Chapter 19: Snowed In

A/N: Hey everyone! Since the Holidays are near, I thought I would do a little winter special again for you guys. And what better way to write this than to have our favorite messed up sibling trio in it?

Also, I have a fanclub started for the KUA series. If you have a Deviantart account and you want to join, just let me know and I'll sign you up.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7; I just own my oc's.

Enjoy!

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"Have I ever told you how much I hate snow?" Mikomi asked.

"About a dozen of times" Cloud said dully.

Mikomi huffed, watching the air escape her lips from the cold air.

"Well, I'm saying it again. I hate snow"

Cloud just rolled his eyes and carried his bundle of grocery bags.

Naruto was running short on supplies for his apartment so he and Mikomi decided to restock everything for their little brother. It left a huge dent in their wallets, but they would rather that their brother was provided for the times that he stayed in his apartment then let him starve to death.

Naruto kicked a bit a snow from the ground as he walked. He was happy that he got to spend time with his brother and sister. Even though he annoyed the hell out of them and they always scolded him, at least he knew that they loved him a lot.

"Man, I can't wait to stuff my face with all that ramen you guys got" he said.

Mikomi gave him a harsh stare.

"You are not eating all this ramen that we got you" she said.

"This is suppose to last you for a month, not for a day"

"I thought we told you this last time" Cloud added.

Naruto laughed nervously.

"Oh, right" he said.

The two older siblings just sighed. How they were able to deal with this knuckle head was beyond them.

Mikomi was used to it since she was with Naruto since he was born. But it seemed that poor Cloud got suckered into this family. The once, distant, emotionless Cloud vanished when he meet the super energetic Naruto.

Sometimes Cloud wished that he could be his old self, but he wouldn't trade his brother and sister for anything. They actually made him feel like he could protect someone and that he wasn't alone.

He needed them just as much as they needed him.

Mikomi shivered as the wind picked up.

Since it was winter, she was forced to change her outfit and had to wear long sleeve shirts instead of her tube top and a heavy trench coat. She even had to wear boots instead of her nice high heeled shoes.

Cloud changed his outfit too by adding an extra sleeve to his outfit and wearing a scarf around his neck.

When they reached the apartment units, Naruto pulled out his keys and opened his door so they could come inside.

They placed all of the groceries on any space that they could find. Since the apartment was so small, they had to put them on the table as well as the counters and the floor.

Naruto sat on his bed and took off his shoes while his brother and sister put the groceries away.

Mikomi made a face when she opened the fridge to find half of the contents inside were expired.

"Naruto, when was the last time that you emptied out your fridge?" she asked in disgust.

Naruto shrugged.

"I don't know, maybe two months ago?" he replied.

Mikomi just groaned and started throwing stuff out. She almost gagged when she picked up a carton of milk, only to find out that it was chunky and smelled sour.

"God, you're worse than Yuri sometimes" she said.

Naruto made a face.

"Am not! I don't leave all of my underwear out in the open for people to pick up"

Cloud looked at the dirty clothes that were all over the place.

"Oh really?"

Naruto sweat dropped and quickly pick up his clothes and threw them in the hamper.

"That was just from this morning" he said.

"Right" Cloud said dully.

"And I'm sure the half eaten food that was left in your room in the bar was also from this morning also"

Naruto just sweat dropped. He could never get away with anything while his brother was around.

The snow was starting to come down fast. Cloud peered through the window to see that the streets were covered with an inch or two of snow.

"Looks like it's really coming down" Cloud said.

"Let's hurry up before it gets any worse out there"

"You don't have to tell me twice" Mikomi said.

She finished putting the last of the groceries away and started cleaning up the apartment a little.

"Why do I always have to clean up your apartment?" she whined.

"Because you're so good at it" Naruto said.

Mikomi glared at him and threw a handful of his dirty laundry at him. Naruto retaliated by throwing laundry at her. Soon a laundry war broke out between the two siblings.

Cloud held the bridge of his nose. Every time they were in the same room, they had to start a fight. It made him wonder how the lived with each other before he came along.

He got in between them and stopped the fight.

