A/N: So, nobody has guessed who is stalking Ryou, but nearly everyone who reviewed thinks Bakura will win, so I guess everyone will have to wait and see.

It was rather early in the morning for the villains, but since they had they had received a text from Ryou telling them to come to his apartment immediately, they began to leave their own apartment right away. It was a quiet walk which seemed rather surprising to Bakura. Marik always would talk about something; it was just out of character for him not to be the chatterbox he was. He recalled even when eating breakfast, Marik was mysteriously silent too. He also was dressed differently than usual, instead of his normal lavender, midriff flaunting, hoodie and black jeans, he now wore a black tank with sweat pants; Bakura had asked about his clothing choice for the day to only find out that Marik did not know if anything physical would happen, and he wanted to be prepared to, as Marik had put it, 'Kick some British ass! …but NOT Ryou's!'

They finally arrived at the apartment, to find a rather surprising scene lying before them. There was a blue tent outside the complex; from the inside of the tent they could hear Ryou coughing. He sounded really ill, so ill in fact, Bakura almost felt the contest should be postponed until the judge had gotten better. Though, Marik obviously did not feel the same as he unzipped the tent to see Ryou inside with the same blanket he had around him the day before wrapped around him yet again. Also Ryou, already being pale, simply had a green tint to his complexion and his hair was a mess, making Bakura's fashion statement look like an average haircut. Marik looked up from his kneeling position in front of the tent towards Bakura, "I think Ryou is sick."

"No way, Marik, really?" Bakura asked with his accented voice dripping sarcasm as his arms remained crossed.

Marik attempted a glare and then turned to Ryou, "Ryou are you okay?"

Ryou's voice was barely above a whisper as he croaked, "For right… now…"

Bakura approached the tent and got down on his knees next to Marik, "Why exactly are you in a tent?"

Ryou sniffled, "I can't…. stay in there…. With HIM!" his eyes filled with fear.

Both villains looked terribly confused. Marik tried his attempt, "Do you mean Melvin? You know he just thinks you are his kitten."

"No…" Ryou sharply coughed, "The Slenderman…"

Bakura raised an eyebrow, "The Slenderman?"

"Yes… The Slenderman…"

"I'm not sure I trust this. You look sick enough; it could have been a hallucination."

"No! …He is in my closet… He is the reason… I'm so sick… right now…" Ryou sniffled again.

"I don't really believe this Ryou." Bakura stated with a hint of concern.

"But it's true! …He is really… there…" Ryou's voice quavered.

Marik then stood up, "I have an idea," he announced before raising his hands to the sides of his face and shouting, "Hey Slendy, if you're there, say something!"

The three boys found themselves looking up at window of Ryou's apartment. There appeared to be nothing suspicious, until they heard the sound of a window unlocking and a face-less head poked out of the window, "Hey guuuuuuuuuuuys!"

Bakura's jaw dropped in astonishment he looked back to Ryou who was glaring at him, "Told you…"

As Marik and Bakura realized Ryou was actually not sick and just exhibiting symptoms of being stalked by the Slenderman, they found themselves sitting in the tent. Ryou was saying between coughs what he had planned for the contest. Apparently, it would be the best two out of three challenges. So, if Marik or Bakura won consecutively twice, then the third challenge would not even have to occur. Then the first challenge was issued, "I decided… only a truly evil person… would be able to get-" Ryou went through a coughing fit, "the Slenderman out of my apartment… So… whoever gets the Slenderman out first… wins…"

Bakura climbed out of the tent first, he seemed to have a plan. Marik climbed out second to pace the front of the complex yard. He was not sure how to get the Slenderman out of Ryou's closet. It was going to be tricky. Perhaps he could lure the faceless being. Or maybe trap the un-proportionate demon. So the Egyptian finally concluded he would need to find rope, or something the Slenderman liked. Marik began to think to himself while running a hand through sandy blond hair, what would the Slenderman like? Perhaps a small child? I don't think I can get one of those…

