I have more of this mini story-ish thing! -Yawns- Sorry I'm so weird. It's late and I'm tired. Well, since it's winter, I decided that there should be some sort of part of this mini story-ish thing that has to do with winter. So, I'll stop talking and let you read.


It was the middle of winter and a blizzard had hit Konoha hard earlier that day. the snow was already three feet deep and sheets of ice layered everything outside. Unfortunately, the electricity had gone out. Isamu had lit the fire place using a fire jutsu and the four silblings had huddled together around the fire, sharing a blanket.

"When do you think the electricity will come back on?" Hana asked her older siblings, her green eyes gazing at the fire crackling in front of them.

"I don't know. It could be days before it comes back on." Misaki could feel the little girl beside her start to shiver slightly. Although they were sitting in front of a fire and were also under a blanket, it was still quite cold. The heat had been off for seven hours now. The pink-haired girl wrapped an arm around her younger sister and pulled her close, trying to give off some warmth to her.

"Where are mom and dad?" Isamu suddenly asked, glancing around the room.

"They went upstairs," Ryoichi answered in his shaky voice. This was the first time the power had been out since he was born and the poor little boy was quite frightened. He didn't know what was going to happen.

Isamu suddenly started chuckling softly. "What do you think they're doing to keep warm?" Misaki's eyes filled with fury and she smacked Isamu on the head for saying such a thing.

"They're probably just lying under the covers of their bed, Isamu! Stop being so immature!"

Just then, they heard a thump and then a scream come from upstairs. Ryoichi and Hana became confused, wondering what had happened. Misaki and Isamu on the other hand made disgusted faces.

"I don't think they're just lying under the covers, Misaki..." Isamu mumbled, his right eye twitching a bit. She hated to admit it, but she thought he was right. What else could be going on up there? The four then sat in silence, hoping they would hear nothing else. To their delight, everything was completely silent.

Then they heard another thump and another scream. Isamu plugged his ears and closed his eyes, the thought of what his parents were doing was too overwhelming for him.

A couple minutes later, Sasuke came down the stairs carrying his unconscious wife bridal style.

Misaki and Isamu stared at him blankly as he laid her down on the couch and sighed deeply. The two eldest Uchiha children then started to elbow each other back and forth, wanting the other to ask what had happened upstairs. Finally, Misaki snapped, her curiosity getting the best of her.

"Dad?" she almost whispered. Sasuke turned to face her with a soft smile. "What was going on upstairs? I mean, what happened to mom?"

"Well," he started after taking a deep breath. "We were cuddling in bed trying to keep warm when she announced that she wanted to come check on you four. She got out of bed then tripped and landed face first on the floor. After she insisted that she was alright, she got up and then ran into the wall because she couldn't see. That's why she's unconscious and that's what all the noise was."

Misaki turned and glared at Isamu. The sixteen-year-old only snickered a bit as he shrugged innocently. "You've been spending too much time around Kakashi and Jiriaya lately!" Misaki scolded, giving her brother another smack on the head. "You're so disgusting!"

Sasuke caught on quickly, only glaring at his son for thinking the way he did. He was, after all, a teenage male.

"We always wait to do that until after the four of you are asleep," Sasuke said teasingly, hoping to get a strange reaction from Isamu. And he did. Isamu shivered, not wanting to know that information. He didn't know Sasuke had only been teasing though.

The adult Uchiha male retrieved a blanket from upstairs and placed it over his wife to keep her warm. After she was all situated, he crawled under the end of the blanket on the opposite end of the couch and perched his elbow up on the edge of the couch, gazing at the fire.

"Sa-Sasuke?" Sakura murmured, her eyes fluttering open. Slowly, she sat up and rubbed her head. "Remind me never to walk in the dark again." The two adults smiled at each other warmly.

"Want to go back upstairs?" Sasuke asked slyly, raising an eyebrow. The pink-haired woman on the other end of the couch also raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Isamu gave me a really great idea on how to keep warm."