Tenten took me home and Takashi sent me straight to bed, I didn't argue. I entered my room and crashed, not even making it to the bed.

I slept on the floor all night, but somehow I had managed to get tangled up in my blanket and using my brown wooly coat scrunched into a ball used as a pillow. I must do extraordinary things in my sleep..

I woke to silence. My alarm clock was apparently broken. It was still early, but man it was cold! I realized I was still in my dress from last night, one shoe on one shoe off.
I get up, take off the dress, and throw it aside, then change into some warm long-sleeved navy clothes, then throw my wooly coat on over.
"I guess early morning training will warm me up!" I sneak into the kitchen, Takashi already had his toast on his plate, with 3 bites taken out of it. He sat there half asleep with a coffee in his hand, his glasses on his head. It would be good to let him have a little rest.. "MORNING TAKASHI!" I shout, making him jump out of his skin. The coffee spilled all over him.
He stood up and slammed his hands on the table.
"DAMMIT SETSUKI! STOP DOING THAT!" He blinked, then felt around the table.
I held back the biggest laugh of my life. "H-head, uncle." I said. He paused for a moment, then felt around his head for his glasses then placed them back on his face properly. He then faced me with an unimpressed look. I return an innocent expression.
"... Where are you off to so early..? It's only 5:40.."
"Training!" I exclaimed.
"You haven't gone early morning training for a week.."
"I-I've been busy, and.. and having lots of late nights that make me sleep more!"
"Excuses.." He grumbled, pushing his glasses up.
"A-Anyway, it's Christmas today!"
"Indeed.." He approached me and gave me a brief hug. "Merry Christmas Setsuki."
I smile, hugging him back as he lets go. "Merry Christmas Uncle!"
I stole his toast and left.

I make my way to the training fields, covered in snow. The river was frozen over too. It was much too dark to see clearly. Though I only had to wait at least 30 minutes before the sun would start to rise. I stood out beside the frozen river, staring down at the ice, wondering how strong it is.
I then heard a handful of snow fall from one of the trees. I raise my guard. I turn, then catch a very fast and extremely kick, it was powerful enough to push me onto the ice, where I slid backwards, this foot clamped tightly in my grip. This person chuckled, then tried to take his foot back, but I didn't let go.
"Well done Setsuki. Next time I wont give you any warning at all!" It was Gai-sensei's voice! I smile, but playfully, I kept hold of his foot so he had to stand on one.
"Thank you Gai-sensei!"
"... You can let go now, Setsuki!" He said, flashing a grin. I shook my head. His eye twitched in astonishment. He tried to take his foot back, but failed. "Very well.." He leaned down and put his hands on the ground, preparing to swing me off like a catapult, but he suddenly fell over. "GAH IT'S COLD!" He rubbed his hands together furiously.
"Yes Gai-sensei." I said, grinning smugly. He looked up at me with narrow eyes. He was almost pouting.
"If you wont let go.. then I will punish your defiant behaviour!" He warned, trying to make a serious face. But who could take this guy seriously? I only giggled.
"Oh come on Gai-sensei." I said, letting go of his foot. "I was just having some fun."
"Fun eh?" Gai-sensei stood up and brushed some snow off him. I nod repeatedly. "Well, why don't we have fun together, Setsuki!" He points in a random direction.
My gaze follows that direction, I tilt my head. "What is it?"
"I CALL FOR A SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
My eyes lit up. "YAAAAY!"
As I jump for joy numerous times, Gai-sensei put his hands on his hips and chuckled in amusement. "At least until Lee gets here."
"Yaaaa- oh? Wait, he normally beats me here.. what's going on?" I asked with a questioning expression.
"He is running late! This is unacceptab-"
"GOOD MORNING GAI-SENSEI!" Lee's high pitched voice cried from the distance. I turned to that direction and saw him jogging towards us. When he spotted me, he sped up. "SETSUKI-SAAAN!" I smiled and was about to say hello, but he didn't slow down. He tackled me to the ground. I landed with an 'omph'. "I WIN AGAIN SETSUKI-SAN!"
