Author notes:
This is my first fanfiction ever published here. It's just a one-shot to make things simple. It's also my first Rio fanfic ever. ehehe...I have nothing else to say about it so with that, lets begin! UPDATE: No longer a one shot, I'm going to make it a full story now upon request. Enjoy~
Blu awoke as the sun's light shown into Roberto's nest. He turned to see the lovely Jewel, his mate, laying beside him, still asleep. He smiled and kissed her head, then walked out of the nest to watch the sun rise. Blu, Jewel, and their three children travelled to the Amazon jungle to help Tulio and Linda find the rest of the blue macaws, but now that they have found them and found out they're Jewel's family, they're staying for a while. Roberto had allowed them to stay in his nest, which was incredible by the by; apparently he made it with his ''strength and brawn'', as he told them.
Roberto was Jewel's childhood friend and ex. Of course, Blu was jealous of him, i mean, he had the most amazing voice and the most handsome feathers ever. He had the attention of all the blue macaw girls! And he had the attention of Jewel...which made Blu jealous. Truth be told, Jewel and Roberto no longer had those feelings for each other, so all of the sparks between them are imagined through Blu's eyes because of his jealousy and paranoia. Blu was going to have to get over it, because Jewel might just decide she wants to stay in the amazon forever.
Blu watched through the trees as the sun arose, it was absolutely beautiful, not like the sunrise back in the city, he could admit to that. Blu sat there for a few minutes, also taking the time to preen his feathers. Usually he'd take a bird bath rather than preen but being in the amazon for a couple of days got him more accustomed to preening, and also using the water there too...but mostly preening. The moment of enjoying the sunrise ended as Roberto glided over to the nest. Blu looked up at him and frowned, stopping what he was doing. Yeesh, why did he have to come and ruin my morning? he thought.
Roberto landed and approached Blu, ''Good morning Blu!'' he greeted. Roberto just couldn't seem to figure out Blu, but he could understand his jealousy, it's not easy meeting an ex, let alone staying in his nest.
Blu shuffled uncomfortably, ''Er good morning'' he greeted back. He was actually hoping Jewel would wake up soon so he wouldn't have to be left alone in a conversation with this guy.
Roberto smiled and asked, ''How'd you sleep?''
''I slept good, you sure uh, have a very comfortable nest here..ehe...''
''Thanks, it is quite comfortable isn't it?'' Roberto replied.
Blu nodded, ''Yeah...''
Things probably would have gotten awkward if Jewel hadn't have gotten up just then. She shook her feathers and yawned before she groggily stepped outside. She smiled at Blu and greeted, ''Good morning Blu, I hope you slept well!'' She was as cheery as ever since arriving at the amazon, this was her true home and she loved it here.
Blu smiled at his mate, ''Good morning to you too, and yes i did sleep well!''
Jewel looked at Roberto and smiled, ''Thank you for letting as sleep here for the past couple nights, Roberto. We really appreaciate it!''
Roberto smiled back, ''Oh it's no trouble at all trust me! But let's cut the chit chat, it's time for some breakfast, i assume you both are probably hungry.''
Blu's stomach rumbled; he was quite hungry, he hadn't eaten all night after all (Well DUH he was sleeping). He could go for some grub. Blu replied, ''I agree! I'll go wake the kids and we'll all get something to eat.''
Jewel nodded at him and with that, Blu glided out of the nest down to where the kids were sleeping. Jewel looked back at Roberto and noticed he now had a serious look on his face.
''Also, Jewel,'' he began, ''Your father said he wants to talk to you, in private.''
Everyone was eating their breakfast now, except Jewel who was going to talk with her father. She approached her father and greeted, ''Hello, father. Roberto said you wanted to have a talk with me?''
Her father turned around, smiling at his daughter. ''Yes I did. I wanted to talk to you about...well, staying here.''
Jewel had an appalled look on her face, but it disappeared as she thought about staying here. On one hand, this place feels more like home than Rio ever did, it felt like where she belonged, and she was happy here. On the other hand, Blu didn't really like it here, at least not like she did. And he probably wanted to return home, back to Rio, along with Tulio and Linda, and she certainly was not going to leave Blu's side. Jewel gave her father a serious look, ''I can't decide that just yet, dad. I need to talk with Blu about it first.''
Jewel's father frowned, ''But Jewel you know EXACTLY what he's going to say, 'OH NOOO I CAN'T STAY HEREEE THIS PLACE IS ICKY AND I HAVE SILLY LITTLE HUMAN FRIENDS I HAVE TO GO HOME TO!' so consent with him is pointless!'' he argued. He didn't want his daughter to leave, and frankly it wouldn't bother him if she left Blu to go back to his little human fest while she stayed here with the kids.
Jewel got a little angry at his immitation of Blu and argued back, ''You don't know that Blu's going to say that, also he has never spoken like that. Listen, dad, I can't be unfair to Blu, and he can't be unfair to me. In the end we will come up with a compromise on something, and in the end you will have to accept whatever we decide.''
