A/N Dear God. When I wrote this, what, three years ago, I clearly had no clue what I was doing. I mean, the pacing, the way it's worded, heck, even the way the characters behave are all Horrible. I mean, I'm not that good even now by any stretch, but compared to what I was?

I have my work cut out for me in rewriting this.

It had been... a day.

When Blu imagined he was going to Rio to become what basically amounted to being the father of his species, he thought it would involve some nice, somewhat pretty bird, a hour or so of... repopulating, and maybe a week or so with Linda as they waited for some guarantee of his, erm, success. Instead, he gets a very rude and somewhat insane, but admittedly gorgeous, female by the name of Jewel. And, after their initial meeting finished, which consisted of her bludgeoning him about the head and shoulders for a half hour, they end up birdnapped.

What followed were a series of events he could only describe as shenanigans, until they managed, through luck, to find someone by the name of Raphael. After being thoroughly mauled by his children, he offered to help by taking them to a completely different someone called Luiz, whom Blu could only desperately hope was an engineer.

And, after a completely new series of shenanigans, they found another small speck of luck; A truck that was going in the direction of Luiz's abode.

Blu could only hope that nothing else could go wrong.

After a short ride through the main streets of Rio, they found their ride making it's stop. After a rather sudden jolt, Blu and Jewel hopped off rather clumsily, with Jewel quickly tripping over the chain that bound slowly fell forward, and in an attempt to save herself, she quickly grabbed the chain that bound her to her partner.

Blu felt the strong pull on his leg, and was quickly drug down before he could react. After rolling a bit, Jewel landed right on top of Blu, and she found herself face to face with some surprisingly pretty eyes. She opened her mouth to protest, but decided that rolling off of him was a preferable option. But, when she tried, she found Blu's wings kept her from moving.

"Uh Blu? Can you let me go?"

As Jewel was talking, Blu was staring. 'How can anyone's eyes be so beautiful?'

"Uh... Blu?"

Her voice bringing him back to reality, he quickly let her go, and rolled out from underneath her. "Oh, um, sorry." He quickly tried to stand up, but was tripped by the chain again, rolling into a nearby fruit stand, pulling Jewel along with him.

*THUNK*

As they rolled, jewel and Blu suddenly found themselves getting wrapped tightly together by the chain that bound them. When Blu felt this, he found himself quickly panicking. If jewel even had a stray thought that he did this on purpose, She would probably get angry and, as much as he hated to admit it, she had a bit of a temper. Ok, more than a bit of one. And Jewel holding a grudge against him was definitely not something that he wanted.

There was a nice echo that followed their collision with the fruit stand, along with an expected pain that came along with hitting something. He came crashing into reality, and quickly clamped his beak shut, hoping not to groan in pain in an attempt to keep something he could consider to be part of his manhood. He somehow managed to keep quiet, and slowly became aware that he was close to jewel. Which was really, really close. Close enough that he could count the individual eyelashes on her eyelids. Which, coincidentally, he loved to count.

"Oh! Um, one, two, three..."

Jewel also realized that they were quite close as well, and looked away, trying, as ridiculous as it sounded, not to blush. She could feel every part of his body, every one of his muscles, felt the rise and fall of his diaphragm, the rhythmic beating of his heart. It was... disconcerting.

While the two lovebirds were secretly freaking out while being tied up together, Raphael watched with a expression of slight shock and a sick sense of amusement. This one, not-so-innocent accident had made his job considerably easier. He could see the small amount of curiosity in jewels eyes a mile away, and the shocked, yet loving expression that Blu was wearing, the wide open eyes and slight smile he used to silently to describe the way he felt for the bird he was tied to. Raphael knew in his heart that all it would take would be one small push to get them together, and then everything would fall into place. Blu would be easy to convince, the poor guy was head over claw. But jewel, he wasn't sure if she was thinking with her heart, or if she was even interested.

Raphael couldn't help himself and sighed, looking back to jewel again, slightly disappointed with this revelation. He could even work with lust, but, if nothing was there...

He looked back towards Jewel, looking particularly at her eyes, and suddenly found the his doubt wane slightly. That wasn't just curiosity, It had something else laced in with it. He looked closer, and found that beneath the curiosity was something else. Now, if only he could find something to work with...

A mood setter.

Raphael started to look around for something he could use to set the mood, and that's when fortune smiled upon him. He saw someone flying By. A very specific someone. He blankly stared at said bird, who was a bright shade of yellow for a few seconds, before he realized who it was. Just the bird he needed. Which, as Raphael saw it, was another sign that this romance was destined to succeed from the start. He smiled, and called the yellow canary over.

"Hey Nico!" After he said this, the yellow bird stopped and started looking around, completely oblivious to Raphael. Raphael sighed, and repeated himself, shouting "Over here!"

