A/N: 'Kay, this is a kind of collab b/w me and my best friend (who also has a fanfic page - MiharuStarBlaster), and we came up with this idea because I download Slender on my laptop and we all played it at her birthday party in March. The day after, the thought of our favorite DRRR! characters playing this game would be awesome, so we been kinda working on it back and forth. This is only the first part, and uh, by the way: HE'S HERE. *evil giggle*

9:42 PM - Ikebukuro - Shinra's apartment

"A-aah…I miss my wittle lovey-dove…" I moaned miserably, kicking my feet on the couch in agitation, "It's been a full ten minutes and twenty-eight and a half seconds since she left for her job!"

Dinner was sooooooo lonely, well….she can't eat, but whatever. Just spending time with Celty makes my heart soar, and I'd do anything for her – BUT WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO WORK ALL THE TIME?!

"Oh, God…!" I wailed, but I suddenly sucked my tears up when my cell phone started to ring. Overjoyed, I squealed, fishing it from my lab coat pocket, and answered it.

"Oh, Celty!" I said with glee, "I was just about to call you~! I miss you already!"

"…Shinra, it's Kadota."

My heart fell three stories following three more, "Oh…hello, Kyohei…"

"Uh, hi. Listen – Erika and Walker wanna talk to you."

I raised an eyebrow, "Huh? You mean those two little weirdos that follow you everywhere?"

"Y-yeah…" I could hear the strain in Kyohei's voice, "They said something about wanting you to try something on the Internet. I told them to just use their cell phones, but-"

"I TOLD YOU WE'RE OUTTA MINUTES!" I heard Walker say.

"Yeah, people have been calling us and we've been calling them about the new SSBB game - Super Smash Brothers Brawl: The Universe! Not to mention League has been getting pretty good, too!" Erika squealed while Kyohei sighed and shut them up.

"Anyway, here's the phone…"

I paused, finding nothing else to do but look around the apartment in confusion. Now what would those two want with me? I'm kinda scared…

"Shin-Shin!" Erika yelled in the receiver, "Hiya~!"

"…What did you just call me?!"

"I said 'Shin-Shin'!"

"Oh…sounds very close to 'chin-chin'*…"

"No, silly!" she giggled, "But you know…"

"Save it, save it, Erika!" Walker said, "Tell him about Slenderman!"

"Uh…" I scratched my head, "Slender…who now?"

"Slenderman!" Erika explained, "It's really called 'Slender: The Eight Pages'. All it is is this…really cool game on the Net – something that you'd like."

"…Something that I'd like? How would you know?"

Walker snickered, "It's, uh…really, really fun! It deals with the unnatural. Ask Saburo – he's playing it now."

"Dude, it's seems pretty easy to me…" Saburo said, "You're just walking through some type of forest at night looking for eight pages in random places. Ooh, speaking of which, I just found one on a tree."

I heard Erika and Walker give some type of stifled giggle.

"Wait…what's with the sudden music…? That's weird…"

Walker whispered, "It begins…Erika, get the camera~"

Kyohei must've sighed, "Oh, God…"

"Um…" I toyed with my tie, "Guys, what's going on? What's happening?"

"Oh, nuttin'…" Erika laughed again, "Saburo just found another page~"

"Yeah, and I'm kinda getting freaked out so I'm standing still for a bit, looking around," I heard him say, but the two otaku snickered louder, "It was on a giant rock, but this music…I don't – WAAAAAAAAH!"

I jumped, "Wha?! What's wrong?!"

Walker sputtered out, "Nothing, gotta go! Play the game, okay?!"

Erika joined in, "See ya, Shin-Shin!"

"WHAT THE HELL WAS-?!"

Click!

I heard the dial tone. I put the phone down slowly.

"So…might as well check this out later on tonight…"

9:59 PM

"How did I end up here?" I said with my chin in my palm, watching the little download bar fill across with green, the same as it's been doing for the past three minutes. It was getting dark, almost ten now, and I rocked in my little office chair as I watched the monitor do its business. I did a quick research scan on this, "Slender", and it is indeed a very popular computer game. The reviews and critics say it's beyond okay, so I think I'll be okay.

The download finished and sent the game to my computer. I searched and found the black icon in one of my file folders, clicking on it twice.

