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Chapter 36: Guess Who's Back!

"Umbra Ferrum" Sakura summoned her sword, "Duo!" Sakura had found herself unable to sleep. They had taken Elena and Leilani so easily, and she needed to find a new, better way to protect them. She was in the backyard training. She slashed, sending energy waves into a large tree, slicing off a few of the branches. Sakura ran forward, did a front flip leading into her throwing her swords, one after the other, into a target on the trunk. The hit beside each other in the bulls eye. "Explodere," her swords in the tree exploded.

"New trick?" Sakura turned to see Damon.

"When'd you get here?" Sakura asked walking up to him.

"Leilani called me, said you were training too much," Damon looked at the tree parts that were hacked up, "Looks like she was right."

"I need to," Sakura said seriously, "Who knows what'll happen..."

"Well how about you take a break, Rose wants to tell us something," Damon said as he lead her back into the house. "You come too Leilani," he said as they passed her, she was watching them from the window.

They met up with Stefan, Elena and Rose at the boarding house, in the living room. "Okay, you have to understand. I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap. But Klaus, I know he's real," Rose was trying to explain.

Sakura eyed her wearily, knowing she was the one that kidnapped Elena and Leilani. "Who is he?" Sakura asked.

"He's one of the originals, he's a legend," even Damon had heard of him.

"From the first generation of vampires," Stefan explained a little more.

"Like Elijah?" Elena asked.

"No. Elijah was the least of any compared to Klaus. Klaus is a real deal," Rose shivered just thinking of him.

"So he's the one I'll have to hunt down," Sakura whispered.

Damon came up beside her, she was sitting on the armrest of the couch, "Please don't do anything stupid," he whispered, "He's not like a normal vampire, you don't want to mess with him."

Sakura turned to him, "I'm the one he shouldn't mess with," Sakura glared at him.

"Klaus is known to be the oldest," Stefan continued, ignoring what Sakura and Damon were talking about.

"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after us?" Elena was feeling overwhelmed.

"Yes," Rose said bluntly.

"No," Stefan frowned.

"What they're saying is, I mean if what she's saying is true…" Damon trailed off.

"Which it is," Rose was determined.

"And you're saying it so I don't kill you," Damon eyed her.

"Which I'm not," it seemed like Rose wanted them to trust her word.

"Then we're looking at a solid maybe," Damon nodded, not really having changed anything.

"Look, Elijah's dead, right? So no one else even knows that you exist," Stefan was trying to figure things out.

"Maybe..." Sakura trailed off. "Elijah is an original, we should have burned the body," Sakura sighed.

"That's not helping..." Damon trailed off.

"Not that you know off," Rose answered

"Also not helpful," Damon sighed.

"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story," Stefan suggested.

"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot," Rose frowned, but more than anything, she was worried.

"Aright, we're shaking. You made your point," Damon rolled his eyes.

Elena got up and picked up her bag, Leilani followed suit. "Where are you going?" Stefan asked them.

"School. We're late," Elena frowned at Sakura, who wasn't following along.

"Let me grab my stuff, I'll go with you," Stefan said, getting up.

"It's okay, I know where it is," Elena linked arms with Leilani and left.

"She's in denial," Damon whispered to Rose.

"Shut up, Damon," Stefan growled.

Sakura stared in the direction that Elena and Leilani left at. "You-hoo," Damon waved his hand in front of Sakura, "If you wanted to go to school you should have."

Sakura shook her head, "It's not that." They're not going to school, Sakura thought, feeling something off. Sakura zoned out for a while in thought. She was snapped out of by the sound of sobs. She turned to see Rose crying. "I'm sorry about Trevor, it's always hard when you lose someone," Rose looked up at Sakura and could see it in her face, that she meant it, and that she knew that pain herself.

"Thank you," Rose sniffled and Sakura nodded.

"Oh please don't tell me you're crying 'cause your buddy Trevor lost his head, I need some answers," Damon came back into the room.

"You've always been this sensitive?" Rose asked.

"Full vampire switch for this very reason. Takes the emotion out of it," Damon suggested sitting down beside Sakura.

"Yeah, you switch yours, I'll switch mine," Rose glared at him.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Switch off equals more uncalled for killing," Sakura pointed out.

"Was that a dig?" Damon asked.

"It's an observation," Rose pointed at Sakura and then Damon, "Love is an emotion Damon."

"I'm not in love with anyone," Damon retaliated.

