Crazy trouble with love part 3

Sirenoid and Dan

Series: Bakugan

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Sirenoid cried while in her ball form as she sat on a park bench. "Oh why Klaus? Why did you pick that Alice girl over me? I've been with you far longer."

Yep, the famous Aquos brawler is dating the former Darkus brawler. And well….she didn't take it well at all. This lead to Sirenoid leaving and just wanting peace and quiet.

"Klaus, why?" She sniffed while feeling like her heart was being dragged into a bottomless whirlpool. 'I can't stand seeing them together, but what do I do? I can't go back home or I'll just make a big scene.'

As she was about to leave she saw a familiar boy walking by with a depressed look on his person.

'Runo, why did you have to dump me?' thought Dan. 'I thought we were doing fine. What did I do wrong?'

Sirenoid looked at Dan before he sat right on her. "Hey! Get off me!"

Dan jumped and looked down before looking confused. "Sirenoid? What are you doing here by yourself?"

She looked up at him sadly. "It's...it's nothing."

"Well do you mind if I sit next to you? I'm not having a good day either."

"Sure just don't sit on me." She joked slightly as Dan sat next to her. "But why are you...not having a good day?"

"Well, it's nothing." he sighed looking away and using her own words.

"Look." She sighed. "I get you are depressed but let's….talk about it?"

"Why should I?" Dan frowned. "It's nothing special."

"Oh really?" she frowned while turning to him. "Did you have your heart crushed seeing the one you love go for someone else?"

His eyes widened. "No, but….Runo dumped me for no reason."

"Oh….wait, you two were a couple? I didn't know that."

"Yes, for ten months, three weeks, five days, 5 hours and fifty seconds."

"...that's some commitment." she remarked. "I mean it must have been considering you don't strike me as the kind of kid who puts a lot of effort with math."

"I can so do math!" He frowned. "And what about you miss can't walk on land?!"

"...that was very bad smacktalk."

"Look! The point is me and Runo aren't together, happy?!"

Sirenoid looked at him before jumping up to his shoulder and rubbed against his cheek.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because I don't have hands in this form to hug you." she replied. "I saw Klaus get together with Alice and that's the reason I came here."

"Well, I know it hurts but," he said while a lone tear fell from his face. "We have to suck it up and deal with it."

'Dan.' She thought while feeling the same emotional build up inside her. She sniffled and felt herself tear up while she and Dan just sat there and cried.

(Many hours later)

Both sniffled and cried as they felt their tears dry up from overuse.

"Dan." Sirenoid said. "Are you ok now?"

"Yeah, what about you?"

"A little." She said while rubbing his cheek. "You really looked like a waterfall of sadness."

"This coming from a mermaid, that's saying something."

She chuckled a little at that. "Well same goes to the flame head such as yourself."

He smiled while wiping the dry tears away. "Man, it got late." he remarked seeing the sky turning dark.

"Yeah." She said before seeing a set of stars. "Is that Aquarius? The mermaid?"

"I think, I never really paid much attention with constellations."

"Well I just thought it reminded me of well...me." She sighed. "Aquarius is a virgin that was stuck in the sky for being the god's waterbearer and...someone else's love interest that she didn't notice till she was in the sky."

"How'd you know that?"

"I read." She said. "And it was a book on mermaids."

'That makes sense….somehow.'

"So Dan. Could I crash with you for a while?"

"Sure, I got plenty of space."

"Was that a joke?"

"No I'm serious. Contrary to what you might think my room's clean and there's enough space for hundreds of bakugans to sleep around if they wanted."

"...thanks." She said with a happy tone. "I really appreciate it Dan."

"Hop on." he held his hand out.

She jumped into his hand. "Ok but be careful, I'm...easily seasick."

He raised an eyebrow. "How can you be seasick?"

"It's a condition I got while living on earth." she spoke while he started walking. "I'm fine in a fishbowl with water, but if I get on a boat I get woozy and sick."

"I will be careful." Dan said before grinning. "So a small boat in a bathtub wouldn't be a problem?"

"Y-Yeah." She lied with a blush at seeing a naked Dan. 'Don't even think about it!'

"Don't worry, we'll get straight to bed cause I think we're both gonna need some sleep."

She nodded. "Ok but….I kind of like sleeping in a hot bath with….someone keeping watch."

"Wait, you had Klaus do that?"

"Yes…" she said with a hint of anger. "Yes he did. He'd do it on times when I couldn't sleep and didn't mind, which makes me feel….well let's just drop it alright?"

"Ok." He said with an understanding expression. "But I don't mind sleeping with you."

She blushed hearing him say it like that. "O-Ok." 'I can't believe he just said it like that!'

