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Chapter 46: Klaus

"How do we get her back?" Sakura frowned, she looked beside her to see that Damon was asleep. She couldn't sleep knowing that Leilani was missing. She got up and headed downstairs. She sat on the couch thinking.

"Elena!" she heard Stefan calling out. Then he noticed Sakura, "Hey."

"Hey," Sakura sighed.

"Have you seen Elena?" Stefan asked.

"No," Sakura shook her head.

"Woke up and you were gone," Damon appeared beside her. He kissed her, "Good morning."

"Good morning to you too I guess," Sakura sighed.

"Right, Leilani..." Damon frowned.

"Hey, where's Elena?" Stefan asked Damon.

"I don't know, Stefan. It's your girlfriend. Mine's right here," Damon pat Sakura on the pat.

Stefan frowned and pulled his phone out. She didn't answer so he left a message, "Hey, it's me. Where are you? Call me."

Stefan noticed that the basement door was opened and rushed over. Damon followed him, dragging a zombielike Sakura with him. They went downstairs to see that the cellar was empty, Elijah was gone.

"No, she didn't," Damon gasped.

"Might want to call Elena again," Sakura suggested.

Stefan pulled his phone out again, "Where are you? Are you ok? Where's Elijah? Where? I'm on my way. Listen to me. He can't be trusted He'll use you to get to Klaus. You can't do this alone." He pulled his phone away and looked at it absentmindedly.

"Did she just hang up on you?" Damon asked, a small smirk on his face.

"She did," Stefan frowned as he put his phone away.

"She's lost it," Damon commented.

"If anyone can get him to help us kill Klaus, it's her," Stefan said trying to convince himself more than them.

"Bonnie and Sakura are the way to kill Klaus, Stefan. He thinks Bonnie's dead. We have a chance with her. And Sakura always seems to have something up her sleeve," Damon explained.

"Bonnie will kill herself in the process. Elena's looking for another way," Stefan sighed.

"Her way's going to get her killed. So we need to find her and stop her," Damon stated.

"And find Leilani," Sakura didn't want her to be forgotten.

"Of course," Damon said it like it was obvious.

Damon turned, ready to leave when Stefan interrupted him, "No, you need to back off."

"What?!" Damon was taken aback.

"Look, I don't like this any more than you do. But we need to trust her. We gotta just let her do her thing," Stefan sighed.

"That might be your plan. Mine's better," Damon went to walk away when Stefan grabbed onto his arm.

"I said back off," Stefan gripped tightly.

"Both of you quit it, you're giving me a headache," Sakura sighed and used her powers to pull them apart.

Stefan's phone rang and she released them from her hold. "Sorry Sakura," he kissed her on the forehead, "I know you're having a tough time."

"Hello? Jenna, hey. Ah, Elena's not here at the moment. Is, uh, is everything ok? It's really hard to explain over the phone, but, um, she was hoping that you could stay on campus for a little while longer. Wait, you're home? Jenna, listen to me carefully. Whatever you do, do not meet Alaric at the grill. I'm going to come over right now and I'll explain everything," Stefan hung up.

Sakura had pulled out a map and set it on the table. She pulled out her dowsing pendant and held it over the map. She closed her eyes and concentrated on Leilani. "Where are you?" Sakura asked.

"What is she doing?" Stefan walked up to Damon, who was getting a drink of bourbon.

"What does it look like?" Damon rolled his eyes.

"Quite," Sakura growled.

"Sorry," they said in unison.

"I can't find her," Sakura threw the map off the table in anger, "She must be under some sort of magic shield."

"We'll find her another way then," Damon said as he picked the map off the floor.

"Come on, let's go see Jenna," Stefan nudged them.

"Wow, I'd love to lend you a hand, but you wouldn't want me doing anything stupid," Damon rolled his eyes.

"It's seriously going to be like this?" Stefan frowned.

"You and your girlfriend are calling the shots. I'm just backing off, Stefan," Damon growled.

"Seriously," Sakura sighed. "You go Stefan, just call if you need help with it, okay?" Sakura suggested.

"Alright, sorry Sakura," Stefan pat her on the back before leaving.

"Alright, let's go," Damon finished his drink and set his glass down.

"Where are we going?" Sakura looked at him with worry.

"Splitting from the team. Going rogue. Come on," he pulled her along.

"Thought we were always on the line anyways," Sakura remarked.

"Alaric's apartment? Really?" Sakura questioned Damon's plan. Sakura touched the door, "He's not home, but someone is in there." She knocked on the door, but no one opened up. She tried the doorknob, but it was locked. Damon gripped it, but Sakura stopped him, "Don't break it, that's too obvious." Sakura pulled a few pins out of her pocket and she quickly picked the lock.

"Didn't know you knew how to do that," Damon commented.

"There's a lot you still don't know," Sakura smiled. She pushed the door opened and Katherine was on the other side. Sakura stepped inside and looked around.

"Thought you might be dead," Damon said from outside, not able to enter.

"Unfortunately not," Katherine rolled her eyes, "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to check for Leilani or Allen," Sakura stated.

"Only me here," Katherine spat.

"I guess would could rescue you, while we're here," Sakura suggested.

"No, sweetie. We'll see if she deserves to be rescued," Damon corrected her.

"Right," Sakura smirked.

"I figured you might still be kicking. Alari-Klaus was blending in way too easily. Figured he probably had some coaching," Damon frowned at her. He pulled out a vial.

"Is that..." Katherine trailed off.

"Vervain? Your salvation," Damon laughed.

