A/N: For the 'Perfect' theme on Dokuga's LJ comm - 100 words, no more no less.

Originally posted on August 16, 2010.

A 'feint' is faking a punch to get your opponent to move defensively, opening them up to your real attack. A personal favorite of mine. :)

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Feint

Kagome watched Sesshoumaru emerge from the police station, rubbing where the handcuffs had chaffed.

"Are you being charged?" she asked when he reached her.

"Apparently not," he replied, sounding bemused. "Why are you here?"

She hesitated. "Had to make sure you got out alright. You need to keep up with that perfect record of yours," she said, smiling as guilt squeezed her heart. She valued the sense of safety that Sesshoumaru gave her in this dark world of undercover work, and he wouldn't look favorably upon her lies, however necessary. He had honor.

She wished that she had it, too.

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