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A day passed since I went parachuting with Kyra, Toshiro and Sougo. It was a fun experience, but I certainly don't ever want to do it again.

It was starting to get dark out, and all I was doing at the moment was reading a magazine about ice cream and sherbet. I got myself the magazine earlier at the mini-store, because I really am a huge fan of sherbet. Actually, I like sherbet more than ice cream.

As my fingers turned the page, a knock came at the door. My eyes blinked once as dad said, "I'll get it."

I saw him walking over to the door, and as soon as he was in front of it, he turned the knob, opening the door.

He widened his eyes, and asked, "Oh, hello. Are you one of Kita's friends?"

At first, I thought it was Kyra again, but this time, it was a different girl.

"You could say that. May I speak with Kita, please?"

"That's alright with me," Dad chuckled as I closed the magazine up. I got up from the chair, and stood up, walking to the door as well.

When I saw who it really was, it was Suri. My emerald eyes blinked once again as Suri gave me a smile.

I asked, "Suri-Chan, what brings you here?"

"Well, Kita-San, Kyra wanted me to come over here, because she wants you to come to our house," She answered.

My black brow rose up, and I asked again, only in confusion, "Why didn't she come instead of sending you here to tell me?"

"Because she's about to play this game called 'Slenderman', and she wants you to watch her. I know it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, but Kyra expects you to come."

A sigh escaped my lips as I said, "Well, I guess I could come over to your house, but only to watch Kyra play that game. And didn't she play that game before?"

"She did, but she's willing to try again."

"Kyra's being a masochist, don't you think?"

"Perhaps."

Dad chuckled out, "I've heard of that game. Isn't it one of those games where it's impossible to win?"

"Apparently, but I've never played the game, and I don't plan to," I responded while shrugging my shoulders. I turned to Suri again, and added, "Do you believe Kyra will scream again if she gets scared?"

It was Suri's turn to sigh. She replied, "Yes, I do believe so, but our parents are out of town for the night, so it'll just be me and her."

I told dad, "Well, I'll be back. I'll make sure I don't stay at Kyra's house too late."

He nodded, "Be safe."

"Yeah…" I trailed off before putting my shoes on.

The long, dark-orange haired girl walked out of my house just before I followed her. As soon as I closed the door behind me, I put my hands in my pockets, and was now behind Suri.

She furrowed her brows slightly as she said, "I'm sorry if I was disrupting you."

"Eh?" I questioned, but exclaimed, "Oh, no, you weren't disrupting me! I just didn't expect Kyra to want me come over to her house! By the way, what does your house look like? I mean, both of you have been to my house, even though it was brief, yet I've never been to yours."

The girl turned her head to the side before answering, "It's like other houses. Two floors, three bedrooms, yadda yadda yadda."

I almost chuckled at the last part of her sentence.

While the two of us were walking through the almost-dark streets, a few street lights flickered on. I looked up at a random street light, and saw that it was a little bright.

I continued to look up, but my feet were starting to slow down. Suri asked me suddenly, "Kita-San, what're you looking at?"

My eyes widened, and I quickly ran, catching up to her. I responded, "Sorry, I was just looking at a street light."

"Why?" Suri raised a brow at me.

A cracked smile appeared on my face, and the only answer I could think of was, "No reason."

She blinked her brown eyes twice, but then smiled.

In a matter of minutes, Suri turned, and said, "This is our house." I stared at the two-floor house, and also saw a window, where it looked like somebody's room light was on.

I pointed at the window, and said, "Suri-Chan, is that Kyra's room?"

Suri looked up, seeing the window as well. She replied as she was walking to her door, "That is her room."

"Ah, I see."

She opened her door, and motioned me to follow her again. I did so, and when I came inside her door, I slipped my shoes off of my feet. Suri did the same thing, only she was quicker than me.

The girl began to walk through the hall as she told me, "Follow me. Kyra must be really scared, even if she's not playing the game yet."

I sighed to myself, "Why is Kyra tormenting herself by playing Slenderman?"

