KINGDOM HEARTS 3.6 Part LI: Seven of the Intermission-Part 4:

Seen continuing the scene from Axel's point of view last Chapter, after sneezing and finishing his Sea Salt Ice Cream. He is seen starring out towards the bright red coloured sun of the World, just then-"...You're early." appears Roxas. Axel replies "...Heh, no you're just late, sleepyhead." says Axel, him and Roxas literally exchanging words that they once used in the past as both Nobodies and members of Organization XIII.

Roxas proceeds to sit down with Axel, also starring out towards the red sunset. He brought with him a single ice cream of which Axel takes note of "What? no ice cream for me?" says Axel in a joking manner. "I could already tell that you had one, besides, look at your popsicle stick." says Roxas, pointing towards the leftover ice cream stick. Axel wonders for a single moment about what Roxas says to him until looking at the ice cream stick and becoming surprised, seeing that it says "WINNER" on it. "See that? you're a WINNER Axel...Got it Memorized?" says Roxas, comically making fun of Axel.

"Oh ha ha, spiky." says Axel in a sarcastic tone, comically pouting. A few seconds later, he and Roxas share a laugh between them. "...Phew, honestly, I needed that." says Roxas, Axel again becoming surprised. "Huh? what's that about?" says Axel, concerned for his friend. "Lately...I have been having these weird dreams, Axel. And I wonder...if any of it is for real or not...considering the past and everything. It's got to be real..." says Roxas.

"!? ...Have you told Xion about them?" says Axel asking Roxas. He blushes upon hearing Xion's name, shaking his head back and forth before replying "N-No...not...yet. If it's all the same to you Axel, I'd really rather not tell her about this, she'll just get worried." says Roxas. However, Axel then advises Roxas "Hmm...I don't know man, Xion is the headstrong type sort of person. And people who are headstrong-especially Females at that don't exactly take it kindly when secrets are being kept from them. I figured that since you two are Keyblade wielders before I officially was one that talking to her would be your best bet." says Axel, more or less clarifying upon the Connection shared between both Roxas and Xion.

"...Yeah I know but-" says Roxas until suddenly "I thought you had learned your lesson about what happens when secrets are kept from your friends." says appearing on the scene is Isa, shocking both Axel and Roxas. "Isa!" says Axel, shocked to see his oldest friend having arrived. Isa says in reply to Axel "What? am I not supposed to be here? I live here in this town too, just so you know. Speaking of...you have been shrieking on your responsibilities again, Lea." says Isa, referring towards Axel by his real name of Lea.

"Geh! you-you know already!?" says Axel, comically having been caught out. "Huh? what's going on?" says Roxas, confused. Isa then reveals "Lea here was supposed to help me do job hunting in order to pay all of our respective rents at the Old Mansion we refurbished for ourselves so that me, him, you and Xion could all live in it. Me and him are actually paying the tuition fees for you and Xion to attend school alongside Hayner, Pence and Olette, even though it would technically be your first AND last year there. It's not easy being a mother hen you know..." says Isa, shockingly revealing all these new revelations at once.

"!?" Roxas is genuinely shocked himself to hear this whilst Axel rubs the back of his head, a bit awkward about everything and saying towards Isa "Sigh...yeah, yeah. I know Isa, I know...it's just it hasn't been easy. You are the "more respectable" type, you've got good work ethic skills and the ladies absolutely go gaga over you. Honestly it's frustrating, to say the least..." says Axel, once more pouting though this time less comically then in comparison to beforehand. "Axel..." Roxas feels a bit guilty about his role in both Axel and Isa's job hunting, including upon especially realising just then that the two truly were paying for everything, rent and all.

