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Chapter 22: Scars

It was nighttime and there was a thunderstorm raging outside. Sakura was asleep in her bed when her bedroom window burst open, waking her up. Sakura shot up, gasping as she looked around suspiciously. She pushed her blanket off of her and walked up to the window, closing it. She stood at the window looking outside as the lightning struck right outside her window. There was a knock at her door. Sakura walked up to it and opened it.

"Hey Sakura, there's a huge storm rolling in," Leilani said. The thunder crackled really loudly, shaking the windows. Leilani jumped slightly and grabbed hold of Sakura's arm. "Um, can you make sure the windows are closed," Leilani was shaking. She was always afraid of thunder and lightning, ever since she was stuck outside during one when she was younger and a lightning bolt struck right in front of her, digging into the ground.

"Sure, okay," Sakura sighed and pat Leilani on the back. When Leilani didn't let go of Sakura's arm Sakura sighed and said, "You can sleep here tonight, I'll check the windows and be right back."

Leilani nodded and rushed to Sakura's bed to hide under the covers. Sakura smirked and went downstairs to check on the windows. She saw the kitchen window open slightly, with the curtains flapping from the wind. She walked up to it and pushed it closed, with some much needed force. "When I told you the tomb vampires were out, I didn't mean, hunt them down!" Darien startled Sakura.

Sakura turned to him and sighed, "Maybe I should get you a house key so you don't have to use the window," Sakura pointed at the kitchen window.

Darien smiled and shook his head, laughing lightly. "I don't know how many times I have to say this, but be careful. Even around me," Darien said, confusing her.

"Why would I have to be careful around you?" Sakura asked, crossing her arms.

"I'm a young vampire, which means others can compel me. That's all…" Darien trailed off.

The thunder rolled out again and they heard a scream upstairs. Sakura turned her head after heading it. She turned back and Darien was gone. "At least he closed the window this time," Sakura sighed and headed upstairs.

Later that morning Sakura drove, with Elena over to the Salvatore house, to talk about the tomb vampires. They went into the parlour to talk, while Damon boarded up the window Sakura crashed threw the previous night.

"I say we go to Pearls, bust down the door and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night," Damon suggested as he played with his hammer.

"Yeah, and then what? We turn to the rest of the house of vampires and say sorry," Stefan suggested sarcastically.

I can't believe you made a deal with her," Elena crossed her arms angrily.

"Pearl is older then them, thus she is stronger. I doubt there was much he could do," Sakura smirked as she explained.

Damon rolled his eyes, "It was just an exchange of information. Besides, she going to help me get Katherine back."

Sakura sighed and looked at the rain outside the window. Guess it was just a thank you kiss.

"Of course she is," Elena shook her head. "Damon gets what he wants as usual, no matter who he hurts in the process," Elena glanced at Sakura to see how she was doing.

"You don't have to be snarky about it," Damon spat, not noticing that Elena was talking about Sakura.

"I woke up this morning to learn all of the vampires have been released from the tomb, I've earned snarky," Elena glared at Damon.

Damon sat down on the couch, still holding onto his hammer. "How long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother into a vampire?" Damon sighed.

"I'm not blaming you Damon, I've accepted the fact that you're a self serving psychopath, with no redeeming qualities," Elena smirked as she said it.

"Ouch," Damon pouted.

"We're not being very productive," Sakura turned from the window to glance at them.

"She's right," Stefan sighed. "We're going to find out a way to deal with Pearl and the vampires, yeah?" Stefan confirmed.

Damon stood up and left. "I'm sorry, he just makes me so cranky," Elena complained as she walked up to Stefan for a hug.

"He makes everybody cranky," Stefan said making Sakura smirk.

"So what are we going to do?" Elena asked.

"Damon and I are going to handle everything, I promise," Stefan said, still hugging her.

"Ahem, you two against all them. I think you're going to need a little back up," Sakura stated. She walked away from the window and flopped down on the couch.

"What about me, I can't just sit here and do nothing," Elena backed away from him.

"That's exactly what you two are going to do," Stefan said to Elena and Sakura, "Because that's what's going to keep you safe."

"Not like you can stop me from helping," Sakura laughed and received a stern stare from Stefan.

"It all means nothing if you're not safe," Elena said.

"What do you mean, I'm totally safe. I have Damon the self serving psychopath at my side," Stefan smirked.

"And me, even if you don't know it," Sakura got up and stuck her tongue out at him as she walked by.

