It was time for Keiko to go to bed. Keiko hated going to bed, she was afraid of having a bad dream, which she had pretty often. And when she had the bad dream one of her parents would just come pick her up, and walk around holding her until she fell asleep again.
Keiko was running out of places to hide. Both Tsunade and Jiraiya knew where Keiko liked to hide if she didn't want to go to bed. She needed a new hiding place. Keiko went into the kitchen and found an empty cupboard. Keiko climbed inside that and carefully closed the door behind her.
Tsunade was storming through the house trying to find Keiko. Jiraiya was staying out of Tsunade's way. Tsunade looked in all of Keiko's usual hiding spots trying to find her. Soon, Keiko was becoming bored of hiding from Tsunade and got out of her hiding space. Tsunade was in the kitchen making a bottle for Keiko to drink when she found her. When Tsunade saw Keiko, she grabbed her.
"Hey, when it's time to go to bed, you don't hide from me. Do you understand?" Tsunade scolded Keiko. Jiraiya walked into the kitchen to get something to eat. Keiko saw him and started to cry for him. Jiraiya came over to Tsunade and picked Keiko up.
"Hey, listen to Mommy," Jiraiya told Keiko, "It's bedtime." Keiko started squirming, trying to get away, but Jiraiya wasn't going to let her go. Soon, when Keiko figured out she wasn't going to get away from Jiraiya she tried to grab at his hair to play with it.
"Here Jiraiya," Tsunade said as she handed her husband the bottle, "I think she'll accept this easier if it was from you." Jiraiya took the bottle from Tsunade and wrestled Keiko away from his hair. When he tried to give Keiko the bottle, she pushed it away from her. He tried giving Keiko the bottle again, and she still didn't want it.
"Hey, what's wrong? You usually want a bottle. Do you want Mommy to give it to you?" Jiraiya was worried about Keiko, she usually liked her bottles. Keiko didn't want Tsunade. At that moment, Jiraiya really started to worry about Keiko.
"Jiraiya, let's allow Keiko to stay up until she falls asleep on her own. I think that's the only way she'll go to bed right now," Tsunade suggested. Jiraiya wasn't happy with the idea, but he agreed with Tsunade. Jiraiya set Keiko on the ground and explained what was going on.
"Keiko, you can stay up until you fall asleep okay?" Jiraiya told Keiko as he set her on the ground. When Keiko was on the ground she got up and tried to get Jiraiya to pick her up again.
"Uppie!" Keiko told her father. Jiraiya didn't know what was going on, but he picked Keiko up anyways. "Bed," Keiko said. "You." It took Jiraiya a minute to figure out what Keiko was trying to say, but he soon figured it out.
'Fine. I'll let you sleep with me tonight, only if you promise that you'll go to bed, and not play around. Do you promise?" Keiko promised. Jiraiya tried giving Keiko her bottle again, and this time she took it. She didn't drink it right away though. Jiraiya took her into his bedroom and put her in bed.
"Jiraiya, I think you should lie down with her until she falls asleep. That way, we know she's going to be okay sleeping," Tsunade explained. Jiraiya was ready to go to bed anyways. He got in bed with Keiko and tried to feed her the bottle. Keiko started drinking the bottle without fussing. Tsunade soon got into bed with them, and when Keiko was done with her bottle, she tried to snuggle in with Tsunade. Tsunade laughed and held Keiko until she fell asleep. Then Jiraiya and Tsunade went to sleep and well, with Keiko in-between the both of them.