Dranzy: Here you go, chappy 6 of 'Stop Pretending'. I realized that some reviewers are starting to ask about the Japanese words that I use in my fic. Well the reason I use some of the (Japanese) words in my story is because that I want to add something to my fic. And not to make it just plain English. I'm sorry if it bothers some of you but I hope that you'll deal with it, in my next fic I'll make it ALL English to make everyone happy. That's all and I hope that you enjoy this chapter.

Thanks to:

Rikki-sama- Thanks a lot for your review.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and such & such.
Kagome was still dazed about the girl and the word 'zutto'. She pitied her so.

"Hello? Kagome? Are you there? Are you still in this era?" asked Houjo, knocking on Kagomes head.

'Yea, I'm still in this era, it's not like I'm in the Sengoku period anymore...' thought Kagome. Not feeling any pain (from Houjo hitting her) but she did have a slight headache when she snapped out of her trance.

"Kagome, daijoubu ka (are you alright)?" questioned Houjo.

"Daijoubu (I'm alright/are you alright), Houjo-kun."

"Good," He sighed. "So where do you wanna go now?"

"I dunno. But I could use a couple of good outfits..." she said.

"... Okay, fine. Let's go... on second thought, I need to by a new pair of shoes." mentioned Houjo.

"Sure, why not? Which store are you going to?" she asked.

"How about... Ali Baba Shoe Store?"

"Fine."

'If you like the kind of shoes that copy brandnames like Phat Farms or something... none the less it has a queer name...' Kagome added to herself.

So Kagome headed towards the clothing store entitled 'Le Chateau' while Houjo entered Ali Baba (funny name!! XD)

- Later On -

Kagome looked through the pile of clothes that she made to find some what she really would buy. She tried on a blue t-shirt and a pair of denim pants, she tried on a lavender three-quarter sleeved shirt and a skirt with beads embedded on them. Last of all she bought a matching set of clothing that was black and had the word 'Innocence' emblazoned on them. She decided that she liked them so she purchased the clothes.

Meanwhile, Houjo had bought a pair of tennis shoes... & nothing else.

The 2 had finished shopping at the same time and they then settled of to another store. The store was called 'J-POP, J-ROCK & MORE!!' Kagome scanned the shelves carefully until she found a CD by Utada Hikaru called 'Distance' , she also bought a CD from V6 for Souta whom she knew liked the band. When they were done they left the store.

"Do'you wanna go home, Kagome? It's been about 3 or 4 hours (maybe some dates last longer than that) and I think that we should be headed back to our houses." suggested Houjo.

"Ok." agreed Kagome.

"Sayounara, Kagome!" Houjo waved.

"Sayounara, Houjo-kun!!" Kagome smiled.

She went back to the shrine to find out that there was a pair of dress shoes that she knew Souta would never wear.

"I'm home!!" shouted Kagome.

"Oh, hi dear." greeted her mother.

"Have a nice date?" asked her oji-san (grandpa)

"Yeah, I guess so," she repiled. "Who's here?" she asked.

"Souta's little friend." said her mother.

"You know that you're reeeeeally funny, Souta-chan?" said a voice.

"Oh, r-really?" asked Souta.

"Yea."

Judging by the voice Kagome could tell that it was Souta's 'girlfriend' Hitomi. She entered the room.

"Konnichiwa Souta, Hitomi-chan." she greeted.

"Konnichiwa." they both unisoned.

"I got this for you Souta." Kagome handed him the V6 CD.

"Ooh! Arigatou gozaimasu (thank you very much) nee-san (big sister)!!" thanked Souta.

"That's cool! Can we listen to it Souta-chan? Onegai (please)?" pleaded Hitomi.

"Ok." Souta knew that Hitomi was OBSESSED with V6. Her room was full of merchandise from them. He popped the cd into the MP3 player and the song 'Change The World' began to play.

