I seriously don't like winter. The snow days are good, but the cold is bad. Shivers The season is affecting me so much that I included it in the story. Yes, it is now winter in the story, as you will soon find out. To everyone who reviewed: THANK YOU. To everyone who has read this: THANK YOU. Okay, I'll shut up now and let you read the story!

-Chapter Five-

"Does anyone else have electricity?" Hinata asked her husband as he came in through the front door, snow drifting in. Itachi shook his head and sighed.

"I got down to the street and no one had their lights on at home. I guess we're one of the only ones that didn't lose power because of the snow storm." He peeled off his coat and hung it in the coat closet by the stairs. "I hope mom and dad are okay. Sometimes I worry about them since they're getting old."

"I wonder if Sakura and Sasuke lost their power?" Hinata asked herself aloud. After shrugging she guided Itachi into the kitchen and forced him to sit at the table while she made him some hot tea.

"The snow storm is really bad. I could hardly walk through the snow and the wind stung my face. I would go over to check on mom and dad, but it's basically impossible to travel through this storm."

The female Uchiha sat down across from her husband and scooted the cup of hot tea across the table towards him. They both sat there for a while in silence. Hinata started to rub her stomach which now held a three month old baby. "Only six more months, Itachi. We're going to be parents." A smile appeared on her face as Itachi stared at her. Just seeing his wife happy made him beam.

He was excited and nervous about being a father. But, what made him feel less nervous about the situation was that Hinata would be there to help him with the child. He knew she would teach him how to take care of it. "I'm glad we're going to be parents, Hinata. I've always wanted to be a father, a good one, like my dad was." He got slightly uneasy about the subject of having children whenever he talked about it with a female, even his wife.

"I've always wanted to be a mother," Hinata giggled. "I hope the baby likes me."

"It will, definitely. You're kind and very caring. You'll be a great mother." Itachi reached across the table and rested his hand on top of Hinata's. She started to blush at his sweet words.

The electricity had just gone out. Sasuke and Sakura were sitting in the living room in the darkness now. "How am I supposed to read in the dark?" Sakura complained, jumping up from her seat on the couch and starting to walk towards the light switch. There was a loud bang as she ran into the wall. "Ouch, that hurt."

Sasuke activated his Sharingan and watched his wife rub her forehead where she had collided with the wall. He got up off the couch and flicked the light switch so that the lights wouldn't blind them if they suddenly came back on. The man picked his wife up and sighed. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she replied weakly, still rubbing her forehead. "But what is there to do in the dark? I wanted to read my book!" The woman started to pout and mope. "Will you read to me, Sasuke?"

The man remained silent and took her upstairs and laid her down on the bed. "No, I won't read to you. You should get some sleep while the power is out since there is nothing else to do." He was about to walk away from the side of the bed but Sakura grabbed his hand.

"Where are you going?" she demanded to know.

"I was going to go see if anyone else had electricity. I want to check on mom and dad then Itachi and Hinata." He opened the closet door and started searching through it for his winter coat. "I'll be back later, okay?"

Sakura laid on the bed with her eyes open, squinting through the dark. She could see the outline of Sasuke putting on his winter coat. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind hit the house. The woman knew he would have a hard time getting through the storm.

"I'm going with you." He was about to argue, but she was already searching for her coat in the dark. Instead of telling her to stay home, he retrieved her coat from out of the closet and took her hand, guiding her to him.

"Come on," he muttered. Sasuke held onto her hand as he slowly led her down the stairs and outside. The strong wind hit their faces as soon as they stepped outside, stinging their eyes. "Are you sure you still want to come with me, Sakura?"

"What else am I supposed to do?" she had to yell over the sound of the wind.

Sasuke and Sakura stumbled into Hinata's and Itachi's house along with their parents. Hinata had rushed to the front door and taken everyones coats. "I'll make you all some hot tea. Go to the kitchen." The four hurried into the kitchen as Hinata finished hanging the coats up in the closet.

"How did you all manage to make it through the storm?" Itachi exclaimed in surprise as everyone took a seat at the table.

"We just stumbled along the street blindly, trying not to get knocked over by the wind," Mikoto answered, her cheeks and nose a bright pink from the cold. "Sasuke carried Fugaku because of his broken leg and Sakura carried the crutches."

The pink-haired woman and her husband were sitting beside each other and had practically fallen asleep sitting up. The two had made two long trips through the storm instead of only one like Mikoto and Fugaku.
"Sakura, Sasuke," Hinata said softly, coming up behind the two and placing a hand on one of their shoulders. "Go upstairs and rest in the spare room. There are extra blankets in the closet if you need them."

The two got up from the table and slowly shuffled upstairs together. After making Mikoto and Fugaku hot tea, Hinata sat down at the table and handed them the cups of the steaming liquid.

"Did you two lose your power?" Itachi questioned, eying his mother and father. Both nodded at the same time. "I would have come to check on you, but it seemed impossible to travel through the storm. I'm still not sure how in the world you four made it here."