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"Senna, are you really going to just stand there and do nothing?" Aidou whined pitifully, giving the vampire child a half-hearted glare. If he had been able to, he would've gone over and shaken the sleepy look off of Senna's face. How could she possibly be tired at a time like this? Of course, in his current predicament, he couldn't really do much of anything. Being tied to a chair and having three very intimidating Hunters threatening him made it very difficult to worry about much of anything else.

Senna sleepily rubbed her eyes. "I'm not standing. Cross-san is holding me. Besides, I'm not the one that made Zero-nichan and Touga-darling angry."

Touga cracked a whip in Aidou's face. "Stop trying to change the subject! Has someone been secretly in contact with Shirabuki Sara?"

"Aidou-nichan is telling the truth about Kaname not talking to her." Senna piped up when Aidou let out a terrified squeal. "Kaname hates that hag even more than I do."

Cross sighed and adjusted Senna in his arms. "Senna-chan, perhaps it would be best if you weren't in the room right now."

Senna blinked curiously. She was about to ask why when Kaito pulled a chainsaw out of nowhere and revved it in Aidou's face. Senna's shriek was on the exact same pitch as Aidou's own. "Don't kill my Aidou-nichan!"

"Kiryu, please hold Senna-chan for a moment." Cross said patiently, handing Senna over to the other Hunter.

Senna puffed her cheeks out indignantly. "I don't have to be held all the time. I'm a big girl now." Despite her protesting, she wrapped her arms around Zero's neck and snuggled against his shoulder.

Cross gave Senna an indulgent smile. "Of course, Senna-chan." He turned his attention back to untying Aidou from the chair. "Now, Aidou-kun, did you know that the Shirabuki princess has been acting very naughty recently? We just want to make sure this bad behavior doesn't turn into a huge disaster."

"If you need something to deal with Sara, I've got this!" Senna pulled out her Anti-Sara stick and proudly waved it in the air. "Senri-nichan had it made for me. It's an Anti-Sara stick. I'll lend to you if you ever have to beat up Sara."

Aidou rolled his eyes, rubbing his wrist that had been bound tightly. "Please return Senna to me." He snapped impatiently. Once Zero had reluctantly handed the vampire child over, Aidou fixed them all with a stern look. "You think Kaname-sama has something to do with whatever that woman is planning. That's a pretty ludicrous statement."

Cross sighed. "I'm very sorry for all this. We don't want to think that he is really involved. I was supposed to meet up with the head of the Toma family, but he was severely punished the other day…"

"Zero-nichan was there!" Senna piped up. "Tell them what happened, Zero-nichan!"

Zero sighed irritably, fixing Senna with an annoyed look. "It was just a small disagreement between Purebloods. They simply punished the one that raised his fist first."

Senna puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. "It's cause he attacked Yuki-neechan first!"

"Look," Aidou finally said, getting the four Hunters attention. "Kaname-sama's movements have all more than likely been done in order to protect Yuki. Sara-san's actions have not breached the contract that the Purebloods signed. All of those girls wanted to be turned into vampires of their own free will."

Senna quickly hopped out of Aidou's lap when she saw the annoyed look on Touga's face. She went over to Zero and tugged on his hand until he picked her up. After another hour of questioning, Zero led Aidou and Senna to their room. He put Senna down on the ground and allowed her to hold his hand while they walked down the hallway.

Aidou sighed and shook his head at the little girl. "How is it that you aren't exhausted, Senna?"

"I wasn't the one getting tortured." Senna pointed out as they came up to their room. She rushed in ahead of Zero and Aidou, throwing herself on the bed and burying her face in the pillows. She could hear Aidou and Zero talking quietly outside the room before the door shut. She peered up at Aidou when he sat down on the bed beside her. "Are you okay, Aidou-nichan? Zero-nichan and the others weren't too mean to you, right?"

Aidou plopped down on the bed beside Senna. He smoothed her hair down. "Just tired. I'm sure Yuki is worried sick about you right now."

Senna shrugged and snuggled against Aidou's side. "I'm sure she's more focused on Kaname right now. Are we going to go home soon? I don't like a lot of the Hunters. They're scary, and not nice like Zero-nichan."

Aidou bit back a retort at that. Zero was many things, but nice was not one of the words that immediately came to Aidou's mind when he thought of the Hunter. "I'm sure Kaname-sama will get us out of here soon. Are you hungry at all, Senna?"

"No, I'm okay." Senna said quietly. "What about you?"

"I'll manage." Aidou answered. He looked down to see if Senna was asleep when she didn't speak for a while. When he saw the thoughtful look on her face, he frowned. "What's wrong?"

Senna was quiet for a few more moments. "What if Ichi-nichan never comes back? What if he stays with Sara forever? I want him to come home…I want to be with him and Senri-nichan and Rima-neechan. I'm really scared."

Aidou didn't know what to say. He began absently patting Senna on the back. "What are you scared of?"

"I don't know." Senna answered truthfully. "Lots of things. I just want things to go back to the way they used to be, when everyone was at Cross Academy."

Aidou nodded, but didn't say anything. He continued gently patting Senna's back until he felt the little vampire child's breathing even out. He kissed the top of her head. "There's nothing to be scared of Senna. None of us will let anything happen to you."