"Alright, let's try this thing…" I cracked my knuckles and leaned back in the office seat, pressing the start button. What Saburo said made sense – I'm basically placed in the middle of the woods at night, only a flashlight in hand.

"Huh…" I pondered, pressing the w key to walk, "So all I have to do is find all eight pages and be done? It does seem easy."

But still, what was that scream I heard over the phone?

I kept walking, turning sides every so often to look where I was, until after a few minutes, I found a yellowish piece of paper attached to a tree.

"'Leave me alone'…" I read slowly after leaning my face closer to the screen, "Wonder what that's all about…"

I picked up the note, the game confirming I was one-eighths done, but then, I suddenly heard music.

Eerie music.

I tensed, "Is this what Saburo-san was talking about? It is kinda freaky…"

Again, I pressed the w key, watching my steps a bit more carefully now, and progressed through the woody area. Time passed, and ultimately, I reached the giant rock that Saburo-san was talking about, taking up another page.

"Okay," I said with a small smile, "That's a quarter done right there. This isn't so bad."

I spoke too soon, because the music was intensifying once again.

"Oh, boy…" I groaned biting my lip, and something weird happened again.

There was static.

"Huh?" I looked around my apartment, wondering if something was wrong with the electricity, but apparently it was part of the game.

Now trembling, I started walking again, picking up a little bit of static here and there. And it's not like the music was making it any better.

"What the hell is going on here…?" I whimpered, pressing the r key and starting to run, "This is crazy…this is crazy…this is crazy…"

I ran and ran until the man in the game started huffing. The static went away, but I ended up in to some type of area with what looked like gas tanks lined up in rows.

"Oh, crap…" I shook my head, walking in between the huge tanks. Eventually I found another page that said, "Always watches – no eyes."

"…What's that mean?" I asked myself, and I turned to leave, but then, I saw him.

Tall.

Slender.

No face.

"EEEEEEK!' I squealed and slammed my finger on the r key, dashing in a straight direction into the woods.

"Omigod, omigod, omigod – who the hell was that?!" I yelled, still running yet clutching my chest with my free hand, "He had no friggin' face!"

Still breathing heavily, I stopped once I found another note. It was on another tree. Checking my surroundings first, I walked up to the trunk, reading the page aloud before clicking it.

"'Help…me…'" I gulped, "…Oh, sweet Jesus and Mary Mother of God…"

I turned around. He was dead in my face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! MOTHER OF MERCY!"

I thrashed and fell back in the chair, hitting the floor with a hard thud as the static was even louder now with the Slenderman's mug zoomed in on the screen. I rolled over in complete shock on the floor as the game automatically went back to home. Tears were coming in my eyes as I went over what just happened.

"Oh, God…what the hell, man?!" I whined, "Why would anyone waste money making that sort of thing - WHY?!"

I stopped ranting when I heard a loud knock at the door. It sounded very persistent, as if someone really wanted in.

I froze, "Holy shit…" Any other day, I would've covered my mouth for cursing, but this…this is just fucking nuts!

"Is that…IS THAT…?" I whispered frantically, biting my lip when the doorknob rattled. Clenching my fists, I ran to the kitchen, grabbing a broom and crouching behind the wall next to the hallway. I wiped some sweat off my forehead, pushing my glasses up with a growl.

"Alright, you little son of a bitch…" I gripped the stick so hard that I felt my veins tighten immensely, "Come and get it."

I heard the door finally swing open, and that was my cue.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

I swung the broomstick as hard as I could, hitting something.

But that something wasn't Slenderman.

I turned on a nearby light, looking down in horror to realize that I hit my beloved wife across her shoulder. She was on the floor, holding it with her free hand, obviously in some type of pain. I must've hit her really hard because her helmet was flung across the room.

"OH! Oh my goodness – CELTY!" I cried, dropping to my knees and bringing her close to me in a tight hug, kissing her and throwing the broomstick aside to join her strewn helmet, "Lovey-Dove, I am SO sorry! My delicate little flower, are you – OOOF!"

She jabbed me in my stomach with her right arm and elbowed me in my ribs with her left arm.

"Owie, ow, ow, ow, ow – okay, okay! Celty, that hurts!"

She typed out a message, and she must've been really angry because her fingers went so fast that she misspelled some words.

["Yhat hurts?!" Qhat the jell do yo mean?! Tgat's my line!]

"Now, love, calm down…" I started trembling again as her smoke billowed in enormous puffs.