"NO YOU DIDN'T!" I grab his elbows, then knee his gut, causing him to flinch, then I flip him over and sit on top of him, pinning him down. "I WIN!"
Lee stares blankly at me. "... Setsuki-san.."
"Huh? Yeah?"
"NO YOU DID NOT!" Lee brought his legs up and wrapped them around my waist tightly, then used his legs to pull me onto my side, making me lose balance and fall. Lee pinned me again, but his legs were still wrapped around me. Gai-sensei was watching with high amusement.
"It's so nice to see my two best students taking such pride in their youth." He sniffled, then blew his nose in a handkerchief.
I tried to be flexible and bring my legs up too, all I could reach was my ankles on his shoulders, but I felt like my muscles were stretching, and my legs flopped back down. I was defeated. I grumble. Lee made a victorious laugh. I started to shiver, the ground was freezing. Lee went to stand up, but I kept my weight on his legs beneath me, so he couldn't unwrap his legs from me. We were offically both stuck because I couldn't get up either.
"Setsuki-san! I cannot get up!"
"Well, me either Lee-san!"
"Bahaha how did you manage this?" Gai-sensei cackled. He saw Lee's legs, then slapped him across the face.
"NYOOOWWW! G-GAI-SENSEI! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"REMOVE YOURSELF FROM HER THIS INSTANT LEE!" Gai-sensei shouted. Lee whined and I had to use my legs to lift my lower body upwards so Lee could get his legs out. In doing so Lee tensed heavily. I don't know why. He hesitantly unfolded his legs and stood up, acting as if he was pretending something didn't happen. Gai-sensei held a hand out to me, but I slapped it away playfully and stood up myself.
"Lee. When a beautiful young lady, such as Setsuki here, is present, you must keep control of your.. manliness." Gai-sensei began to lecture. Lee have the biggest blank expression in the world.
"What... do you mean by that, Gai-sensei?" Lee tilted his head. Gai-sensei began to sweat, I saw drops running down his neck.
"U-uh.." Gai-sensei pressed his two index fingers together, trying to think of how to word his sentence. "You know what! Kakashi would be better at explaining this than me! Stay right here! ... And don't do anything manly while I'm gone, Lee. Understood!?"
Lee immediately straightened his posture and gave a salute. "NO I DO NOT, GAI-SENSEI!"
Gai-sensei quietly whined, then vanished. Lee and I face each other and shrugged.

Minutes later, Lee and I sat on the ice of the water, seeing who could last the longest with our bear butts touching the ice. My butt was numb, and I'm sure his was too. We sat there shivering, teeth chattering, staring each other down.
Gai-sensei came dragging Kakashi-sensei who was still half asleep. He stopped once he saw us. "Lee.. Setsuki... what are you two doing?"
"NOT NOW GAI-SENSEI! I-I'M ABOUT T-TO WIN!" Lee shouted.
"N-NO, I'M GONNA W-WIN!" I announced. We made eye contact again, our eyes burned with competitive flames.
".. To what, freeze to death?" Gai-sensei asked with narrowed eyes.
"What.. is the meaning of-"
"AHA! KAKASHI MY ETERNAL RIVAL! YOU ARE FINALLY AWAKE!"
Kakashi started shivering, as he was being dragged along the ground. He jumped to his feet. "G-GAI!" He hugged himself to warm up.
"AAAAAHH! S-SETSUKI-SAN! I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN.."
"IT'S STARTING TO REALLY HURT, LEE-SAN! I DON'T THINK I CAN LAST MUCH LONGER EITHER.."
Kakashi went really pale in the face - he hadn't seen us yet. He started to shiver, but it wasn't from the cold.
"Gai.. what exactly are your students.. doing..?"
"Ahah, I'm glad you asked Kakashi! They're... having some sort of youthful competition! With their butts!" Kakashi tensed, then fainted. Gai-sensei blinked. "Kakashi? ... KA-KA-SHI!" Gai-sensei started shaking the copy ninja violently.
Both Lee and mine faces were getting redder and redder. So were our butt cheeks. We both held in a deep breath. I couldn't sit on this ice any longer. Suddenly, the unexpected. The ice cracked, all the way across the river. Gai-sensei noticed.
