Chapter 8:

Flara saw Kagome standing behind Inuyasha (who was still stuck to the ground).

"INUYASHA!!!" Kagome yelled. "Who is SHE?!" Kagome screamed.

"Oh! Sorry. My name is Flara. I'm a friend of Inuyasha's." Flara said as she stuck out her hand to Kagome.

"Just a friend?" Kagome said with a glare towards Inuyasha.

"Yeah right! We're not friends." Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Then what are you?" Kagome asked, sounding surprised.

"Rivals." Inuyasha replied.

Kagome was shocked. SHE was Inuysaha's rival? A girl?

"Really?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah. We go way back when it comes to fighting." Flara said. "Only thing is that he's never been much of a problem."

"What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?!" Inuyasha yelled.

"You could never beat me." Flara replied.

Inuyasha tried to think of something to say. But he couldn't. He tried to think of a fight that he had with Flara that he won. But could think of none. Not even a verble argument. So he sat indian style a cross his arms.

"Feh! Whatever." He said with his nose high in the air, not looking at Flara or Kagome, and feeling embarrassed.

"So.... How long have you and Inuyasha been against each other?" Kagome asked.

"Since we were infants." Flara said. "Our parents had hoped that making us rivals would make us close enough and we would get married."

Than Kagom let out gasp. They were engaged?!

Flara and Inuyasha noticed and Flara started to giggle while Inuyasha stood up and waved his hands in front of himself.

"No Kagome! It's not like that!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Don't worry. Once we figured out that that's what our parents wanted, we told them that it would never work." Flara said. "Being rivals had made us close, but not close enough to be married. Just enough to be good friends."

A wave of relief swept over Kagome. Thank god. Kagome thought.

"So what's the story with you two?" Flara asked.

"Inuyasha and I are looking for the sacred jewel shards together." Kagome told Flara.

"Really. Yeah I heard that it broke." Flara replied.

"Yeah. And she was the one that broke it." Inuyasha exclaimed.

"WHAT?!" Flara yelled. "You're the one that broke it?!"

"Yeah." Kagome replied, fealing embarrassed.

"Good job!" Flara exclaimed.

"Huh?" Kagome asked, feeling a bitconfused.

"Well, it was really boring around here, until the sacred jewel came back. Now there's so much more of a challenge!" Flara replied. "I got a few shards myself."

"You do?" Inuyasha asked.

"Back off Inuyasha." Kagome said.

"Why? She has shards!" Inuyasha yelled.

"DOn't even try to take them mutt. Or I swear I WILL hurt you." Flara threatened.

"Or I'll say you know what." Kagome threatened.

Inuyasha immediately stopped. He really didn't want to eat dirt again.

"Hey! How did you get power over Inuyasha anyway?" Flara asked.

"When we met, Inuyasha wanted to kill me becauseI looked like a preistess named Kikyo." Kagome started. "So Preistess Keade put the prayer beads on him and whenever I say sit-"

The beads around Inuyasha's neck lit up and Inuyasha ate dirt.

"Hey!!!" Inuyasha yelled. "Watch what the hell you're sying wench!"

"Don't call her that!" Flara yelled. "What would your mother have to say?!"

"Sorry." Inuyasha said.

Then Flara looked at Kagome. "Please continue."

"Well, whenever I say-"

"Don't say it!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Don't be rude!" Flara yelled.

"Well, I really don't feel like eating dirt!" Inuyasha yelled.

Then Flara loked at Inuyasha with a look that had him scaed shitless.

Then she looked at Kagome. "What were you saying?"

Kagome looked at Flara for a few minutes, amazed at how well Inuyasha listened to her. It was scary.

"Umm..." Kagome shook the thought from her head. "Whenever I say that word, Inuyasha will hit the ground." Kagome finished.

"Oh. Well, that's sounds like fun." Flaa said with a devilish smile. "Too bad it won't work for me."

A wave of relief swept over Inuyasha then. If Flara had Kagome's power, Inuyasha have had a chance at living for even a day.

"Well, I'll let you two be now. Just thought I should stop and see Inuyasha for a few." Flara said. "Nice meeting you Kagome." Then she started to alk away.

"Umm... Flara!" Kagome exclaimed.

Flara turned around. "Hmm?"

"You could stay with us if you want?" Kagome invited Flara.

"That would be nice. Thankyou Kagome." Flara said as she jumped into a tree. "I'll just stay up here."

AN- There's another chappie. Sry I have't updated anything in a while. I just got a new iPod the other day and was fiddling with it all day. So.......... Plz R&R. Thanx! TTFN!!!