[VALM DOWN?! YOU JIT ME!]

"Honey, please let me explain! See, Kyohei called, then he switched over the phone to Walker and Erika, then they told me about this game, and I downloaded it, and then I played it, and then I got scared, so I thought that the knock on the door was the scary Slender guy, and that's why I hit you!"

I sucked in a huge breath, giving her that puppy dog looked that always won her forgiveness. She gradually relaxed her tensed shoulders, seeming to sigh deeply.

[…Scary…slender guy…?]

"Mh-hmm."

[…Are you insane?]

"Huh?!"

[Don't answer that – I already know you are…] she typed while she was getting up, giving the vibe of being irritable, [So you thought I was someone scary and you hit me in self-defense?]

"Yes!" I pulled myself up off the floor, "They call him Slenderman. The objective of the game is to collect eight different pages in some wooded area. The more you find, the more the background music intensifies, and the more this faceless man stalks you!"

[Faceless man…?] she questioned, moving to the couch, but then, she suddenly started shaking.

[Wait…This guy…HE'S NOT AN ALIEN, IS HE?!]

I raised an eyebrow, "Uh…"

[IS HE?!]

"Um, I don't…no, I don't think so…"

She sighed, holding a hand to her chest for a minute, then she shoved a message in my face.

[Shinra, I really don't see why you got so scared. Look at me – I have no head, and yet, you love me. Why is this Slenderman any different and how?]

She had a point. This was just some indie game. Slenderman is a tall made-up being with no face and dressed in a suit. Celty is a true, before-your-eyes dullahan, no head, but she's as sweet and cute as can be. What is so scary about Slenderman?

"Um…well…" I stammered, sitting next to her, "Now if you sit down and think about it, I guess I…overreacted?"

[That's quite an understatement. My shoulder still stings a bit.]

I stuck out my lip.

"Celty, again, I'm so sorry…" I whimpered, "I'm really, truly, sincerely, honestly, seriously, from the bottom of my heart-"

[Okay, okay! I forgive you!] I heard her giggle when I wrapped my arms around her and snuggled in her embrace, whimpering playfully like a lost puppy. I stole a kiss on her neck, making her smoke form a heart. After that, she got out her PDA again.

[So, uh…how exactly does this Slenderman game go again…?]

I gulped.

I love my wife with all my heart and I'd do anything for her, but…

Do I really have to play that God forsaken abomination they call a game again?!

"Erm…maybe later…"

10:38 PM

[Is this really what you were afraid of, Shinra?]

My wife just held the w key and stared at me, only pausing when she typed something in the Notepad document she opened to speak.

I crossed my arms and pouted, "It's more than that! What I saw was not human!"

[…Need I remind you once that again, I'm not human?]

"Sometimes I forget~ "

[Oh, brother…]

Celty continued to play the horror game with me crouched behind the chair in fear, and since Celty forbade me from touching the broom, all I had in my hand was a fork.

Celty collected her 1st note, then her 2nd, then her 3rd, not once running into Slenderman.

Not even a glimpse of him.

[Yeah, this is REALLY scary…]

"Don't tease me, Celty!" I ducked behind the chair again, "All this is just pure luck! Now that you've come this far, he could pop up just about anywhere…!"

[Well, apparently, he's too scared to come out in front of me. You told me to just walk straight, don't look around me or behind me, and don't turn off the flashlight. Plus, if I hear static, press the r key to run as fast as I can until it stops.]

"T-that's right…God knows I broke some of those rules…" I whimpered, shuddering with the fork in my hand held up, ready for battle.

If Celty had eyes, she was probably rolling them.

[Why do we have to turn off all the lights…?]

"It will help me prove to you how scary this game is."

[Honestly, you're the only one that's scared here.]

"Nnnngh!" I whined, "Look, there's another page…oh, man…"

[Calm down, Shinra.] She gave me a loving tickle on the back of my neck.

She found the note attached to a tree, but when she was walking to get it, the screen picked up some static.

"Oh, God…!" I squealed, "He's coming….! R, r, r! Press the r key!"

[Calm down.] She repeated, turning the seat around to look at me, [You are FINE. This is just a game, meaning it is NOT REAL. Do you understand?]

I gulped, gripping the fork with both hands now, but nodded just the same. Celty gave a tilt of her neck in affirmation, and she turned back around. Then, she moved the mouse to the right.

