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Note! This is it, the last chapter. Its been great writing this anyway, and thanks for all the reviews and please, keep them coming so that the next story can be improved. Also, thoughts on the update schedule are welcomed (even if it did go a bit to pot at the end here due to other schedules).

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"Our anniversary." Kurt held up a carton of apple juice, chuckling.

"Six months since our first date." The Scarlet Witch tapped her orange juice against the other carton, laughing. "And what a six month it's been."

"Ja, you could say zhat again. I never realised how adventurous it vas to have coffee vith you!"

Wanda cuddled him. "And I never realised just what it was like to get involved with an x-man, Lance never mentioned kidnap plots to secret army bases with Kitty!"

He laughed. "And to think I had a crush on her once."

"What did you see in that airhead?"

"Everything I thought humanity vas?" Suddenly solemn, Kurt pondered. "She vasnt a bad person-"

"You're doing the third person, as if they just died, thing."

"Traurig." Kissing her lightly, Kurt chuckled. "But none of zhem vere, zhe x-men or zhe Brotherhood. Zhey're all a little…confused and naive."

Nodding, Wanda looked up suddenly as the wall by the glass was chapped.

"Not interrupting, am I?" The drill sergeant opened the door and entered, awkwardly standing by it. "There's…been a bit of a hiccup."

"What do you mean, a hiccup?" Wanda frowned, instantly taking Kurt's hand.

"Our funding from the government has been cut, we don't exist anymore. The moneys getting put in an anti-terrorist department. Mutants aren't that dangerous anymore, they think you can stand on your own two feet now and behave like good citizens." He shrugged. "You're free to go."

"Ve're in Alaska, vhere can ve go?" The blue mutant asked, slightly alarmed. He had finally found some place he felt as if he belonged and now…now it was gone.

The drill sergeant smiled slightly. "We do have enough money left for a few phone calls."

Both the young mutants remained silent as the man left.

"It's been some six months." Kurt sighed.

"Aye." Wanda tightly hugged him. "I don't want to go."

"Neither do I, my angel, but ve must fly from our nests sometime."

Riiiiinnnnngggg.

No one in the x-mansion moved, glued to the television instead.

Riiiiinnnnngggg.

"Is someone going to get that?" Kitty asked, starting to channel surf despite the protests.

Riiiiinnnnngggg.

Riiiiinnnnngggg.

"Fine, I'll get it!" Logan growled, wrenching the device from its receiver. "I don't want to buy whatever your selling, I can get it cheaper elsewhere and-"

"Guten tag, Logan, its good to hear you too."

"Kurt!" The Canadian looked at the others in disbelief. "Ok, where are you, elf? Describe it as best you can."

"61 degrees north, 157 degrees west – Alaska." There was a chuckle. "61.9475 and negative 157.6348 to be more exact."

Logan grunted something.

"Could you come pick us up?" Wanda's voice sounded in the background.

"Do I look like a taxi to you?" Logan growled.

"Vell, you do vear yellow and you are made out of metal." Kurt laughed. "Here's zhe exact address…"

The blackbird was packed, all of the x-men and the brotherhood had demanded that they come, dressed for battle. There was surprisingly little in the way of arguments as the plane travelled through the sky.

No, both sides wanted the same thing.

Tapping her fingers on the plane seat, Rogue asked what had become the most common question since boarding the plane. "Are we there yet?"

All the other mutants echoed the question, causing Logan's eye to twitch.

"Five minutes." He growled.

Lance turned to face Kitty next to him, the girl had seemed distant since hearing of Kurt's safety and he was getting concerned. "Hey, pretty Kitty, are you alright?"

"I'm just worried."

"About Kurt?"

"Yeah, what happens if he's been tortured the entire time he's been gone, or has been made to do horrible things? I hope he's not been missing us too much, I know he really cared for me too and…" She sighed, not wanting to say that she was worried Kurt had forgotten how things had once been and presumed otherwise.

Lance shrugged, not understanding. "They'll both be fine."

Another worry of Kitty's. "I wonder how they view each other."

"As enemies no doubt."

"Yeah."

With as much stealth as they could, both teams entered the compound through the front door, planning to go in with guns blazing. They all came to an abrupt halt as they were met with Kurt and Wanda playing a game of checkers, the pieces made from painted bottle caps.

"Hi." Wanda commented, moving a piece. "You're late; we're the last ones here."

"You missed zhe party." Kurt added calmly, looking up and standing, studying the groups and knowing that both he and Wanda were also being studied.

Jean smiled softly. "You both look so different."