Sakura gave Elena a ride home and then decided to go see her family's graves. "Hey guys, I'm back again," Sakura sighed as she stood out in the rain, staring down at the gravestones. "I hope you're not getting tired of my visits already," Sakura laughed lightly. "It doesn't feel right having a gravestone for Darien since he's still kickin'. He's a living dead, oooo," Sakura laughed, making fun of her brother slightly. Suddenly she felt a chill go down her spine. She looked around, but couldn't see anyone through the rain. "Hello? Darien, is it you?" Sakura asked. Suddenly, two people, well with how fast they appeared, two vampires appeared in front of her. "What do you want?" Sakura growled and got ready to attack.

The two vampires smirked, confusing her.

"Umbra…" Sakura started to say when something hit her in the back of the head, hard. Sakura fell forwards, "Crap," Sakura mumbled before blacking out.

Sakura started to wake up to someone yelling out in pain. "Stefan?" Sakura mumbled, recognizing the voice. Sakura wiggled her wrists to find out she was tied up to the ceiling with ropes and she no longer had her trench coat on.

"Well well, Damon's girl is awake," Sakura started to open her eyes and she could sense vampires all around. The vampire from the boarding house was found out to be known as Frederick, and apparently, he was the mastermind behind the kidnapping. He breathed in her scent, "Strawberry and vanilla, you were the one in the tomb and at the Salvatore house, the one with the amazing blood. You jumped me," he growled and grabbed hold of Sakura's hair and bit her shoulder. His eye's lit up after the bite, "Delicious," he said as he licked his lips.

"I only jumped you because you were being all creepy outside their house," Sakura smirked, trying to confuse them, not letting them know she was actually hunting them. Sakura looked around to see how many vampires were there. And to see that Stefan was being tortured right beside her. "Oh no, Stefan," Sakura looked at him with worry, he was shirtless with a lot of wounds.

"Let her go, you have no reason to take out your revenge on her," Stefan pleaded as Frederick walked in front of them.

"You guys killed my girl, I'll kill yours," Frederick spat.

"Some logic, you moron," Sakura pulled on the ropes slightly and swung and kicked the vampire in the mouth, knocking him back.

"You bitch!" he spit out some blood. "Detain her!" he commanded.

"This isn't right," one of the vampire said. Sakura looked at him and recognized him from the Grimoire as Harper.

"I thought I was already detained?" Sakura laughed. Sakura's eyes started to glow and then all of a sudden she was being electrified. "Ah," Sakura screamed out in pain.

"Hmph," Frederick turned to her. "We did our research on your kind," he pointed to a pentagram on the pavement below her, with a lot of symbols on it. "Use your powers and you get hurt," he smirked. He pulled up a knife and readied to attack Sakura. He slashed forward and Harper grabbed his hand, pulling him away from Sakura. The knife just scrapped her skin, cutting her stomach, making her bleed.

"This isn't right," Harper said again.

Frederick grabbed Harper by the neck, "You're going to want to let go of me," he said threateningly.

"Miss Pearl will be home soon," Harper stated.

"Miss Pearl, is no longer in charge," he told Harper. "Tie him up," he commanded, "And stake him down." The other vampires took him out of the room, just leaving one.

Frederick was about to stab Stefan again. Sakura's eyes started to glow again and she stopped him with her powers, making it so he couldn't move. The spell activated and Sakura started to get shocked, but she kept hold of the vampire.

"Your circle there is weak," Sakura shook as she spoke. "Go away!" Sakura growled and he was knocked back into the wall.

He groaned and had trouble getting up. He was about to go after Sakura when someone called him upstairs. He growled at them before heading up. "Thanks," Sakura heard Stefan mumble before she passed out from the pain.

Sakura started to wake up again. Stefan was trying to get his wrists free and Harper was tied and staked to a chair.

"Thank you for trying to help," Stefan said to Harper.

"They just needed somebody to blame," Harper said, understanding their anger, "Someone to punish."

Sakura figured she had to use her physical strength to get out. She grabbed the rope with her hands and started to pull. Then she started swinging back and forth. "What are you doing?" Stefan asked. Sakura got enough momentum. She swung up and her feet landed on the ceiling. She used her legs and tried to pull the rope right from the ceiling when the door slammed open. Startled, Sakura let go and ended up swinging back down, harshly.

"Sakura, Stefan!" it was Elena who came through the door.

"You shouldn't be here," Stefan told Elena when Damon came in behind her.

"She was supposed to stay in the car," Damon spat grumpily. Damon pulled out a stake and was about to stake Harper.