"It's not going to undo anything," Katherine spat.

"There's always a loophole. Did he tell you to stay in this apartment until he said it was ok to leave?" Damon asked, trying to help her. He waited for a response. When she didn't say anything, he continued, "You can't say. Did he tell you to do absolutely everything he says until the end of time?"

"No," Katherine grumbled, mad that she hadn't thought of it.

"There's your loophole. Drink this and prevent any further compulsion," Damon had the vile in his hand. She came closer, but he didn't give it to her.

"Give it to me," Katherine commanded.

"Answer one question first. You double-crossed us with Isobel, why?" Damon really wanted to know. Sakura looked at him questioningly, but chose not to say anything.

"I didn't think you could stand a chance against Klaus, so I was looking out for myself," Katherine answered.

"And where did that get you? Here," Damon threw the vial to her. "Be careful with that. If he finds out you have that, you're never getting out of here," he warned her. She caught the vial, drank from it and started to cough. "You owe me. And I will collect," Damon said firmly before looking over at Sakura, "Come on."

"Bye," Sakura smirked and followed him out, closing the door behind her.

They arrived back at the boarding house, just in time to catch Elena. "Where do you think you're going?" Damon asked her.

"Back to Elijah," Elena said as she walked up to him.

"No," Damon said firmly.

"Get out of my way, Dam..." she started to say when Damon grabbed her arm.

"If you so much as try and take a step out of this house..." Damon threatened her.

"Easy Damon," Sakura warned him.

"Stay out of this, Sakura," Damon snapped at her.

"You sure you want to test my patience right now, Damon," Sakura glared at him.

"Let her go," Stefan interrupted.

"Are you kidding me? We just got her back," Damon growled.

Stefan grabbed his arm, "You heard me. I said let her go."

"That's twice today you've stood in my way. I wouldn't try a third," Damon threatened.

"Both of you, stop," Sakura sighed and split everyone apart. "Just go Elena, before I change my mind," Sakura said as she kept the brothers apart. Elena thanked her and left. Sakura glanced at both of them before releasing them. She walked into the library and sat down. Damon had followed her up and grabbed a drink. "You know, he's worried about Elena, just like you," Sakura sighed.

"Sakura..." he trailed off.

"What?" she asked harshly.

"Sakura," he said in a softer voice as he put his drink down. He started to rub her shoulders, "Tense much?"

"Look... I know you care about Elena, I do too. But honestly, she's okay right now, I can sense her, so Leilani is my priority," Sakura started to explain.

"You guys stick together like glue, don't you?" Stefan asked coming up.

"Please don't fight," Sakura pleaded, figuring things were going to go bad.

"You should be thankful she's here," Damon was trying to hold back some of his anger.

"You're right. Thank you Sakura," Stefan smiled at her, "And thank you for being in love with my girlfriend."

"And there it is," Damon growled.

"He's not," Sakura said simply, "I can tell now, my powers have grown so much, you'd be surprised what I know." Sakura looked at Stefan, "He does care for her though, it's just not in that way."

"Couldn't of said it better myself," Damon laughed.

"Well whatever it is, it's fine as long as it means you'll protect her. But honestly, you'll never have her respect," Stefan spat.

Knowing they were going to fight, Sakura sent them flying against opposite walls. "Why provoke each other so much?" Sakura complained.

"What's going on?" Elena asked walking in with Elijah, who just looked around at each of them.

"Now you've invited him in?" Damon freaked out.

"Elijah and I have renewed the terms of our deal," Elena explained.

"Really?" Damon threw his arms up in frustration.

"The two of you will come to no harm at my hands. I only ask for one thing in return," Elijah stated.

"What?" Damon glared at him.

"An apology," Elijah finished.

"A what?" Damon frowned.

"I'm sorry for the part that I played in your death. I was protecting Elena. I will always protect Elena," Stefan walked up to them.

"I understand," Elijah accepted the apology.

Elena looked at Damon, waiting, "Sacrifice is going to happen, Damon. Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save my life. I told you I'd find another way. And I did."

"Is that true?" Damon asked.

"It is," Elijah answered.

Damon looked back at Sakura, "Do you trust him?"

Sakura sighed and walked up to Elijah. She picked up his hands in hers and looked in his eyes, "Can we trust you?"

"Yes," Elijah replied, staring back.

Sakura backed away from him, "For now we can trust him."

"What do you mean for now?" Damon inquired.

"Things change, but at the moment, he means what he says," Sakura explained.

"Makes sense, but for now isn't good enough," Damon frowned. "You can all go to hell," Damon stormed off.

"He's angry with me right now. But he'll come around," Stefan tried to convince Elijah.

"Perhaps," Elijah said as he stared at Sakura.

"I better not leave him alone when he's like this," Sakura chased after Damon, who had retreated to his room.

"I'm upset. And you know what happens when I'm upset," Damon warned her.

"I'm so scared," Sakura rolled her eyes. He was suddenly in front of her, fangs out, but she wasn't phased at all.

He retracted his fangs, "You have to leave."

"No, you need somebody who cares about you to be with you right now. I love you, Damon. And honestly, I don't want to be alone right now," Sakura looked down.

"I'm sorry Sakura, I know things are tough for you right now and I'm here for you," Damon led to the bed and they sat down.

"Normally I can sense her, at least a little, even through a barrier. She might be unconscious, I don't think a barrier is enough to block me out completely," Sakura sighed.

"Sakura?" Elena appeared at their door. "Someone left this in the mailbox," Elena held up Leilani's necklace.

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