The Scarlet Witch also smiled in return. "We've both done a bit of growing up, haven't we?"

"Ja, angel, ve have." Kurt was trying to get over his surprise, all the people here looked the same as he had left them. "Vell, lets not stick around, I vant to get back to Bayville as soon as."

Nodding, everyone filed out, feeling somewhat cheated and even a little hurt that they weren't received with gratitude and hugs.

But then again, none of them had any idea what had happened to them those last six crazy months.

The x-jet had taken off without any problems and Kurt had chosen to sit next to Wanda, holding her hand and tracing letters onto her palm, spelling silly little things to make her smile.

Kitty turned round in her seat and watched them for a moment before looking back at Lance, unsure of what to make of the blue mutant. "He's…healthy at least."

"Ja, three square meals a day – alvays zhe same stuff; freeze dried yuck."

"We got steak a lot." Wanda added with a smile. "Remember? You freaked because the portion was so small?"

"And you vere vorried you vouldnt finish yours." He chuckled, no longer interested in the others, just in Wanda. "Remember zhe fish?"

She wrinkled her nose. "I think everyone remembered that for weeks, that's how long the smell lingered. What about that pink goo?"

"Zhe stuff I used for bouncy balls?" The blue mutant laughed. "It's a shame it vent mouldy."

Clearing her throat, Storm smiled at them, thinking that she understood what had happened. "Tell me, the facility you were in?"

The blue mutant sat up straighter, shifting his weight so that Wanda could cuddle up next to him. "It vas just a government facility zhat vas to protect mutants against crazy humans."

"We can take care of ourselves now, apparently." Wanda added, yawning. "How much longer until we're back home?"

Logan went very still. "Soon."

Professor Xavier had invited the brotherhood to stay in the x-mansion for the night as it was very late when the plane landed and he suspected that everyone would have a lot to talk about.

And no one would get a word in edgeways in the morning when Mystique and Magneto arrived.

He smiled at the long lost pair, welcoming them back home. He could tell by looking at them both that they had grown up, seen things they never should have and yet, they were both happy and for once in their lives, comfortable with their own hearts.

In that moment, he knew that he had lost a very dear x-man and the brotherhood a very valued member. They had both simply reached a different point from the groups, risen above such petty disputes. They were free from the ties they had created for themselves.

And Xavier was exceptionally proud of them.

The night seemed to have reached a point where no one knew what to say anymore and it was then that Wanda excused herself, Kurt following suit soon after.

Logan was the first to speak when they were out of earshot. "Well, Chuck?"

"They will say soon enough." Xavier smiled with a twinkle in his eyes. "All I can say is that we have a busy time ahead, they have a lot to plan."

"Professor?" Jean frowned. "What do you mean?"

The man shook his head. "It's not my place; I'm disappointed to have spoiled it for myself." With that, he calmly wheeled to the door. "Oh, and you can have tomorrow off school, but you should be in bed now anyway."

No one argued, they all felt weary and confused.

Scott chapped the door of Kurt's room before entering and found himself watching the blue mutant standing in the centre of it, looking at all his old things with a sad smile.

"Stir a lot of memories this place, huh?"

"Ja." Putting an ornament down, Kurt moved to the balcony and looked out at the stars. "Everything is zhe same and yet I am so different."

Cyclops didn't know how to answer; he had never had to do anything remarkably like this. He felt…disappointed in himself at that.

"Don't beat yourself up, Scott." Kurt chuckled, his golden eyes gleaming in the darkness. "Zhink of me as a man in mourning, my old life is dead; I have a new one now." He looked back at the stars.

Moving to the balcony, Scott looked at them also. "What has happened to you?"

"Nothing remarkable, I just found mein vings." And with that, he jumped off the balcony before teleporting back onto it, watching with a smile as Scott frantically looked at the ground. "I'm still here."

"Don't do that!" Cyclops stopped himself, realising that Kurt had grown beyond his leadership. It took a good leader to let someone go, it took a better brother to realise that he was now the younger, not the older.

The blue mutant played with a ring on his left hand, watching the sky still. "You'll understand vun day, Scott, you all vill." He smiled, his golden eyes watching the teenager again. "And don't vorry, no matter vhat, zhese zhings happen in life and zhat is zhat, its not alvays because of you."

Scott nodded. "Thanks." He wanted to ask more questions, to give this ancient seeming mutant a hug, but he did none of that. "Thanks Kurt." With that, he gracefully bowed out, leaving the blue mutant be.

For a long while, Kurt watched the stars and then he closed his eyes and teleported.

"I wondered how long it would take you to come to my bed."

