Honeymoon

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Walking over the soft heated sand with his hands up in front of his chest as they grasped the drinks enough to keep them steady. The newly wed Quincy could see his now wife laying on the sand basking in the light of the sun. They had arrived yesterday to an island in the tropics that Asmoskon had found several months prior. Very few knew of the island and after learning that Hotaru wanted to go somewhere with this type of climate he couldn't think of a better option that would still remain safe for the both of them. He could have brought her to some sort of resort yet the idea of dealing with other people all the time or even some of the time wasn't what Asmoskon wanted to do.

This was a time for him to spend with Hotaru the love of his life that is and has been one of the most important aspects of his life since he first realized his attraction towards her. Finally they were together now not just as a couple, but in marriage. Reaching Hotaru her young husband sat down beside her and held her cup out to her. "Here you go wife." Asmoskon smiled something that he had been doing almost none stop since the moment Hotaru had said I do.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru was relaxing on a beach, laying on a nice colorful towel on her back. She had never got to experience this before, laying on a beach with a nice breeze off the water hitting her. She immediately loved it and wished that she didn't have to go back to work. But, she knew that this was just a short vacation, since both of them were extremely busy at work. She would relish in this moment for as long as she could.

They had left right after they got married, coming to this island that was barely inhabited. She didn't know how Asmoskon had even found this place, but she knew that her family had more than likely paid for their stay and was going to foot the bill for just about everything they had done here. So far, they hadn't really done much. They unpacked their suitcases at the hotel, had an extremely fun night and then had immediately come to the beach. She was also able to grab some nice sunglasses to wear while she was relaxing.

She was so lost in thought that she didn't hear him coming until he was sitting down next to her and offering her a drink. She smiled at him and playfully hit his shoulder. "Thank you husband, but honestly, you know you can still use my name right?" She stuck her tongue out after that, knowing how happy he was that they were finally married. She watched him sip his own drink in his bathing suit, enjoying the view. "So Mr. Masurao, did you have anything else planned today besides drinking on the beach?"

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Getting into the comfortable position in the chair next to Hotaru only took a moment after which he gave the drink to his new wife with a smile. Everything for the first time in perhaps his entire life at the moment was perfect. He had never known such happiness as what he was feeling right now. Well arguably his meager time with his family might match that of his now wife yet Asmoskon wasn't entirely sure himself. He had found someone that he wished to spend the rest of his existence with whether it be short lived due to his life style or for eternity because simply of what they both were. After she had finished speaking Asmoskon leaned back wondering just what the both of them could do today other than rest and relax which was something that both of them needed desperately.

"Hmm. Well I'm sure we could find something. We could go scuba driving, sight seeing, sky driving, swimming. . . what else can you do on an island?" Asmoskon wasn't honestly sure. Although he had listed off everything he could think of he didn't realize that what he had thought of where fairly similar if not the same thing with different equipment. He wasn't one to go on vacations. The work he did kept him busy just like Hotaru. "I'll always call you my firefly warrior even if only now it's official Mrs. Masurao."

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

After being given the drink, Hotaru will lightly clink her glass against his and starts to drink. The drink was fruitier than she was expecting, but it was still nice. She leaned back a bit farther, enjoying the sun on her skin as she looked over towards Asmo. He seemed to be slightly lost in thought, thinking on what they could do next. While he did that, she quickly finished her drink and sat the empty glass on the sand.

She smiled, noticing his wedding band that matched the one that she wore. Never before had she been happier than she was right at this moment. Once he began to answer, she slowly stood, stretching as she did so. She hadn't realized that she had been sitting so long, since her body seemed a bit tight from sitting still. When he asked what else you could do on an island, she walked over to his chair and leaned down near his ear.

Whispering into his ear, she said, "I'm sure there are a lot of things we could do but one of the things you just mentioned sounds great right now." She would quickly give him a peck on the cheek before she started running towards the beach. They weren't too far away from the beach and she was moving at a speed of 600, slightly less than her maximum. She would look back and yell, "Just try to catch me!"

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Sitting and relaxing wasn't something that Asmoskon was able to do much anymore and as such right now when that was the entire purpose of this travel with the entity that he wanted to spend the rest of his existence alongside it made things rather difficult. Although he was feeling much better than normal especially with all of the problems that came with leading so many different people. He was still young and yet despite his age he now looked after more than a few dozen different people. Others who looked to him for guidance and safety. It was as if he was already a father to dozens of children that looked to him for everything. Now that he didn't have anyone constantly asking him questions or making plans to help them it was actually rather lonely. Well it would be lonely if Hotaru wasn't here beside him now.