Nico immediately stopped looking around and instead turned his head to Raphael, and his beak immediately turned into a large smile. "Heeeeeeyyy Raphael! Hows it goin? I haven't seen you in ages, I thought you were dead!" Nico said happily, flying up to Raphael and giving him a wing bump. He then glanced towards the chained pair of lovebirds, and stared, obviously confused with what he saw. He continued to stare for a moment, before finally speaking in a slightly worried tone. "Ummm... is that something I should be worried about?"

Raphael laughed a deep throaty chuckle, and shook his head. "Nah, that's nuthin'. They did that themselves." he said, gesturing to the chains that bound them. When Nico heard this, he stared at them for a few seconds, before laughing. "They don't get out much."

Raphael smiled, but shook his head. "No-no-no-no, they got chained together by humans, they did the tangling part all by themselves." Raphael said with a amused smirk. When Nico heard this, he stared at him for a few seconds before his expression changed. "Oooooooooohhhhh... wait... I thought you meant... they were... never mind, just never mind."

Raphael smiled lightly when he heard this, and nodded. "Yep. But Nico, I kinda need a favor." Raphael asked, looking at Nico. When Nico heard this, his expression changed. "Sure! What do ya need? Want me to help set the mood for you and your wife? Or call CORE to have them watch the horde?" he asked, wearing a large grin.

"No, I need you to help me get those two together." Raphael said, rolling his eyes at the joke. Nico looked at him, and then looked at the two chained birds.

"Ummm... I don't think they need much help in that department... give them a few days, they'll figure it out." Raphael looked at him, and shook his head. "That's just it, They're splitting up after the chain's broke, so we need to get them together tonight."

Nico looked at Raphael for a few seconds, then nodded. He then flew off, leaving Raphael sitting there wondering where he went while the two love birds finally realized how they were trapped and becoming uneasy, although they didn't make a peep on the subject.

"Ummm... jewel is going to kill me..." Blu thought nervously, staring into the unfamiliar expression she was wearing. Jewel was on a different mind set, more akin to "Why are we still stuck?"

Then, after a moment of uncomfortable silence, Nico came into sight, with someone else. When Raphael saw this, he smiled. " Ah. He can't do anything without his wingman."

"Why hello... need some he... whoa whoa whoa, back up! Is that the caged love hawk we met by the airport?" Pedro asked, now looking with surprise at Nico. Nico looked at Pedro, then to Blu, then looked back. "It is! man, you don't waste time! And you rollin' with a hot-wing! You guys on the level?" Nico asked, not even bothering to let Blu recover from the shock of a sudden reacquaintance.

Blu stared at them for a few seconds before finally stammering out a reply. "Ummm, ehhhh... we aren't... we aren't together per sae... we are more like... more like acquaintances!" Blu said, sounding a tiny bit more confident. Jewel shuffled to get a look him at Nico and Pedro, before making sure that she was heard. "Heh, That's right, we're just acquaintances." she said aloud. "But..." She thought secretly to herself, before becoming disgusted with herself. She did not fall in love with random nerd birds. But... At this point, was he just a random nerd bird?

When they heard this, both Nico and Pedro's smiles fell, before they rose again. "So, if what you say is true... then we will have to raise it a level!" Pedro said loudly and rambunctiously, his voice cheerful.

"What's wrong with the level we're at now?" Blu asked nervously, now struggling against the chain in hopes to get free and get out of this nightmare he had been thrust into. Sure, he wanted to be with jewel, But he didn't think getting forcibly paired up with a beautiful, yet very aggressive bird was the best idea. Unless the plan was to get him publicly castrated. If that was the plan, it was a surprisingly creative one.

Jewel on the other hand, loathed the idea. If she was going to court a male, she did not want someone else to "help" her, Even if it was her first, best, and, honestly, only choice. She would court the male, which in this case was Blu, on her terms, with her own choices. If she was going to give up some of her freedom so she could have a mate, she would do it on her own terms.

"Where you at ain't the level, but the next levels the level." Pedro replied enthusiastically, effectively confusing Blu and completely going over Jewel's head, who was instead giving Pedro a look of utmost loathing. While Pedro ignored this, Nico noticed it. He walked up to Pedro, and whispered something into his ear. Pedro looked at him, then back to jewel, the back to Nico.

While this was happening, Raphael flew over and grabbed the chain that forced the pair of lovebirds together in his beak and pulled, easily unraveling the chain and allowing them to stand.

"Thanks…" Blu said lightly, relieved that he was free to move his wings again. He then took a few awkward steps away from Jewel, hoping that he was out of claw reach.

Jewel wasn't near as thankful, she was more on the lines of "Why didn't you do that earlier?" she looked away from Pedro to gave Raphael a glare, then looked over to Blu and blushed slightly. Blu didn't notice, being far too self conscious about himself, but Raphael did. As did Nico and Pedro. All three of them looked at each other with conspiratorial grins when they saw this, and Nico spoke. "Ok, I'm going to lead them to the club, Raphael, you have the two of them follow." After Nico said this, he and Pedro took off and flew in the direction of the club.