"I vouldn't vant to deprive mein angel of her blue, furry hot vater bottle."

Kitty, Jean, Tabitha, Rogue, Amara, Jubilee and Rahne had gathered forces, all preparing for battle in the greatest of moods. After all, they had the Scarlet Witch to wake up and get some gossip from.

They carefully made their way to Wanda's room, discussing ideas and questions to ask. Eventually, they decided on the barging in approach and just to ask whatever came up.

Phase One went into action and they barged in.

Phase Two was completely forgotten about as Kurt and Wanda glared at them from the bed.

The blue mutant grumbled something in German before vanishing under the covers, cuddling up to Wanda who yawned and looked at the girls.

"What? It's too early."

Kitty blurted the first thing in her head. "You and Kurt are sleeping together!"

Sitting up, Wanda looked at them levelly. "Well, how else do you explain him being in my bed?" She shook her head. "It's a long story and if it's any help, I can't sleep without him – we've been sharing the same cell for six months now, I was lonely." She shrugged before shaking the blue lump next to her.

Kurt sat up finally, revealing that he was wearing no shirt as he stretched. "Zhere vas only vun bed." He explained through a long yawn. "Ve had to share." With that, he smiled at Wanda and teleported.

The Scarlet Witch turned to the others. "You have to the count of three before I start throwing hex bolts to explain as to why you woke me up at seven in the morning."

Jean held her hands up. "Gossip."

"Oh, that's alright." Lowering her hands, Wanda smiled in good nature. "I've had earlier mornings, I guess."

"Who performed the brain transplant?" Tabitha asked the air and was shocked when the Scarlet Witch laughed.

"No brain transplant I'm afraid, I just found happiness instead, it's a wonderful thing, I suggest you try and find some too, it might make you more bearable."

Amara turned to Jubilee. "At least she's still evil."

"Why thank you." Wanda slipped out of the bed, dusting down her red nightgown to free it of blue fur. "He's shedding again." She mumbled, shaking her head.

There was utter silence, no one able to think of any questions.

Finally, Rahne did. "What do you want for yer breakfast?"

"I'm glad you made it out alive." Logan commented absently as he ate through his breakfast of bacon and eggs.

"I don't understand you, Logan." Kurt sat down after teleporting into the kitchen, a plate of food instantly appearing before him from Storm. She smiled and busied herself making more food.

Wolverine nodded. "Sleeping with the enemy."

Ororo dropped a plate with a crash.

Sighing, Kurt raised his hand. "Zhat is mien vife you speak of."

This time, both Logan and Ororo dropped their plates.

"Wife?" Storm sat down, taking his hand and looking at the ring. "When did this happen? I didn't know it was legal for mutants to marry!"

"Ororo? Deep breaths, ja?" Kurt chuckled. "It's not official yet, so you can still plot zhe vedding arrangements vith Wanda." He nodded to himself. "But, ja, we're engaged to be more correct."

The woman hugged him. "I'm so proud for you! Who'd have thought? You really have grown up and found happiness."

"Think of the children." Logan commented absently and frowned at the sharp looks. "What? I meant that in a nice way, they'd have red hair and little tails…"

"Mien gott! You vant to be an uncle!"

"There's nothing wrong with that." He growled. "I just get to spoil them and hand them back, that's all."

Ororo's eyes were gleaming dangerously. "And the little dresses, oh, and bootees! I'll have to knit some bootees – and mittens!"

"Vhat! She's not pregnant!"

"Who's pregnant?" Scott strolled into the room.

"Wanda." Logan replied.

"What!"

"No! She's not!"

Cyclops blinked. "Who's the dad?"

"Kurt." Wolverine nodded to himself. "The husband."

"Not yet!"

"What!" Scott nearly hit the roof. "You're going to be a dad!"

Wanda walked into the room, followed by all the other girls. "Kurt's a dad? Since when?"

"Since you got pregnant?" Scott replied.

The girls looked at her with girly screams. "You're having a baby!"

"NO!" Kurt and Wanda shouted and then looked at one another before laughing.

"Perhaps ve should explain, ja?"

"Explain what?" Pietro walked in with the rest of the brotherhood and any spare males that happened to be around, the professor also wheeled in.

"That Wanda and Kurt are having a baby!" Tabitha twirled round.

The speed freak fainted.

Everyone watched the still form for a moment of peace.

"Well, now that he's calmed down," Wanda smiled, "Kurt and I are engaged. Also, I am not pregnant, yet."

"Yet?" Pietro suddenly sat up. "You're not getting married until your sixty! No kids!"

