The What If Series

by Tango Kurosaku

This is my "What If" Series. I'm going to write a bunch of stories away from what I normally write about Keiko. These stories answer the "What If's" about Keiko. Well read it and you'll understand what I mean. Geez, I really enjoy writing for this series!

23. Chapter 23

In the middle of the night Keiko woke up from a bad dream. She didn't think it was a bad dream though. She thought there was a ghost in her room, and she was afraid of ghosts.

Keiko soon ran to her parents' room. For once, the door was open. Keiko ran up to her mother and started tugging on the blanket. Tsunade groaned and turned over away from Keiko. Keiko became upset and went over to her father. Keiko tugged at his shirt, and he also turned away from her. Keiko then became quite upset.

"Daddy," Keiko started crying. This got Jiraiya up pretty quickly. He got out of bed and picked Keiko up. Keiko quickly grabbed onto her father, and she wouldn't let go. Jiraiya took Keiko out into the living room and walked around with her trying to calm her down.

"Keiko, can you tell me what's wrong?" Jiraiya softly asked his daughter. Keiko was still crying. Jiraiya held his daughter close to him, and went into the kitchen to make her a bottle. When he was done warming up the bottle, he tried giving it to Keiko.

"No bottle," Keiko told her father. Jiraiya sighed and went and sat on the couch. He set Keiko down next to him. Keiko quickly stood up and grabbed onto her father again. Jiraiya looked at Keiko, and Keiko gave him a hug.

"Keiko, can you tell me what's wrong yet?" Jiraiya asked. Keiko calmed down a bunch since she woke her father up. Jiraiya gently hugged Keiko back, and then he ruffled her hair.

"Ghost. My room," Keiko told her father with an upset look on her face. Jiraiya smiled and picked Keiko up. Then he took her to his room.

"Alright Keiko. You can sleep with Mommy and me tonight, but you have to be very quiet. Alright?" Jiraiya quietly asked Keiko. Keiko nodded and reached for her bottle. "You can have that when we get into bed," Jiraiya explained.

Then Jiraiya took Keiko into his room and gently set Keiko on the bed. Right after he put his daughter in the bed, Jiraiya climbed into it. Keiko grabbed onto her father and Jiraiya fed her the bottle.

When Keiko was done with the bottle, Jiraiya took it from her and set it on the table next to the bed. Then Jiraiya set Keiko in the bed next to him, and pulled a blanket over the both of them. Keiko snuggled into her father and fell asleep. Jiraiya soon fell asleep after that.

THE END