As he thought over out loud what the both of them could possibly do on this island he heard the sound of his now wife getting up from her position and making the short distance over to him. He wasn't completely sure which of the things that he had just mentioned Hotaru would take the most likely towards as if he had to pick himself he'd probably go with skydiving. The adrenaline of falling thousands of feet as the air rushed past him. It was peaceful to the Quincy and one of the reasons why he normally chose such a method during assignments. Now though as Hotaru rushed off towards the water Asmoskon shot up from his seat rushing after her at his speed of 400. It wasn't enough to catch up to her he knew that she was the faster of them both and had always been. He just had to grin towards her. "I guess this means we're going swimming."

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru watched as Asmoskon tried to catch up to her. She was laughing loudly now, knowing for a fact that she was always the faster one out of the two of them. She watched him smile before she made it to the shore and started to run into the ocean. She would run in as far as she could then start to swim out a little way. Swimming out just far enough to start doggy paddling slightly, watching him coming into the ocean.

Watching him made her smile even more and once he got far enough into the water, she would swim up to him and pull him out deeper. Hugging him in the water, she wraps her arms around his neck and just looks deep into his eyes, giving him a light kiss on his cheek, smiling into it. Pulling back just enough to grab his left hand and bring it up to her face, she would kiss his wedding band then look back at him. "So, are you happy with how the ceremony went? I think it went off better than I thought, especially with Sozen-sama helping."

She then lightly pushes off of him to swim a little bit backwards and then starts to float on her back, looking up at the beautiful sky. She had never really been to a place like this, so she was going to enjoy the ocean and the nice weather and breeze for as long as she could. She started to close her eyes and sigh happily at her situation, trusting that husband would grab her if a tide decided to take her out too far.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Catching up to Hotaru took longer than Asmoskon was happy with at himself. He knew that Hotaru was faster than him and alwaysd had been naturally. Yet the competitive nature of the young Quincy made him want to surpass even his own wife in virtually every aspect possible. He just knew that he wouldn't ever be able to match her in terms of speed because that was something that she excelled at while his talents weren't dead in the same area yet nowhere near as profound. When he finally got into the ocean and hugged her tightly the idea of being married to this wonderful woman was one that still felt like a dream. He could remember being a little boy and his mother telling him that one day he would be just like his dad and watch over his own wife and kids.

The idea was one that Asmoskon had been toying with for longer than Hotaru would likely want to hear . . although he wasn't quite as sure of that anymore. The both of them were so different than the typical in regards to both their races. Perhaps they could change not just the social life of Soul Society and standing of Quincy and Shinigami, but maybe they were and have always been meant to bring about something else . . . something NEW. He couldn't say for certain if it was even possible, but when the time came that she was ready he was willing to try everything he could, to use every ounce of intellect he possessed in order to find a way for them to make their little family just a little bit bigger.

Floating in the water in such a free way wasn't something that Asmoskon had done in years. It was something that he realized while looking at Hotaru. In fact many of the muscle issues that he had weren't from battles, but the stress that he put on himself worrying over virtually everyone that he cared about not to mention his job and followers. Now wasn't the time to dwell on all of that though it was the first time in years that he could relax and just let everything else float away from them both. "The ceremony was wonderful. I expected it to be a bit more exciting, but my breathe was taking away all the same when I saw you in your dress."

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

"How can a wedding ceremony be exciting? I mean, all our friends and family were there, which I think was exciting enough. Also..." She sits up then and swims near him, booping him on the nose. "That was a sweet thing to say, but you have to say that. You are my husband now, you have to say nice things now because you can't really get rid of me that easy. What is the human phrase? 'Happy Life, Happy Wife?'"

She would start to swim around and look to see what was around them. All she could see was the crystal clear water, her husband and the beach. There might be other people there, but she found the most important things then. She was curious about one thing. She would swim back towards him and pull him upright if he was lounging like she was earlier. Grabbing his hands, she would look deep into his eyes before she asked.

"So... I know we haven't talked TOO much about this before but do you want kids? If so, how many were you thinking? My thought on this is that I would eventually like to have a child, but not right now. I want to enjoy the time I get to spend with you for at least another year or two before we even try for that. I would love to have one child, but even if we want one, I have no idea if we could have children at all..." She would let go of his hands at that moment, putting her right hand under her chin in a 'thinking pose' and her face slightly scrunched up while thinking about this conundrum.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

A wide grin spread across Asmoskon's face as Hotaru questioned how a wedding ceremony could be exciting. He allowed her to finish the sentence before he responded earnestly. "Well in all honesty I was expecting the ceremony to be attacked by some sort of resistance either it be Shinigami against our bond or one of the other factions who could have taken advantage of the setting. All the same though it's better that nothing the sort happened." he hadn't been completely sure that during the ceremony one of the more traditional Kuchiki wouldn't stab him in the back yet it seemed that they had been tamed by Sozen enough to know such action would lead to their own demise as well.