"You want to try that again?" Rose crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

Damon looked at Sakura, who had seemed to step out of the conversation, not sure what to say, "Don't get on my bad side."

"Then show me your good side," Rose quickly replied.

"How do I find Klaus?" Damon asked, wanting to get to the source.

"You don't find Klaus, he finds you," Rose answered, not helping any.

"Come on. Somebody's got to know somebody who knows where he is, right?" Damon suggested.

"Add another two hundred somebodies to that and you're still not even close," it seemed like Rose was exaggerating.

"I could try to bait him somehow..." Sakura trailed off.

"No," Damon said immediately, "Humor me. You got in touch with Elijah, how did you do it?"

"Through a very low somebody on the churching poll. A guy name Slater in Richmond," Rose finally gave a real response.

"Road trip!" Sakura said instantly.

"Perfect. I'll drive," Damon was in tune with Sakura.

"No. You forget not all of us can do sun," Rose didn't have a daylight ring.

"Then you drive. Come on," Damon didn't seem to care.

"I could cast a veil, it's temporary but will work," Sakura suggested.

"Sorry but I'm not sure I trust you enough for that," Rose looked at her warily.

They drove down and entered underground parking by a coffee shop. "Back entrance. How convenient," Damon rolled his eyes.

"That's the point. We can't all have little daylight rings," Rose glared at him as they got out of the car.

"Hey, I offered," Sakura said in a sing-song voice.

"I know," Rose sighed.

"How do you know this Slater guy is even here?" Damon asked.

"I called him. He's here. He's always here," Rose stated.

"Good," Damon paused for a moment then pushed Rose against that wall, "Just one thing. If you're setting us up in any way, I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. It's something I'm very good at."

Rose grabbed onto him and slammed him into the car, "I'm older than you and stronger. Don't get on my bad side."

"And I can out due both of you," Sakura used her powers to push Rose away, "So play nice."

Rose smirked, "I like her, you chose a good one," Rose winked at Damon. "You can trust me," Rose didn't resist.

They entered the coffee shop and light was beaming in. "Whoa. What about the sunlight?" Damon asked.

"Double painted and temped. UV rays can't penetrate. You see the appeal now?" Rose smiled.

"That and the free Wi-Fi," Slater joined them.

"Hey, how are you?" Rose gave him a hug.

"Good. I saw you come, what are you doing here?" Slater seemed confused.

"Mmm, it's a long story but I want you to meet…" Rose turned to introduce Sakura and Damon.

"Damon Salvatore. Turned 1864 in Mystic Falls by Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova. So I take it I was right, what I told you about the tomb under the church was true?" Slater seemed to know too much.

"Yes. It was right. Thank you for the tip," Rose smiled.

"It's nice to meet guys, maybe. What's going on Rose? Where is Trevor?" he seemed surprised to see her without him.

Rose explained what happened, about Elijah. "And you're sure Elijah's dead?," Slated asked.

"Beyond dead," Damon was certain.

Elijah isn't dead. Klaus will come soon. Allen's words echoed in Sakura's head. "I'm not so sure," Sakura mumbled as she zoned out.

"Why aren't you sure? You were there!" Damon seemed upset. Damon went silent for a moment then went up real close to Sakura, "Why do you think that?" he asked knowing she always had her reasons.

"Allen," Sakura swallowed, "He said Elijah wasn't dead, and that Klaus would come soon."

"And you believe him? I mean a, thought dead guy, shows up at your school from your past and then all of a sudden he knows about the originals?" Damon was getting more upset, "And when did you talk to him?!"

Sakura sighed and shook her head, "Doesn't matter right now."

Damon grumbled and stood back a bit with his arms crossed. He turned his attention back to Slater to see him and Rose staring at them. "Done with your lovers spat?" Rose asked.

"As I was going to say. Trevor was a good man; he helped me with my dissertation on sexual deviance on the baroque period. I was schooling for my psych PHT," Slater remembered.

"Slater's been in college since '74," Rose explained.

"When I was turned. I have 18 degrees, 3 masters and 4 PHT," Slater boasted with a smiled on his face.

"The point?" Damon rolled his eyes in discontent.

"Exactly, I mean, what is the point? What should I be doing with my eternity? If you have an answer, please enlighten me," Sakura wasn't expecting that reply from Slater. He really didn't know what to do with himself.

"We need your help. If someone wanted to get in touch with Klaus, how would you hook him up?" Rose inquired.

"Craigslist," Slater replied.

