he didn't seem afraid of anything. "I could say the same thing." They kissed again for a few seconds before Jewel broke it. "I have to get back to the eggs, Blu."
"You sure? I can watch them for a bit while you go outside to move around. You've been in here for a week."
"Nah, I can last another day. You can watch them tomorrow," Jewel answered while settling herself on top of the eggs.
"Alright, I'm gonna go get us some food."
Just before Blu left, Jewel called him. "Blu."
Blu turned back to her. "Yeah, Jewel?"
"Thanks again."
Blu smiled. "No problem, Jewel. You don't need to thank me. I'll be right back," he said before flying out to get her something other than a mango.
She looked out of the hollow and blushed. I'll reward you later, she thought.
...
Jewel shifted in the nest for the umpteenth time that night.
"What's wrong, Jewel? Can't sleep?" Blu asked her
"No, I'm not really tired," she answered. She looked at him. "Do you think you could help me with that?" she asked sweetly.
Blu stared at her with a quizzical expression. "Uh... How can I help?"
She gave him a seductive stare and giggled. "I think you know what I mean."
"No, no I don't." Blu honestly didn't.
Jewel sighed mentally. Oh, Blu... Always so innocent. Never thinking dirty thoughts. "Come here, Blu," she said.
Blu moved closer to her.
Jewel moved her face closer to the side of Blu's head and whispered something to him.
Blu quickly scooted away from her, surprised by her request. "That's what you want me to do?" he asked, blushing madly.
Jewel was blushing just as much. "Yes, I just want to repay you for always being there for me."
"Oh no, Jewel, you don't need to do that."
"But I want to. Do you not want to do it?"
Blu rubbed the back of his neck and averted his eyes. "Well... it's not that I don't want to. It's just that um... Do we really have to?"
"...I just want to feel your love again, Blu."
Blu suddenly felt the confidence to do it with Jewel again. "Alright."
Jewel smiled in delight. "Glad you see it my way," she said. She stood up and walked out of the nest. "Just wait there, Blu. I need to get something," she told him before flying out for a second and returning with a leaf.
"What's that for?" Blu asked.
"To prevent more eggs. You'll see. We'll need it at the end," Jewel answered. She set the leaf down next to them and laid herself on top of Blu. "Ready?" she whispered to her mate.
Blu answered with a passionate kiss.
...
About seven minutes later, Jewel got off of Blu, panting heavily, to get back to the eggs.
Blu, also panting heavily, got up and disposed of the leaf. They had put it in between them moments before Blu reached his orgasm. They didn't use it from the beginning, because they wanted to feel each other for as long as possible before it ended.
Blu laid down next to Jewel and the nest. "Wow, Jewel. That... was incredible."
Jewel smiled at him warmly. "It really was. It just gets better every time. And we can do it every night."
Blu blushed at the thought of enjoying a love making session with Jewel every night. "O-Okay, sure. But... what about when the eggs hatch?"
Jewel looked down at the nest and then back at Blu. "Well, obviously, we can't do it after they hatch."
"Oh..." Blu said, disappointed.
Jewel giggled. "I guess we'll just have to make the most of the time we have, won't we?"
Blu nodded. "Yeah."
Jewel gave a long yawn. "Okay, now I'm tired," she said.
"Me too. Good night, Jewel."
"Good night," Jewel responded before closing her eyes contently.
Ugh, I knew I'd get comments about them having sex out in the open.
I'd like to acknowledge Corration. He was the one who gave me the idea of using a leaf as a condom. I think he was the first one to do this. If not, I'm sorry, whoever did it first.
To Lunyk Stormdragon: There's nothing to respond to in this review. NEXT!
To Zero2o1o: Of course he wouldn't be, but Jewel's a rather distrusting and unsure bird.
To BluJet The MacawHawk: Glad to know you liked it.
To Bromine: Well, it was either have him be mad at her (as she would think) or have him not be mad.
To Dimitri The Soviet Spix Macaw: Thanks
To No Remorse81: Um. When it's done, it'll say "Complete" in the description, so you'll know.
To Ghostofinu: I actually took time to look up "brazzers" on google. How did you come across this site specifically?
To Ton1546: How can you call it a regular basis after only two times and under those circumstances? This is not counting the time they do it in this chapter.
To Angel of Light 867: Okay.
To holospartoi258 - Alpha 01: First, I'd like to thank you for taking your time to review this. Who told you about me? Actually, at one point, when we were both at chapter 13, I had more reviews than you. But then olihmajor had to go and be a buzz kill lol.
Yeah, I took inspiration from Corration, since his stories are the most memorable to me. I also used the same idea as "Spring is in the Air." Have you read "the chase" (which I can't seem to find)? It's one of the most poorly written stories I've ever read. The only thing that saved it was the idea.
Between my lemon and yours... Well, I personally believe that each has its own strength and weakness. Yours has some of the best description I've ever read in a story. The weakness though, for me, is that Blu is drunk throughout the whole thing. Also, it seems like casual sex, rather than their first time. My lemon is the complete opposite. It lacks the vivid detail of yours, but it shows the genuine love between Blu and Jewel. I don't care much for being a lemon writer. I would only use a sex scene to fill in a hole in the characters' relationship.
Heh heh, sorry. Truth be told, I don't really like Twilight. As a matter of fact, I hate it. Then again, I've only seen the movies, and I've heard that the books are far superior. I would read them, but I'm afraid to invest time in something I'm sure I'll hate. Too many compliments... in one paragraph.
Holy crap... So many compliments in one review. Close to flawless? This story is far from flawless. There are little errors here and there that go unnoticed when read only once. Also, earlier on in the story, I would sometimes come up with some new idea that I liked or think of a hole in logic, and I would have give a half-assed excuse through the characters.
Whoa, did I just get a positive review from you? Judging by your beta reader page, you're a hard guy to please (mind goes to gutter T_T), so I'm amazed. And the review is so well written... You guys are taking notes, right?
Bro Hoof
To Super Spartan Industries: Thanks.
To Lazy Reviewer: Thanks. I became a brony a few weeks ago.