"Then let's go." Dan said while walking away.

-Dan's house, bathroom-

"Here we are." Dan said as he layed in the bathtub while Sirenoid sat on a small red plastic boat. "Like it Sirenoid?"

"Yeah, but why put me on this boat?"

"Because I didn't want you to get wet." He said while pushing the boat around.

"Dan, I'm a water bakugan. I'm not gonna drown." she chuckled.

"Still, I didn't want you to rust." He joked.

She rolled her eyes before hopping off the boat and sunk down the water. 'Ah, now this is much better.' She then swam towards Dan and blushed a little seeing his naked body. Especially when she saw his legs spread and spotted his 'special' tool and blushed before frantically swimming up and reached the surface. "On second thought, I think the boat's comfy."

Dan chuckled before scooping her up and placing her on the boat. "Ai ai captain Sirenoid."

'Oh god I really saw that! Now it'll be engraved in my head all night.' She thought while turning red.

"So Sirenoid, you want me to stay with you or are you comfortable about your little boat?"

"I said I would like it if you stay with me tonight so stay Dan."

"Alright, but the water's not gonna stay warm." he pointed out.

"I can handle it. I was born in colder water than this."

"But I can't." he sweatdropped.

She sighed. "Oh alright, but….just please don't leave my side unless you feel ready to get out."

"That I can do." Dan said as Sirenoid jumped off and swam towards Dan's arm and hopped onto his head. "Are you a squirrelfish?" he joked.

"No I'm a mermaid." She said before closing into her ball form. "Good night Dan."

"Night."

Dan waited a little bit while feeling the water getting colder. He made sure Sirenoid was sound asleep before getting up slowly and started to use the towel to get dried off. 'She is kind of cute- don't think about it Dan! Just think about getting to bed without waking her up.'

Thankfully he managed to carefully set her down and he got his clothes on before picking her up and made it to his room before getting in bed and gently set her down on the pillow next to his.

She moaned lightly in her sleep as Dan turned off the light.

(Next morning)

The sun's early light shined in as a beam of light woke the sleeping mermaid from her slumber. And not in a good way either.

"Uh….it's too early." she groaned opening up and looking around the room. "Where am I? This doesn't look like the bathtub." She then heard snoring from behind her as she turned and saw Dan's face really close to her small body. "WAAHH!" she screamed jumping back which seemed to slowly rouse Dan.

"Ugh….mmm...oh morning Sirenoid." He said groggily. "Had a good night's sleep?"

"W-What's going on?! Why am I close to your face, what happened to the bathtub and….where am I?"

"You're on a pillow on my bed." he sat up. "I couldn't sleep in the water all night or I'd catch a cold so I brought you here to sleep."

Sirenoid looked at him with surprise. "You didn't need to do all that. You could have just left me in the tub."

"Well I figured a bed would be more warmer and comfy." he replied while getting out of bed. "Come on, you can say hi to my parents while I get some breakfast."

"Um ok." she gulped before hopping off the bed and towards the door. As she hopped down the stairs, she saw a woman doing yoga near a tv. "Is that your mom?"

"Yep." He said while walking down the stairs. "Hi mom."

She turned around. "Morning Dan, sleep well?"

"Yeah, oh and is it fine if a friend of my stays around for a while?"

"Sure, but." She looked at Dan. "Who is this friend? And please tell me it isn't a….you know...a 'fun' person."

"...huh?"

"She means friend for pleasure." Sirenoid explained. "Or just in laymen terms, fuck buddies."

He blushed and shook his head. "N-No mom! It's her!" he pointed down at Sirenoid.

"Oh." She said while looking at her. "Sorry about that."

"It's fine." Sirenoid said. "It's a mother's job to look out for her children, even in that category."

"Well I don't mind you staying here, I hope you feel comfortable." smiled Dan's mom before she resumed looking at the yoga lesson.

"Is she always like this?" Sirenoid asked.

"Yes." Dan said while walking towards the kitchen. He took a seat at the table while picking Sirenoid up and set her down.

"Thanks." She said. "But wait, where's your partner Drago at?"

"Right here." Spoke the mentioned bakugan as he hopped onto the table. "Next time Dan let me know we have company, that's just rude."

"Sorry about that buddy. But it just happened so fast." he apologized before digging into the food his mom set out for him ahead of time.

Sirenoid looked at Drago before looking at Dan. "So, this is how you two spend your mornings?"

"Pretty much, so what brings you here?"

"...it's complicated." She said with a very deep sigh. "I really don't want to bore you with it."

"It's a touchy subject." Dan whispered to his partner.

