AN: I'm sooo sorry for the late update, I wanted to upload it last weekend, but then all things started to happen (most of them not all to happy) and I couldn't. But now I finally can! And therefor decided to do it straight away, since I could really use some reviews. (bad or good, it makes me happy all the same)

Chapter 6

"Wow, it's beautiful here! I never knew that you came from such a beautiful place!" Jubilee exclaimed admiring.

"I'm not from Japan. I think not anyways. But after many years of just wandering around I ended up here. And now it kinda feels like home…" Wolverine answered lightly.

He didn't know why he had just told her, since he had never told anyone else before. But somehow he felt at ease around her.

"Then why did you join the X-men? I mean didn't you rather stay here?" Jubilee asked him carefully.

Wolverine sighed. "That's a long story kid. I 'd rather you tell me how in Gods name you managed to find me…" Wolverine easily changed the subject.

"Well, it wasn't that difficult. As soon as I found out you had left, I called the airport and asked them if they had seen you. After I described you a young stewardess remembered seeing you, and remembered that you were going on a flight to Japan." Jubilee explained with a little proudness slipping in her voice.

But Wolverine didn't buy it.

"Japan is a large county kid…." he said.

Jubilee got the hint and looked guiltily at her feet.

"Yes well…eh… I found that out rather quickly too…" she said avoidingly.

"So…I…eh…I kinda hacked into the mainframe computer at the mansion…" she almost whispered.

She closed her eyes in wait for Wolverine's reaction.

"Kinda!" he said unbelievingly.

"Well…eh…. Well it was the only way to gather any kind of information on you, and there I found out that this was the last place you've stayed at before joining the X-men!" she said defending.

Wolverine shook his head in amazement.

She was smart. Very smart. A lot smarter then she let others believe he realized.

"And what if you hadn't found me here?" he asked.

For a second she contemplated about that, but then answered with a mere shrug of her shoulders "I would have just looked further!"

"But how did you know that I …eh…landed in that rice field?" Jubilee asked in return, trying to change the subject.

"One of the men alarmed us that there was a little girl who was a 'big fighter', and was causing the Samurai quite a handful. So I decided to check it out for myself. And luckily I was just in time!" he added.

"Pffff…If I hadn't been so tired from the long journey, I would have kicked all their asses!" she said haughty, but her eyes were shining with joy.

Wolverine just had to laugh "Sure kid!"

By then they had reached a beautiful, typical Japanese house where Yuriko was awaiting them already.

"Welcome Jubilee" she said welcoming and bowed.

Jubilee was getting shy again, like she did with most strangers, but bowed as well.

Yuriko smiled appreciating at the benevolent way the young girl tried to adjust to the Japanese traditions.

Yuriko showed Jubilee the house, and admired she walked from one room to the next.

"Wow, everything is so..so different! It all looks so much brighter!" she exclaimed.

Yuriko smiled. She was glad to see the girl enjoying herself.

"You really have a wonderful house Yuriko!" Jubilee complemented when they were walking through the typical Japanese garden.

"Oh, but it is not my house! It's Logan-san's. I just live here when he's not here." Yuriko explained.

Jubilee didn't understand; Wolverine hardly ever left the mansion for vacation, and even when he did, it would only be for a couple of days. Then why keep a house here?

"You have a beautiful house Wolvie!" Jubilee praised when they joined him in the living room again.

For a second Wolverine looked betrayed at Yuriko, but then hauled his shoulders.

"Thanks kid, but that's all Yuriko's doing." he said.

Although his voice had sounded lighthearted Jubilee could feel that he didn't want to talk about it. Since she herself hated it when people insisted on telling them tings she didn't feel like telling, she didn't push Wolverine either.

Yuriko came back with tea and for a few moments they enjoyed their tea in silence.

"What did the rest say of you going off to find me?" Wolverine asked circumspect. He couldn't believe that Cyclops actually let her go without putting up a fight.

Jubilee looked guiltily at her hands.

"Ehhh…" she mumbled nervously.

Wolverine looked at her incredulously "Jubilee? They do know you left don't they!"

His voice had a threatening tone to it now, and Jubilee braced herself for his outburst. She was fidgeting nervously and avoided looking into his eyes.

"Jubilee!" he repeated his voice even more threatening.

Jubilee scraped her throat "I..ehh….not exactly…" she mumbled softly.

Wolverine started to get angry "What do you mean 'not exactly'! Do they know where you are or not!" he pressed.

She shook her head.

"They would have never let me go…" she said in defense.

"So you just ran away!" he said gruffly. "And what about the jet? How did you get that?"

"I…eh..I know where the keys were…" she said softly.

Again it surprised Wolverine how smart she was.

'…She starts to look more and more like the Cajun…' crossed his mind, thinking about the Cajun thief. But that thought soon was suppressed by his anger.

"You've stolen a jet!" he said stunned.

"Well it was more like boring…" she corrected protesting.

Again the comparison with Gambit flashed through his mind, for the Cajun was just as handy with twisting words in his favor.

"They must be worried sick by now!" Wolverine said worried.

Jubilee flinched "I never meant to cause problems…really…but I knew they would never let me go, and I …I had to find you…" she said softly.

"I'm really sorry… Really I am!...Please don't be angry with me…" she pleaded.

Wolverine's anger disappeared into nothing. He wasn't really angry with her anyway. He had been shocked when he found out what kind of risks and trouble she had gone through just to find him, but not angry.

'…she could have been hurt or even dead and no one would have even know! And what if she hadn't found me?...'

He sighed and tried to suppress his worries.

"No kid, I'm not angry with you…" he said calmingly. "But please promise me you'll never pull off a stunt like this again!" he added quickly.

She nodded, and smiled up at him.

For a few moments it stayed silent between them.

"Wolvie….did you mind me finding you?" she asked softly.

"I mean…If you want I can just go to a hotel or something…" she said quickly.

She didn't want to be a burden to him. And now that she had found him it occurred to her, that maybe he hadn't wanted to be found in the first place.

"No kid, I don't mind, and of course you can stay here." he said sighing. But it wasn't until he had said it out loud that he realized he truly had meant it.

"You're not angry at me anymore then?" she asked hopefully.

"No kid, I'm not angry at you. Really." he said comforting.

Before he realized what she was doing she had crawled into his arms.

Surprised by the action he didn't knew how to react for a moment. She had never been this affectionate, and after what had happened he never expected it to happen ever. He realized this was the greatest sign of trust she knew.

Still a little unfamiliar he closed her in his arms. "It's okay…" he whispered softly in her hair.

"Now first call the mansion to let them know where you are. They must be terribly worried by now. You've been gone for more then 24 hours at least by now." he said quasi strict.

Jubilee jumped up in shock "24 hours! But I left just this night, and it's only noon now…" she said confused. '…oh my God they'll be worried sick by now!...'

"Yes, but on this side of the world we are 12 hours behind. In the States it's morning already" Wolverine explained.

Jubilee's face clouded "Oh no!" she groaned.

"Just go call them quickly!" he said urging her on, and throwing his cell phone in her direction.

"Cyclops will kill me…" she groaned dreading while dialing the number...

AN thank you all for reading this chapter and especially for those who left me all these wonderful reviews! It really means the world to me! (i'm sorry but I heard we're no longer alowed to thank reviewers personally, but you all know who I mean. I tried to answer as many of you as possible by e-mail, but some I got back because of false email adresses...