She batted her eyes. "And I was going to suggest that you be one of the best men for Kurt…"

"Can I be a bridesmaid?" All the girls asked while all the men were by Kurt asking for duties such as best man that was apparently already booked.

The professor calmly made himself coffee and watched the chaos.

It made a nice change from the normal chaos.

Entering the mansion, Mystique was anxious that her son's welfare was well and next to her, Magneto also walked anxiously though he hid it better. They hadn't spoken to each other since being informed of the fact that they were alive and neither dared ask the other for any more news in case it was bad.

They followed the noise into the living room where it appeared that everyone was getting on well with each other and in the middle of it all was Kurt with Wanda seated on his lap, the pair laughing at a small, private joke they were sharing.

The blue skinned woman walked over and hugged her son tightly. "I'm so glad you're alive, I was so worried."

"Nien, you shouldn't have been." He pulled back and smiled at her, watching Wanda say much the same to her father. "Ve have something to tell you, perhaps ve should go to zhe kitchen?"

"Of course." The adults followed their children into the room and waited patiently for the pair to speak again.

It was Wanda who found her voice first. "We're engaged and we wish for you to both attend our wedding."

Mystique squealed in delight as Magneto paled.

"My sons getting married!"

"My daughters not until she's sixty five!"

"Father!"

"What?"

Wanda smiled at him. "I'm finally happy."

The man paused before smiling himself. "Then you have my blessing, I take it neither of you will be joining the brotherhood?"

Both shook their heads.

"The x-men?"

Again, both shook their heads, Kurt deciding to explain.

"Ve…ve feel zhat ve can no longer see your sides of zhis battle, our beliefs don't lie vith vun kind dominating zhe other, or coexistence, but in zhe current situation. Zhere are people out zhere, human and mutant, zhat could destroy zhe fragile relationship zhat exists right now." Kurt cupped his hands together and was surprised when mystique took his hand and also Wanda's.

"The rings are beautiful, though Wanda should have a stone on hers."

"I didn't get zhe ring." The blue mutant smiled softly. "It vas zhe best man who chose zhem."

Magneto was curious. "And who is this?"

"Sarge." Wanda explained. "He was our trainer, taught us a lot, didn't he?"

"Ja." Kurt lightly kissed her before looking at her father. "I thank you for blessing zhis."

The man only smiled before nodding. "I want her to be happy, Kurt, and I want her to be safe."

The blue mutant grinned darkly. "I can assure you, she vill be safe. I can prove it if you vish."

Everyone admitted that it seemed an odd request that Kurt and Wanda attend a danger room session with everybody so soon after arriving back, but they never commented on it to them. After all, perhaps it would make them feel more settled?

The mission was a simple one that was made far more difficult after Kurt had demanded it as such. The objective was to get from one side of the room to fetch a key and then return to the original side and unlock a box that contained a button that would stop the simulation.

There where two teams, one trying to get the key, the other trying to stop them getting the key.

At Kurt's insistence, the teams where as such.

Getting the key: Himself and Wanda.

Blocking them: All the x-men and Brotherhood members, including Logan and Ororo.

They stood in the metal room, waiting for the signal and eyeing the other nervously.

Kitty spoke to Lance eventually. "I don't get it, why do they want to go against us all, they can't win."

"They wouldn't have won before you mean." He smiled sadly. "We don't know anything about them now anymore, I mean, they're engaged for a start."

"You're still annoyed about that?"

"Kurt hasn't asked me to do anything for the wedding other than being there and behaving."

She frowned. "But Lance, that is all you have to do."

"Oh." He looked over at the pair in question who was talking quietly, Kurt holding Wanda close as she giggled at his breath tickling her ear. The pair where also not wearing their traditional uniforms, opting instead for the clothing they had been wearing on their most recent missions in the compound.

The buzzer sounded loudly.

Kissing her gently, Kurt moved away from Wanda and looked at the others who were all preparing for whatever he done next. "Its time to start flying, my angel."

"Indeed." Grinning, the Scarlet Witch raised her hands that glowed with a vivid green fire, about her, the mechanics went wild, yet they were also controlled.

Their targets, anyone who tried to stop her or Kurt.

Moving swiftly, Kurt teleported in a series of successive moves, delivering blows and vanishing before he was hit and knocking the numbers down of the available opponents.

They were like clockwork, if someone tried to fight Wanda, then Kurt was suddenly beside them and injuring them. If someone tried to fight Kurt, they found themselves trying to keep alive against an army of their own technology.

In the control room, Xavier looked away from the carnage of below to face Eric. "It is a shame they won't be joining either of us, they would have been good contributors to the team, morally and physically."