We saw him.

A great, clear view of Slenderman's image.

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed, "GOD, NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

I fell back again, thrashing my legs as I yelped.

And I don't know where the fork went.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no…!" I whined, barely feeling Celty's shadows creep up on me, "Don't let him get me, don't let him get me, don't let him get me! Please, somebo-UUMPH! MMM!"

My wife's shadows covered my mouth and held my limbs in place, muffling my noise. Celty, who didn't even look the least bit shaken up, typed out calmly on her PDA.

[Shinra…will you calm down for me, please?]

I didn't even realize a few tears came to my eyes. Trying to wipe one away on the floor and breathing slowly, I nodded.

Celty patted my head and relieved me of the restrictions. I swallowed to get rid of the dryness of my throat and shamelessly wiped some of my tears off on my sleeve. Celty sighed, using one of her fingers to clear my eyes of the salty drops of water.

[You know…if I could kiss them away, I would. :)]

I smiled, hugging her tightly.

"So you weren't scared…not even a little bit?" I asked, almost a little hopeful.

She let go and typed me a message.

[Not really. It's not the scariest thing I've ever experienced.]

"Whoa…that's brave…" I pondered, "…Brave…hey, Celty."

[Hmm?]

"…Should we call Shizuo and tell him to play?"

[What?] she asked, [Why would you want to do that?]

"Well, I'm just a little curious as to what would be his reaction when he meets The Slender Man. Aren't you?"

The dullahan hesitated before giving her response.

[I didn't before, but now that you mention the idea…I guess I would be kind of interested in finding out…]

"I know, right?" I replied excitedly, getting up and pulling out my cell phone. A found a certain contact number and called it. Celty still remained in her sitting position, looking on, until, a thought came to her mind.

[Are you sure that just the game will scare Shizuo?]

As the phone rang, I pressed a finger to my chin.

"…You're right… Love."

She titled her neck a little.

"…You think you could do me a favor?"

10:51 PM – Ikebukuro's streets

Another day gone, another day spent beating up debtors, another day filled with aggravation.

I took a long drag of my cigarette, trudging my way home. It was kind of a late night, a bit peaceful now that I'm off work, so I was in no rush to go home. After a few glimpses of the bright stars above, my phone suddenly started going off.

I huffed, taking it out of my vest pocket, wondering who the hell could be calling me.

"Yeah?"

"Shizuo, hiiiiiii~!" I heard the annoying voice of a certain underground doctor, "How are you doing on this fine evening?"

I ruffled my hair and inhaled more of the nicotine in my cigarette, "Shinra, look, I'm tired, had a rough day, I just got through with beating the ever-living shit of some-"

"Alright, I'll make this quick!" he said.

I continued walking, "What do you need?"

"…Nothing!" he piped, "Serious, at least, but…you have a computer, right?"

"Mm-hmm, and?"

"There's something I want you to download," he explained, "It's called Slender: The Eight Pages. Have you heard of it?"

"It's doesn't ring any sort of bell, but just what is it?"

I felt him grinning, "A computer game~"

I tried suppressing a growl, but it just didn't work, "You called me just to tell me about some PC game?!"

"Now, wait a minute, Shizuo!" he said, "I've played it, Celty's played it, and other critics say it's really good. Won't you try it just once?"

I threw my cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, but nonetheless, I only huffed again.

"Fine…dammit…so, what do you have to do?"

"Oh, nothing much," Shinra replied, "All you have to do is collect eight random pages in the woods at night. All you have is a flashlight and your body."

"…Sounds lame…"

"Trust me, you'll have a few goose bumps when you're done…So it's better to play it with all the lights off."

"…And all I have to do is find eight? That's it?"

"Right!"

"…Fine…"

"That's great! Ooh, and, uh, by the way…"

"Yes?"

"Watch out for Slenderman."

"Wha-"

Click!

I held my cell in my hand, turning it around and looking at it every which way.

"Did he…did he just fucking hang up on me?!"

He had some nerve, but…who the hell is Slenderman…?

If you're scared, don't worry - I can't play Slender by myself. Hell, I get scared just by watching PewDiePie play it!

*"Chin-Chin" basically means...ahem - "a certain male body part" in Japanese. Get it? If not, TIME FOR GOOGLE TRANSLATE! XD