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Chapter 9: Help From the Devil

Stefan had opened the door, while Sakura was peeking around the corner. Elena had shown up, asking what Stefan was. "What are you?" Elena asked again when Stefan didn't answer.

"You know," Stefan stayed calm.

"No, I don't," Elena insisted that she didn't.

"Yes you do, or you wouldn't be here," Stefan explained. It must have been because of that guy, that recognized Stefan from a long time ago. How else could she have figured it out? Sakura sighed and leaned her back against the wall, still listening.

"It's not possible, it can't be!" Elena stepped back, away from him. He set his stake down, right in her view.

"Everything you know is about to change. Are you ready for that?" Stefan asked.

"What are you?" Elena asked again.

"He's a vampire," Sakura sighed and came up beside Stefan.

"You knew?" Elena exclaimed. "I shouldn't have come here," Elena backed away and started to run. Stefan used his vampire speed and appeared in front of her. "How did you do that?" Elena asked him.

"Please don't be afraid of me," Stefan pleaded.

"Elena, don't be afraid of Stefan. He's one of the good ones," Sakura walked out of the boarding house to try and help.

"What did you do to her?" Elena asked, referring to Sakura siding with him. "Let us go," Elena walked up to Sakura and took hold of her arm. She pulled her to her car. "Come on Sakura, let's get out of here," Elena opened the car door.

"I still have things to do here," Sakura tried to reason with her.

"Please, Elena," Stefan looked heartbroken.

"I'm not leaving you here," Elena was obviously freaking out, "Get in."

Sakura looked back at Stefan and mouthed, 'I'm sorry,' before getting into Elena's vehicle.

Elena drove to her house and they rushed inside. Elena checked on Jeremy and ran into her room. Sakura stayed downstairs, knowing that Stefan was inside. She figured it was probably better to let him explain, seeing as Elena thought she was being brainwashed or something. Not long later, Stefan appeared in front of Sakura. She looked up at him, "How'd it go?"

He shook his head and disappeared before Sakura could say anything. Sakura pulled out her phone and texted him, "I'll see if I can help any! Be patient, that information can be quite shocking!"

Elena came down still freaking out, "You knew?"

"Elena, come on. That's not exactly something you go around telling everyone. Besides, who would believe me," Sakura sighed and leant back on the couch. Elena came and sat next to her.

"Has Stefan hurt you?" Elena looked at her seriously.

"No, he hasn't. He's a good guy, he looks out for everyone around him. It's Damon that's been causing all this trouble," Sakura sighed as she thought about Zack.

"I'm so glad you're not hurt," Elena pulled her into a hug. "I want you to stay away from them. Stefan and Damon," Elena held her at arms length and looked into her eyes, being completely serious.

Sakura sighed, it didn't seem like she wanted to listen. "Look, Elena, just remember, things aren't always black and white. There's a whole lot of shades in between," Sakura tried to explain.

"What do you mean?" Elena asked.

"What I mean, is that just because he's a vampire, doesn't mean he's evil. Things aren't always one way, it's all dependant on the person," Sakura sighed and got up. "Think about it," Sakura went to leave.

"Are you going back there?" Elena got up to stop her.

"No, I'm going home," Sakura said, thinking, 'For now.' Sakura left Elena's house, leaving her to think. Stefan was outside, waiting. "Come on, I think she needs time to think," Sakura sighed. They walked together to her house and she invited Stefan in. "What are you going to do?" Sakura asked as she went into the kitchen for a drink.

"I'll try to explain better, somehow," Stefan sighed and leant against the kitchen doorframe. Stefan's phone rang and it was Damon. Damon wanted his ring back, no matter what.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked Stefan, then her phone rang.

"Still haven't found your book? You'll only get it back if I give it to you," Damon had called her, right after Stefan.

Sakura sighed, "Let me guess, you want your ring." Sakura said, grabbing Stefan's attention, he immediately knew it was Damon. "I don't know where it is Damon," Sakura stated.

"Well, I know you and Stefan are all buddy-buddy, so figure it out, and give me my ring," Damon threatened. Sakura hung up on him, and put her phone away.

"Why do I have a feeling you cut him off," Stefan smirked.

"Yeah, well he's just asking me for the same thing as you. Give me my ring," Sakura mocked him. "You know he's just going to cause trouble until he gets it. But my guess is, he's still going to cause trouble afterwards also," Sakura sighed and started to stare off into space. Maybe this time he would give the book back, but is it worth the risk. Would it be better to forget about it, or would it be better to just give him the ring back. Sakura didn't know the exact location of the ring, but she did have a general idea of where it was hidden.

It took a little time, but Elena called Stefan to meet up. She wanted him to explain things, and let her ask whatever questions she wanted to. Sakura knew Damon might be home, so she was hesitant to go to the boarding house. She figured she could try to reason with the psychotic vampire, if it was possible. But she knew not to let her guard down. Sakura walked into the boarding house quietly.

"Drink up," Sakura heard Damon in the other room.