Once again, I followed her as she was going up the staircase. It wasn't a big staircase, but the steps were pretty steep.

Feeling a little worried about me falling down the stairs, Suri informed, "If you're careful on the steps, you won't fall down."

That didn't really make me feel better, but I was able to not slip, or fall down on the steps. I wondered how Kyra and her family dealt with steep stairs without falling.

We were both on the top, and Suri added as she pointed to a door, "That's Kyra's room. Keep her company while I watch some T.V."

I only gave her a nod.

She went back down the stairs, but before I went over to Kyra's room, I stared at Suri's back, seeing if she would fall down (I was only a little concerned). Thankfully, she didn't. As soon as she went to the living room, I quickly walked towards Kyra's bedroom.

My right hand slowly pushed open the bedroom door, and I saw Kyra in front of her computer. Her room was a little messy, but at least it didn't look like a pig-sty. I said her name, "Kyra."

Almost immediately, she swiftly turned her head, seeing me. Kyra replied, "Oh, good. You're here."

"Why're playing Slenderman again? You once told me that the last time you played it, you screamed so loud, your parents came into your room."

"Yes, I did say that, Kita, but there was the huge urge for me to play it again?"

"But why?"

"I lost last time, so I'm gonna try again so that I can win!"

"Kyra, this game is nearly impossible to win. So no matter how hard you try, Slenderman just appears out of nowhere, and 'kills' you."

Kyra rolled her green eyes as she said, "If I lose again, then I'll only play this game once every few months."

"You just love tormenting yourself, don't you?" I asked her in a dull tone.

She pouted, "I just can't stand losing, that's all!"

My head shook as I walked over to the other wheeled seat. I sat down, and saw Kyra opening up a website, where it had the Slenderman game.

Kyra took deep breaths, and whispered to herself, "I can try again. I can do it." I saw a drop of sweat roll down her cheek. She knitted her brows when a screen came up, written out, 'Slenderman'. Below that word, there were two choices. It was either to play the game, or quit. Kyra moved the mouse, and clicked on 'Play game'.

I questioned, "Are you sure you're not going to scream again if you lose?"

She paused, but then responded, "No."

From the speakers, we heard sounds. For a second, I didn't know what that sound was, but as the screen changed; it turned out that it was actually footsteps, because the screen now showed a flash of light on the ground.

I thought, Oh, so this game is in first-person?

Kyra said as she gave me a small smile, "At least you came, because I did not want to play alone again."

I chuckled, "You made Suri come get me."

"I wanted to be prepared to play Slenderman."

My eyes rolled as Kyra moved her character into the forest. Kyra muttered under her breath, "Okay, here I am, in this stupid forest. Hey, forest, how about I burn you down?"

I stared at her as if she was crazy. "Did you 'talk' to the game last time you played this?"

"Yes, but I don't want it to get quiet. The quieter it is, the scarier it becomes."

"Well, I guess that makes sense. After all, if Slenderman gets you, there's this scary, dramatic sound. Er, is that it?"

She nodded as her eyes were glued to the screen of her computer, "Correct. I began to hate that sound, because it's a little louder than those huge thumps whenever you get a note. And speaking of note, I found one!"

She clicked on the mouse, "grabbing" the note, which was written out, 'Leave me alone!' There was some drawing on it. A second after she took the first note, the booming sound came.

I jumped a little, and exclaimed, "Jeez, that scared me!"

"I'm the one who should be scared," Kyra corrected me as she made her character run. She made the flashlight in the game turn off.

I confusingly asked, "Why did you turn your flashlight off? You can't really see anything if it's off."

"True, but I've heard that the flashlight in this could die out. So I'm trying to save up the batteries in this thing. Good thing batteries in flashlights don't die out this quickly in real life!"

"Yeah, but what if Slenderman 'kills' you when you can't see a thing in the dark?"

Her dark-green eyes widened. She mumbled, "Point taken." She made the flashlight in the game turn back on, but there was a figure far away from the character.