"Alright, enough you two" he said.

"We need to get back to the house before the snow gets worse"

The two of them broke it off.

"You have a point" Mikomi said.

"And with buildings these old, any sudden movement could cause the snow to slip off the roof"

"Well don't fight and you won't have a problem" Cloud said.

Naruto made a noise.

"Oh please" he said.

"I always make a ruckus around here and it doesn't cause anything. Here watch"

He went over to one of the walls and punched it.

"See? Nothing happens"

Just then, the snow from the roof slid off and landed near the front of the building.

"That's not good" Mikomi said.

"Please tell me it didn't block the door"

Cloud left the apartment to go check while Naruto and Mikomi bickered.

"If we're trapped in here, you are so dead" Mikomi hissed.

"I didn't mean it!" Naruto insisted.

"This never happens"

"Well you just jinxed it by acting out" Mikomi said.

"Did not"

"Did too"

"Did not"

"Did too"

"Will you two shut up?" Cloud said.

He came back into the apartment looking anything but pleased.

"The doors covered by snow" he said.

"It looks like no one will be able to get out"

Mikomi became frantic.

"No, there has to be a way" she said.

"There's still the window"

She went to the window and tried to pull it open, but found it was frozen shut.

"We're trapped!" she cried.

Cloud rolled his eyes and pulled out his cell phone.

"Hang on, I'll call Vincent" he said.

"He can melt the snow for us"

He dialed the Turk's number and waited for him to respond.

"Hey, Vincent, it's me Cloud. Are at the house? We're kind of stuck at Naruto's apartment and we need you to get us out"

It was hard to tell what Vincent was saying on the other line, but from the sound of it, it wasn't good. Cloud's face fell a little as Vincent continued to talk.

"Well, what time will you get back?" he asked.

Vincent gave him a time.

"Alright. Try to get here as fast as you can. Thanks"

He closed his phone and sighed.

"He's stuck in Kalm at the moment" he said.

"The earliest he can get here is tomorrow morning"

Mikomi's face fell.

"So we're basically stuck here for the night?"

"Looks like it" Cloud said.

"Yay! I get have a sleep over with you two!" Naruto cheered.

Cloud and Mikomi gave him a look.

"There's nothing fun about this situation" Mikomi.

"We're stuck in an apartment that's fit for one person while it's freezing cold out. There's only one bed here"

"Oh, don't be so down" Naruto said.

"I have a few sleeping bags for my missions"

He went over to his closet to get them out. He opened the door, only to have a mountain of junk come crashing down on him.

Cloud and Mikomi sweat dropped at the sight as they watched him struggle to get out and pull out a set of sleeping bags.

"Got 'em!" he cried.

"You're cleaning this when we get out of here" Mikomi said.

Naruto poked his head from the pile and produced two sleeping bags.

"Here, you can use these" he said.

"I had to get them washed since I spilled ramen on them before, so you should be fine"

The two siblings gingerly grabbed the sleeping bags and looked at them dully.

This is not how they wanted to spend their day.

Naruto quickly went into the kitchen and started pulling out some food that Mikomi put away earlier.

"Let's go out and have a huge meal tonight" he said.

"Since we just bought groceries, we should be fine"

Mikomi sighed as she hung her head in defeat.

"Looks like I'll be buying more groceries tomorrow" she said.

Cloud just ruffled her hair.

"Just try to enjoy tonight" he said.

"You might as well anyway since we're stuck here"

Mikomi sighed again.

"I just hope he knows how to cook food other than ramen" she said.

Cloud cracked a rare smirk.

"I guess we'll just have to see"

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"Man, this is awesome" Naruto said.

"We hardly have a dinner together like this"

Mikomi shrugged as she munched on a piece of fried shrimp.

"Yeah, it is" she said.

"With all of the missions that Tsunade is pushing down our throats, we hardly have any time to chill out and relax like this as a family"

Naruto grinned as he picked up a piece of barbecued pork.

"I know!" he said.