Her father looked taken aback by her retort. His face turned to neutral and she couldn't read any signs of frustration in his face anymore. ''Very well'' he said, ''I'll wait for your answer...now go eat something, you're probably starving.''
Jewel smiled. ''Thanks daddy!'' she said as she hugged him, then flew off.
Blu was watching as all the other blue macaws finished their meals. They were all eating insects of various colours and designs. Blu absolutely hated the idea of eating these strange insects, heck they could have been filled with poison! But they obviously weren't because Blu ate every last bit, he was hungry after all. He looked at the kids as they finished too, they were absolutely funny during meal times. Each of them ate differently, but his son, Tiago ate the messiest, and his daughter, Bia always criticized Tiago's eating habits.
''Don't gobble up your food so fast!'' she screamed at him as he finished up his last bit quickly.
Tiago frowned at her, ''I can eat as fast as I WANT, sista!''
''Hmph!'' she hmphed as she turned away.
Blu chuckled at their sillyness. He truly loved his children, equal amount to how much he loved his beloved mate. Still, the possibility of her wanting to stay in the amazon, and not to mention her father and Roberto, worried him. He tried not to think about it too much, but it was hard not to. Roberto suddenly approached him, with his handsome and polite smile.
''Hey Blu! Did you enjoy breakfast? I found all this grub myself!''
Blu turned to look at him and replied, ''Well it's not exactly like I'm used to but a meal is a meal after all''
''You bet!'' Roberto replied excitedly back. Roberto was trying to be friendly with Blu in the hopes of being...well, friends with him. He didn't want their relationship to be sour, especially if Blu and Jewel were going to be staying in the amazon with them forever. He wanted to get to know Blu better, to make their relationship...not sour!
Blu just stared at him. This guy was always so polite and happy go lucky, so technically he WAS a nice guy; but Blu still didn't like him.
Roberto had an idea hit him: he'd invite him to hang out! Just the two of them!
Blu was about to turn to leave, but then Roberto stopped him.
''Hey Blu, before you go, would you like to hang out? Just to get to know each other better? We are family now afterall, and I still don't know too much about you.''
Blu raised his brow. Why did Roberto want to hang out randomly just now? Yeesh, well i can't just say no to the guy...
Blu sighed, ''Okay, sure. Why not?'' he said with a sort of fake smile. Roberto smiled back.
''Great! Meet me by my nest later, and we'll take a flight around and talk.''
Later on, Blu was sitting outside of Roberto's nest. He couldn't believe he actually let himself agree to hanging out ALONE with ROBERTO! How could he do such a stupid thing? Oh boy this is going to be so awkwarddddd... he thought to himself nervously. He couldn't back out now though, Roberto was gliding toward the nest. He looked happy, as always.
Roberto greeted Blu happily, ''Ready to go? I think you'll love seeing the sights of our home!''
Blu nodded, ''Yeah sure, uh lets go then.''
The two of them flew off in the opposite direction of where the others were, out of sight. They flew over the amazon river, a little above the trees, it truly was a beautiful sight indeed, and Blu was fascinated by it; but he couldn't take his focus off Roberto. He was waiting for him to say something, he did say he wanted to talk and get to know him better.
Roberto sniffed in the air, ''Ah smell that! Fresh rainforest air! Isn't it lovely?''
Blu nodded, ''Yep, lovely''
Roberto turned to Blu and spoke again, ''So Blu, tell me more about yourself. What's it like back in Rio? What's...Tulio and Linda, was it? What are they like?''
Blu looked surprised, Roberto ACTUALLY wanted to know about the humans that Jewel's father seemed to hate so much. ''Rio is nice, I used to live back in Minnesota before Rio though. Linda owned a book store there and we lived there, it was definitely a lot..ehehe well colder there, in fact there was even snow!''
Roberto looked curious, ''Snow? I've heard of it but have never seen it myself, considering I've been in the jungle my whole life.''
Blu nodded, ''It's pretty, sparkling white fluffy stuff. Sometimes it's crunchy though, well I've honestly never felt it on my feet myself but when the door opens i can hear the people walking on it. It makes the air very cold too, but I didn't mind it.''
Roberto nodded, ''Wow that sounds amazing! I wouldn't mind experiencing that for a day actually. Just to get a change from this heat and all.''
Blu smiled, I guess Roberto really isn't such a bad guy, he was actually having a really nice conversation with him. It was really silly of him to be jealous, he supposed. I mean, Jewel hasn't been with Roberto in forever, and they were only together when they were younger, and hadn't seen each other since, and Jewel had Blu now.
Roberto spoke again, ''Well I guess that tells me more about you, but I think now I should tell you more about me.'' He turned to look at a tree before he spoke again, ''Lets go park it over there for a bit.'' With that they flew over to the tree and stood on the large branch.
