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BR Black Rose: No, no, Zero doesn't love Senna that way. It's more like a big brother with an annoying little sister kind of love :)

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"Senna, we have to go." Yuki said patiently, standing on the platform with everyone else. She held her hand out patiently to the little vampire girl clinging stubbornly to the doorframe of the train. "The train has to leave."

Senna rapidly shook her head from side to side. "I changed my mind. I don't want to go. Can't we just go home?"

"You're wasting time." Zero snapped impatiently, keeping quite a bit of distance between himself and Yuki. "Let's go so we can get this stupid mission over with."

"I've got pocky, Senna." Senri prompted, holding out a stick of said pocky.

"Senna," Kaname said slowly. "we have to go now."

"No! I don't want to!" Senna shouted. She glared at Akatsuki as he approached her, holding tighter to the door. "I'm not going."

Akatsuki stared down at Senna for a moment before grabbing her around her waist and yanking her off the doorframe as though she weighed nothing. He held her over his shoulder and walked back over to the group. "Let's go."

"Put me down, Akatsuki-nichan! You're being really mean!" Senna howled in fury, pounding her tiny fist on Akatsuki's back.

Senri strode over and shoved a piece of pocky into Senna's mouth. "Hush. It's quiet time."

Senna pouted, but complied. She nibbled at the stick of pocky, staring blankly around at the group walking on either side of her. They were all here to save her. She finished the pocky off and fisted Akatsuki's shirt in her hands. "Akatsuki-nichan, I'm scared. I don't want to go back there."

"It'll be okay." Akatsuki said quietly, patting Senna's back. "If I put you down, will you promise not to run away?" As soon as he felt Senna nod, Akatsuki placed her on the ground.

Immediately, Senna rushed over to Zero and grabbed his hand. "Zero-nichan, where's Senri's twin?"

Zero looked blankly down at her before comprehension dawned on his face. "You mean Kaito? He's already there."

She nodded thoughtfully before falling silent again. "Why are Vampire Hunters helping us? Wouldn't your boss be much happier if I died? I'm turning into a Pureblood, remember?"

"Who knows. Does it really matter?" Zero asked.

Senna shook her head and squeezed Zero's hand. "No. I'm glad you're here. I'm glad everyone's here. I don't think I could do this by myself." She blinked as Zero pulled to an abrupt stop. "What's wrong?"

"This can't be…" Yuki gasped.

"It was just here a few days ago." Mikiri sputtered.

"Yo." Kaito hopped down from the top of a rather tall pile of rubble to land in front of the group. "Took you long enough to get here."

"Kaito, what the hell happened?" Toga snapped impatiently. "Where is Jadoku's lab?"

Kaito motioned to what once may have been a building. "This is it. Or, what's left of it anyways. I asked the townsfolk about what happened."

"And?" Touga prompted.

"Nobody knows what happened. Nobody saw anything. There was a loud explosion in the middle of the night and when they all came out, the place was burning to the ground." Kaito wiped dirt off of his pants, sighing irritably. "Rather suspicious, isn't it?"

"What are we going to do?" Ruka asked, noting how Senna seemed much more relaxed now.

Senna released Zero's hand from her grasp and slowly walked towards the rubble. She could hear everyone around her talking about their next course of action. Slowly, she climbed up the large pile of rubble. Each time her hand touched a piece of the rubble, a memory would flash through her mind. She could hear someone screaming. She knew it was Shizuka shouting as Senna was taken away from her. The first time her bare back had touched that cold, metal table. The feel of needles piercing her skin. Being starved until she did what the doctor's wanted her to do.

She finally sat down on the top of the rubble, stunned. She hadn't wanted to come back here. She hadn't wanted to walk through the hallways, search the underground cellars. But, this had been her one chance to find a cure, to save her life. Now, it was gone, destroyed along with her chance at living. She blinked as someone wrapped their arms around her. She looked up to find Senri sitting beside her, holding her.

"It's okay." Senri whispered. "We'll find him. Kaname already knows of a few more towns where Jadoku may be hiding. We're going to save you. You won't die."

Senna sniffled, realizing for the first time that she had been crying. She hugged Senri and buried her face in his side. "Thank you, Senri-nichan."