Earl Cain: This chapter takes place about three years after the beginning. A time skip, you say? Sorry it had to be done. ^_^

Riff: *nods in agreement*

Ryuken was nineteen now and gorgeous,' he was now a full-fledged Quincy Reaper... err Quincy Soul Reaper. He smiled at his fully healed lover and hugged him, "I'm done. Do I get a vacation?"

"Not quite Mr. Third Seat of the Thirteenth Squad," Kaien chuckled. He purred, "Let's go celebrate."

"We can't Vice-captain Shiba. We have Ukitake-taichô's party, then we can celebrate all night long if you'd like. I love you Kaien."

"If you loved me, I'd be going home right now. Ukitake always interrupts. If I didn't know better I'd say that you loved him," Kaien teased him about the teen's mentor, that they were very close to.

"Shut it you," Ryuken bit his nose playfully. He leaned up to whisper hottly in his ear, "I'll suck you later, I promise. Now let's go get this over with."

Ukitake grinned brightly, "There's my baby boy!" He hugged Ryuken tightly. "Hey we have cake and ice cream an- SHUN! Ohmigawd you made it." He glomped the man.

Kyoraku pushed him off, "Get off you little freak." He tipped a wink at Ryuken to show the teen he was joking. "Weirdo Jushiro."

"Aw I thought you loved me," Ukitake pouted hottly as he hugged his best friend again. "Jerk." He sighed and looked up at him, "Hey, I've been thinking, Shun. Truth is I love you. Can't we at least try dating for awhile? Just to," He struggled for the right word, "ease my mind?"

"Hmm, I suppose I could pretend you're a woman," Kyoraku smiled. He ruffled the man's long white hair.

Ukitake frowned, "Shunsui, do NOT treat this as a joke." He frowned, "I don't like that at all. I DO love you a lot." He sighed as he looked down.

Kyoraku sighed and pulled him into a long hug, "I'm sorry. I know it's a very serious thing." He smiled down at him.

The other man stole his first kiss from this particular man, "Got it." He gave him a sweet loving hug and smiled more.

"You're kinda cute, my dear,"Kyoraku smiled at him. "This could work, you know."

Ryuken smiled and glanced at his own lover with a sweet smile, "Aw, aren't they cute? Why isn't our relationship 'official' yet? We need to fix that one day, huh?" He gave Kaien a pointed look.

Kaien chuckled then gave him a soft smile, "Yes, actually I am." He pulled a small velvet box out and dropped to one knee. "Ishida Ryuken, will you do me the honor of letting me call you Shiba Ryuken?" He was nervous as all hell. "To make it official and all."

Ryuken placed one of his delicate hands over his lush lips, "Really? You want me to marry you? YES!" He pulled him into a hot, sexy kiss. "Yes, I'd love to be Shiba Ryuken, your husband and special someone."

The party went on for hours, and many congratulations were given to the happy couple. They went home and celebrated several times throughout the night. It was a enjoyable night for both of them.

Six weeks later, Ryuken woke and ran to the bathroom to get sick. He had done this about four days in a row. He made up his mind to see Unohana-taichô. She was the sweetest and most loving person he knew, and she could help him.

Unohana gave him a kind smile, "Good morning, what seems to be the problem?" She reached a cool hand out to feel his forehead. "You don't feel warm. Anyway, what brings you to see me? You never come here."

Ryuken frowned at her, "Well, or the last our mornings, I've woken up and threw up and felt really crappy. I'm tired and don't want to do anything and my hormones are out of whack." He sighed, "About six weeks ago, Kaien and I were celebrating our engagement, and the condom ripped. I think I may be pregnant."

"Congratulations on the engagement, I've been meaning to tell you that actually, and that is quite a possibility," Unohana smiled. She patted an examination table, "Lay here and shirt off, please."

Ryuken pulled his plain blue t-shirt off and reclined on the table, "Okay." He gasped as she began to touch his stomach, "Ack, cold hands."He giggled as she felt around, "You always tickle your patients stomachs with cold hands?"

The woman laughed, "Shush." She felt around a few seconds more and preformed a kidô, "You are six or seven weeks along now. Congratulations on the little one Ryuken. The baby will be beautiful." She gave him a gentle smile.

Ryuken gaped at her, "Really? A baby? Me and Kaien?"

"Yes, really, a baby not a kitten, and you two would be the parents I hope," Unohana smiled as she teased him gently. "You can go, just be careful and let the baby grow. Stay healthy and fall in love with that little one."

Ryuken raced home to deliver the news to his wonderful fiance, "Kaien! Wake up! I have great news!" He rocketed into the man's strong arms, "We're gonna have a baby!"

"A baby?" Kaien yelped surprised.

"Yes a baby," He smiled and sat beside him. "Cool huh? Why are you looking unhappy?"

"Well you know I love you right?" He explained that he'd had an affair with a human his last mission on earth. "I'm so sorry. I never meant to!" He felt horrible and took his hand, "I never meant to hurt you Ryuken."

Ryuken looked hurt and left, "Why? How?" He ran off to hide and think. He barely moved as Ukitake sat beside him. "How could he cheat on me? I thought he loved me. And we have a child on the way. Our baby."

Ukitake sighed, "He does love you dearly. And you need to think about this little one inside of you darling. It needs both of you to grow." He took his hand, "Don't be like this." He stood and smiled, "I'd take a good long look at that ring finger. Most people throw them back at them." With that said, he walked off.

Ryuken thought a long time and went to see his fiance, "Kaien, I love you still. I'm sorry for running off and I could never leave you forever. I still wanna be yours. Let's take a romantic picnic." And so they did.

Earl Cain: End of chapter. Yay! Well if you guess who they're baby is you can pat yourself on the back. ^_^ Or just read the next chapter. Peace and love. I'm gonna go hang with my butler. Byez!