Blu made himself comfortable as he sat down, then he turned to listen to Roberto again.
''So as I was saying, you should know more about me. Hmmm where to start...Well you already know my current family, and my past with Jewel. The rest of my past isn't extremely pleasant, to be honest..''
Blu leaned in to listen, more interested now.
''You see, we all used to live in the jungle in Rio...''
Blu looked shocked. They used to live in RIO? Why did Jewel not tell me THIS?
''What? You used to live in Rio?''
Roberto nodded, ''Yep. It was pretty nice back then, me and Jewel used to hang out all the time when we were younger as you know, and that all took place in Rio.''
Blu just couldn't believe Jewel hadn't told him she was from Rio originally, I mean in the very beginning when he met her he assumed, but then they came here to the amazon, and then he assumed she was from here, but now he knew where she truly was from. ''So, then, why did you come here?''
Roberto signaled with his wing, ''Hold on I'll get to that. Now I usually don't like talking about this subject very much but you deserve to know. At the moment I don't have any brothers living with me, but I used to, one.''
Blu raised his brow, ''You have a brother?''
Roberto looked sad. ''USED to have a brother...I mean I don't even know if he's alive today, I don't know where he is. Back in Rio, the humans attacked us and tried to steal us. The rest of the family and I went to hide, and we were seperated from Jewel. We never saw her again till now after that...anyways, someone was missing while we were hidden...my brother. He hadn't come to hide with us. When we went back to the spot he was at, he wasn't there any more...''
Blu looked appalled...poor Roberto...''I'm...so sorry...so, you don't know what happened to him then?''
Roberto shook his head, ''No, I do not. The humans were there capturing birds, so I guess he was captured, but today, I don't know his status...''
Blu sat back and thought about this for a moment. Well now he just had to give Roberto the benefit of a doubt, the poor guy lost his brother, that must be terrible, I mean Blu never had a brother. At least, he thought he didn't. All he could remember was that Linda took him in and cared for him the rest of his life.
''I don't even know if I ever had a brother, I just remember Linda taking me in and caring for me.'' He turned to Roberto again. ''Look, I'm sorry that humans took your brother and seperated you from Jewel, but just know that Linda and Tulio would never do that, they're nice.''
Roberto smiled at him. ''I know Blu, don't worry. Jewel's dad may be skeptical of all humans but I'm not, I KNOW that Linda and Tulio are nice. They're helping, afterall.''
Blu smiled, he actually really liked Roberto. I guess all it takes is one conversation! Blu looked at the sun, it was starting to go down. ''Well it's starting to get dark, we should head back.''
The two of them made it back in time for dinner. All the blue macaws were gathered around a giant tree trunk, covered in bugs. Roberto and Blu sat next to Jewel and the kids. Jewel looked at them, smiling.
''Where have you two been?'' she asked happily. She was glad that they seemed to be getting along now.
Blu replied, ''We were just having a nice flight, talking. Roberto told me about...what happened to you guys back in Rio, a long time ago.''
Jewel looked sad, suddenly. ''I'm sorry I didn't tell you myself before, Blu..''
''No no no, it's okay! I understand that it must be a difficult thing to bring up. It's okay though, we're all here now and we're all here, safe.''
Jewel's smile came back, then she glady dug into her grub. The kids were paying no attention to the conversation as they ate their grub, a few of the other macaws were sort of listening to them, but they went back to eating as well.
Roberto suddenly exclaimed, ''OH! Blu you haven't even met EVERYONE yet! You only really met Jewel's side of the family. Would you like to meet mine?''
Blu turned to Roberto and replied, ''Sure, why not, it would be nice to meet them. It was surprisingly nice getting to know you after all.''
Roberto then led Blu over to a few other blue macaws who had their back to them. They were talking amungst themselves. Roberto tapped one of the female's shoulders. She turned around, she had really dark blue feathers, darker than the rest of them. Her ''hair'' feathers were neatly tied back with a leaf (now how on earth can a bird do that...meh lets not question the logic here.) She looked at Roberto happily.
''Hi son, how are you enjoying the day?'' She turned to look at Blu. ''Oh who's-...'' She had a sudden look of shock on her face as she gasped.
Roberto gave her a worried look. ''What's the matter mother?''
She slowly approached Blu, almost reaching her wing out to him. Blu of course looked confused.
''It...it can't be'' she said. Now Blu was REALLY confused...
''Erm..you okay ma'am?'' he asked nervously.
She looked at Roberto then back to Blu. ''It is him...it is your brother..it is my son!''
Roberto's mouth gaped open, he walked around her to Blu. ''My what?''
''A mother never forgets her child...''
''What? What's going on?'' a confused Blu continued to ask.
The female macaw stood closer to him, her voice cracked with emotion as she spoke once more.
''You're my son.''
There you go, the first bit. You'll have to wait for the next chapter though!