Tl34lt12: They'll be more like in Once Upon A Time's Storybrooke, only spread out to different worlds. You'll see what I mean in a few chapters.

For those who haven't read The Xehanort War:

"Talking"

Thinking

"Written text"

"Singing"

"Speaking in a different language"

With that out of the way, on with the show.

Episode 5: Moving In:

Twilight Town – Tram Common:

August 5, 2015

Please end this nightmare now, Lea silently prayed to Kingdom Hearts or whatever deity was listening as Roxas, Namine, and Xion dragged him up and down Market Street. This is worse than the time Larxene tried to force the entire Organization to put on a play of that movie Maolin Rouge or whatever it's called. In the excitement of having his friends come back from the dead, Lea had suggested the idea of all four of them living in the old mansion on the edge of town. After calming down from the adrenaline rush of battle, they all agreed that the place was way too big for the four of them.

So after a quick trip to the ruins of the Castle That Never Was to plunder what remained of Organization XIII's Munny vault, they bought a small four-bedroom house just off of Station Heights. Incidentally, it turned out to be the exact same one that Roxas had lived in while he was in DiZ's simulation. Once all the paperwork had been signed, the four former Nobodies were now on a shopping spree buying furniture and clothes for their new home.

Thanks to his fake memories in the simulation, Roxas was a little more knowledgeable about aspects of everyday life that Lea had previously taken for granted. Because of this, Roxas was quickly given the job of answering all of Xion's numerous questions about everything they found in every single store. Seeing Sora's memories in dreams did not mean that she remembered or understood every detail she saw.

The first hour had been fine, when they were simply picking out simple the essential things like clothes, furniture, toiletries, and other household supplies. They could go out and get things like carpeting and curtains tomorrow, but thanks to Xion's curiosity, they'd spent the past two hours going around buying every single thing for their house at once. Eventually, they finally managed to convince Xion to save some stuff for later, though not before she bought herself a CD player.

After a long morning of shopping, they finally had more bags than they, Hayner, Pence, and Olette (who had offered to help carry stuff) could carry. Lea decided to order a pizza on the way back so they'd have something to reenergize themselves after a harrowing shopping experience. They all sat on the floor of their new house eating their lunch and throwing around ideas for where to put things. The house was fairly small, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, and a small area right before the front door that they'd unanimously decided would be their dining room.

Once they finished their lunch, they got to work setting up what they could. The furniture wouldn't be delivered until later in the afternoon, so everyone's new clothes sat in the bags in each person's bedrooms. Olette helped Namine and Xion put up curtains in their rooms, while Hayner and Pence helped Roxas bring stuff up to his. Lea didn't understand why Roxas had bought a lamp with rotating fishes on the shade, but apparently his friend wanted to recreate his bedroom in the simulated Twilight Town, so the former Flurry of Dancing Flames could only shrug as walked into the master bedroom that he'd claimed for himself, being the oldest out of all of them.

Once the furniture was all delivered, Namine, Hayner, Pence, and Olette helped Lea with whatever drilling needed to be done. Despite the fact that he was old enough to be Roxas and Xion's brother, he was aware of the fact that he was the closest thing the two had to a father, and there was no way he was ready to let them within ten feet of power tools just yet. Namine was at least had enough practical knowledge to be trusted not to accidentally injure herself, so she pitched in. Meanwhile, Roxas and Xion took over putting away toiletries and cleaning supplies.

By the time everything was finished, the sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon. After all that exhausting work, nobody had the energy to walk up to the clock tower for ice cream. Fortunately, Namine had gone out and bought some once the refrigerator had been delivered, so they all sat at the newly assembled table in the dining room eating Sea Salt Ice Cream just like the good old days (or not so good old days, considering what life in the Organization had been like towards the end). After ice cream, Hayner, Pence, and Olette headed back to eat with their own families, and the former Nobodies ordered another Pizza for dinner.

While they were waiting for the pizza to be delivered, everyone drifted off to different parts of the house. Lea flopped down on the couch waiting for the pizza, jokingly hoping that the delivery boy didn't get devoured by Heartless on the way. Namine sat on the cushioned windowsill, quietly sketching the dark nighttime streets. Roxas sat upstairs in his room staring out the window marveling that after so long, he was living the life he'd had in the fake Twilight Town for real. After a few minutes, he heard a familiar melody coming from Xion's bedroom, and closed his open window before going to investigate. Pressing his ear to the door, he was able to hear Xion's muffled voice singing along to the same tune she'd been singing back in Sora's mind world.

"I'm through accepting limits"

"'Cause someone says they're so."

"Some things I cannot change,"

"But till I try I'll never know."

Xion has an amazing singing voice, Roxas though as his friend continued to sing along. As he listened to the song, his hand dropped down and accidentally pressed against the door handle, pushing the door inward and causing him to fall flat on his face in front of Xion, who stopped singing as the door opened.

"Roxas!" she cried out when he fell. "Are you okay?" she quickly rushed over and helped him up.

"Yeah," he said. "Sorry I interrupted. You're a really good singer."

"You really think so?" Xion asked, blushing profusely.

"Are you kidding?" Roxas replied. "You sound amazing. Pence was telling me about how he's president of the school drama club. If we're going to be going to school here, you should audition. You're practically a shoo-in to get a part." Xion blushed even more. "What song was that anyway?"

"It's from a play I saw when I was on the run from the Organization," she explained meekly. "I needed a place to go and clear my head, and I ended up on a world called New York. I ended up outside of a theater, and I accidentally bumped into this couple around Axel's age. Apprently they knew all about Keyblades and other worlds, and when we talked I just ended up telling them all about where I came from. I already knew I was a replica at that point, and well… they insisted on buying me an extra ticket because they felt I should have a little fun in the middle of everything that was happening."

"But wouldn't tickets have been sold out by that point?" he asked, confused.

"It was only thirty minutes before the show, so I thought so too," Xion answered. "But apparently the guy was a really famous Captain, whatever that was, and there was one more VIP seat left. But I had such a great time at the play that I ended up leaving the world with a CD of all the songs and a bunch of other merchandise. I tried to pay for it myself but the people who paid for my ticket insisted on getting it for me."

"Well that was really nice of them," Roxas commented. "What was it about?" Xion smiled as she went on to animatedly describe the backstory of the play for the next ten minutes, discussing everything from the characters to the merchandise, which after being brought back from the dead, Xion had retrieved from where she'd left it in the Old Mansion during her meeting with Namine. Their conversation was only interrupted by the two words that would drag them downstairs to the dinner table.

"Pizza's here!" Lea called out, sending everyone scrambling for the table to eat.

Yes, Xion is a fan of Wicked. It's a shout out to one of my favorite KH fanvids (go to YouTube and search Kingdom Hearts defying Gravity). As for who the famous couple who bought Xion a ticket to see Wicked, that's a spoiler for a future story, but I'm sure the Captain part gave you a clue ;)

Regarding the reference to the Organization having a Munny vault, they've got to pay for things like food somehow, don't they?

Lea's comments about Pizza delivery guys and Maolin Rouge are shout outs to the amazing and hilarious KH parody fanfic Those Lacking Spines. For those who've read it, yes, I'm going to include a Gummi Ship christened the Existentialist at some point as another shout out.