Hamsters are the new rabbits! I met a little girl that reminded me of Senna! She's in kindergarten at the school I work at. She's so adorable and she always comes and gives me hugs all the time.

"Kaname-sama, Maria is having…some…issues…" Ichijo walked into Kaname's room and froze. What he saw made his eyes widen in horror. "What are you doing, Kaname-sama!?"

Kaname slowly released his grip on Senna. He smiled at Senna. "I'm sorry, Senna. I overreacted."

Senna touched her throat in shock. She quickly scrambled over to Ichijo and pulled on his sleeve until he picked her up. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and hid her face from Kaname.

Ichijo held Senna close. "What's going on, Kaname-sama?"

Kaname continued to smile. "What was it you were saying, Ichijo?"

Maria stepped into the room. She reached out and stroked Senna's cheek, cooing softly to her. "That was rather unkind of you to scare the poor girl, Kaname-sama."

Senna whimpered and buried her face in Ichijo's neck, turning her face from Maria. "I want to go to bed, Ichi-nichan."

Kaname nodded to Ichijo. "Why don't you go put Senna to bed and I'll talk to Maria-san."

Ichijo backed out of the room, clutching Senna close to him. He ran out of the room with her and instead of taking her to her own room, he carried her into his. He sat on his bed and held her in his lap, rocking her back and forth. "Are you okay, Senna-chan? Why did Kaname-sama do that?"

Senna sniffled. "I don't know. He started saying weird stuff like if they gave me 'her' name and then he called me Hiou Senna. I don't even know anyone with the name Hiou."

Ichijo froze. He stroked Senna's hair soothingly. "It's okay. I'm not going to let you out of my sight ever again."

Senna hugged Ichijo tightly. "Promise you won't leave me, Ichi-nichan?"

Ichijo smiled at her. "I promise. Do you want to stay here tonight?"

Senna pouted and nodded her head quickly. She burrowed under the covers of the bed and then stuck her head out. She snuggled her head into the pillow and giggled. "Your pillow smells like you, Ichi-nichan."

Ichijo laughed and lay beside her. He held her small hand in his and kissed the back of her hand. I would imagine it would." His face turned serious. "Senna, I don't know why Kaname-sama did what he did, but you know he cares about you, right?"

Senna puffed her cheeks out. "He sure has a funny way about showing it."

Ichijo chuckled and poked her cheeks. "I'll talk to him, okay? I'm sure there's a reason that he did that."

Senna sighed and closed her eyes. "Kaname-san sure has you whipped, Ichi-nichan."

Ichijo blinked. "Where did you get that phrase from?"

Senna yawned and answered sleepily. "I read it in a book."

When Senna awoke later in the day, Ichijo was nowhere in sight. She slowly sat up and tensed when she saw who was standing in the doorway. "Where's Ichi-nichan, Kaname-san?"

Kaname smiled at her and came to sit beside her on the bed. He smoothed her hair down. "I asked him to make sure Maria-san stayed out of trouble. I came to apologize to you."

Senna pulled the covers up to her chin and shook Kaname's hand off. "Apologize?"

He continued to smile. "Yes. I overreacted last night and I apologize. You have no control of who your family is. Do tell me, though, do you truly not know who your mother is?"

Senna quickly shook her head. "No. I don't. Now please go away."

Kaname reached out and moved stray strands of red hair from Senna's face and moved them behind her ear. "I truly do apologize, Senna. I hope you can forgive me."

Senna raised an eyebrow. "You tried to choke me."

Kaname laughed at Senna's serious face. "As I said, I overreacted." His face turned very serious. "You are very important to many of the Night Class students. I promise you, Hiou Senna, that I will do everything in my power to make sure they never take you away from us."

Senna's silver eyes scanned Kaname's face. She finally let out a reluctant sigh. "I guess I'll forgive you this once on one condition."

Kaname smiled. "What?"

"I get to hit you."

Kaname laughed. "Go right ahead."

Senna made a small fist and punched Kaname in the arm as hard as she could.

"Feel better?" Kaname asked.