Kyra yelped as a dramatic sound came up. I yelped as well, but Kyra panicked, "Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! I need to get away from the octopus!"

I, weirdly, began to panic as well. I exclaimed, "Do you even know if it is an octopus?!"

"No, and I don't give a crap!" As more sweat poured down her cheeks, she managed to get away from Slenderman.

A sigh of relief escaped her thin lips, but I told her, "You still have to get away from him! You only found one note, and Slenderman is already trying to come and get you!"

"Actually, Kita, whether or not you have any notes, he will still try to 'kill' the main character. But you're right. I need to stay away from Slenderman as far as possible."

I could see her right hand trembling. She smirked at the computer screen, muttering yet again with a sweaty face, "Slenderman, don't you fucking dare try to kill me. If you were real, I would kill you in a split second."

I chose to not say anything to her, because she needed to concentrate on getting the other notes. I had forgotten how many notes were in this game, but Kyra's character was able to find another note. She made a more formal smile, and "took" the note, which was on a tank. On the computer screen, it said, 'taken notes: 2/8'.

It turned out that there were eight notes in total. If Kyra was able to find all eight notes, then she would win. But like I said, it's nearly impossible to win a game where a strange creature appears out of nowhere.

Kyra continued to smile as she whispered, "Finally, I got another note. Hopefully, I can get more than last time."

Out of curiosity, I asked the short, purple-haired girl, "How many did you get at that time?"

"Two, sadly."

She gave out a depressed sigh as she furrowed her brows. I bit my lower lip, but replied, "Hey, cheer up, Kyra. It's better than not getting any notes at all."

"You're right, but still."

The booming sounds continued. Kyra blinked multiple times as she wiped some sweat off her forehead. But that wasn't helping, because the screen to the game began to fuzz up.

She widened her eyes in shock, and exclaimed, "No! No! No! No! No! Don't you dare kill me!" Kyra's character ran as fast as it could go.

The flashlight, that the character was still holding, was starting to fade. Kyra pouted, "Dammit! This is why I should've left it off!"

I told her, "Either way, you would get caught by that octopus. I mean…" I realized that I called Slenderman an octopus. I almost exclaimed as I smacked myself in the head, "Now I called him an octopus!"

Kyra snickered, turning her face away from the screen, "You have followed my league."

"Wha…What's that supposed to mean?! That doesn't make any sense!"

"It's not supposed to! Muahahaha!"

I said as I crossed my arms, "My tongue just slipped, okay?"

"Uh-huh, sure," Kyra said in a low tone again, which made her sound like a man.

The flashlight was getting darker and darker. Kyra knitted her brows in frustration as she bit her lip, saying, "Fuck…I want to at least find one more note before I give up on this piece of crap."

"And yet you're going to try to play this again in a few months?" I said while raising a brow at the girl.

She quickly turned her head around, and exclaimed, "Like I said, I can't stand losing!"

"Okay, calm down, Kyra." I waved my hand up and down, trying to not make her snap like that. A drop of sweat suddenly rolled down my cheek.

As I continued to watch Kyra play the game, she smiled like before, and said, "Oh! Here's yet another note!" Her character dashed towards the papered note, and she "took" it. This note was on a brick wall.

I half-smiled as I encouraged her, "You're doing good. Keep it up."

"Oh, I'll keep it up, alright," Kyra smirked evilly at the screen. She gave out a dark chuckle as I could see her armpit shirt covered in sweat.

I blinked before asking, "Uh, Kyra? Are you sweating that much?"

"What do you mean?" Before I answered that, she looked at her right armpit, and gave it a disgusting expression. She added in a low tone, "I should put this shirt in the hamper when I go to bed."

"Good idea," I chuckled softly. She sighed deeply, and stared at the screen. Her eyes were beginning to water, and I was guessing that her eyes were a little tired.

Kyra didn't stop trembling when the game's flashlight's batteries died out. Now, the whole screen was nearly pitch-black.

