Reno emerged to find himself in a brilliantly white room. The intensity of the color blinded him and he stayed motionless for a moment letting his eyes adjust. Once he could see again he saw the Elena had new clothes on and that the blue haired man was bringing him some as well.
"These should fit you." The man shoved the clothes into Reno's hands and left him and Elena alone.
"Pushy ain't he?" Reno chuckled dryly as he peeled off the remains of his Turk uniform.
"You're just mad because he's tougher than you are." Elena countered as she turned towards the wall to give Reno some semblance of privacy.
"Not denying that one." Reno laughed as he pulled on his new clothes. "He's got quite the decorator though eh?"
"What's wrong with white?" Elena asked, still facing the wall.
"Makes it seem like he's trying to act all clean and pure. That right there lets ya know he's anything but." Reno buttoned up the black shirt he was given about halfway. "You can stop glaring at the wall now Laney."
Elena turned around, "Why are you judging someone you don't even know?"
"Because I can and because if you remember that's what's gotten us out of quite a few sticky spots in the past my trusting little friend." Reno threw her a cocky smile as she scowled.
"You're full of shit you know that?" Elena practically growled the words at him.
Reno smiled, "Pissed because my logic is sound are we?"
"Your logic can kiss my ass." Elena glared at him.
"Don't tempt me Laney-poo." Reno crooned.
Elena laughed, "Smart-ass."
The blue haired man walked back in, "Follow me."
"Before we do that," Reno held out an arm to stop Elena from following the order, "Can we get a name?"
"Saïx, your names?" Saïx seemed a bit ruffled by Reno's cocky attitude.
"I'm Reno, this is Elena. Pleased ta meet ya." Reno gave a sloppy salute and let Elena past him to follow Saïx through a large white door.
"I have a few acquaintances that will be able to explain what happened to you in simpler and hopefully kinder terms than I can manage." Saïx spoke in a rather business-like fashion that reminded Reno of Tseng. "There are ten of us here that have undergone the same process."
"How often does it usually happen?" Elena asked as she openly surveyed the hall.
"It happens often, yet most people don't come out of it the way we have. As I said earlier, the other members of our organization can explain this to you in more depth than I want too." Saïx led them through another doorway.
"Organization?" Reno kept himself at a good distance from Saïx as he followed.
"Yes. Organization Thirteen." Saïx knocked on a large door that looked like it was made of marble.
"But you only have ten members?" Reno made a mental note of Saïx's hesitation to just enter the room like he had the others.
"That is soon to be remedied if everything goes according to plan." The door was opened and they were led inside.
Reno kept his mouth shut as he surveyed what he could only describe as a throne room. There were thirteen chairs but not all of them were filled and they were all different heights. The occupied chairs held people that made Reno feel normal. They all wore black cloaks and every last one of them seemed to have a vivid hair color, ranging the entire color spectrum. Reno also noticed the large variety of weapons casually held by the members of the Organization.
The silver haired man on the tallest throne spoke, "It is good to see that you have made it here almost completely intact."
"What do you mean almost completely intact?" Reno gave the man a look of genuine confusion.
"You were attacked by the heartless yes? What did you think they took from you?" The man was patient and patronizing. Reno simply shrugged nonchalantly. "You're missing your hearts, vital pieces to your internal puzzles." The man smiled wryly as he continued, "I would like to welcome you two to our Organization if you'd permit me."
"Depends on what your Organization is about. Even I have a low point I won't go past." Reno stuffed his hands in his pockets as he tried not to feel like a small child under the man's gaze.
"Our goal is to unlock the mysteries of the heart. In doing so we hope to find a way to reclaim what was rightfully ours." The man held a hand over his chest as he spoke, almost as if he could feel the hole left in his chest from his heart. Reno couldn't feel shit where his heart used to be. Not even an empty space.
"So what do we have to do to join?" Elena butted in, tired of Reno talking for her.
"Prove that you can take direction and make yourselves useful." Xemnas's eerie grin was starting to put Reno on edge.
"What happens when we prove ourselves useful." Reno sneered.
"You'll be put to use of course." Xemnas grinned and Reno frowned before giving a curt nod. He was unnerved by the chilly false smiles on the faces of the people around him. They looked...hungry.
Author's Note: Sorry this is so short and sorry it took so long. I hope to be more punctual with later chapters.