"Oh." He whispered back. "Forget I said anything."

"It's fine." she looked away. "But what do you two do when not brawling?"

"Just looking at odd shows." Drago said. "Like this one show with a mermaid in a harem of other 'monster girls' trying to get a human male's heart. She was kind of...like a mix between a princess and a tragic lover."

"You liked the spider woman." Dan chuckled. "You even said 'if there was a bakugan like that I would have mated with her' while watching the show last week."

"Dan!" he blushed. "We agreed never to tell anyone that."

"I crossed my fingers." Dan grinned.

Drago growled before getting an idea. "Well since you said that to our guest, I could say that you liked the mermaid from the show."

"Dr-"

"Sirenoid." Drago interrupted. "Did you know that Dan here liked the mermaid so much that he actually kissed the screen every time she shows up?"

"DRAGO!"

"He also said that and I quote 'If I had a girl like that I would treat her like a queen'." Drago grinned as Dan blushed red in embarrassment.

"Wow, for a pyrus brawler, he sure seems to like the sea more." chuckled Sirenoid.

"Indeed."

Dan growled before grabbing Drago and throwing him out of the room.

"Now that was rude." remarked Sirenoid. "We were just teasing."

"Still it wasn't funny." He frowned. "What if that happened to you?"

"I would just brush it off." she made a shrug gesture. "Besides, it's fine to have a...crush on someone fictional."

"It wasn't a crush." Dan blushed. "I just...liked her….personality and um….tail."

"And her beauty, right?"

"Of course." He nodded. "It just reminded me...of a certain someone."

She went silent. "Well finish eating and you can show me what we can do around here."

"Ok." Dan said while finishing his meal.

'Certain someone. But the...no no. It's not me, I mean it's not like he thinks of me like that especially when...he dated Runo.' she imagined Klaus as an underwater prince before shaking her head. 'No! If you think about him now you'll start crying.'

"Are you alright?" Dan asked while seeing Sirenoid looking at him profusely.

"W-What...yes Dan I'm alright."

"Well wanna go watch tv?"

"Sure." She said while hopping on Dan's shoulder.

"Good because Yokai Harem is on right now." Drago called out from the other room. "And your crush is on screen Dan."

"She's not a crush spider lover!" Dan yelled back with a blush as Sirenoid chuckled at the antics. "Now you're taking his side?"

"No no." She reassured him. "I'm just laughing at how in sync you two are. Even if you have crushes on fictional characters that will never be real."

'Pretty blunt when you say it like that.'

"But even still." She said while hopping on his head. "It's nice having someone to crush on." 'Even if...no just don't think about it!'

They walked to the couch and sat down while watching the opening intro.

"...so it's just shots of bare breast?" Sirenoid asked while seeing the characters in the nude chasing the main lead.

"Yeah, really you could watch any episode and not even care about plot." remarked Drago. "But damn if the animation isn't something."

"And the spider girl?" Dan remarked with a grin. "Isn't that why you decided to watch this show?"

"Dan!" Drago blushed as a mermaid that looked similar to Sirenoid but more humanoid appeared on screen and hugged the lead character who looked like a more mature mix of both Dan and Klaus.

'Oh god why did it have to look like that!'

"What wrong?" Dan asked.

"I'm fine it's just….um...her chest is too big."

"That's what I said." Drago spoke up. "Her chest is way too big."

"Look, the point is it's just a series that was aired because the girls are hot. Really if you're feeling uncomfortable seeing this we can watch something else."

"I'm fine." Sirenoid said. "Really I am."

Just then the mermaid started to attempt to dance on land but….failed and landed on a pile of 'goo' that wrapped around her and fondled her.

All of them blushed before Sirenoid closed up her body. "Nevermind!"

"Ok Dan." Drago frowned. "Change the channel before my mind goes blank!"

Dan did so and it changed to a mermaid with pink hair kissing a boy with black hair on a boat in wedding attire. "Hey, this one looks fine."

It was before tentacles grabbed the male and literally dragged him to the mermaid before she ate him.

"AHHH!"

"Turn it off! Turn it off!"

He tried but changed it by accident as a mermaid with blue hair started to look at a boy with brown hair and gave him chocolates.

"Den, please go out with me!"

"Um...sure Sirena."

"How many mermaid shows are on anyway?"

"No idea."

"Same." Drago said before seeing them making out and…. "Oh god why show THIS to children! It's a PG rated show!"

Dan shut it off and sighed. "Way too much tv for today."

"And too many….tentacles." Sirenoid shivered. "How about reading a book?"

"Dan hates reading anything but manga and books on mermaids."

"He what now?"