'I want to change the world.
Kaze wo kakenukete
Nanimo osorezu ni
Ima yuuki to
Egao no Kakera daite
Change my mind
Jounetsu tayasazu ni
Takanaru mirai e
Te wo nobaseba
Kagayakeru hazu sa
It's Wonderland'

"Hm... catchy." said Kagome as she walked out of the room and went upstairs.

Kagome opened her drawer and took out a box that said 'Memories' . She opened it and she found a photo album in it. She flipped it open and saw a picture of her, Ayumi, Eri and Yuka, their hands were around each others shoulders and all 4 of them were grinning there heads off.

'We look so peaceful back then. Nothing seemed to trouble us. They didn't have to worry about my so called "dieseases" and I didn't have to worry of my homework, education and finding the kakaras (shards)." she thought. She pulled out the picture out of the pocket and flipped it over. The date was printed on it. It read May.5/96.

'One year before I turned 15. One year before I met him."

- Meanwhile... -

"INUYASHA!!!" yelled Shippou.

"WHHHHHHHAT?" asked Inuyasha.

The past couple of days Sango, Miroku and Shippou have been begging Inuyasha to go to the present to convince Kagome to come back. Shippou offered to turn into a woman and do "something" to him if Inuyasha gave in and went to the present... but Inuyasha just gave him a disgusted look, Sango offered to give Inuyasha free Youkai (demon) extermination lessons... but Inuyasha said he didn't need them, Miroku said he'd take Inuyasha to 'a place' where he would enjoy what he'd see... but Inuyasha said no and Sango chased Miroku around.

"INUYASHA!!! WOULD YOU PLEEEEASE GO AND SEE KAGOME?!?!" roared Shippou.

"Iie (no)!!! Why would I wanna go see her?!" he asked.

'Besides... even if I did confront Kagome... I know she'd hate me for life... after what she saw... I can't stand seeing her cry. Nonetheless sad.' Inuyasha thought.

"Because, it's really obvious that you like her." said Sango.

"Yep." nodded Miroku.

Inuyasha flushed.

"W-what do'you m-mean?" he questioned.

"We- nevermind... you'd never understand anyways." Shippou shook his head.

"Fine. Be that way." Inuyasha huffed, crossed his arms and marched off into the forest.

"He'll never learn..." Miroku said.

- Somewhere off in the forest -

Inuyasha jumped from tree to tree until he found a shady spot under a big Sakura (cherry blossom) tree. He layed down on the thickest branch and took a little nap.

- Dream -

"SHINI (die) INUYASHA!!" shouted Kikyou. She let go of the string and struck Inuyasha to the tree. The scenery went pitch black and then he saw Kagome reaching out to him. All he can hear her say was

"Inuyasha! I miss you... but I've got a deep, dark secret to tell you...." She twirled around and she turned into a man wearing a lacy bra, wearing boxers and all he/she could say was

"I left my boxers in the Asian border."

All Inuyasha could say was

"Huh?"

- End Dream -

Inuyasha fell out of the tree.

"What the hell was that all about?!?! That couldn't have been Kagome... it was probably Kikyou... yeah! That's it! That was Kikyou!!" he said simply to himself.

Not noticing where he was going. He ended up infront of the well.

'That's the place where me and Kagome both met.' Inuyasha thought. He decided to return to the place where they were staying.

- In The Present -

Kagome continued to look through her photo album. When she was finished she put it back and pulled out a piece of paper that was taped onto the box. It was a picture that Shippou drew for Kagome. It was a picture of Kouga running away from Inuyasha, Inuyasha trying to chase him, and Kagome trying to block his way. Kagome smiled and stuck it back into the box. She put the lid on the box and put it back.

'Maybe I should go back to the past...' she thought.

'Or maybe not... I'll see.'

Owari

Dranzy: Here's the end of chapter 6. I know that the whole "dream" part about the boxers was really stupid, but that was actually a dream of mine and it wasn't about Inuyasha. It was actually about the soap opera "The Young & The Restless" but it was actually the Canadian border, not the Asian one.