"What are you doing?" Sakura showed herself. Damon was feeding Vicki his blood.

Damon smiled and appeared in front of Sakura. "Well, it'll take a little time, and some clean up for her to be any fun. I'm glad you're here," Damon took her hand and kissed it.

Sakura pulled her hand away, "I'm not here for your entertainment."

"Then why are you here?" Damon circled her. "Did you get me my ring?" he leant forward, awkwardly close and asked.

"No, I'm just here for my book," Sakura growled.

"What, couldn't find it in my room?" he asked, surprising her slightly. He put his finger to the side of his nose and tapped it, "Vampire remember? Your scent was all over my room, not that I mind," Damon smiled. He breathed in her scent, "Mmm, strawberries and vanilla, I love that scent. She turned to him and his fangs were starting to show. Sakura's eyes started to glow and Damon found that he couldn't move, again. "Always the same trick, mix it up a little, would you," Damon scoffed.

"What's going on?" Vicki came up to them and Sakura immediately released Damon. "Hey, your Sakura right?" Vicki smiled, since she recognized her.

Damon fixed his shirt and came up behind Sakura. He looked at Vicki, "Go wash up," he compelled her. She left and went upstairs to take a shower. "Anyways," he played with her hair, "I'm guessing it'd be hard to threaten to kill you, but there are always others."

"I could always kill you first," Sakura snarled.

"Feisty, I like it," Damon smiled when Sakura gulped. "You won't kill me, I have your book," Damon stated.

"That will only work for so long," Sakura was holding in a lot of anger.

"You need to relax," he started massaging her shoulders. "I have a lot of time to spare, so why don't we talk," Damon was planning something.

"I'm a little surprised you're not afraid of me by now," Sakura stated and he smiled. "But why in the world would I want to talk with you?" Sakura tried to take a step away from him, but he held onto her tightly.

"I'm a vampire, of course I'm not afraid. And I thought we were starting to be friends. Everyone else already thinks we used to be lovers," Sakura cringed.

"Friends, we're not friends. You killed Zack! How could I ever be your friend," Sakura growled.

"Are you still hung up on that. I'm a vampire, that's what I do," Damon sped over to the couch and patted the seat beside him, "Come on, I'll tell you about your ancestors. Diana McAdams, if I remember correctly." Sakura walked up to the couch and sat with a distance between them. He moved closer and continued, "Yes, I knew your ancestor. She was quite fun, if I do remember. She was also feisty like you," he winked at her. "We actually hung out a lot, I think she had powers too. Even saved me a few times in my human years. I don't know what happened to her though, she went missing during the whole vampire ordeal," Damon sighed. "See, you don't have to hate me," Damon put his arm on the couch behind her.

Vicki came down after her shower, "Time to party!"

Damon got off the couch and put on some music before grabbing a bottle of bourbon. Sakura stood watching as Vicki danced around like a maniac and talked about Tyler and Jeremy. "Jeremy hm? Elena's brother?" Damon said and Sakura glared at him.

"She's always been weird, but what did you do to her? Was it the blood?" Sakura asked him.

"Probably," Damon took another drink.

"It didn't have a big affect on me," Sakura thought out loud.

"Oh my god, you've had his blood too. Isn't it awesome?" Vicki came up to Sakura and pulled her off the couch.

"Enough talking, let's dance!" Damon came up them and pulled them up to him. Sakura tried to walk away, but he pulled her in and tried to get her to dance. "Come on Sakura, take a load off," he offered her his drink.

She didn't seem to be impressed, "I'll pass." Sakura sighed, "Let Vicki go."

"What, but the fun just started," Sakura raised an eyebrow. "If you won't let me have fun with her, then you have to stay, and loosen up," he winked.

Sakura growled, "Fine! Just let her go!"

"Fine, party pooper," Damon let Vicki to the door. "You stay there Sakura! You'd better be right there when I get back," he winked at her. She sighed and sat back on the couch. Sakura heard a loud thud sound and stood up. She rushed over and saw Vicki on the ground.

"What did you do?" Sakura started to freak out.

"I thought I told you to stay still, naughty aren't you," Damon laughed.

"I'm not joking Damon! You just can't stop killing people! I'm hardly one to talk, but you've gone overboard," Sakura brought her hand to her forehead.

Damon sped to Sakura, awkwardly close, "What did you mean by 'I'm hardly one to talk'? What have you done?" he eyed her. "And why aren't you freaking out right now?" he tried to walk closer and she took a step back, but didn't say anything. "I kill someone and turned them, and yet you seem really calm," Damon stated. Sakura looked away from him, still not talking. Then it was like a light bulb went off, he put his finger in the air and walked closer again, "You've killed someone!" Sakura turned to him, looking as if she wanted freak out. "So I'm right! You sure we can't be friends? Or more than friends," he was directly in front of her again, smiling down. "You have a dirty little secret, don't you?" he smiled as he leant forward, "This seems like the beginning of a real friendship."

"What happened?" Vicki started to get up, "Last thing I remember was us dancing."

