Faceless
A Bleach and Slender crossover
Chapter 9- Darkness
Ichigo looked at the shed. The paper made no more words appear, so he assumed it was done talking to him. He walked back around the shed to the flickering light inside the door. It was a large television, with static rolling across the screen. Underneath it was a video cassette player, with a tape next to it. Jason vs. Freddy was written on it in black marker, he picked it up, wondering if it had any special significance. After all, the page had told him to stop here. There must be something… He put the tape inside the player, and began fast forwarding after the opening had played. As Jason killed Freddy, Ichigo stopped the tape, and moved closer. His eyes widened.
With one fluid movement Ichigo grabbed Zangetsu and stabbed it into the screen. The television promptly exploded, showering him with burnt plastic, and short circuiting wires. But he had what he needed. Taped to the mother board was another page. And this one was a crudely drawn map, with the message
Take it, before it takes you
Scrawled across the top. Ichigo looked at it then looked at the map. It pointed to the campsite, represented by a star. The campfire. It was time to move.
He began to trek through the forest again, stopping every once in a while to try and sense Slender's presence, but it was as if he had just disappeared. Ichigo stopped. Disappeared. If that was true then he was in trouble. If Slender could just disappear from my senses, then I will never know where he is. In fact he could be…! Ichigo whipped around, sword already in mid-swing, cutting into a shadowy tentacle behind him. Slender was standing there, staring at him eyelessly, and the air of malevolence that normally surrounded him came back, full force. Ichigo gritted his teeth, knowing he had to get away, but not sure how to beat him. He had to get to the camp. He lifted his blade, and leapt forward, only to meet a wall of black tentacles, which picked him up and threw him through several trees. He quickly reached into his pocket and took out his soul phone. No signal, but that was fine. He didn't need one for what he was about to do.
A flash of light went off in front of Slender, lasting only a moment, but a moment was enough. It shrieked in pain and anger, its arms covering its face, its tentacles dispelled for a moment. Ichigo took that moment to run full force in the direction of the campsite. Slender closing in behind him.
Move faster kid, he's getting closer
The letters on the top of the map changed, like the page on the shed had. Ichigo scowled as he avoided trees and Slender's pursuit. "And who are you supposed to be?"
My name is Joe
"Joe? The Joe? The same Joe whose recorder I was listening to?" Ichigo asked incredulously.
Yep, that's me. Listen there isn't much time. When you get to the camp, the fire will be burning, just like when you first got there. You need to take all of the pages that you collected and destroy them. That will weaken Slender enough that he can be stopped. You just can't completely kill him. Not you. One day, someone else will come along and finish the job, but for right know, you will have to do.
Ichigo burst into the clearing, with the burning campfire clearly visible, with an extra burst of speed he shunpoed as quickly as possible towards it. He took all of the pages he had collected, and destroyed them all in one go. And that's when everything went to hell.