"Don't! Not him," Stefan managed to say.

"Whatever," Damon put the stake away and turned to Sakura, quickly checking how bad her wounds were. He walked up where the ropes were tied.

"There's vervain on the ropes," Stefan warned him.

"Elena, get them down," Damon pointed to the ropes and walked back up to Sakura, in front of her. He noticed the cut on her stomach and the bite on her shoulder and he noticed something else. It looked almost like burn marks all over. "What did they do?" Damon asked.

Sakura cough laughed and said, "The symbol on the ground. It shocks me when I use my powers. They sure are inventive." Damon put his foot on the symbol and rubbed it breaking the circle and the spell. Elena released Sakura's rope and she fell into Damon. Elena released Stefan's rope and Damon used a hand to hold him up till Elena got to him.

"Alright, get your clothes on and let's go," Damon commanded. He picked up Sakura's coat, while letting her lean on him.

"Wait," Stefan stopped Damon from leaving.

"What, guys come on, we have to get out of here," Damon grumbled.

Stefan walked up to Harper and pulled a stake out of his leg.

"Come on, we've got to go," Damon tried to rush them. Elena pulled the other stake out, of his other leg, to help Harper get free.

Elena gave Stefan a shoulder and helped him walk. In the hall Damon looked around the other corner, thinking up a plan, "Can you run?" he asked.

"What, no vampire killing fun for me?" Sakura smirked weakly.

"No, now go," Damon pointed, "I'm going to distract them, while you guys run." Damon went in the other direction.

Sakura sighed and went to Stefan's other side, to help Elena with his weight. They walked outside, with a bit of trouble from the awkward holding. The kept walking, into the wet wooded area, trying to get to the car. Partway Stefan stumbled, falling over and taking them down with him. Sakura's hand landed on a branch, which cut into her hand. "Are you okay?" Elena asked her.

"Yeah, let's just keep going," Sakura and Elena started to get up. They helped Stefan stand up and started to move to the car again. The opened the side door and helped Stefan get in. Sakura got into the back and Elena got into the drivers seat. She went to start the car to find out that someone ripped out the wires to the ignition.

"Stefan?" Elena started to panic.

The window on Stefan's side smashed open and Stefan was pulled out of the car. Sakura went overtop of the middle section, to get out of the back quickly and went out through the door. It was Frederick! He started punching Stefan when Sakura tackled him to the ground, surprising him. "I don't think so," Sakura growled. They landed roughly and Frederick recovered first. He pulled Sakura up and went to punch her in the stomach, when she punched him in the face. His face turned to the side and he growled. He pushed her into a tree and kicked her in the stomach. Unfortunately for Sakura, there was a small branch sticking out. When Frederick kicked her, with such massive force, the tree stabbed into her. Sakura put up her hand and mustered enough power to blast him away. She took a step away from the tree, and Frederick had gotten back up. Her eyes glowed and Frederick couldn't move. Sakura was stopping him from moving, but how long could she hold him. She tried to blast, but didn't have enough strength. Sakura looked at Stefan, who was still curled up on the ground. "Elena? Do something, I can't hold him for much longer," Sakura said as Frederick started to fight with her shadows, moving very slowly. Elena pulled out a stake and was ready to strike when Sakura dropped to the ground, and Frederick was freed.

Frederick rushed up to Sakura, using his vampire speed. Elena saw him pick Sakura up by the throat and she froze. "Lux Sagitta!" suddenly, a light arrow pierced through Frederick. "Now Elena!" Leilani had shown up. Frederick dropped Sakura and fell to the ground. Elena rushed up to him.

"I'll take you with me," Frederick growled as he looked at Sakura. He put his hand back to her throat, when Elena staked him from behind. He growled and dropped to the ground.

"Leilani?" Sakura coughed as she looked up at the girl who just saved the day.

"Stefan!" Elena ran up to him. He didn't seem to be doing too well.

"Sakura…" Leilani walked up to her and helped her stand up. "Are you okay?" Leilani asked with worry evident in her voice.

"I'm fine," Sakura lied, as she felt the blood trickle down her back. Sakura looked at the house, hoping to see Damon coming out safely.

"Stefan!" Elena said again, grabbing their attention. Elena glanced back at Frederick and saw him starting to move again. Guess she missed his heart.

"He needs blood," Sakura knelt down and put her blood filled hand, to his mouth to pour it in. Stefan's eyes opened and he told them to run. "Just drink more," Sakura sighed.

"Shouldn't it be from someone who isn't already injured?" Elena asked frantically.

