Once we had returned Ishimaru appeared to have nearly finished his brownie and the effects had begun to take effect.
"Hey Amethyst Ishimaru was just talking about you." Mondo said grinning cunningly.
"Oh really?" I replied turning the buckets upside down in front of Hagakure who was now seated next to Mondo looking across at Ishimaru.
"Sweet." Hagakure commented, who had begun making a beat upon the buckets already.
"What did you have to say about me little general?" I questioned the black haired young man.
"He said you were-" Mondo began,
"Don't tell her!" Ishimaru whispered loudly. "If she knows I think she's is awfully sweet that would be terribly embarrassing." He continued.
"You realise she can hear you?" Mondo questioned Ishimaru.
"Can you hear me?" Ishimaru asked me, still whispering.
"Yes Ishimaru." I sighed with a grin.
"Oh dear." He replied.
"C'mon Chihiro! Sing us a tune!" Leon urged, while jumping about pretending to play the guitar.
"Yeah man, I need a beat to groove to." Hagakure agreed.
"Ah… Well… Okay." Chihiro replied apprehensively.
"Here." I said handing Ishimaru a second spoon. "Tap them together."
"Oh how rebellious… Using utensils for something other than their designed purpose… I don't know if I could do such a thing…" He muttered. While Ishimaru was deep in thought Chihiro announced that she had come up with a song.
"I used the vocaloid software to make this song a while ago." She said with a smile.
"Alright let's go!" Leon said happily. After a few attempts at getting a beat going well with the lyrics and teaching Leon when to sing along, our makeshift "band" began to sound quite decent. Chihiro's song was a sweet one, about a robot who fell in love with the scientist who created it. Even Ishimaru began to get into the spirit. He tapped his spoons together almost in time with the beat.
"May I have this dance?" I questioned Mondo with a grin.
"Dancing? I can't-" I tried to pull him out of his seat but I wasn't strong enough. He smirked at my attempt. "Okay fine." I put my hand around his waist. "Hey aren't I meant to be doing that?" Mondo said blinking in surprise.
"Oh! Oh yeah right." and with that we got into the stereotypical dancing position. His hand was around my waist, our hands were linked and my right was upon his shoulder. The both of us danced, with much accidental foot stepping and laughter until Ishimaru tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to dance with him. I agreed and took Ishimaru's hand while grinning at Mondo's pouting face. Even though the "special" brownie Ishimaru had digested had certainly taken its toll upon the man, he still danced quite rigidly with very stiff posture.
"Ah miss Amethyst I'm feeling so strange." He said dreamily. "So very strange. I feel capable of breaking any rule-" He gasped, "Ah forget that I said that!" He began making strange gestures with his hands while shouting "Forget, forget, beam!" with that he slumped and nearly fell to the ground. I quickly draped him over my shoulder.
"Uh Mondo can you give me a hand?" I requested, struggling to hold the man up. "I think it's time for the little general to go to sleep." I said with a smile.
"I think it's time for me to go to bed as well." Chihiro said with a little yawn. Hagakure and Leon had begun chatting to each other and it appeared as though they'd continue the conversation into the night. I shifted Ishimaru over to Mondo,
"I'll help you put him to bed." I said while gently stroking Ishimaru's black short hair.
"Miss Amethyst is ever so sweet…" Ishimaru said drowsily, looking up at Mondo with half closed eyes.
"She sure is, now let's get you to bed." Mondo replied.
"I'll come too." I said following them out of the gym. After a challenging walk to Ishimaru's bedroom, struggling to keep him upright, we arrived. Mondo draped him over his bed.
"He'll be right." Mondo said about to exist the room.
"Mondo we can't just leave him here." I pointed out.
"She's very correct." Ishimaru said sleepily. I gently moved Ishimaru's head onto his pillow. I began to remove his tall boots, which took me quite some time; on account of how tightly the boots were lased. Mondo sighed and pulled up a chair which was near Ishimaru's bed side table. Ishimaru curled up and shut his eyes. "Good night…." The young black haired man said with a yawn. I tugged the blankets from beneath him and tucked him in. I leant over him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Good night little general." I said with a kind smile.
"How about giving me some of that sugar?" Mondo asked with a smirk.
"Oh shush you." I replied playfully before walking into Ishimaru's bathroom with an empty glass which I found upon his bedside table. I filled it with water and then returned, placing the glass back on his table. "Mondo, I think we should stay with him for a while." I suggested.
"Don't worry about it Amethyst. He's fast asleep. If you're lonely there's always a spot in my bed for you." He answered.
"It's not that… The reason is, the way Ishi is right now. He's highly suggestible. So if that motive did cause someone to plan a murder, Ishimaru would be a prime target." I became teary, "Ah I'm sorry, I probably sound really paranoid right now." I said apologetically.
"It's fine, don't worry about it." He said slightly irritably. "I hate seeing you cry so just stop it okay." I nodded. "We can even sleep here if it'll make you feel better." Mondo continued
"Thank you." I replied, sitting on the ground and leaning beside Ishimaru's bed. "Ah, I don't know. I just feel like I've got to protect the little general." I confessed. "He's just so naive." Mondo and I chatted for a while as Ishimaru tossed about and mumbled in his sleep. Mondo and I had ended up lying next to each other, Ishimaru's spare pillows under our heads.
"I'm cold." I said quietly, hoping that Mondo would hug me in a kind attempt to keep me warm. He silently took off his heavy jacket revealing his heavily muscled frame. I looked away shyly as he put the coat over my shoulders. It smelt of aftershave and cigarettes. He gently wrapped his arm around me and we laid back down. I snuggled close to him and soon fell asleep…