Both jewel and Blu noticed this, and looked at Raphael, who nudged the two of them in the direction of Nico, and spoke. "Follow him." he said simply with a smile. Jewel looked at him comprehensively, understanding what was happening fully, and was not the happiest bird. Blu, on the other hand, had no clue what was going on.

So, Both Jewel and Blu Then looked at each other comprehensively and followed the yellow canary slowly and cautiously, and they started to hear the beat of music in the back ground. When he heard this, Blu couldn't help but start bobbing his head to the music, the movement so small that not even he noticed.

They continued until they came up to a tent. When they arrived, Pedro gave them a small grin, one that made jewel want to strangle him, and watched as he opened the flap, which the pair of chained together birds entered cautiously, ushered in by Raphael.

When blu entered, he quickly became overwhelmed by all the sound, movement, and energy that the small tent contained. There, inside the small tent, was a samba club, and a very lively one at that. He looked around, then looked back towards Jewel, who was wearing the same look of awe that he was.

Blu looked nervously at jewel and slowly smiled at her, and when she looked at him quickly looked back up at the stage, where Nico and Pedro were standing. "Now listen up! Raphy has some Special guests from out of town," Nico said, gesturing to a now terrified Blu and a surprised jewel, both shocked that they would be even mentioned, let alone getting a nice little spot light for them to share. "And let's show them some love because... I don't think they get out much." Nico said with a laugh, then quickly flying over to the nearby drums.

"yoyoyoyoyoyoyo! Everybody put their wings together, and clap 'em as loud as you can, clap 'em, flap 'em, I don't care, slap 'em!"

"Party in the Ipanema baby…

I want to party,

I want to samba,

I want to party,

I want to samba,

I want to party

And live my life (Pedro: live my life)

I want to party (party)

And fly!

Imma fly, fly just like a bird

(But you are a bird!)

Oh yeah, you're right,So let me fly just like a rocket, then

(ok)

Fly so high where I need to come down for oxygen

Cause once we start it, baby, ain't no ain't no stoppin' then

Cause I just want to live my life, and party

All I want is to be free, and rock my body

Ain't nowhere around the world that I want to live my life

In Rio

Cause in Rio

In Rio, I realize

I want to party (party)

I want to samba (party)

I want to party (party)

And fly!"

While the music played, Blu found that he was listening intently to the song, and, for reasons unbeknownst to him and those around him, subconsciously started to dance. And, at least in jewel's eyes, he was dancing quite well. " What are you doing?" she asked him.

It took a few moments before he registered what she asked, and then looked over at her while He continued to dance, and quickly answered " Uh, I don't know."

"I'm that samba,

Samba Master, master, master, Master, master…

Push out sound from my ghetto blasta blasta, blasta,Blasta, blasta, blasta…

You dance fast,

But I dance faster, faster, faster, Faster, faster…You're too slow;

You need to catch up

Both: You can dance, and dance, but I…"

He continued to dance, and accidentally bumped into her, who, instead of getting angry like he expected, smiled and pushed back, laughing, Her anger completely disappearing. This always happened when she listened to music, all of her anger and worry disappeared instantly. So, She started to dance as well, and he watched for a second with a strange curiosity before he realized what she wanted. So, he grabbed her wing and started to dance.

While they danced, Raphael watched, smiling to himself while they danced together.

Nico: I want to party (party)I want to samba (party)I want to party (party)I want to samba (party)I want to party (party)And live my life (live my life)I want to party (party)And fly!"

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Caaawww!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Caaawww!

They continued to dance, their dancing slowly getting more and more intimate, until Blu suddenly got the urge to do something, something that in his opinion was completely crazy. He argued with himself for a moment, before choosing to simply trust his gut. Without any warning, Blu grabbed Jewel and spun, throwing her gently into the air, surprising everyone there with the sudden throwing of his partner. Well, All but jewel, who was hoping for this type of moment. When she was thrown into the air, she started to sing beautifully.

" Flaya laya laya layaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….

Flaya, laya, laya, laya, laya, laya, laya, layaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…"

Jewel then gently landed, smiling a bit, and looking into Blu's face, which was stunned, and at the same time, elated. Her smile grew slightly larger, and she looked at him nervously.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Caaawww!

He looked back, just as nervous as she was, completely unaware of the closing gap between their faces…

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Caaawww!

And jewel did the same, although she was keenly aware of the closing gap between them, as she was the one closing it. Was it instinct, or something else? She was about to find out, one way or another…

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Caaawww!

Blu kept staring into her eyes, her beautiful, blue green eyes, slowly leaning forward…

And their beaks met.

A/N Well, I did a rough rewrite, but I'll be back to fix the rest later. I need to update the rest of the story first.

Updated: 07/29/14