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Chapter 21: I'm Sorry

Damon had been ignoring everyone for a while now, still in denial about everything that had happened. Sakura and Leilani were at school, at their lockers with Elena, when Stefan walked up to them. "Damon hasn't said a word to me, every time I try to talk to him, he shuts me down," Stefan complained.

"Sometimes I wonder if him ignoring us is a good thing," Sakura said out loud as she fixed the books in her locker. Leilani punched Sakura in the arm and frowned at her. "What?" Sakura asked, not knowing why she was mad. Sakura figured Leilani would be happy that she was telling her everything now, well most things anyways.

"Do you think he's still trying to find Katherine?" Elena asked and Sakura scoffed, and received some questioning stares when she did it.

"I really don't know. He waited 145 years, only to find out that Katherine could not care less. I mean, it's got to hurt right?" Stefan admitted.

"I feel bad for him," Leilani sighed. "How can Katherine be such a… You know what," Leilani said, not wanting to swear.

"A bitch, psycho, with no regard for anyone else," Sakura mumbled, surprising them.

"Don't swear," Leilani nudged her.

"I don't really know a good substitute word for it. Hmm, cur, scankbag, or I could just use Japanese, baka buso," Sakura said casually.

"Sakura!" Leilani was pretty angry.

"Anyways, have you thought about what you want to do?" Stefan asked Elena.

"About what? Isobel, my vampire birth mother, who's related to my vampire ancestor Katherine, who screwed over your vampire brother? Na, haven't thought about it at all," Elena said sarcastically.

"Sorry I brought it up," Stefan said.

"I'd just be nice if we could get through one day without having to deal with any of it, no vampire mother, brother," Elena was overwhelmed.

"No vampires at all?" Stefan asked, referring to himself.

"No vampires but you," Elena smiled.

"Aw, you two are so cute!" Leilani squealed. And Sakura took that as a cue to leave them alone. She grabbed hold of Leilani's arm and dragged her away. Leilani waved to them as they left.

After school Leilani and Sakura decided to go to the Grill to play some pool, and just hang out for once. After shooting a few rounds, Leilani pointed out that Matt and Caroline were on a double date with Elena and Stefan. And when Sakura looked around, she noticed that Damon was at the bar drinking with Matt's mom and Jenna. He noticed her and raised his glass to her with a drunken smiled.

"Oh great, Damon's here," Sakura said sarcastically.

After a while the others got up and headed to another pool table. Elena and Stefan waved to Leilani and Sakura. Leilani waved happily and Sakura tried to at least smile for them. Matt and Caroline turned to see who they were waving too and they waved also. Sakura noticed someone familiar at the bar and decided to go say hello. "I'll be right back," Sakura told Leilani.

"Rightie-o," Leilani said cheerily.

Sakura sat down at the bar beside someone, "Well hello there brother."

"Hello to you too, sister," they said seriously before they started to laugh.

"What's up?" Sakura asked, when she got a chill down her spine. She looked around but couldn't tell what caused it.

"Be careful, the vampires from the tomb are out. Pearl has most of them staying in a house, but I doubt they'll stay indoors for long. And if Damon hasn't told you, you have powerful blood," Darien informed her.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked.

"With your powers, your blood is special. And from what I could tell from the day you guys went into the tomb, you ended up bleeding somehow. Since they're out now, and they know the smell of your blood, they might come after you," Darien warned her. He finished his drink and got up. "Just be careful," Darien pat her on the head and disappeared.

"How does he always know these things? Stalker brother?" Sakura thought out loud and laughed a little. Sakura started to head back to her pool table and Leilani when she saw Stefan looking around. "Something wrong?" Sakura asked him.

Stefan came up beside her and whispered, "Someone called Elena, Katherine."

"A tomb vampire," Sakura mumbled.

Stefan sighed and went back to the others. Sakura stood looking around for a moment. "What's up Sakura?" a drunk Damon approached her with a drink in his hands.

"You're too drunk to be any help, so why don't you just go back to your new plaything," Sakura spat.

"Jealous?" Damon said as he got awkwardly close to her. Sakura turned to him and looked up at him.

She took hold of his chin, making sure she had his attention. She shook her head as she said, "First off, get over yourself. Secondly, sober up, things are going to get bad. And lastly let me know when you're done with this pathetic act," Sakura let go and walked back to Leilani, leaving Damon dumbfounded. "Hey Leilani, you should head home, I have something I have to do," Sakura told her.

"What might that be?" Leilani asked with a raised eyebrow.

Sakura came close and whispered, "Vampire hunting."

"Oh," Leilani didn't know what to say. "Be careful," was the only thing Leilani could think of saying.

When Sakura headed outside, Jenna was talking to an unfamiliar man. She had broken her shoe and he broke her other shoe, while hitting on her, to try and even her out a bit. He tried to use compulsion, but it didn't work and Jenna left when a cab came by. "Umbra Ferrum," Sakura summoned her sword and was ready to strike when a woman showed up suddenly. Another tomb vampire? How many were already out and about. Sakura readied herself to strike when they both disappeared. "Now how do I track them?" Sakura mumbled, "I really have to learn how to dowse." On that thought Sakura pulled out a necklace with a crystal on it, that was in her ancestors box of things. She had forgotten about it until recently, but since she had it, she figured that it might work for dowsing. She looked around, to make sure no one was watching. Then she held it out in front and closed her eyes to concentrate. She focused on the image of the vampire she saw. When she opened her eyes the pendant was pointing outward. "I hope this really worked," Sakura mumbled to herself before rushing forward. She kept the pendant in her hand and after going straight for a while, she pulled it out again. As far as she could tell, the dowsing worked, but how was she suppose to know when to change direction. She held it in her hand and it glowed and turned slightly.