Upon attending an actual school of learning alongside Xion, now learning that Axel and Isa are suffering with "Munny" problems. Roxas becomes real guilty about himself, believing to be experiencing happiness at the expense of others "Isa, if it helps, I'll just quit school. Xion can make up for us both there and I'll help out-" says Roxas, however, Isa shows a comical frightening expression upon his face. Scaring Roxas and Lea into comical fear, he says to the former "Don't think yourself so high and mighty that you are actually in league with us adults, brat." says Isa, his X shaped scar upon his face comically enlarging like it does when he transforms into a Berserker.

Axel thinks to himself "Ah, there it is. Isa's "submission" side. Once he gets like this, there's no talking any sense of and/or reasoning with him, he was even like this when we were kids...gulp!" says Axel, recalling the "good old days" back at Radiant Garden. "Sigh...look Roxas, me and Lea need to do this. It's our responsibility as adults to go out and find hard working jobs...just as much as both you and Xion owe it to yourselves as the youths of today to learn and study things that will benefit you in the long running future. Lea knows this most of all...right, Lea?" says Isa, speaking sense to both Roxas and Lea with the latter hesitant to reply.

"...Yeah but..." nevertheless, Roxas still feels bad at this point for "having taken everything for granted". Sensing the building tension, Isa decides to quell before it could escalate, opening with a joke "...Ahem: by the by, "Axel". What was that about me being popular with the ladies? you know that I am too serious for my own good, I can barely hold a conversation with a beautiful woman as is." says Isa, comically making himself out to be a fool, greatly in stark contrast to his former self as his Nobody Saix.

Lea and Roxas both recognise this before they cannot help but look at each other and then laugh at Isa's corny joke, realising the intention behind it. "What's that Isa, you trying out to be a comedian now!? ha ha!" says Lea, amused by Isa's "attempt at humour". "I'd say what's more humouring is that face paint of yours Lea. Honestly, I thought you outgrew the marks under your eyes." says Isa, revealing that Axel has one of his old teardrop eye-marks under his eyes.

Because Roxas was so used to them before in the past, he actually failed to notice them "Ah! he's right! you've got your old tear marks back!" says Roxas with a surprised but happy reaction. "W-What? it's not THAT strange...is it? it's just...I couldn't get used to being without them and considering that I still cry like a huge baby at times. I figured well what the hey." says Axel, Roxas sniggers at this, saying "That's right, you DO tend to cry a lot! heh heh!" says Roxas, finding humour in Axel's "dilemma".

"Oh shut up will ya!? your a decade too early to be making fun of me, kid! for that, go buy me another ice cream! here! I'll lend you the Munny for it! the usual flavour, got it!?" says Axel, Roxas realising that he got carried away more or less. Even so, he agrees to Axel's request and heads to fetch him another Sea Salt Ice Cream whilst also recognising that it seems that Isa has something of great importance that he wishes to discuss with Lea alone.

Wanting to respect their privacy as old friends, Roxas smiles before heading onwards, allowing Lea and Isa their private conversation "...Heh, that guy...he's truly grown up, hasn't he Isa?" says Axel. Isa replies "...If you say so, he was originally your friend so I can't comment. But I think that you are right...it has been a whole year and he is adjusting to his new vessel nicely, same goes for both Xion and Namine. I was told by Vexen-no, Even that he is currently working on improving their vessel Bodies in order to make them more genuinely Human. That way, those three can age just like the rest of us and do among other things that they currently can't the rest of us can..." says Isa, stating the shared desire of the scientists at Radiant Garden wanting to do all that they can for those that have received Replica host Bodies for their Hearts to live in to further lead normal lives.

"!? I honestly didn't expect you to say all of that...but yeah, you're right. Those especial three deserve their lives after everything that had happened...but I am guessing there's more then just that you wanted to talk about, right? Isa?" suddenly, the conversation turns serious, as Lea and Isa start to talk more about certain matters that are at hand elsewhere.

Lastly, seen walking up the road towards the Twilight Town clock tower in her outfit from Kingdom Hearts III is Xion. Carrying a grocery bag with ice cream in, she smiles, making her way towards the entrance of the tower itself.

To be Continued.