For those of you haven't read my Kingdom Hearts 3 prediction fic The Xehanort War, I suggest you at least skim through it, as this is a sequel to that story, so you'll probably be lost. Since not everyone will want to read that long, 107 chapter story (on the bright side, the chapters aren't too long. Nimbus Llewelyn's Child of The Storm has a word count 4 times higher than the Xehanort War and 3/4 as many chapters), I'll leave a brief explanation of the key things you need to know.

And for those of you who have read The Xehanort War, welcome to the first of its many sequels. Timeline wise, this all takes place over the course of a month, and is basically a slice of life fic showing what life is like for everyone when Xehanort has finally bitten the dust. I was originally going to do the Kingdom Hearts/Avengers crossover Ripple Effects first, but I decided that Regroup and Rebuild should come before explaining the marvel references, mainly because Ripple Effects contains spoilers for this fic. This isn't going to be a lon, elaborate story like The Xehanort War was, though. This is mainly a series of One-Shots set after Xehanort's downfall dealing with what comes afterwards, but with a few loose overarching plots. Anyway, enjoy everyone.

I own nothing. Kingdom Hearts belongs to Disney and Square. All Final Fantasy characters who appear or are referenced belong to Square Enix. All Marvel Characters/Locations referenced belong to Marvel. All other properties mentioned belong to their respective owners.

Episode 1: Second Chances:

Shibuya – Scramble Crossing

August 1, 2015

Isa opened his eyes to find himself in a bustling city. Immediately he knew something was wrong. He shouldn't even be alive for one thing. When Xehanort had turned him into one of his vessels, he'd implemented a failsafe that fatally wounded him when that woman, Master Aqua, attempted to remove the fragment of the old man's heart being used to control him. He remembered reconciling with Lea while he bled out on the sands of the Keyblade Graveyard. He remembered standing before the judges of the afterlife waiting for them to decide where his soul would go.

A buzzing in the pocket of his Organization robes snapped him back to the present. Focus, Isa, he told himself. Stay calm, and you'll find your answers. Fishing his hands into his pockets, he was surprised when his gloved fingers came into contact with a hard rectangular object. He withdrew his hand to find himself holding what appeared to be a pocket-sized computer screen. His eyes narrowed when he read the message being displayed.

"Reach 104," it read.

"You have 60 minutes. Fail and Face erasure.

-The Reapers"

"So this is the Reaper's Game, then," a familiar voice commented from behind him. The former Number VII turned around to find Ludor, the human self of Luxord, standing behind him holding a similar mini screen, likely holding the same message. Immediately, Isa remembered what had happened. An angel by the name of Joshua had interrupted his judgement and offered him a chance to atone for his sins. Common knowledge dictated that there were three parts of the afterlife, Elysium for the good, Tartarus for the evil, and Ashphodel for everyone else.

But what most (including Isa and Ludor until now) were unaware of was that there was a fourth component, the Reaper's Game. A week-long event in which the souls of the dead competed for a second chance at life. Considering everything he'd done under Xehanort's influence he'd practically jumped at the chance to atone for his sins.

"It would seem that way," he replied as he walked over to the former Gambler of Fate. "And from what Joshua told us about the rules of the Game, we need to form a pact in order to combat the Noise."

"Sounds like a plan then," the former Number X said with a smile as he placed the small screen back in his pocket. "So, Isa," he went on with a sly smile, knowing how the former Luna Diviner always preferred to work alone. "Will you make a pact with me?"

"It's the only way to make it out of the Game alive," Isa replied. "Very well." As soon as the words left his mouth, the former Organization members were surrounded by a blue light. They blinked in perfect sync with each other as the light faded. Immediately, each felt a burning sensation in their left hand and looked down to find timers branded on their palms counting down the seconds remaining for them to complete the objective. Having been informed of the rules of the game beforehand, they immediately checked their pockets and started cycling through pins until they found the ones that activated their old weapons.

Isa suppressed a shudder as his old claymore materialized in his hand. Holding his signature weapon from his days in the Organization brought up a slew of unpleasant memories. His increasing distance from Lea. His disgusting treatment of Xion. Oh how he wished he could go back in time and prevent all of this. To smack some compassion into his past self. But alas, without the Key to Return Hearts, any attempt at removing the fragment of Xehanort's heart within him would only lead to his premature demise, thereby greatly affecting the timeline. As much as he wanted to undo what he'd done, he wasn't stupid.

With a nod to Ludor, they began walking through the streets in search of either a place with a map of the city or another player who they could ask for directions. Whichever they came across first. As they walked through the streets of what Joshua had referred to as the city of Shibuya, Isa's resolve to atone for his crimes only grew. He would win the game, get back to Radiant Garden, reconcile with Lea, and make amends for everything that he'd done. While his self-confidence had taken a severe beating thanks to his possession at the hands of Xehanort, he wasn't going to throw away a second chance when it presented itself to him.

Before I start with the explanations, a few comments on the accuracy of this chapter in regards to the TWEWY mythos. I know not all of the parts shown in the Isa and Ludor chapters are going to be accurate with the game, but the Kingdom Hearts series always applies Broad Strokes in regards to the canonicity of Final Fantasy games and I figure the actual TWEWY world wouldn't be that different. There would be most of the same basic elements, but some of the details would likely be tweaked to fit the KH mythos, so that's the route I'm taking.

Now for those of you who either haven't read The Xehanort War yet or Don't Want to, grab a seat. It's explanation time. I'm not going to spoil the whole story, but I'm just going to give you the important things to know for the beginning of this fic. All other details will be addressed as they pop up.

· For starters, as the summary states, Xehanort is already dead. This fic literally starts the day after he finally bites the dust. Like Isa, human!Luxord was a vessel of Xehanort. As you can tell from this chapter neither of them survived the final battle in TXW.

· Naturally, Roxas, Namine, Xion, Aqua, Ven, and Terra all came back (we all know this is coming so it's not much of a spoiler IMHO), but as a side-effect of being possessed by Xehanort for so long, Terra's hair is still white. He basically looks like Apprentice Xehanort but with blue eyes instead of brown.

· Sora and Kairi upgraded from friends to the Official Couple of the series we always knew they were. Speaking of couples, Maleficent and Hades got engaged near the end of TXW, and there will be hints of Lea/Elsa in some chapters.

· To help protect the worlds against Xehanort, Maleficent, and the Heartless when the Keyblade Wielders can't (because there are more worlds than Keybearers, so they can't be everywhere at once), Leon and the other Radiant Garden-based Final Fantasy characters created the Daybreak Coalition, an alliance of the governments of every world featured in the KH series so far.

· When Xehanort attempted to kill Kairi and the other Princesses of Heart just before the final battle in TXW, Sora tapped into his inner Darkness in order to save her. His skill set is now mostly Dark spells (like Dark Firaga) and other Darkness-based abilities. He'll be trying to deal with it throughout this fic.

· Related to Sora going into the Darkness to save Kairi, Vanitas is back. However, Sora convinced him to change sides after finding out his real motivations for allying with Xehanort (for reference, his Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds backstory from the BBS novel adaptations is canon in this story.

I know this chapter is short, but Isa and Human!Luxord playing the Reaper's Game isn't the main focus of the overarching arcs of these One-Shots. So while we will come back to these two later, their chapters are going to be significantly shorter. With all that out of the way, on with the show.