"Reiko...Who…is that again?"

Natsume lifted his head quickly, startled by the voice. It seemed to be just in his dream so he relaxed a bit, looking around the dark room. The pudgy bodyguard seemed to be dead asleep. Just like how Natsume should be right now since it was night time. He laid down again and shut his eyes but still couldn't seem to sleep. He let out a soft yet annoyed sigh.

The one time a youkai doesn't come out to get me, my body chooses not to sleep…

"Natsume, what are you doing awake? Shouldn't you be resting right now? What an idiot." Nyanko-sensei's nagging voice startled him and he couldn't help but give a small jump.

"Nyanko-sensei...Mhm, sorry. I'm so used to being awake right now handling some kind of youkai business." The boy sat up straight, shaking his head slightly. Since he was awake he figured he could use this time to do something useful. He made sure to not make a noise as he walked over to the box that held all of Reiko's belongings. Natsume didn't want to wake up Touko-san or Shigeru.

"Doing that again? I told you already to just give that up." Would there ever be a time where the cat wouldn't sound so annoyed? Natsume didn't think so. He carefully pushed things aside, occasionally pulling something out to get a closer look at it. The sound of old paper rustling and wrinkling caught his attention as he moved things. He picked up a couple of books that Reiko hadn't returned to the library and pulled out the ancient looking paper. As old as it was, it looked like it had been handled with care for many years, maybe even centuries. Curiously he unfolded the paper, shock returning to his face immediately.

"Woah…" It wasn't a letter or anything like he had expected; it was a painting. The painting of a big wolf with a few trees behind it. There was a smaller girl standing next to the wolf. The wolf somehow held a peaceful expression in his face. Everything looked carefully drawn together with the black ink the artist used. The wolf...looked familiar. It definitely looked like a youkai. As he observed the painting, his fingers brushed against something on the back of it. Turning it around, he found another paper attached. The paper looked old too but not as old as the first one. It was a map he realized, something that Reiko must have drawn. There was an x marked like a treasure map.

"What? What's with that face? Lemme see that." The cat had become just as curious and knocked it out of his hand.
"Nyanko-sensei!" Natsume couldn't help but raise his voice a little, annoyed that the cat had been so rude. Nyanko-sensei simply snickered at him and then examined the painting. Surprisingly, he grew quiet and rolled it back up. "Nyanko...sensei?"
"Tomorrow. We're going to follow this map tomorrow and see where it leads to. Get some sleep." He ordered and curled back into a ball next to Natsume's futon. The blond haired boy sighed and followed him back.

Sensei is acting weird...Ah! That's right...I remember now who that youkai drawing is of. That's definitely Nyanko sensei in his real form. Why does Reiko have that? Did she draw that? No...Well, I should try to get some sleep.