A/N: For the 'Tame' theme on Dokuga's LJ comm - 300 words, no more no less.

Originally posted on August 30, 2010. It won second place! :D

'Weaving' is a tactic to avoid getting hit - you 'weave' out of the way, usually by going down low and stepping away to avoid the strike and (you hope) to set a counter-attack of your own.

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Weaving

"This is all pretty tame stuff," muttered Miroku as he read. Flipping to the last page, he let out a low whistle. "Except for your budget."

Kagome reached across their desks and pulled her latest report from his hands. "You know that there's not just money coming out. I place good bets," she said.

"And a lot of them, too," he noted.

"Don't start. The department's psychologist is already snooping around, making sure I don't have any freak-outs," she said, rubbing at her temples.

Miroku shrugged. "Your father died because of his boxing career. You can't be surprised that people are worried about how you're handling this assignment."

"An assignment that was offered to me and which I accepted," Kagome said. "You should know by now that I'll be fine."

"Yeah," he answered, not sounding convinced at all, "but I just hope that you realize that these guys won't stop fighting. Even if we pull this off flawlessly, the ones that don't get any time will start up again somewhere else."

"I don't expect anything less," she said. "Some of them are just brutes that like to hit things, but others are amazing. I stand there, and I remember why my father loved it so much, you know? He said there was art in its science."

Her partner nodded. "I think a lot of these guys share that view." His eyes flickered down to her report. "Like Sesshoumaru Taisho. He'll never stop."

"He shouldn't. He's beautiful at it." She paused, clearing her throat. "And he's the key to the whole thing. If I stick with him, I'll find what we need to arrest Naraku."

She plastered a look of anticipation on her face and bent back over her work, but she saw Miroku's concern linger in his eyes for hours afterward.

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