"Seriously? Craigslist..." Sakura sighed heavily and rubbed her eyes, obviously feeling tired.

"Seriously. I respond to a personal ad, to get to somebody, who knows somebody, who knows Elijah, who's dead and that's where my connection ends," Slater explained.

Suddenly Sakura had a bad feeling in her stomach, something bad was coming. Something bad was nearby already! She gasped under the uneasy pressure she was feeling. Damon turned and said something to her, but she didn't hear him. Sakura turned to look outside the tinted windows. She took a step towards it, ignoring the rest of the conversation. It's him, he's here, the Fenrir's voice echoed in her head. "No," Sakura's heart rate sped up. She took another step forward and saw him outside, Elijah. He had a coin in his hand, "Get back," Sakura yelled back at them as the window shattered from a coin being thrown through it. Sakura blocked her face with her arms, the glass cut into her from top to bottom. "Run," Sakura yelled, Slater and Rose started to burn. Sakura put up her hands,"Umbrae septemplex paries anti-corporalis," used her powers to create a veil until they were out of the sun's range.

"Sakura!" she heard Damon yelling. "They're gone, let's go," he grabbed her wrist then saw the damage from the glass, not just on her arms, but down her body. Shards were sticking out of her skin with blood trickling down. "Sakura..." Damon voice was down to a whisper as he looked in horror. "We have to get you out of here," Damon picked Sakura up and ran back to the car with Rose beside him.

"Oh my gosh," Rose exclaimed looking at her, "She saved us..."

"Get in the back with her," Damon set Sakura down with Rose, "You're gonna be okay." Damon bit his wrist and forcefully fed Sakura some of his blood, "Who was behind that?"

"I don't know. Where is Slater?" Rose asked.

"Elijah," Sakura mumbled, but they didn't hear her.

"Iowa by now. Who the hell knows?" Damon really wasn't worried about Slater at the moment.

"He's not behind this, he's a good guy, he wouldn't betrayed me," Rose frowned.

"Who did it?" Damon asked again.

"It's Klaus, don't you understand? You don't know this man, we're dead, we're all dead," Rose freaked out.

"Elijah," Sakura mumbled again before passing out.

Sakura started to regain consciousness, she forced her eyes to open a bit, but they quickly shut back. She could feel that she was on a bed, and from the brief moment her eyes were open, she figured she was in Damon's room back at the Salvatore house. She heard footsteps coming into the room, "I'm sorry about today. I didn't know that was gonna happen," Rose said honestly.

"I believe you," Damon was apparently in the room, and quite close by.

"I wish we could of save Elena and Leilani. I know that you wanted to," Rose sat down.

"And Sakura, and I will," Damon seemed certain.

"You remind me of Trevor," Rose told him, and Sakura could hear a drink being poured.

"Why? Why him?" Damon didn't seem to take it as a compliment.

"Because he always talked of big game, was always working on angle, but underneath all this, he was the best friend anyone could hope for," Sakura could hear the sadness in her voice.

"And where did that get him?" Damon spat.

"Dead and my loyalty to him almost got me dead too," Rose sighed.

"To friendship," she heard the clang of glasses.

"You're right to fight it, how do you feel about her," Rose stated.

Who? Sakura wasn't sure who Rose was referring to. "And why's that?" Damon asked.

"Because if you want to survive, you need to not care about anyone," Rose said unconvincingly.

"Caring get you dead, uh? Maybe living is overrated then," Damon sat down on the bed beside Sakura. "Sometimes though, surviving isn't really living. Sometimes, just sometimes, it takes others to make you even want to live," Damon put his hand overtop of Sakura's.

"Guess you wouldn't turn it off, even if you could," Rose got up and left.

"You can open your eyes now, faker," Damon poked Sakura.

"They don't want to open," she complained, "They just want to stay closed, but my brain is staying on."

Sweetly, but briefly she felt his lips touch hers and she couldn't help but smile, "You need rest, you were pretty injured. The things you go through for us vampires," Damon shook his head.

"It's fine," Sakura's voice trailed off as she fell asleep.

"I really wish I could stop you from endangering yourself so much," Damon sighed as he pushed a strand of hair out of her face.

"I highly doubt you'd be able to stop her,"Rose came back into the room. "Keep her safe as much as you can, she's a keeper," Damon nodded in agreement. "Slater called, we need the moonstone and a witch," Rose informed him.

"Shouldn't be too hard," Damon looked back down at Sakura.

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