Asmoskon hadn't been expecting Hotaru to swim around during conversation as much as she was yet he realized that he was basing that assumption off literally nothing as they had never gone swimming together in the past. The closest to this had been spending time in hot springs together which while similar Asmoskon categories as different. Keeping himself upright while he thought over everything that had happened since the ceremony he felt Hotaru grab his wrists. Opening his left eye he could see Hotaru starring into his eye intently which gave away that a serious topic was about to be brought up.

He starred back at her as she spoke giving away no notion of his feelings on the subject despite the fact that inside him he felt like simply hugging her upon learning that she to wanted to have a child together. After she got into her thinking pose he couldn't help, but smile. Bringing his right hand up the appendage covered in scars from thousands of hours of practice and different wounds placed upon it by hundreds of enemies. An appendage of pure harm to both himself and others was placed upon Hotaru's wet head signifying that it like the rest of him would be used to protect her against all odds. "I'll figure out some way for us to make our little family just a bit bigger I promise you my little fire fly warrior."

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru rolled her eyes as he told her about what he was expecting to happen. Though, she had to admit that she had thought that that might happen as well. But, from how the elder Kuchiki had acted around them during their rehearsal dinner, she knew that Sozen had more than likely said something to them since they weren't talking against them. She had no idea what Sozen had done to make who see assumed would be completely against their union, but she had thanked Sozen for that.

When she mentioned kids to him, she thought she saw something. Did he really want kids? She knew how much family meant to him, so this wasn't that much of a leap...or was it? While she was trying to think on how that would work between a Quincy and a Shinigami, she felt a hand being placed on her head. She blushed slightly at that, looking at him earnestly. When he told her that he would figure something out to make it work, she knew that he was telling the truth.

But, it was still an interesting question as to how this would all work. He was a living, breathing person while she was just a soul that lived in a place that was connected to this world, but not. People could only see her when she wore her Gigai, but could a baby live in her like that. Asmoskon would notice a slight dip in her face as she thought about that, but she perked herself up quickly.

"I can try to ask around the family, see if they know anything. But! We'll worry about a child later. We're on our honeymoon! I would if they do snorkeling here... or maybe...." She would do a quick spin in the water and then looked back at him. "Well, I chose the swimming, I think you should chose the next thing we do husband."

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

This was truly a beautiful day where Asmoskon didn't have to worry about being attacked at any moment by an enemy that was out to stop him from either eliminating a specific individual or going against the Vandenreich. He in truth hadn't had that many days to live in peace since the original break up between his now wife. Thinking back on that little fact for a moment it actually brought a grin to his face as he watched the multitude of expressions transform over her face as Hotaru thought so critically about trying to have a child together. It didn't matter whether or not it would be a problem for Asmoskon had a firm set of believes that he knew wouldn't fail him. He knew that him and Hotaru were meant to be together whether or not it was simply the lives that they were both living at the moment or if their souls themselves were simply linked from past lives, but they were a pair. They would find a way to make their family bigger now though it was his job to make sure that the world was safer for when the time came when his child would be born which meant he had to further his destiny to destroy the Vandenreich.

"Hmmm what else could we do? We haven't been swimming for very long, but it does get a little boring pretty quick." That was when Asmoskon realized something that he hadn't done with Hotaru. "Do you remember when we first started dating and I took you on a ride with the bike?" Asmoskon asked the question more to set the topic knowing that Hotaru wouldn't ever forget that day. "How would you like to feel excitement like that again?" Asmoskon wasn't sure if she just wanted to relax or not, but slow wasn't ever his pace and it usually wasn't hers either. If she said yes then suddenly the water would start to turn red and after a moment two massive crimson wings would emerge from Asmoskon's back up out of the water. Offering his right hand Asmoskon would grab Hotaru and then soar up into the air from the water flapping his wings rapidly raising them fast enough that within only a few moments Hotaru would be able to see the entire island below her.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

After she asked her husband what he wanted to do, she was treading water in the ocean, looking around her. Swimming in an ocean is awesome, but it was still just swimming. She could only do this for so long before it got boring. She swam around in little circles, trying to keep her mind occupied while Asmoskon was trying to figure out what to do next. She was still thinking on things until he talked to her and snapped her out of her thoughts.

