Minutes soon turned into hours, hours turned into days and days turned into weeks and Hero still couldn't think of a way to be together with the black mermaid.

"There's no use" he said in frustration throwing his pillow at the wall. "The only way I can be with her is if I wasn't a human but I'm not. I'm a damn dragon but I can't tell her that, but what if it's the only way to be with her. Am I really going to risk my exposure for her?"

"Everyone come down for breakfast" Nikora said holding plates of food. We all came running down but Hanon didn't put her shoes away so Lucia tripped over them.

"Ahhhh!" she said as she ran straight for Nikora. There was a big crash and the food went flying.

"Hey is everyone all….." I tried to finish but a plate of eggs and bacon hit me straight in the face. Everyone looked at me laughing. I began to cry.

"Oh D.J it's just a plate of eggs! You're such a cry baby!" Rina said helping me up. Everyone began to pull food out of my hair.

"Waahhh! There's no need to yell at me!" I said covering my eyes.

"Hey I know you're a cry baby D.J but there has to be something else wrong to make you cry so much" Hanon said taking the last piece of bacon out of my hair. Everyone looked at me wanting to the answer to the question.

Wiping the last tear from my face I replied "It's Hero, ever since the night at the beach he hasn't talk to me in either form. He hasn't said anything to anyone like he's petrified or something. And, and…." But before I could finish I began to cry again.

At the site of tears everyone flew backwards and gasped.

The next morning at school "Hey Hero!" Kaito called knowing about my issues. He came over and just looked at him.

"Hey dude you've been out of it all week what's up with you" he asked.

He just looked away then asked "Hey Kaito how much you would risk for the one you love."

Kaito thought a moment then saw a picture of Lucia in his head. "I would risk everything just to be with the one I love man. If you really love someone then you're willing to give up even your life for them."

Lucia, Hanon and Rina were listening behind a tree. "Why that question?" Hanon thought to herself. "Oh Kaito your so sweet" Lucia said blushing but then wasn't paying attention to what she was doing so she fell over.

There was a thump and the boys looked over to the girls.

"Oh no, we've been spotted" Rina said then ran.

Hanon looked from the boys to Rina running then said "Rina wait for me."

"Wow Lucia you really are clumsy aren't you" Kaito said picking her up.

Hero left to the back of the school where the fountain was. There he saw me staring at my reflection in the water. Suddenly he gasped and saw that the reflection in the water was of my mermaid form.

"D.J is the mermaid I've been looking for?!" he thought then left.

"I could have sworn someone was there" I said looking at the gateway.

During classes Hero couldn't stop thinking about what he saw at the fountain. He then took a paper from his bag then wrote, "Dear D.J, I need to see you down by the hidden cove near the beach."

At the end of the day he stuck the note in my locker before I got there and headed to the cove.

"No way, really he asked that question to Kaito" I asked in amazement when Lucia told me.

"Yeah it's true, it's not surprising that Kaito would answer the question like that" she said imagining Kaito.

"What's not surprising was you blowing our cover when you fell over" Hanon said glaring at her. We all laughed and left but I stayed and looked in my locker. I got the note then immediately went.

The waves were pounding the warm sand in the cove that Hero was waiting in.

"So this is it, I'm going to tell D.J I'm the dragon that's been protecting her but with great cost." He clutched his pendant "I'll lose my human form."

"Ummm… Hero" I said behind him.

He whip lashed around and began to blush. He got off the rock and came closer to me.

"Hero I haven't heard from you in so long and I was wondering…." I said but was interrupted when he grabbed me in his arms. I began to blush, "Hero what are….."

"Shhhh, just let me hold you one last time" he said pulling me tighter.

"What do you mean Hero, where are you going" I asked pulling away.

"D.J there's something I've been hiding from you ever since we met. I came here looking for a mermaid I helped a long time ago but I had to leave before I could ask her name. You might not believe me but I love her but then I started to fall in love with you then my feelings got mixed and I got confused."

I heard contently for I was happy that he loved me either way.

"Hero there's something I have to tell you" I said turning to face the ocean.

"Wait D.J I have something to say but it's not a very good thing" he said with a serious face.

I started to get scared knowing that the words "something to say" and "not good are in a sentence."

"I can't see you anymore" he said straight out. "And once I find the mermaid I have to tell her too, I give up. There are just too many feelings I have and I can't handle so this is good-bye" he said then ran off.

"But, but" I said then dropped to my knees. "Why, he doesn't have to go through this pain alone. Sniff, he has me why won't he tell me, me….wahhh!"

There I cried for the rest of the night.