I honestly think this is the cutest chapter I have written yet.
So we are taking a break from meeting ppl in this chapter, this is all about a good, old fashion, TREASURE HUNT!

Oh and thank you to everyone for the reviews! Hyper girl of doom? (love that name) don't worry about the updates, this one updates every thursday unless...things happen...shifty eyes...yes that'll do...please keep reviewing)

Chapter 10

After a while Makoto was feeling much better. He was able to get up, stretch and walk but not jump around with Momiji like the little boy wanted. Either way he and everyone else (except Shigure and Hatori) went to go look for treasure.

Out they went, some wearing huge boots (mostly Momiji), a hard hat (Momiji again) and lots of digging tools (Momiji made Kyo carry them). They began hiking to the woods where, according to Haru and Momiji, their treasure map was going to take them. After an hour or so of following Momiji's direction they began to feel a little nervous. No one really asked any questions and Makoto, who was fearful that they may stumble into the training camp, was starting to come up with some.

Makoto looked over at the map but Momiji was holding it so close to his nose that he couldn't see anything. He cleared his throat and decided to ask, "Momiji-chan, where did you get that map?"

Haru looked up and saw that Momiji was holding the map. "Map? I didn't know there was a map."

Momiji looked up to everyone and smiled. "I know where we are going! Do not worry!"

Kyo threw the shovels down and began to march over to Momiji. "I don't trust you, you little brat!" With a swift movement he scooped the map out of Momiji's tight grip. Momiji began jumping up and down, trying to get it back. Kyo looked down at the map, fire was bursting threw his eyes. "MOMIJI!" He yelled. "THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON THIS 'MAP'! IT'S BLANK!" He showed everyone the blank paper and their mouths dropped. Except for Haru who knew there hadn't been a map to begin with.

Momiji turned around and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well of course it's blank! I'm not going to bring the actual treasure map! What if pirates got a hold of it?"

Kyo shook his head and was about to burst but Yuki pushed him out of the way and leaned down to be at eye level with Momiji. "Momiji, why bring the paper and make it seem like you are following a map if you are indeed not?"

Momiji winked at him. "You're so silly! There is a map on it! I just did it in vinegar, so it's invisible! No one but me can see it!"

Kagura and Tohru looked up to the sky as they thought about this. "I thought," Kagura said. "That if you baked the paper with vinegar then it would show up."

Tohru said, "I thought you just had to hold it over a light."

Makoto was getting tired of this. None of it really mattered; he took in a breath and decided to say something. "I want to know where Momiji got this map, and how legitimate it really is."

Haru walked beside him and sighed, "It appears he has made the map himself. That means it's not legitimate at all. I can't believe I fell for it."

Momiji shook his head. "It's real! It's real I tell you! The other day we had story time and the teacher told us a story about pirates. Pirates would steal gold from cities and town, then go some where to bury it. The pirates would always make a map for themselves, that way they can always retreat back to where they had buried it. As you can see, these maps were very important. Sometimes they would make a fake map to fool other pirates, in case their ship was taken over by enemies. Pirates were always sworn to secrecy about the map and where the treasure was hidden. Some pirates never even knew where their own crew had hidden the treasure, so when they would retreat back to where it was buried, they were always in for a surprise. Isn't that cool?"

Haru nodded as he remembered their teacher telling them that story. Yuki tried to figure out what it meant, Tohru and Kagura thought it was just a darling tale while a vein was about to pop out of Kyo's head.

"WHAT HAS THAT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?"

Momiji looked hurt. "It has to do with everything! If we don't get there soon, pirates will take our treasure!"

Kyo was going mad. "There is no treasure! We're in the middle of Japan, where the hell do you think these pirates are? They were in the Caribbean area, and parts of Europe! That's it! Not here in Japan. Besides, pirates have been dead for years!"

Tohru lightened up, "I disagree. My mom told me about pirates that had landed on the islands of Japan. Of course it wasn't recently, like you said pirates are gone now. But there could have been some in Japan. Of course some people could feel like a pirate, so I suppose…"

"SHUT UP TOHRU!" Kyo shouted.