He asked is she remembered the bike ride that he gave her when they were first starting to date. She touched her right index finger to her chin, thinking on that moment and blushing slightly. She definitely remembers that and it was a nice moment that she hadn't forgotten. "Of course I remember! It was one of the funnest things that you've shown me!" When he asks if she wants to feel that excitement again and she stared straight into his eyes.

"Heck yea! I would love to feel something like that again! But...you don't have your bike? How are we going to do that?" While she was mentioning the last part about his bike, she watched two huge crimson wings come out of the water behind her husband, seeing these wings sprout from his back. Her mouth hung open as she stared, and he offered his hand. She would accept without hesitation.

He then took off, she would hold on for dear life, grabbing for his waist while he flew up higher. Once he evened out, she took a few breaths and would throw her arms around his neck fairly tightly to make sure that she was definitely secured, then looked down to see the island below her. "Holy shit Asmo! Warn me a bit more next time jeez! But! I do like the view from up here." She looked down and then looked at her husband, kissing him on the lips while they were flying.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Soaring through the air was something that Asmoskon had always enjoyed from the first time he had ever dropped from a plane on an assignment in order to infiltrate it was at that moment that he found another activity that brought him joy. Now as he flapped his wings downwards sending dozens of small droplets of his blood down to the water that got further and further away. Holding onto Hotaru now with her arms wrapped around his neck he smiled returning her kiss with a grin as she brought up how he hadn't given her any sort of warning. "Sorry Fire-Fly, but it wouldn't be anywhere near as fun if you were ready. Now let me show you how fun this can really be." He hadn't grinned this much with the acceptation of the ceremony in more than likely months if not years as his wings suddenly changed angles and both of them began to descend downwards at ninety degrees.

Flying through the air at the speed of 400 was exciting and yet it wouldn't be enough to show Hotaru just how much this could be exciting. Executing Hirenkyuka while descending Asmoskon raised the speed that they were flying suddenly to the limit of the sound barrier as everything became a blur even to Hotaru. It would only be a moment before Asmoskon flapped upwards while pulling up with his body intensifying his grip on Hotaru's waist as they suddenly were flying right over the surface of the water. The spray of the water from the speed and momentum that Asmoskon carried with him. "Get ready." Raising upwards again accelerating once again now the both of them would ascend straight up until after a moment Hotaru would see they were now miles above the island. It had felt like a rolling coaster and yet now they could both overlook not just the island, but the ocean itself. Everything looked so peaceful from up here.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

When he mentioned it wasn't as fun without warning, she just rolled her eyes at that. Of course he would say something like that, since he was definitely a thrill seeker. It was when he said that he was going to show her how fun it actually was, she held onto him tighter. She was thankful when she held on tighter as he angled them down towards the ground again at a 90 degree angle. Making sure she at least closed her mouth, she watched the ground come up faster and faster.

Hotaru was screaming internally at the speed at which they were going. She knew that Asmoskon would never hurt her and would make sure she was safe, but the speed was something else. Then, he sped up, and everything around her started to blur. Going faster than she could pick up was rather impressive. Watching the ground and holding on tight, she felt Asmoskon hold her tighter as he pulled up, skimming the surface of the water. She would release the breath she didn't know she was holding and looked at their reflection in the water.

She smiled at seeing the both of them together like this. He told her to get ready before he flew them up into the sky, higher than they were before. She looked down and noticed that she could see more than the island now. She saw the island and then the ocean all around them. "Wow....." She just stared at the scenery around them. She would adjust her body against him, giving him the hint that make the normal princess carry would work better. Once the position was switched, she would hug him tighter to her and nuzzle against his chest, enjoying this moment with him.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

After all of the swift flying throughout the air as Asmoskon now held Hotaru in his arms in the princess position he smiled through his heart as he nuzzled her face against his chest. This like so many moments throughout the last few days was one of the happiest that he had experienced throughout his entire life. All he could do now was try to keep the feeling alive within both of them for as long as he possibly could. "Let's keep going Firefly or should I say Firefly Warrior." Asmoskon smirked calling Hotaru by the meaning of her new full name in he human world just before the Quincy descended once again and would begin to fly across the island giving Hotaru an experience she'd hopefully never forget.

2 Hours Later

Landing on the beach Asmoskon dropped his knees bending to absorb the impact of the landing which in all honesty wasn't anything note worthy as his wings flapped just before he touched down. Letting Hotaru down from his arms to the sand below he grinned. Today had definitely be a day both of them were not likely to forget even when the time came that his life as a Quincy neared its end. His blood rushed back into his . . . well back as the wings of crimson disappeared "So what should we do now Ms. Masurao."