Sakura groaned and walked over to the bar in the parlor. She picked up a bottle of vodka and opened it. She took a big drink and walked back over to Damon, who had an eyebrow raised, curious as to what she was doing. "I need your help with something," Sakura sighed and took another drink, she barely seemed to be affected by it. "But first, you should explain to Vicki about the whole vampire thing," Sakura took the bottle with her to the couch, leaving Damon to talk with Vicki. Moments later Damon came back into the parlor, alone. "You let Vicki go?" Damon smirked. "Vampire on the loose," Sakura sighed and was starting to sound drunk.

"I didn't think you drank," Damon said looking at the now half empty bottle of Vodka.

"I don't," Sakura sighed, "This will make it easier for me to ask you," Sakura laughed.

Damon sat down beside her and took the bottle, "That's enough for you."

"You taking someone's drink away, that's new," Sakura laughed.

"So, what was so hard to ask, that you had to be drunk to ask it?" Damon leant back on the couch and waited.

"I need you to compel Leilani. I can't tell her about Zack, it's too hard. After everything we've been through, I can't tell her. It always seems to be my fault," Sakura hiccupped. "The fire four years ago, I cause it. I killed our families and caused Zack's untimely demise," Sakura looked like she was going to breakdown.

"Aw, come on, lay down," Damon patted his leg. To his surprise, she did lay down, it must have been the alcohol taking affect. "It wasn't completely your fault for Zack," Damon moved a strand of hair out of her face, "There's also me and Stefan. If Stefan hadn't locked me up, things might have gone differently. Plus, I did the actual killing, and it was my influence to get you to open the door."

"Get over yourself, I was going to open the door eventually. I wanted my book back," Sakura was starting to seem sleepy.

"Either way, I'll help you," Damon smiled. "So, do we need to make Zack vanish? Make it like he just moved away?" Damon wanted specifics.

"Just make it so she won't be sad," Sakura sat up and looked at him.

"What about you?" Damon asked looking down at her.

"What about me?" Sakura shook her head. "If you've forgotten, compulsion doesn't work on me," Sakura stuck her tongue out at him.

"Ah, right, almost forgot about that. Might be different when your guard is down," Damon said in a sing-song voice. "Sleep," Damon commanded. Sakura wobbled and passed out. Damon wasn't sure if the compulsion worked, or if the Vodka was in full effect. He laid her properly on the couch, kissed her forehead and disappeared.

It was a while later and Sakura finally woke up. It was dark outside, and she had a major headache. "Stupid alcohol," Sakura moaned. She pulled out her phone to find out she missed multiple calls from Stefan, Elena and Leilani. She saw a text from Stefan saying 'Where are you? Vicki's turning! Need help finding her!' Sakura sighed and put her phone away.

"You're up? Good, it's time to go," Damon came over with his jacket on and pulled her off the couch.

"Where to?" Sakura held onto his arm so she wouldn't fall over.

"Elena's," Damon smiled and let her outside, to his car. They made it to Elena's and Damon left the car, while Sakura watched him carefully. Elena tried to close the door in his face, but he went in anyway. He came out after a little bit and it didn't seem like he did anything. He got back into the car and started it. "She knows now," Damon laughed and they drove off. He pulled up to a wooded area and Sakura followed this time. She heard Stefan's voice, like he was in pain and Damon disappeared. When Sakura finally caught up, Stefan was on the ground and Logan Fell was being fed on my Vicki. Vicki apologized and ran away. "Opps," Damon said.

"Stefan? Are you okay?" Sakura ran up to him. She helped Stefan stand up, and she saw Damon pick up a pocket watch.

"Where have you been?" Stefan growled, and then he noticed, "Have you been drinking?"

"Oh look at the time, I've got to go," Sakura made a break for Damon's car, Stefan didn't bother to chase after her, but he did notice that she showed up with Damon. Damon came back and got in. "Are you going to help?" Sakura asked him. He didn't replied, he just started up the car.

They arrived at Sakura's house, on the way there they saw Stefan on Elena's porch. "Let's just hurry this up," Sakura got out of the car and opened the door to her house. Leilani was in the kitchen having a drink of coffee.

"Where have you been?" Leilani asked Sakura and then noticed Damon behind her. "Do I want to know?" Leilani asked. Sakura stumbled into their living room, onto the couch. "Is she drunk?" Leilani asked Damon.

"Don't mind her," Damon took hold of Leilani's face in his hand, gently. "Zack has left town for good, and you won't be able to ever contact him, but you know he's okay. You're happy that he found out he had a passion for travelling," Damon compelled her. "You won't ask about Zack, but still acknowledge he exists," Damon continued. "Alright, I'm done," Damon smiled, "You owe me!" Damon left and Leilani shook her head, coming to. She closed the door, that Damon left open and looked at Sakura. Sakura had passed out on the couch and when Leilani walked up to her, she noticed that Sakura was crying. Leilani wiped the tears away and covered her up with a throw blanket that was sitting on one of the chairs.

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