Senna puffed her cheeks out. "I guess." She hopped out of Ichijo's bed and smoothed the wrinkles out of her school uniform. She finger combed her hair. "I'm going for a walk."

Kaname smiled at her. "Have fun."

Senna meandered around the campus, ignoring all the squeals coming from the Day Class girls. She sighed and leaned against a wall. "I wonder where he could be."

"Are you looking for Zero, Senna-chan?"

Senna stiffened and looked up. "Hello, Maria-san."

Maria smiled and knelt down to Senna's level. She placed a hand on each of Senna's cheeks. She placed her forehead against Senna's and kissed her nose affectionately. "You're just so adorable, you know that right?"

"Get away from her."

Maria moved out of the way and smiled. "Of course, Zero."

Senna pushed Maria out of the way and ran over to Zero. She hugged him tightly around his knees. "I don't like her, Zero-nichan!"

Zero picked Senna up and allowed her to rest her head in the crook of his neck. "I'll take you back to your dorm." Zero walked away, holding a trembling Senna in his arms. "Why were you out during the day? You know better."

"I wanted to see you. I miss you." Came Senna's muffled reply.

Zero said nothing and carried Senna back to the Moon Dorm. He knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. When Akatsuki poked his head out sleepily, Zero held a sleeping Senna out to him. "You should really keep a better eye on her. She could get hurt."

Akatsuki took Senna from Zero and glared at him. "Are you threatening her?"

Zero shook his head. "No, I'm warning you that there are people that want to hurt her." He walked away after making sure Akatsuki had Senna securely in his arms.

Akatsuki carried Senna back to her room and tucked her in. "What trouble have you gotten yourself into now, Senna?"

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"Wake up, Senna-chan!!"

Senna growled and rolled over, pulling the pillow over her head. "Five more minutes, Rima-neechan."

Rima giggled and pulled Senna out of the bed, squealing when she saw Senna's sleepy face. "We need to get ready for the dance."

Senna yawned. "Does this mean I have to get my hair done again?"

About an hour later, Senna was being held by Senri. She wore a long pink dress with a belt made of white roses around her waist. He hair was braided and white roses were scattered throughout the braid. She looked down at her pink dress shoes. "Why is Rima-neechan so obsessed with dressing me up?"

Senri rested his head against Senna's. "Because you're so cute."

Senna smiled and leaned up to kiss Senri's cheek. "Will you dance with me, Senri-nichan?"

Senri nodded. "Sure." Senri held Senna close to him with one arm so it appeared that she was sitting on his arm. He held on of her tiny hands in his and twirled around the dance floor with her. He blinked when he felt a tap on his shoulder.

Ichijo smiled at him. "May I please cut in?"

Senna smiled and Senri handed her over to Ichijo. "Are you gonna dance with me too, Ichi-nichan?"

Ichijo smiled. "Of course. Why wouldn't I dance with my precious Senna-chan?" Ichijo helped Senna put both of her feet on top of his. He bent his upper body over and wrapped one arm around her waist and held her other hand in his hand. He smiled as Senna placed her free hand on his arm. "You look beautiful tonight, Senna-chan."

Senna giggled and blushed. "Thank you. You look very handsome, Ichi-nichan."

Ichijo scooped Senna up into his arms and held her high in the air, spinning her around. Let's go see what Kaname-sama is doing."

Senna pouted. "I wanted to find Zero-nichan."

Ichijo smiled sadly at her. "I don't think he's here anymore, Senna-chan." Ichijo walked over to Kaname, holding Senna in his arms.

Kaname glanced at the two. "Senna, there is something I need to do. You must come with me."

Ichijo tightened his grip on Senna. "What do you need Senna-chan for?"

Senna kissed Ichijo's cheek and smiled at him. "It's okay, Ichi-nichan." She allowed Kaname to take her from Ichijo. She looked up at him. "Will I get to find out where I came from?"

Kaname smiled. "Yes."

Aw, Senna got to get all dressed up! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make the dance a little light hearted considering that the chapter started with Kaname strangling the baby. Please let me know what you thought!