I am so sorry for the long wait between updates! School comes before everything else, even my own writing. I'll try to update more frequently. I've only got one more year of college, and the workload is definitely starting to kick my butt.

Sakura02: Shiki-ni is off pouting because he got his blood tablets taken away.

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By the time Senna got outside, things were tense. Neither Kaname, Yuki, or Zero were moving. Zero had a tight grip on Yuki's arm. Senna could see the pained look in Yuki's eyes, and the casualness of Kaname's stance and gaze. She hovered on the edge, unsure if she had made the right choice. She was about to slip back into the building, when Kaname spoke to her.

"Senna, come join us. There is nothing to fear." Kaname said softly, though he didn't look over at her.

Zero's gaze flickered over to the little girl as she slowly approached him and Yuki. He didn't say anything as she latched onto Yuki's free arm.

Kaname smiled, thought it didn't reach his eyes. "My dear, sweet Senna. You always manage to get in the middle of things, even if you don't belong there." His gaze flickered over to Yuki, and the smile completely disappeared. "You, my sweet girl, have become a hindrance." He continued speaking coolly, ignoring the shocked and hurt look on Yuki's face. "You have yet to understand the change in my intentions. Perhaps you should have Kiryu-kun explain everything to you. In a way, he is the one that understands me best."

Senna stomped her foot angrily. "Just stop it, Kaname-san! Stop hurting everyone!"

Yuki grasped Senna's hand and gently squeezed it, silencing the little girl. She didn't look back at Zero, her eyes remaining trained on Kaname. "Tell me."

Zero hesitated. "I had always believed somewhere in my heart that you two would be together…"

"Just tell me already!" Yuki snapped. She quickly composed herself when she saw the way Senna flinched away from her. The little vampire girl had stepped out of her reach now, and looked ready to bolt back inside. "I'm sorry…if it's something you don't want to say…"

Zero turned his attention back to Kaname. "Why did you free Shizuka from her prison?"

Kaname was silent for a moment. "Perhaps I merely wanted to allow Shizuka to see the young daughter she had given birth to."

"That's a lie." Senna said boldly, glaring over at Kaname. Somehow, this was all his fault. All the pain and hurt everyone was feeling, it was his and Sara's fault. It was the Pureblood's fault. Senna hated the Purebloods more than she thought she would possibly be able to.

Kaname glanced over her. He could see the hatred in her eyes. He closed his eyes for a moment, and then turned his attention back to Zero. "I did it to plant the seeds of hatred in you and your brother against Purebloods. I wanted it to be a hatred that you would find no reprieve from until death."

"Why?" Zero asked, the pain clear in his eyes and voice. He released his grip on Yuki, but she made no move towards Kaname.

"I wanted to make the two of you into weapons that would destroy all the Purebloods." Kaname answered casually, as though he were commenting on the lovely day.

Senna clenched her fist at her side. She was about to say something, when Zero brought his gun up and pointed it at Kaname. His eyes were filled with pain, fury, and hatred. "Why us?" He shouted. "Why did Ichiru have to be dragged into all this…" thorny vines were creeping up Zero's arm.

Without looking at each other, both Yuki and Senna reached out to Zero. Yuki gently touched Zero's cheek, while Senna grabbed his free hand. Both girls looked up at Zero. Senna didn't even notice Kaname disappear as Zero pulled both girls in and hugged them tightly. Senna held onto him for all she was worth, trying to convey just how much she loved him into that one single hug.

Zero abruptly pulled away from the two girls. He tried to ignore the single tear slipping down Yuki's cheek. "We need to find him. He might try and attack Sara."

"That's a bad thing?" Senna asked innocently.

"I'll look out here, you check on Sara." Yuki said, quickly wiping her tear away. She spun on her heels and ran off, Artemis drawn and ready to fight.

Senna hesitated, looking between Yuki's retreating back and then back over at Zero.

Zero managed to give her a weak smile. "Go with her. You'll probably just try to kill that Pureblood if I let you come with me."

"Again; that's a bad thing?" Senna smiled as she managed to get a bigger smile from Zero. She gave him one last quick hug before sprinting off after Yuki. So many thoughts and feelings were rushing through her mind. Someone she had always loved, and who she always thought would love her, had turned his back on her. Ichijo wouldn't even look at her now. She and Aidou had had a tumultuous relationship to begin with, to say the least. Now, he was one of her closest and most beloved people. The two had truly bonded over the past year, and especially in just the past few weeks. Kaname was supposed to be her father, and Yuki her mother. She should've felt warm and safe when those two Purebloods held her. She felt that with Yuki, and she thought she had with Kaname. When Zero had hugged the two of them, it had brought tears to Senna's eyes. She realized in that hug, that all the feelings of safety and warmth she should've felt with Kaname, she felt with Zero.

Her head and heart hurt, and her eyes stung as tears rolled down her cheeks. Her little world was in absolute chaos, and she didn't know when, if ever, it would be better again. She finally caught up to Yuki, and latched onto the girl's free hand.

Yuki looked down at Senna, and squeezed her hand. "It's okay. Everything is going to be okay."

Senna nodded, but she didn't know if she could truly believe those words. The two rounded the corner and came face to face with not just Kaname, but Ruka and Akatsuki as well.

"You wouldn't be a good girl for me and go back to the dorm, would you?" Yuki asked Senna quietly.

Senna shook her head. She bit her thumb, and created her blood sword. She glared at Kaname's impassive face. She was tired of being so passive, and letting others fight for her. Senna decided right then and there that she would fight to right her world. She fix the things that were wrong in it, starting with Kaname.