Sakura continued on her way to find the vampire when she noticed something. She was getting rather close to the Salvatore boarding house. Then it hit her, there were only vampires living there, no human. That meant that another vampire could enter whenever they wanted. If one of the tomb vampires were heading there, it wasn't going to be for a friendly chat. Sakura shoved the pendant back in her pocket and started to run towards the boarding house.

When she was getting close, she made sure to be careful. She kept looking around to see if she could find him. When she was just a few trees away from the boarding house, she saw him. The vampire from the bar, was just outside their window. It looked as though he was waiting to strike. That meant that she had to strike first. Sakura was careful not to grab his attention, as she stalked closer. When she was in a direct path not too far, she dashed towards him. He turned to her just as she tackled him, knocking him back. They went flying and smashed straight through the window. They hit Stefan as they landed, knocking him back.

Sakura landed harshly on her back, beside the vampire. He quickly recovered and grabbed a piece of glass. He was about to stab Sakura, when Damon rushed over, grabbed the back of his shirt and threw him off to the side. He started to walk up to him, when the vampire recovered and punched him in the face. Damon stumbled back slightly and punched him in the face, knocking him back. Damon pushed him against the railing, holding him there. Stefan got to his feet and the female vampire from back at the Grill jumped him. He tried to stab her with a piece of glass. She grabbed his hand and grabbed hold of his neck, choking him, with the other.

"Umbra Ferrum," Stefan was knocked away and Sakura stabbed the female vampire in the back. Damon head butted the other vampire, while holding onto his collar. He kneed him in the gut and tossed him, over past the couch. Sakura left her sword in the female vampire, "Duo," she summoned her second one and started to walk towards the other vampire. He looked at her and then at Damon and Stefan who were now standing together. He looked at the window and Sakura knew what he was thinking. She acted as fast as she could, and threw her second sword at the vampire. It was too late though, the vampire used his super speed to run away, out the window.

"Dammit," Damon cursed.

"I remember them from 1864," Stefan admitted.

Sakura summoned her swords back into her ring and walked up to them while holding her back.

"You okay?" Damon asked, still breathing heavily.

"Yeah, just harsh landing," Sakura tried to stretch out her back.

"They were in the tomb," Stefan just realized it.

"Yeah, about that," Damon looked around, guilty.

"They got out after Bonnie and Grams broke the spell to get us out. They didn't get the seal back on," Sakura sighed and flopped on the couch. When she landed she growled slightly from the pain.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Stefan asked.

"Yup, fine," Sakura held her hand up, trying to assure them.

"I'm going to call Elena and check up on her," Stefan said as he stepped off to the side.

"And I'll call Leilani," Sakura reached for her phone and pain shot through her, "In a minute."

Damon picked up a bottle of bourbon and took a drink. "What were you doing up here by the way?" Damon asked her as he moved the dead female vampire's body.

"Vampire hunting," Sakura smirked, "I already knew about the tomb vampires getting out. And I sensed him at the Grill. He was after Jenna by the way. But after she left I followed him here, well kinda followed him," Sakura explained.

Damon stopped moving the body and looked at her, "Kinda?"

"Yeah," Sakura pulled the pendant out, "Apparently, I can dowse to find things."

"Okay," Damon nodded, "Can you help me out a little bit?"

Sakura stretched her back as she stood up, "Sure." Sakura helped Damon move the body into the fire. Getting her in, she burned up fast. Well, she was dead anyways, a dead, undead.

After helping him move the body Sakura pulled out her phone to call Leilani, "Just making sure you got home fine," Sakura smiled as she talked to Leilani. The conversation was brief, and Sakura hung up only a moment later. She put her phone away and looked at the broken window. "Sorry about that," Sakura pointed at it.

"Don't worry, we'll get it fixed. You were just trying to help us," Damon smiled and flopped down on the couch, with his bottle of bourbon in his hands. Then it went awkwardly silent.

"I'm sorry," they both said at the same time.

"What are you sorry about?" Damon asked, dumbfounded.

"Sorry for not helping when you needed it. You were there for me, so I should be there for you," Sakura gave him a weak smile. "Anyways, I'm off," Sakura said and walked by him.

"Walking home?" Damon asked.

"Yup," Sakura replied plainly.

"Did you run here or something?" Sakura stopped and glanced back at him with a smile.

"Yup," Sakura couldn't help but laugh a little.

"It's not safe for young girls to walk around at night, I'll walk you home," Damon set the bottle down and stood up.

"I'm so much safer with you around then whatever's bumping in the night out there," Sakura said sarcastically.

"Ha ha, very funny," Damon walked up beside her. "Let's go," they walked out of the boarding house, to head to Sakura's home.

It took a little time, but they got there safely. Sakura was going to head to her front door when Damon stopped her, by grabbing hold of her hand. Damon pulled her in close to him, one hand on her waist. He held her face with his other hand and leant in. He kissed her, and he was glad when she kissed him back. They heard the front doorknob turn and Sakura pushed Damon away.

"Finally back home?" Leilani opened the door. "Come on, it's time for bed!" Leilani called out.

Sakura glanced at Damon briefly before heading in, leaving him confused.

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