"Lee! Setsuki! Pull up your pants and get off there NOW!"
We didn't want to get up straight away, we wanted to watch the other one lose. Lee finally stood up and clamped his butt tightly. "OWOWOW IT HURTS GAI-SENSEI!" He announced. I chuckle inwardly then stand up, and pull my pants back up over my butt. Now our problem was this river. Lee made one awkward step, his legweights caused his leg to fall through the ice, creating more and more cracks. "AAAHH! THE WATER! IT'S FREEZING!"
I go to run towards Lee, but my butt was so numb I couldn't walk properly, I was kind of waddling.
"LEE! GET OUT BEFORE IT SWALLOWS YOU!" Gai-sensei called. Lee placed his hands reluctantly on the ice and went to pull his leg out, when suddenly, the entire thing collapsed around us. We both fell in. Suddenly I wasn't cold anymore. But I felt heavy because of the coat. Lee on the other hand looked frozen, his skin was turning blue! I tried to swim after him, there was still a current underwater, that neither of us knew was carrying us down stream. It didn't matter so much for me, because I could breathe.. but Lee on the other hand. I unbutton my coat, and slide out of it, then easily swim after Lee. Our eyes met, I held out my hand, he took it. I pull him close and he wrapped his arms around my stomach to hold on. I look up, and almost gasp from the sight. Ice. We were trapped underwater. Lee's grip tightened. He couldn't breath. I look down his cheeks were puffed out and his hand on his nose. I tried to grip the ice above us, but the current was getting stronger. The harder I tried to grip, the more painful it was. The ice was freezing! It was extremely smooth too, so it was impossible to get a grip on it. When I look down again, I could see the river was getting deeper and deeper, and darker for that matter. I look around for something that could help. Anything. My eye turned to Lee's bright legwarmer. I had an idea. I would use one of his nun-chucks to break the ice! I reach down and lift his leg up, reach down into his legwarmer and pull out his nun-chucks. However, they were a lot heavier in the water. I try the bash them against the ice, but it really wasn't doing anything. Lee suddenly became loose. I look down, I got goosebumps from the sight. His mouth hung open, his eyes were closed and his skin was very pale. His grip was lost. I grab his arm, his body was freezing. I pull him up to me and wrap one arm around him tightly. I kept bashing the nun-chuck against the ice. I can't believe I didn't grab my ninja pouch this morning. A kunai would probably work..
Then I saw Lee's leg strap. I sigh of relief. As I reached for it, I realized just how much water he must be swallowing. It was really dark now, I couldn't really see anything, so I had to trust my hands. I open his pocket and pull out a kunai. I grip it tightly, then with all my might, stab it into the ice, creating a gap. The ice above us cracked, I bring my leg up and finish the job my kicking a hole in the ice, just big enough to fit through.
I squeeze through with Lee, feeling heavy from the water, but the wind was absolutely freezing now. My whole body felt numb. When I look around I realized we had drifted all the way into the forest. The ground wasn't thick with snow because the trees around us were huge and blocked out most of the snow. I drag Lee's motionless body to a tiny patch of grass, panting heavily.
"L-Lee-san..." I take a few deep breaths, I began to shiver, I could feel my spine tingling. He wasn't moving, wasn't breathing. His skin was ice cold. I didn't really understand, I mean.. there wasn't anything wrong with the water... right? Unless..! I gasp, what if the water is as cold as the ice!? "LEE!" I cried. I was panicking.
I place my hand on his chest, it felt hard, like it was full of water. I start chest compresses. Takashi taught me many medical things over the years, but I never paid much attention.. I wish I did now.. at least I know CPR.
I smashed my lips against Lee's, clamping his nose with my fingers, I build up a deep breath, and give it to Lee. I saw his chest rise from the corner of my eye, I lift my head, inhale deeply again. It was hard because the wind was so cold. I smash our lips together again, and repeat.
I started to feel numb and extremely distressed when it wasn't working. Perhaps it was because he was too cold.. I look around for a hollow tree... something.. anything! Tears rolled down my cheeks, but I was too numb to feel them.