This chapter is dedicated to: nana chan the weird
This is because she's endured my multiple IMs about this story.... _

Warnings:
Same as last time.

"Wake up," Kyuubi demanded.

Hearing a muffled reply, he sighed while glaring down at the blankets piled up on his little brother's bed. It always happened…every winter. Being a fennec fox hybrid, Naruto was sensitive to cold weather, and it was Kyuubi's job to get him out of bed while their mother tried the same thing with their father.

"Fine, you're giving me no choice."

Gripping the edge of the heavy pile of blankets, Kyuubi pulled them all off of Naruto and tossed them to the floor. The shrill yelp from his little brother was sadistically amusing to him, but he wasn't there to torture the younger fox.

"Get up and get dressed. We're supposed to go visit with the Uchiha family today."

"I'm being forced out of my nice warm bed to visit the bastard?! No! I refuse!" Naruto complained while trying to bury himself in his ridiculous amount of pillows.

"Are you really still upset about the butterfly thing…that happened about nine years ago? And besides, you're not visiting just Sasuke, but the whole family; it's not all about the youngest Uchiha you know."

A muttering from under the fluffy pillows made Kyuubi's ears lean toward the noise, but he didn't manage to catch whatever it was that Naruto said.

"What was that?" he questioned.

"I said 'no' I'm not upset about the butterfly thing, and it was eight years, 10 months, and 27 days ago."

Kyuubi blinked at the squirming pile of pillows before laughing at his brother.

"Oh yes, I can see that you're really over the butterfly incident," he chuckled mockingly.

"It's not just the butterfly thing! He's just a bastard!"

"Uh huh, whatever you say…. Just get up before mom comes in here and decides to get you out of bed," Kyuubi warned.

The squirming pile finally froze, and Kyuubi knew that he finally managed to get through to Naruto. Their mother could be a scary person…especially when she wanted to get somewhere by a certain time….

~*~*~*~

Hearing a knock at the door, Itachi sighed and put down his book. He had already been informed that he was to answer the door once their guests got there, especially since his lazy brother was not a morning person and, therefore, was not yet awake to do the meaningless chore.

When Itachi got to the door, he found that he didn't even have to answer the door properly since the youngest of the foxes forced the door open and rushed in, zooming past him and up the stairs. Sadly, he was already used to this behavior, especially when it was cold outside. Then, as if nothing had happened, he turned his attention on the other three standing in the doorway.

"Please, come inside everyone."

Luckily for Itachi, the other three came in rather normally, unlike the little spitfire that was probably now waking Sasuke up from his 'beauty rest'.

~*~*~*~

Sasuke had been enjoying his warm bed and undisturbed sleep, up until he was suddenly shocked with something cold hitting his skin. Jolting up, Sasuke glared at the shivering mass under his blankets.

"Damn it, Naruto," he hissed. "Every year!"

Big blue eyes peered out from the warm blankets, only to blink up at him a few times before disappearing into the shadows once again. Sadly, the youngest Uchiha was well aware that it would be impossible to get Naruto out of the bed until he was warmer, and the little fox currently felt like an ice cube. Usually he would also tease the blonde about how much the cold bothered him, and it would come later, but he was still tired, despite the awakening he received. Sasuke decided that it wouldn't hurt to get a few more minutes of sleep….

Burying himself back under his blankets, Sasuke was only vaguely aware of the warmth slowly getting closer to his side before he drifted off to sleep.

~*~*~*~

Kyuubi quietly snuck up the stairs, scoping out the area before wandering down the hallway. He knew where his little brother went, and while it had been cute when Naruto was younger, it was just hilarious now.

"What are you doing?"

Freezing in place, Kyuubi glanced back at Itachi and looked at him with a blank stare. The older of the Uchiha brothers should know what he was up to. It happened every winter, and multiple times during winter; he was spying on their brothers.

"You know," Kyuubi answered before setting back off toward his destination.

He was not surprised to hear Itachi following after him, especially since this also gave the white tiger something to tease his brother with as well. Sasuke and Naruto just made it so easy to do.

Slowly opening the door, the sneaky fox popped his head into the room and silently chuckled when he saw the two teenage boys cuddled up in bed.

"Puppy love."

Kyuubi heard a scoff come from Itachi standing behind him, leaving him to roll his eyes at the feline hybrid. Itachi was just blind to the adorably disgusting love-hate relationship between their brothers. However, that sugary sweet scene was quickly ruined when Naruto ripped the blankets away from Sasuke and stole them for himself.

"Damn it, Naruto! Give me back the blankets, you moron!"

Watching as Sasuke tried to wrestle the blankets back, he was amused that never once had Sasuke freaked out, enough to kick the blonde out of the house, about waking up with Naruto in the bed, and Itachi didn't think that their brothers relationship was more than just fighting, ha!

With some difficulty, Sasuke managed to push Naruto out of the bed, but he did not get his blankets back.

"Boys," Itachi cut in.

Frowning, Kyuubi was annoyed that Itachi stopped his entertainment. It would have been fun watching them fight over blankets. However, he did have to admit that the looks on their faces were priceless.

"Aww, leave them alone, Itachi. They're just having another lover's spat."

This got a violent reaction from both Sasuke and Naruto. His little brother pretended to be vomiting on the carpet while Sasuke was glaring with a silent threat of imminent death.

"Kyuubi…" Itachi warned.

"What? It's true. Just look at them! They just ooze with cavity inducing love! It's rather sickening."

Just as the other three were about to retort to Kyuubi's comment, they were interrupted.

"Boys! Get down here now!"

All four looked at each other and sighed. They knew what was coming next.