"My blood is stronger, it has special properties. It's a less is more thing," Sakura sighed. Sakura held her wrist up to Stefan, "Just take more," Sakura sighed. Stefan's eyes went blood red and he bit into her wrist.

"Guys hurry," Leilani said, freaking out about Frederick.

Sakura cringed slightly, as he kept drinking. She was starting to look pale and was thinking about stopping him. But how much did he need? He let her go and she stood up, swaying slightly.

"Guys! Lux Sagitta!" Leilani shot him again, as he was getting up. She hit him in the shoulder. He stumbled back slightly the took a step forward with a growl. Sakura looked at him lifelessly. She put her hand up, but nothing happen. He picked up a branch and stalked forward.

Suddenly, Stefan lunged forward, from behind Sakura. He slammed Frederick against a tree, took his branch and stabbed him with it. He was easily overpowering Frederick. He kept stabbing him relentlessly, when Elena grabbed his hand. Stefan growled at Elena, scaring her slightly. He dropped the stick with a confused look on his face. It didn't seem like he was in full control. What else would you expect though, going from animal blood to supernatural blood.

Damon showed up with Alaric, and looked around. "What happened?" Damon asked as he looked at Frederick on the ground. He turned to Sakura and noticed how pale she was. "What?" Damon rushed to her and cupped her face in his hands, "Are you okay?"

"Yup," Sakura smirked weakly. Suddenly, she fell forward into him. "Sorry, I stumbled," Sakura said, pushing off from his chest.

"You weren't taking a step," Damon pointed out.

"Psh, how would you know?" Sakura asked, seeming kinda out of it.

"Guys, we should really get out of here," Leilani suggested.

"Agreed," Alaric said as he looked around, slightly paranoid.

They went to the Salvatore boarding house and Sakura rushed upstairs to her room, well, as much as she could rush. She took off her coat and threw it to the side. She opened the drawer on her bed cabinet and pulled out the first aid kit. She sat on the bed and opened the kit. She took off her shirt and pulled out some ointment and bandages. She felt the spot on her back and it was still bleeding a bit, but not as much as before. She cringed as she put the wound cleaner on it. She pulled her hair over her shoulder, unraveled the bandages and tried to wrap it around her midsection, but it wouldn't go right.

There was a quick knock on the door, "Need help?" Damon asked. "I could just give you some of my blood," he suggested. "Hello," Damon said, not getting a response.

"Arg," Sakura growled and threw the, now bloody, bandage aside.

Damon opened the door a little and peeked around the door. His eye's widened slightly and he came into the room, closing the door behind him. "I didn't say you could come in," Sakura heaved slowly, not facing him as she spoke.

Damon walked up to her and sat behind her on the bed. He noticed how bad the wound was, but that wasn't what surprised him. He ran his finger down a large deep scar on her back, from the right shoulder on and angle down to the left and there was a smaller scar crossing it, in the other direction. Sakura curved her back in, away from his touch. "How'd this happen?" Damon asked frowning slightly.

Sakura pulled out a new bandage, "I thought you were here to help," Sakura handed him the bandage.

"Why not just have some of my blood," Damon sighed.

"I think I've had a bit too much of it," Sakura laughed weakly.

Damon sighed and shook his head. Sakura heard a crunching sound behind her. Knowing what it meant, she got up to run away. In an instant, a strong arm was around her waist, pulling her back down. Sakura struggled, but she didn't have any energy left to use. He put his wrist to her mouth, forcing her to drink it. "I know it won't heal the scars, but no need for new one's," Damon whispered. He waited until she took a drink, regardless of how long it would take. He brought his wrist away, but kept her there with his other arm. He leant his head forward, over her shoulder and kissed her cheek, "I'm sorry for what happened."

"It wasn't your fault," Sakura said, knowing that Frederick called her, Damon's girl.

Damon sighed and looked at her back, and skin as the wounds disappeared. "Really though, what did happen?" Damon examined the deep scars. Sakura pushed her hair back over her shoulder to cover it. "Some other day then," Damon said, knowing that she had a rough day. He let her go, kissed the top over her had and left her room.

Sakura looked over as the door closed and she sighed. Sakura flopped back on the bed and stared at the ceiling, "Scar's remind us that the past is real," Sakura sighed. A tear rolled down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away.

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Okay, so I might end up having to wait longer before putting up the next chapter, we'll have to wait and see. I'm having trouble figuring out what a good nickname Damon would use for Sakura. I've come up with some ideas, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think it should be?

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