Meanwhile, Bakura was digging through his wallet; I've got to have one in here! His thoughts were shouting in his head. The albino finally turned to tipping the wallet upside down and watching its contents fall upon the sidewalk. There were a few dollars, tons of change, and a credit card. He sat down to count all the change and came to thirty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents in change. A purely evil grin spread across his face, scaring several children who passed by on the sidewalk. His red-brown eyes flashed with a look of a demon as he gathered up his money and walked to a nearby store. It was inside the store he went to a cashier and in his best impression of Ryou, asked for change. The woman behind the counter smiled at him and easily did the task. After receiving the paper money from all his change, Bakura stuffed the money back into his wallet leaving out only one specific bill. It was very necessary to the plan he had in mind.

After stuffing that particular bill into a separate pocket, the former thief king looked up to find to his surprise, Marik. It appeared he was cashing out, he had bought several nets. The white haired villain was about to burst out laughing. He could not believe he was competing with Marik, had he really lowered his standards to such a level? Perhaps it was only because the prize was getting to have Marik be his sidekick; he knew that would be rather enjoyable. Only because he would be able to order the tan, blond around and if any questions were asked, he could simply reply with 'He's my sidekick.'

Marik approached Bakura snapping him out of his thoughts, "Hey Fluffy."

Bakura tried to keep a look on his face that made him appear that he really did not care what the former tomb keeper had to say, even though he was a tad curious. He crossed his arms, "What are you up to?" Bakura made his voice sound extremely cutting and not caring.

Marik smirked in a way that deeply intrigued Bakura into what the boy could be planning before he replied, "I'm going to kick your ass!" Then spun on one foot and exited the store.

Bakura sighed in annoyance; he then readjusted his blue and white striped T-shirt and left the store. It was time to put his plan into action.

The white haired thief walked inside Ryou's apartment, he tried to turn on the lights but they appeared to not be working. It was another sure sign of the Slenderman. He also noticed a huge drop in room temperature from the complex's hallway into the apartment. Bakura almost wished he had brought his trench coat for extra warmth. He decided to make it quick as he swiftly and silently made his way to the closed closet door and shouted, "Slendy! Stop screwing the Rake, I got something for you!"

The door slowly opened and tentacle like arms crept out, followed by a faceless man in a disheveled tuxedo. "Hi Baaaakuuuraaaa."

Bakura had an emotionless expression on his face as he dug into his pocket, "Here is your bloody twenty dollars, now leave my hikari's apartment."

Tentacles extended from the slim, un-proportionate creature before him and wrapped around the money, "Why thank-you, Baaaaakuuuuraaaa."

"Yeah, now get out!" Bakura was pissed now, not really for any particular reason, probably because the Slenderman makes people near him mad or extremely frightened, until they go insane.

Bakura watched from the entrance of the complex as the Slenderman left the building leading Masky and the Rake towards a children's park. The newspaper would have some great upcoming headlines for sure, assuming the victims survived or had their bodies found by authorities.

At that point, the yami made his way to the tent that now had a lamp glowing from within and Ryou looked like he was much better than before. The albinos waited there, drinking tea while they waited for Marik to return and Ryou to say that Bakura had won the first challenge. Ryou glanced at his watch then over to Bakura, "Shouldn't you be calling Marik? He might still think the Slenderman is in my closet."

"He'll find out." Bakura stated lifting the tea cup to his lips.

Ryou sighed and took another sip of tea. Then from outside the albinos heard a scream, not just any scream, but Marik's scream.

A/N: YES! Cliffhanger! But no worries, it isn't too bad. But who would have guessed that Ryou had a problem with Slendy? And, who thinks they know what happened to Marik?

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, the Slenderman, convenience stores, tea, or Dora the Explorer (in case you were curious.) However, the entire plot of this madness was entirely mine.