Squee! I dyed my hair and it's so cool! It's like the exact same color as Senri's! You should all go check out my new fanfic. It's a Twilight one so if you all enjoy this one, you'll definetly enjoy Pocketful of Sunshine hint hint. Also, I got to hold all seven of my baby hamsters!! I even named all of them!
"Senna-chan, please take your blood tablet." Ichijo sat on the edge of Senna's bed, holding the small tablet against her pursed lips. "You haven't eaten in days. Why won't you tell me what's wrong?"
Senna looked down at the bed. Her long white night gown was wrinkled since she hadn't changed out of it all day. "I'm okay, Ichi-nichan. I'm just not very hungry."
Ichijo's eyes saddened. After Akatsuki had told him that something was wrong with Senna, he was sure he could get her to tell him what was wrong. Instead, she looked at him with empty eyes and smiled a fake smile. Ichijo reached out and pulled Senna into a tight hug. He frowned when she went completely limp in his embrace. "Please tell me what has hurt you so."
Senna buried her face in Ichijo's chest and breathed his scent in. She smiled sadly to herself and shook her head. "I'm okay."
"Ichijo, it's time for classes." Akatsuki walked into the room, frowning. Since that night that Senna had asked him to stay with her, she had pushed him away. She stayed locked up in her room, just staring out the window.
Ichijo sighed and kissed Senna's cheek. "Are you sure you don't want to come to class? You might feel better."
Senna shook her head and pulled away from Ichijo. "I'll just stay here." She watched the two vampires reluctantly leave her room. Once they were gone she pulled her knees up to her chest and sat in the middle of her bed. She glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw Z-chan on the floor by the window. She slowly hopped off the bed and walked over to Z-chan. Gingerly, she picked him up and hugged him tight to her chest. She squeezed her silver eyes shut and whimpered.
"You're skipping too, Senna-chan?"
Senna slowly turned around. "What are you doing here, Aidou-nichan?"
Aidou collapsed on his back onto her bed. He motioned for Senna to join him. When she was sitting beside him, he pulled her down to lay beside him. He ran his fingers through her auburn hair. "I saw what happened. I heard everything."
Senna tensed and looked up at Aidou. "What are you talking about?"
Aidou sighed. "Don't play dumb. You know exactly what I'm talking about." He sat up and leaned against the headboard. He pulled Senna into his lap and hugged her close to him, much like how she had done with Z-chan.
Senna sniffled and closed her eyes. She allowed a few tears to fall. "I'm not really my own person. I'm someone's tool. I'm nothing."
Aidou forced her to look up at him. "That's not true. Could you imagine Senri popping out of a cake?"
Senna sniffled. "No."
"Could you picture him stealing a vampire hunter's gun and hat and then taking one of his own classmates hostage?"
Senna giggled a little. "No."
"Well, what about if he suddenly started attacking people with garlic?"
Senna laughed. "No."
Aidou smiled down at her. "See? You are your own person. Just because you're Senri's clone doesn't mean anything. You look like him and even have a similar power to him, but you're still Senna. You have your own little personality."
"Wow, that was pretty deep. Did you read that off a fortune cookie?"
Aidou huffed and flicked Senna on the forehead. "That's not very nice, Senna-chan."
Senna smiled warmly at him and rested her head against his chest. She closed her eyes and yawned. "Will you stay with me tonight, Aidou-nichan? I don't feel like being alone."
Aidou smiled. "Yeah, I'll stay."
A couple of hours later, Senna awoke. She looked up and saw that Aidou was sound asleep. Slowly, she crawled out of his grasp and hopped off the bed. She picked Z-chan up from the floor, holding one of his paws in her hand. She walked out of her room and looked around. None of the others were back from their classes yet so she decided to go for a walk outside.
"What are you doing out here so late, Senna."
Senna smiled and spun around quickly. "Good evening, Zero-nichan."
Zero sighed. "Shouldn't you be in class right now?"
Senna frowned and hugged Z-chan close to her. "I didn't feel like going."
"Toga says you haven't gone the past few nights. Is something wrong?" Zero's eyes narrowed. "Did Kuran hurt you?"
Senna quickly shook her head. "No. I'm okay. I just…wanted to be alone."
Zero raised an eyebrow before placing a hand on his forehead. "Let's get you back to the dorm." Zero suddenly tensed up and ran away from Senna. He looked over his shoulder. "Go back to the dorm, Senna!"
Senna stood their, shocked for a moment. Just as she was about to run after him, she was lifted up into the air. She gasped and turned around to see her captor. "Senri-nichan!"
Senri frowned down at her. "What are you doing outside the dorm?"
"Let her come with us, Senri." Kaname walked up with a majority of the Night Class.