"Yes, he reads. Funny right, since he doesn't plan often."

"I-nevermind." She said before closing up. "Just wake me up later ok Dan?"

Dan nodded as Sirenoid started to fall asleep on his head.

(Several weeks later)

"So Dan." Spoke Sirenoid while Dan walked down the street. "What do you need to get at the store?"

"Besides fish food?" He joked.

"Lame." Sirenoid and Drago both said.

"Hey it was good!"

Both chuckled before Sirenoid saw Klaus and Alice walking down the street. She jumped before quickly rolling herself over and slipped down in Dan's pocket.

"Oh." Klaus said while noticing Dan. "Hello Dan, Drago."

"Hey Klaus, how are you and Alice doing?"

"Fine." Alice said. "We were just about to get some ice cream."

'Ice cream.' Sirenoid thought. 'But he did that...with me.'

"Well you two have fun."

"We will." Klaus said. "But Dan I need to ask you something."

"Ask away."

"If you find Sirenoid tell her that I miss her." He sighed. "That I miss my partner."

"Uh, well about that." he spoke while glancing at the pocket. 'Should I tell him she's here or wait till she says so?'

"What is it?" Asked Alice.

"Well…"

"She's right here." Spoke Sirenoid as she peeked out of the pocket. "Hello Klaus, hello Alice."

"Sirenoid!" Klaus said in shock and relief.

"It's me." She sighed while hopping on Dan's shoulder. "Who else looks like a mermaid?"

"What happened? You disappeared weeks ago and I was worried sick."

She sighed heavily. "I ran away because….Klaus, I used to love you."

He felt his jaw drop at this confession.

"When I saw you and Alice get together I was sad and wanted to get away, sorry for making you worry."

Both Klaus and Alice looked at each other before said male sighed. "Sirenoid, I didn't know. But you still should have just talked to us. We almost had to call the police."

"..."

"..."

"...you're joking right?" Draco said in disbelief. "You were going to have the police try to find Sirenoid, who I remind you is at the moment barely the size of two marbles right?"

"I was too worried to think!" He snapped.

"Still, it was worse than Dan letting Sirenoid sleep in a fishbowl full of chocolate."

"Hey! I thought she would like that!" Dan retorted.

"But she nearly got stuck."

"You're joking, right?" asked Alice with a sweatdrop.

"Nope." Sirenoid sighed. "I may like chocolate, but I wouldn't live in it." 'So much….ugh.'

"And Dan here had to literally clean you with a washing machine." Drago said with a slight chuckle. "For a Aquos bakugan, you really hated that machine."

"I was tossed around over and over! I'd like to see you deal with that for twenty minutes."

"It was thirty." Dan clarified.

"It was STILL not fun Dan!" She yelled while bopping him on the nose.

Alice giggled while Dan covered his nose. "Well it sounds like you kept her safe and sound Dan."

"Yeah." He chuckled before seeing Runo walking towards him. "Oh, hey Runo."

"Hey Dan." she greeted. "Um, listen Dan, I know this might sound weird, but….do you think maybe, we could get back together?"

"Why would I do that?" he asked with a frown. "Didn't you dump me without any real reason?"

"Yes but I kind of-"

"The answer is no Runo." he cut her off while looking away. "If you gave me a real reason maybe we could have worked it out or left on better terms, but the fact you didn't give me one just hurt me deep, it really did."

Runo gulped. "But Dan-"

"Just go." He said sternly.

Runo frowned before turning and walking off while Dan sighed heavy and looked at the ground.

"What a fucking bitch." Sirenoid muttered to herself before looking at Dan. "Dan, need a 'hug'?"

"Sure, I wouldn't mind it right now."

She nodded before hopping on his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek.

"I take it you'll be staying at Dan's for a little bit longer?" asked Alice with a smile.

"Yes. Plus he is…." she blushed. "A good roommate."

"Well...alright, but let me know if you need anything." spoke Klaus before Alice started leading him away.

"Ok." She said while Drago chuckled.

"You know, I could just leave you two alone if you are this close."

"Drago!" blushed Dan.

"What? Just saying." He said.

Sirenoid frowned. "Maybe you should leave. Let us have some privacy." 'Why did I have to say it like that?'

"Sorry Dan's my ride home. But I can go in the pocket." he spoke hopping down into one of the pockets. "Just ignore me."

Sirenoid shook herself. "Dan, if you ever wanna talk, just tell me. I'm right here and you were there for me so it's only fair."

Dan smiled. "Same here Sirenoid. And thank you."

"No problem. Now what say we head back to your house? I think you've gotten me hooked on wrestling." she chuckled.

He blushed at that as the screen went black.