I can't believe it took me forever from the last chapter to post the epilogue. It's been edited for-ever; I just forgot to post it, I guess.

Anyway, here we are at the end of this story. I really had only ever planned for this universe to go as far as getting Noh and Jubes together and having him solidly in the X-Men, so I don't think there will be more in this particular universe, but you know I'm going to continue to play with my favorite space goat every chance I get, so look out for more Noh in other universes!

Epilogue: Five Years Later

It had taken Noh a few years before he was confident enough in his standing with Logan and K and Jubilee before he got around to asking Jubilee to marry him, and then a year of planning and preparing a sweet little wedding in the gardens. But eventually, they'd gathered all their friends and gotten the paperwork filed for their license, complete with some finagling with SWORD to get Noh cleared up.

All that was left was to say the 'I do's.

They had everything arranged. Paige was going to be Jubilee's maid of honor, and Noh had asked Charles to be his best man, seeing as it had been him that convinced him to give their world a try in the first place.

And Jubilee had only one choice when it came to who would walk her down the aisle.

She was almost bouncing in place when Logan met her outside the garden, and she threw her arms around his neck in a hug as soon as he got there. "You better watch out, because, like, Jean already cried twice helping me with my hair, so we're all gonna have to deal with emotional nonsense," she teased.

"She's just like that," Logan told her before he took a tighter hold of her hand. "You don't have to do this if you've changed your mind."

"Um, I have not. I even helped wrestle Nate and Rachel into their flower girl and ringbearer outfits. I am invested now."

"I have to offer," Logan told her.

"Well, counteroffer," Jubilee said, grinning at him crookedly, "what if you walk me down to him and threaten him juuuuuuuuuust a little bit."

"No middle ground, Jubilation," Logan said. "Either you're doin' it or your not."

"Oh, I'm doing it," she promised. "You just looked like you needed to threaten him or your day wasn't complete."

Logan shook his head and then very carefully kissed her cheek. "Not how this works."

"Not like I'd know. I've never been married," Jubilee pointed out. "Is it normal to feel like I'm going to pass out? Because I may have almost done that earlier…"

"Pretty normal," Logan said.

"Okay, well, that's good to know," Jubilee said, then took his arm in a tighter grip and kissed his cheek. "Thanks, by the way. For not killing him."

"Would've upset you."

"You got that right," Jubilee agreed with a little nod, then all but skipped forward as the music started up and they headed down to where everyone was waiting.

Kurt was the officiant, of course, and he couldn't stop grinning at both of them when they looked so thrilled. And seeing as pretty much all of the X-Men had managed to come to be part of the wedding, there were plenty of good feelings all around.

And Noh, of course, was just as poetic in his vows as everyone would have expected him to be: "My sweet, darling Jubilee," he said, "you are everything that I have learned to love for myself, the very reason I stayed on this world. You are light, love, laughter, and joy, and you are at the same time a fierce warrior and defender of justice. How could I do anything but give my heart, body, and soul to you?"

Jubilee, of course, simply shook her head at him — since, even if she'd been prepared for him to blow everyone away, she was still getting used to what a romantic he was. "That's what I love about you, Noh," she said with a smile. "I should just carry you around in my pocket all the time. Anytime I need the reminder of who I am and what my worth is, there you are, making sure I know it. I'm glad you're my family now. Officially."

With that, the two of them shared a sweet kiss, to grand applause, and then Jubilee simply grabbed Noh's hand and started pulling him along toward the party.

Everyone was tickled, but Jean got to the new couple first, positively grinning and preening — since she'd seen this one coming a mile away and could still remember how sweet it was when she'd started seeing pinks and yellows in Noh's mindscape.

"I'm totally stealing yours. You can have mine for compensation," Jean informed Jubilee, grabbing Noh by the hand and leaving Scott laughing at her before he offered his hand to Jubilee.

"She's been like this all day. You'd think she had anything to do with it," he teased.

I so did, Mr. Summers, and don't you forget it.

Sure, Jean. If you say so, Scott projected back before he turned his attention back to Jubilee. "This suits you, Jubes. Seriously. We're all glad you two got married."

"You and me both," Jubilee said with a smirk over his shoulder toward where Jean and Noh were dancing. "Should I get all territorial on her? Because I so could."

"I think I'd know if you had to," Scott pointed out with a steadily growing smirk.

"I'm just sayin'..."

"Yeah, sure," he laughed and spun her around.

And Jean, for her part, was perfectly happy dancing with Noh, who was obviously over the moon about the whole thing and gushing about the details of the wedding. Everything from the cake to the decorations — all of it was new to him, and all of it was tailored to his and Jubilee's styles.