She pouted, complaining, "Great! Now Slenderman's going to kill me! I may not know where that motherfucker is, but I better turn down the speakers. I wouldn't want that scary dramatic sound to pop up."

It was too late.

The dramatic sound came up, and the game screen went all fuzzy. Kyra snapped her eyes opened, and let out a terrifying scream as the screen briefly showed Slenderman's faceless head.

"AAAAHHHHHH!" Kyra wrapped her head with her arms as she nearly fell out of her chair.

My ears rung due to her screaming so loud. I put a pinkie in my right ear, and said, "Wow, that was loud."

I wasn't surprised that Kyra lost the game again, but did she really have to scream this loud?

We heard footsteps stomping up the stairs. A few seconds later, her door was opened. Suri exclaimed, "Kyra! Did you lose again?!"

Kyra turned her spinning chair while a few tears came out of her eyes. She gave Suri a cracked smile, and her body didn't stop shaking, even when she got out of the chair. Kyra slowly walked towards her adopted sister, and when she was close to her, she grabbed her arms, and whimpered, "Suri…Slenderman killed my character! BAAAHHHH!"

She began to sob as she buried her face into Suri's chest.

The orange-haired girl gave out a sigh, closing her brown eyes as she landed her hand on the top of Kyra's head.

Suri replied, "It's okay, Kyra. Slenderman is not real. It's only a game."

I sighed as well, "And she said that she'd play again in a few months."

She blinked before telling Kyra, "You need to stop tormenting yourself."

"But I hate losing! You know that, Suri!" She sobbed once again.

Since I didn't want this to get really awkward, I decided to stand up from the chair, and walk out of Kyra's room. I said, "Looks like I should be going."

"Are you sure you'll be fine walking in the dark alone?" Suri asked, not letting go of her.

I shrugged, "I'll be fine. I'm not that scared of the dark, so I should be home with no problem at all."

"Alright, well, see you later, Kita-San."

"Bye, Suri-Chan. Bye, Kyra."

Kyra weakly said without looking at me, "Bye, Kita."

With that, I walked out of her bedroom, and headed down the stairs. I still heard her sobbing her eyes out, but hopefully, she'll feel better later.

As soon as I went down the staircase, I put my hands in my pockets, and was now at the front door. My upper body leaned down as my hands grabbed my shoes. I slid my feet into my shoes.

I turned the knob to the door, and opened it, walking out of the house. I began to walk home when I closed the door all the way.

It really was dark out, but it was a good thing a few street lights were on. Otherwise I would've been at least a little scared. I didn't see very many people walking down the street, but I didn't care at all.

I thought as I was speed-walking, My visit to Kyra's house wasn't that long, but watching her play that game was kind of scary.

Now the only thing I was hoping for was to not watch Kyra play that game ever again, even though she says she'll play it months later. It didn't make sense how she wanted me to watch her when Suri could've done it. Maybe Kyra thought I was tougher. But whatever the reason is, she didn't have to make me come all the way to her house.

I managed to get back home safely, and when I entered my house, dad said, "Welcome back."

I muttered, "Thanks."

"Did your friend lose the game?"

"She did, and she screamed."

"Wow. Well, I'm going to get ready for bed. Shira and I have to be at work earlier than usual tomorrow."

"Alright, good-night."

"Good-night."

He walked up the stairs.

I sighed, choosing to watch T.V. again. I sat on the couch as I turned on the television. But as soon as it turned on, I realized that the volume on it was a little loud, so my thumb pushed the down-volume button, just so that it wouldn't wake up my parents while they were sleeping.

I did have sympathy for Kyra when she played Slenderman again, but it was her fault for deciding to torment herself. And the dramatic sound, when she lost, didn't really scare me. Rather, it shocked me.

Oh well. I'm never going to play the game myself, because I don't think I can ever win at that.

I know I haven't been writing chapters that were focused on the Gintama characters themselves, but I will try to do that a little later.

I'm probably going to do a time skip after the next chapter, which means that Kita (Plus the rest) will be back to school.

Well, hope you enjoyed chapter 34! :)