*Well, everybody, it's been a long time coming, but here's chapter five of Zoie and Zain Go to College! I'll try to start updating more often, but for now, here's the next chapter, starring everyone's favorite demon-hunter cat- girls, Zoie and Zain! (P.S. PLEASE POST! ()*

Chapter 5: Memories

While Zoie and Zain packed up the last of their belongings into the back of their little BMW and yelled at the new movers for being so slow, Yusuke walked back to his small studio apartment to collect the few things that he would be taking with him to college. Unlike the cute little cat- girls, he wasn't a very materialistic person. The only furniture he owned was a small cot in the corner of the room, and he wouldn't need that in his dorm. "Right, so I have my clothes, my toothbrush, my detective equipment." Finally, all he had left to check was under his bed. When he moved it aside, he found a couple of crumpled papers, some dust bunnies, and, in the very back corner, a small, beat up picture frame laying on its back. Right away, before he even moved to pick it up, he knew what it was. "Keiko." He looked at the image of the happy-looking girl that he had known so very long ago. She had loved him so much, no matter how many times he had hurt her, and, though he would admit it to no one, he had always had strong feelings for her as well, but his longevity in the end had prevented them from being together. "Why do spirit detectives have to live so long? I still remember the day I told you that I was leaving, Keiko." ------------------------------- "Listen, Keiko, we need to talk." "Yusuke, what's wrong? You look so sad." ".I'm leaving here, and I'm never coming back, and don't bother trying to stop me!" "Wh. What? But why?" "I can't tell you." "But I'll never see you again!" "I know." ".You're so cold. Have I done something wrong?" "Forget it. Good-bye." "Yusuke, please, don't go!" "Leave me alone!" "Fine." "Fine!" --------------------------------------

"That was the last time I spoke to you, Keiko. you're probably dead by now, and if you're not, you're close to it. I can't go back." Yusuke put the picture away in his box of belongings and began his walk back to Zain's house. What will I do when it's time for me to leave Zain? How many times can I bear to leave the people I love behind? .Why am I going to college for the eighth time? I knew I should have just stayed away from normal people like Botan warned me to. She was the smart one. I wonder how she's doing? .It's so lonely being Spirit Detective. I never imagined that gaining my life back meant that I would have to live it for this long. I can't kill myself, but I can't die until I get killed, but I can't let myself be killed. "Aw, this is shit!" "He began to walk faster, drowning in his self-pity, until he reached the Sphynx's house and saw Zain waving to him with a bright smile. He couldn't help smiling back. She really loved him.