A/N: This is the SECOND update of this evening. Go back and read the last chapter if you haven't already! :)
For the 'Grave' theme on Dokuga's LJ comm - 200 words, no more no less. Originally posted on May 23, 2011.
When fighters are at a stalemate (usually boxers that are in a clinch, where they have no advantageous shots), the referee might call for a 'break', requiring them to step back before continuing the fight. A reset of sorts.
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"It's definitely Naraku's work. Not that we'll be able to prove it," Miroku said as they trudged back up the embankment. "You recognized him, didn't you?"
Kagome glanced over her shoulder to where the divers were still hauling the cat demon from his watery grave. "Yes. He fought Sesshoumaru a few weeks ago and lost. Badly."
"Ah. So that's who did that number on his face." He paused. "Did he finish the job later?"
"There's no honor in killing the already defeated," murmured Kagome.
"You realize that you'll still have to ask him about it."
"And if I'm his alibi?"
Her partner didn't look surprised in the least at her suggestion. "Then, he's safe for the time being," he said. "It'd be kind of a shame though. If he saw something or helped them, this would all be over. Naraku would go to prison for a long time, and I bet you could convince the lawyers to give Sesshoumaru a deal for his testimony. Too bad he's not in any deeper."
Kagome arched an eyebrow. "If I didn't know better, I'd think you have some morally ambiguous plan in that head of yours."
Miroku grinned. "You know me so well."
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