Senna frowned as Senri put her down. She grabbed tightly onto his hand and allowed him to lead her to wherever everyone was going. "What's going on, Senri-nichan?"
Senri looked down at her. "Kaname-sama is going to stop some council dogs from executing Kiryuu Zero."
Senna stopped dead in her tracks. "What do you mean?" She looked at Kaname's back. "Why are they going to execute Zero-nichan?"
"Kiryuu is to be executed for the murder of Hiou Shizuka." Akatsuki said, watching Senna's face for her reaction.
Senna's eyes widened and she glared furiously at Kaname's back. "But Zero-nichan didn—"
"Senna," Kaname cut her off, glancing at her from over his shoulder. "Perhaps it would be wise for you to go back to the dorm. Go straight to your room and do not leave until I have spoken to you."
Senna opened her mouth to protest but was paralyzed by the look Kaname gave her. Reluctantly she turned around and ran back to the dorm. She ran straight to her room and slammed the door shut and began wailing at the top of her lungs.
Aidou was startled awake by the sudden cry. He ran over to Senna and hugged her tightly. "What's wrong, Senna?"
She rubbed at her eyes furiously with her tiny fists. "They're going to kill Zero-nichan for the death of Shizuka-mama even though he didn't do it!"
"Aidou, leave."
Aidou looked up into Kaname's eyes. He nodded his head and released Senna. He stood up and walked out of the room, giving Senna an apologetic look.
Once Aidou had left, Senna backed herself up against the window. "Stay away from me."
Kaname sighed. "You need to calm down, Senna. I will talk to the Senate and stop them from executing Kiryuu."
Angry tears spilled down Senna's cheeks. "You're going to let Zero take the blame for what you did! You're just a coward!"
Kaname frowned and strode over to Senna. He knelt in front of her and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up at him. "I won't let them kill Kiryuu. You need to trust me, Senna."
Senna frowned and looked away. "If anything happens to Zero-nichan, I'll never forgive you."
Kaname smiled and held his arms out. "Come here."
Senna hesitantly walked forward and allowed Kaname to wrap her in a hug. "Am I just a tool, Kaname-san?"
Kaname chuckled. "Of course not. You talk far too much to be just a tool. Now," He held her at arms length from him. "why don't you go and talk to Ichijo. He's been very worried about you. Make sure to eat something in front of him."
Senna nodded and ran out of her room, not bothering to see if Kaname left or not. She went straight to Ichijo's room and walked in without knocking. "Ichi-nichan, I'm hungry."
Ichijo leapt off his bed and ran over to the door. He picked Senna up and sat her down on his bed. "Hang on just one second." He rummaged around in his jacket until he finally pulled a few blood tablets up. He held one up to Senna's mouth and smiled when she allowed him to feed her the blood tablets. "Are you feeling better?"
Senna swallowed the tablets. "Yeah." She reached up with her arms and wrapped them tightly around Ichijo's neck. She whimpered as he picked her up so he could sit on the bed and then sat her back down in his lap. She looked up at him. "I'm sorry that I've worried you, Ichi-nichan."
Ichijo laughed lightly. "It's okay. I'm not sure what it is that has you so sad but," He tilted her face up and kissed her nose. "if you ever want to talk about it, or if you just need someone to hold you, I'll always be here."
Senna grinned and kissed Ichijo on his nose. "Same here." She snuggled against his chest and closed her eyes, trying to stifle a yawn. "I love you, Ichi-nichan."
Ichijo tucked Senna into his bed and smoothed her hair down. "I love you too, Senna."
"I left you some extra blood tablets on top of your dresser in case you get really hungry. You need to try and do as much of your homework as possible before your bedtime. You should be in bed with the lights out by 5 at the absolute latest."
Senna rolled her eyes as she swung her legs on the edge of the bed. "I know, Ichi-nichan."
Ichijo finished buttoning up his coat and went over to Senna. He hugged her tightly. "We won't be gone long so be on your best behavior. Don't give anyone a hard time."
Senna returned the hug. "I know." She waved to him as he left her room. Once he was gone, she sighed and flopped back onto her bed. "I'm bored."
"Want to come with me?"
Senna looked up and saw Aidou standing in the doorway. She tilted her head to the side. "Where are you going?"
Aidou peered out into the hallway, confirming that Kaname and the others were gone. He grinned at Senna. "I'm going to go talk to the Chairman. Want to come with me?"
Senna frowned. "You mean the creepy guy that skips everywhere?"
Aidou chuckled. "Yeah."
Senna shrugged. "I guess." She hopped off the bed and took Aidou's hand, allowing him to lead her out of the Moon Dorm.
Poor little Senna-chan is very upset. Does she truly believe she is not a tool? Who was it exactly that ordered her creation? Will she ever get to hug Zero-kun again? You'll just have to wait and find out.