"Okay, I'm sorry!"

He turned back to Momiji. "Don't you get it? This is just like the damn dung beetles! It's pointless! That map won't help us; there isn't any buried treasure on Shigure's property! So stop saying there is!"

Momiji looked as though he was about to cry, he stared down at the ground, and hid his eyes from everyone, "I…I guess…I'm sorry. I just thought it would be fun searching for buried treasure and all."

Makoto grabbed the map from Kyo, there was some vinegar stains on it. That meant it was a legitimate map. Suddenly it all made sense. "Momiji, that was very sweet of you." Everyone turned back to him and he explained. "He said it himself, a pirate will burry a treasure then make a map to tell himself where it is burried. He's the pirate! He buried some treasure and now he's brought us to help him find it!"

Momiji jumped up, a huge gin on his face. "That right! Arrh! I've buried the treasure and you must help me find it!"

Makoto decided to play along. "Arh captain! Where should be looking?"

Momiji grabbed the map back. "Arcording to my map, maties. It should be just left of that pointy rock! Argh!" he informed them as he pointed to a huge rock that appeared to have been struck by lightening. It was tall and triangular and was surrounded by many small rocks. They all rushed over there and around to the left bend.

"Where now, captain Momiji?" Tohru asked happily.

"We go till we find a huge tree with a fox den at the bottom of it!"

Kagura squealed in glee. "I see it! I see it!" She pointed to the tree with a hole in front of it. They all ran to it and looked down. No animals were occupying it for the time being. Kagura turned to Momiji, "Where to now?"

Momiji looked down on his map. "Arh! I think we maties need to search for the X!"

Haru laughed, "Of course, X does mark the spot."

Yuki decided to get into it, he bent down and asked Momiji, "Where would we locate the X?"

Momjiji smiled, now everyone was playing along, "Arh, the map tells no lies, that's the truth, it may be sly, but it's got a use. Just like me, with my baby tooth!" Everyone's face dropped, it appeared that he was playing with them again. He smiled and said, "That's all that is written here, arr!"

Kyo threw down his shovels again. "What's that supposed to mean? I have to knock your teeth in just to get the treasure?"

Haru made a disgusted face, "Does that mean the treasure has been in your mouth this whole time?"

As everyone fought over the line, Makoto went back to the Fox den. 'He wouldn't have brought us here for no reason.' He thought. He peered down into the hole but nothing was there, he looked up the tree and saw something, there was a carving in the middle of it. It was small but when Makoto went up to it he could make out what it was. It was a small tooth, a baby tooth. He looked to the next tree and saw the same carving on it.

"Personification!" he exclaimed. He turned around to see that everyone was looking at him. "It's not him talking, it's the tree!"

"Trees can talk?" Tohru asked.

Makoto showed everyone the trail of carved teeth. They quickly followed it into a clearing. They looked around and saw an X painted into the ground. Kyo dropped the shovels down and everyone grabbed one. Haru and Makoto used a pick axe to loosen up the soil. Then Yuki, Kyo and Kagura took turns shovelling out the soil. Tohru had tried to shovel it out but had managed to get stuck inside instead. Momiji just watched the whole expedition, shouting random commands to anyone slacking…plus extra commands to Kyo. After a good half hour of digging, their shovels finally came in contact with something. They all looked down, Kyo and Haru jumped out of their hole, and both reached in to pull out a treasure chest.

They brought it out and put it down on the ground for everyone to see. They all circled around it. Momiji pushed his way through, "Well, what are we waiting for? Tohru get that pick axe!"

"Yes Momi…I mean captain!" She left the group and when she came back she was holding a small pick axe. Momiji grabbed it and handed it to Makoto. "I think this first mate deserves to open it!"

"Har-har!" the group cheered in agreement! Makoto happily took the pick axe and hammed at the lock. It burst open. Haru and Yuki moved forward and opened the chest.

There was a hushed awe at the treasure inside.

I thought it was cute...did you guys think that?

oh an no Akito, i realised because of the time frame that he wouldn't fit in that well...