"I miss spending time with both of you. I mean, sure I get to hang out with either one of you when you're free from missions, but it's not the same. I want to be with my brother and sister, not just one of them"

Mikomi ran a hand through his hair in a soothing manner.

"Well, we're here now"

Cloud nodded.

"And we'll never leave your side"

Naruto smiled at that. Even though he felt alone and isolated thanks to the nine tailed fox, he still felt loved by his brother and sister.

He didn't care if the whole world hated him. As long as he had his brother and sister's love, then he would be alright in the world.

A ninja needed a reason for living and his reason was his siblings. He wanted to make them proud and feel honored that they had him for a brother.

Cloud looked at the time and saw that it was time for bed.

"Alright. Let's get these dishes cleaned up so we can go to bed" he said.

"Vincent will be here first thing in the morning, so we need to get up early"

Mikomi rolled her eyes.

"Yes sir" she said sarcastically.

Cloud placed the dishes in the sink to be cleaned in the morning and went to his sleeping bag that was near Naruto's bed. Having lived with the Chocobo head for quite some time, Naruto mastered his brother's sleeping arrangements perfectly. Since he was a protector at heart, that usually meant he always slept near the edge of the group. There was always a less chance of his loved ones being in danger and if someone were to get hurt, he would be the one to take the hits.

Naruto jumped on his bed and pulled the covers over him. His signature goofy sleeping cap rest on top of his head so that his naturally messy hair couldn't get any messier.

He peered over the bed to see his brother and sister settled in their sleeping bags. He felt bad that they had to sleep on the floor; they wouldn't have it any other way.

"Night, Nee-chan, Night Ni-san" he said.

His two older siblings said their goodnights to him and went to sleep.

It was rather creepy as they slept. Usually when they lived in the house they would hear everyone else sleeping and snoring away, but here, it was dead silent. It was like the whole world was fast asleep.

Mikomi snuggled further into her sleeping bag. She couldn't really sleep since she didn't have Zack and Red Xlll with her. They usually slept on her bed with her and doubled as stuffed animals. She always had to cuddle up with something as she slept.

And she highly doubted that Cloud would allow her to cuddle him as if he were a teddy bear.

The sound of sheets moving and the bed creaking caught her attention.

Naruto carefully stepped over his sister and snuggled in between Cloud and Mikomi.

"I can't sleep in bed when I know you guys are on the floor" he said.

He sandwiched in between them and was soon basked in their warmth and protection. Mikomi wrapped her arm around her while Cloud simply placed his hand on his shoulder.

Now that the sleeping arrangements were solid, the three of them fell asleep, feeling safe with being so close to each other.

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Tap tap

Cloud scrunched his eyes as the sun's light filtered through the window. Even though it was bright out and made it impossible for him to go back to sleep, the sound of tapping made him alert.

Tap tap

Cloud propped himself up on his elbow and looked at the window to see Vincent. The Turk was perched on the railing of the little apartment and looked extremely annoyed for being outside in the cold at such an early time in the day.

Knowing that they were finally getting out of the apartment, the chocobo head woke his brother and sister up so they could get ready.

"Guys, Vincent's here"

Naruto and Mikomi groaned as they slowly woke up.

Cloud went to the window and with great force was able to open it.

"Morning Vincent" Cloud said.

Vincent simply grunted.

"You owe me big time for coming out here at such an early hour" he said deeply.

Cloud stifled a yawn and nodded to show that he understood.

"Just melt the snow and we'll be out of here" he said.

Vincent grunted again and pulled out Cerberus so he could perform his special fire jutsu.

Cloud closed the window and helped Naruto and Mikomi get everything picked up so they wouldn't have to clean the mess and worry about getting stuck in the apartment again.

Naruto watched as his brother and sister bickered while they packed everything up.

Even though they got at each other's nerves and tried to kill each other, it was moments like these that Naruto cherished.

Moments where he could spend quality time with the people he loved most.

His brother and sister.

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A/N: I thought this would be a nice holiday chapter for you guys. Since the holidays are about spending time with your family, what better way to show it then to have our favorite siblings spending time together?

I hope you all had a nice holiday!

Please review and tell me what you think!

Ja ne!