I do not own love hina or any of its characters. But I do own Kijuro Takagi, he is my creation and he is a bad-ass assassin with a soft spot for Naru.

NOTE: Sorry about this, I forgot to mention, thanks for my friend Leah for being the beta reader, and helping me with this. Also thanks for the same thing to her sister, Jess-san. XD

---Keitaro Urashima Day 1---

Keitaro awoke to the sound of running feet outside his room. He looked at his side, and saw his wife, Naru, peacefully asleep. Their marriage, everything, had all been like a dream. He smiled as he smelled Shinobu's cooking. Their frequent visits to Hinata inn had brought back so many memories. His attention was once again diverted to the running outside, without disturbing Naru, he walked over to the door and slid it open, only to see Shinobu walking around looking for something.

"What's the matter Shinobu?" he asked as she looked over.

"Well, I was looking around for the eggs, I bought them only this morning and now they are gone." She said, still looking around

At that second, Sarah, who was helping Shinobu, walked into the room with an empty case of eggs, "I'm so sorry, I dropped them all."

Keitaro smiled, "Don't worry, I'll just go out and buy some more, tell Naru I will be back as soon as I can."

Shinobu and Sarah both nodded and thanked him. Keitaro walked outside and stretched his arms, enjoying the morning sunlight. He stuffed his hands into his pockets and walked into town.

Keitaro walked through the streets, into the grocery shop, and purchased the eggs. He walked out with a good mood. He noticed a very attractive woman walking in his direction. He hadn't been looking where he was going; he tripped over something and threw out his hands for something to hold on to, accidentally grabbing the woman's breasts. He quickly let go and fell to the ground, her face was pale, Keitaro felt horrible, he had to apologize to her. She was going to run, but before she could start, Keitaro grabbed her shoulder and accidentally revealed the contents underneath her shirt. She had run away in a panic. Keitaro looked around, the surrounding audience was shooting disgusted glares at him, but nobody approached him. He sighed as he headed back to the Hinata inn.

Shinobu greeted him at the entrance, as well as Naru. Keitaro smiled over at her, "I'm going to the hot springs, do you want to come, Naru?"

Naru nodded, "I'll be there in a minute."

Keitaro silently laughed to himself, 'had I asked that question when we were together before she would probably give me a serving of her fist.' He thought. He put on his towel and walked into the hot springs. He leaned against a rock and waited for Naru. After a couple of minutes she walked in, leaned over, and they kissed. 'Could life get any better?' Keitaro thought, completely forgetting about the other woman.

---Kijuro Takagi Day 2---

Kijuro was asleep in the hotel until his phone rang, "Hello?" asked Kijuro, still half- asleep

"Wake-up call for room 47" said a young man on the other line.

"Yeah, thanks" he replied and hung up the phone. He once again looked at the picture of Naru on his nightstand, "I'm going to kill that bastard."

Kijuro walked outside of the hotel and into the street. He walked back into town and tried to blend in with the crowd, it wasn't too easy carrying a large 'instrument' case. He knew finding Keitaro would be difficult, but he would check around, most people would know the neighborhood pervert. After a while, he found out that most people saw him walking towards the train. If he left town, it would be bad news, he had to catch him before he left.

Kijuro ran to the train station and saw Naru and Keitaro at the ticket stand. 'What are they doing, going off somewhere together?' he thought. There was no time, he had to board that train and follow them. He quickly got a ticket and boarded the train. He took a seat where Naru and Urashima could not see him. The more he watched them together, the more guilt he felt. He didn't care about Urashima, but Naru seemed so happy. It was so painful to watch them on the train, why did he have to say yes to that Suzuki asshole?

Kijuro saw Naru leave out of the corner of his eye, and another short haired woman walk up to Keitaro. She leaned over him and whispered to him. He jumped after she finished, "Kitsune! I'm married, you know that!"

The woman chuckled and jokingly said, "Ok then Keitaro, you'll slip up sometime." Kijuro was frozen in place, thoughts swimming around in his head, 'He's married? To who? Not Naru, it couldn't be! He has to be cheating on his wife with Naru! Of course! She's younger than him, poor Naru must not know about all of this. This bastard has hurt the last woman; I won't let him hurt Naru! He must die!'

Kijuro was tempted to sleep, due to the lack of rest at the hotel. Nonetheless He kept his eyes open and focused on the couple, each second making him want to slash Urashima's throat even more.

Soon the train stopped, Naru and Keitaro climbed off into the station, and Kijuro followed. He followed them through several different areas, being as hidden as possible. Soon they stopped at a dojo and greeted a girl with black hair and swordsman clothing. Naru had left several minutes after the meeting and left Keitaro and the swordswoman alone. They both started talking, then stood in stances, and starting fighting. Kijuro thought to himself, 'This is it, Naru is not here, she had taken the car, so she must have gone somewhere far away. Once these two finish their little game ill shoot the little bastard and disappear.' It took a while for them to finish, but when they did, Kijuro was ready.

The rifle once again stood high on a building rooftop. Once again Kijuro saw the pig's face and lined up the crosshairs. He breathed in, and pulled the trigger. The gun clicked. He almost laughed as he loaded the ammo he had forgotten.

Once again, he lined up the crosshairs and took one last look at the person whom he had most hated in all of his life, Keitaro Urashima. Kijuro pulled the trigger, and the second before the bullet hit, Keitaro, something obscured the vision of the scope. He quickly lifted his head to look at the results. The woman had jumped in front of him; she had taken a bullet for him!

Meanwhile-At the tragic scene below

Keitaro watched in horror at the bleeding young woman in his arms. She really did love him...she loved him enough to take a bullet for him. She was still alive, but it seemed as though she wouldn't last much longer. He didn't want to believe his eyes, "Motoko? Motoko? What the hell happened? Are you okay? Talk to me!"

The woman looked up at him, her eyes silently pleading for one last request. She worked hard to bring a voice up through her throat, "Keitaro... I will always...love you..."

He felt her last breath escape her as she pressed a kiss to his lips. Keitaro couldn't handle it... She... Motoko was dead. He quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed 911.

Kijuro panicked... he had killed the wrong person, right in front of his target. He wanted to run. He picked up his equipment and hastily shoved it into the case. He rushed towards the roof's access running like a coward. He had entered the hallway of the building and ran towards the elevator. The elevator door opened and three officers appeared, guns pointed at Kijuro. Kijuro put his hands up and dropped his equipment. One officer, put his gun down and started to speak, "Kijuro Takagi, you are under arrest for the murder of Motoko Aoyama, and the murders that you have committed over the past three years." Kijuro sighed, he had felt so horrible, "All right men, give me the chair, I don't care, I deserve it. I deserve it for what I did, to Naru Narusegawa." The police officer looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "Mr. Takagi, your target's wife, if that is who you are referring to, is named Naru Urashima." Kijuro looked blankly at the officer, almost wanting to collapse like he did while he was watching that kiss, 'She...She's married to him? Wh...What? That's impossible!'

Kijuro looked through the bars of his prison cell. What kind of person was he? How could he have not felt guilt after all those murders. All the beautiful women he had killed because men had their hearts broken by them. All of the business partners that cheated each other, or business competitors. How could he not have realized? They must have all been loved by someone, and he took their life away without a second thought. He was a monster, he didn't deserve to live, he didn't deserve Naru! He didn't deserve anyone!

END OF CHAPTER 2

On the next episode of "For Her, For Money, For Jealousy":

Kijuro escapes jail to save Naru from a terrible danger, but will she trust him? Or even look at him after he had killed Motoko and almost killed Keitaro? Find out on the next episode!