"Perhaps Charles, but then again, I've think they've grown past our own disputes and those of humanity and mutants in general. They're not going to fight for any cause except their own now."

"Which is probably best, I don't think I'd like them as an opponent." Xavier smiled. "But it's good to know they'll be able to take care of each other."

Nodding, Eric turned to leave the room. "I must depart now, old friend, I have certain business to attend to."

"Wedding present?"

"They grow up too fast…"

Panting, Jean collapsed onto a couch and looked levelly at the winners who were still waving the key about in victory, Kurt scooping Wanda up and spinning her around before kissing her softly.

The red head turned to Rogue who was smiling at the display of affection. "I don't think I'm planning on going up against that pair anytime soon. Since when did they become so strong?"

Rogue looked at her levelly, her eyes smiling still. "Since they stopped hiding from themselves."

Turning, Jean looked at them again before smiling herself. "Yeah, you're right, so tell me, are you going to be a bridesmaid?"

"Matron of honour."

"What! How did you manage to wrangle that one out of them?"

On the chair, the lovers laughed and shared their own secret smiles.

"Smile, people, I want to get everyone in this picture!" Jean ran back a few paces, lifting the hem of her dress slightly before squinting through the camera. "Alright, Lance, swap with Jamie, your too tall there…"

Xavier smiled, looking up to Magneto. "It's been a splendid day, hasn't it?"

"Indeed, Ororo did a magnificent job with the arrangements." The man smiled, looking over to the mother of the groom. "Wouldn't you say so, Mystique?"

The woman looked up from her hankies. "What? Oh, yes, it's splendid." She dabbed her eyes, unable to stop looking at the couple. Under her advice, Wanda had gone for a simple white strapless dress with minimal red trimming, a red ribbon about her waist and no veil. Kurt wore a red cravat in addition to his white shirt and waistcoat, and all the bridesmaids had warm lilac dresses.

Jean was still arranging the photo, trying to organise the chaos.

"So what did you get them for a wedding present?" Logan asked as he had been assigned to that edge of the group. He smiled proudly with himself. "I got them a bright red toaster."

"I don't know if I am appalled or actually impressed with the originality of the gift." Magneto chuckled, indicating Mystique suddenly. "As the parent of the couple, we decided that they would both appreciate some space alone and purchased a nice little house not far from the brotherhood house."

Laughing, the professor nodded. "I didn't think of that, I was more practical in the terms that I'm paying for their honeymoon."

"Oh, where are they going?" Logan asked, inching left a little under Jeans command.

"Nothing terribly much, I figured that after visiting Kurt's German family, they'd need a little time off from vacation, so it's a two week holiday to Alaska."

All of them looked at Xavier, incredulous.

"I thought they'd like to revisit the place they fell in love."

Mystique shook her head. "For the world's strongest telepath, you really have no idea about gifts, do you?"

"Excuse me, the red head told me to come here." Smiling, the sergeant held his hand out. "Proud parents, I see."

"We're talking about gifts." The blue woman laughed. "Did you get them something a little more desirable than a toaster?"

"I bought the rings, didn't I?" Laughing, the man shook his head. "No, no, I didn't have much so I only got them a little thing, just a few knick knacks." Shrugging, he waved over Banshee and Dazzler.

The pair was hollered at to go to the other side of the group.

"Dazzler got them a disco ball, and Banshee said they could spend some time in his holiday home in Ireland." The sergeant sighed as he was told to go back to his original place. "This had better be a good picture!"

"Alright, alright!" Jean finally stepped away from the camera, making it hover as she ran to her place. "Smile!"

Jubilee suddenly threw fireworks in the air just as the camera flashed.

"It's been some day." Kurt hugged his bride.

"Yeah." Kissing him, Wanda laughed. "When we get home, we're going to have to find somewhere pride of place for that toaster."

"And the matching kettle Jean got."

"There are also the red plates from Rahne."

"There's also the red photo frames from Sarge."

"And we can't forget that Ororo gave us the red plant pots."

Both stood for a moment in silence.

"Do you think they're trying to say something?" Wanda asked.

Kurt shook his head. "Nah, you're too perfect." And with that, he gently kissed her, laughing as a bright flash nearly blinded them. "Alright, let's get zhe paparazzi, ja?"

Conjuring hex bolts as she hitched up her skirt, Wanda grinned. "What are the chances of our cake not being ruined but the little sandwiches pelting that lot?"

"Very high, milady, very." With another kiss, Kurt grabbed a handful of sausage rolls. "To the future!"

"The future!"

The sandwiches went flying.

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