"This is exactly what I hoped it would be," he admitted to Jean, still clearly riding the high of being married. "Lots of music, joy… and Jubilee is more beautiful than ever."

"It just gets better," Jean promised him with a wide grin. "Just wait."

"That's what K said as well."

"Well, if both of the married women on the team said it…" Jean smirked and then kissed his cheek. "You two are going to rock the world."

"Of course we are. We already have," Noh shot right back with his own crooked smile.

Jean had to laugh at that, but seeing as the song was winding down, she totally wasn't prepared for it when Noh and Jubilee shared smirks and then completely ditched their current partners to dash back to the middle of the dance floor and do their own little dance together when the next song came on.

It was practically a game after that, with a few people cutting in for dances that only lasted most of the song before the newlyweds would 'escape' and go find each other, laughing the whole time and clearly enjoying themselves.

So when Logan and K caught up to them, Jubilee just started to giggle and pulled Logan off for a dance while Noh promised K he wouldn't spin her too much, seeing as she was a few months pregnant.

"We really just came over to wish you well," K said. "You don't have to dance at all if you don't want to."

Noh chuckled and gestured toward where Jubilee was already pulling Logan off to dance. "I think it's a settled debate," he said. "Besides, I'd like to dance with you. You've been a great help to both of us."

"Again, exaggerating. Always with the exaggerations."

Noh chuckled. "But it's the truth," he pointed out. "You were one of the first Terrans I trusted. And considering I thought Kurt was not of your Earth, I'd think you were the very first I trusted. My life would have been quite different if someone else had been there."

"No accounting for taste then, hmm?" K teased.

"Apparently not," he teased right back. "Besides, you led me to Jubilee. I should be thanking you."

"That was mostly her," K said. "I just let her sneak along."

"And gave me advice… helped me against the Kree, Magneto, Akihiro…"

"Yeah, well … I'd have done that for anyone on the team, I think." She popped up on her toes to kiss his cheek. "Congratulations all the same. It's taken you two a long time."

"I wanted to be absolutely sure she had no doubts before I proposed," he told her. "I think I was ready a long time ago." He smirked. "Shortly after I met her, really."

"You are so much like your almost-father-in-law."

"Thank you."

"You're very welcome," K said. "You two have always been sweet with how smitten you are."

"It just happened that way," Noh chuckled. "Nothing I could do to stop it."

"Of course not," she agreed with a laugh. "Forces of nature."

Noh grinned and then redirected the two of them toward Logan and Jubilee. "You could talk," he teased. "You and Logan are the same way."

"Oh no," she said. "We're generally fast movers. And once he chased me down, it was more or less a done deal."

Noh laughed and kissed her cheek. "He's very lucky."

"He worked for it."

Noh nodded his agreement, still smiling as they caught up to their respective spouses. "Thank you for letting me borrow her," he told Logan.

"She'd have told you 'no' otherwise," Logan said with a little smirk as he gave Jubilee a little kiss then pulled K over to himself. "Sounded pretty as a picture when she told Remy to shove it in French."

"Oooh, and I missed it," Jubilee giggled.

"Sorry; you were being spun at the time, I think," K said.

"Not sorry," Noh said, smiling as he snagged Jubilee around the waist. "In fact, I think we should do a little more spinning, don't you?"

"Oh, definitely," she agreed with a laugh, letting him sweep her up to carry her further out onto the dance floor — and letting Logan and K slip back toward the outskirts of the party.

As it was, Logan and K were more than ready to slip away entirely. The crowd was gathering up to send the newlyweds off, and K was honestly worn by that time of the evening. So as Jubilee got the final hugs and kisses from her friends, Logan led K toward the boathouse, where they'd moved to get away from the hustle and bustle of the group at large while K was fighting with her pregnancy.

The lights at the institute were glowing warmly behind them when Logan stopped, pulling K to a halt next to him on seeing someone sitting in a chair by the door of the boathouse. Everyone they knew was up at the party — or everyone that was friendly was, anyhow. But when it was apparent that their surprise visitor had no discernable scent, Logan knew exactly who it was.

"Akihiro," Logan said in a metered tone. "What brings you here?"

"I thought I would find you here, away from the crowd," he said simply.

"Well you did," Logan agreed. "So what do you need?"

Akihiro watched Logan for a long time and then nodded to himself without getting up. "Nothing much," he said. "I simply thought I would like to know you better."

Logan watched him for a moment, then turned toward K, who kissed Logan's cheek and went in ahead of them. "How about some tea?"

"Yes," Akihiro said with a slow nod. "That would be a good place to start."