Parasyte - The Artifice (BEING REWRITTEN)

Tissue (1)

Light shines through Shinichi's window as the sun rises, gleaming brighter than a diamond. The light reflects upon a small surface in his room, not mirror, but the metal part upon a desk.

"Ugh..." He groans, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, groggily. The light shines directly into his retinas. "Morning already?"

Migi's still asleep, forever asleep. The events of Gotou's fight have lasted till now, and still in effect. If only, Shinichi hopes, Migi would soon wake up.

But unbeknownst to anyone on the planet, another wave of freakshows is arriving, and it's going to be as brutal as ever.

In the far-off distance, a strange object descends upon a leaf. It's an orb, but it looks like a virus. It inches through the leaves, searching for a human.

It spots Shinichi's home and immediately, it makes a straightforward path for it. It jumps from leaf to leaf, soon landing on the satellite outside the house.

It peers inside, analysing where it has to enter. At the same time, it keeps track of how long it has before it matures. Three minutes.

It hops on to the balcony, inching its way across the wooden flooring on to hardwood flooring. It makes a 'squish' and a 'squinsh' before jumping atop Shinichi's bed.

It makes a soft 'tmp' before realising Shinichi's ears are plugged. He's rolled over, which the parasite already accounted for, and it'd be risky to go into his mouth. Looks like its only choice is to go through the anal cavity or the penile tissue.

It crawls into Shinichi's pants, looking for an opening. Seeing as the male's cheeks are firmly closed, it goes on to the penile tissue.

It successfully infiltrates the urethra, making its way through the digestive tract. However, it's stopped by food being digested and is forced to retreat back to the penis.

It starts to mature, causing a raise in Shinichi's pants. A painful raise.

Shinichi immediately wakes up, realising something's off. "M-Migi? Are you awake?" He flicks his right hand but, to no avail, gets not a single response, not even an eyeroll.

He looks around, noticing a trail of goo across the floor. He links it to something, something terrible. This can only mean one thing.

"Oh, oh no." He starts screaming, realising that not only did he leave the door open, a parasite infiltrated his body! But where is it, he wonders.

"Shinichi? What's wrong with you?" His father asks, soon knocking on the door. "Is it a bad dream?"

"Y-Yeah, dad! It's just a bad dream!" Shinichi stammers, making sure his father can't enter. "I'm fine!"

He checks his left arm, shaking it for any response. "Come on!" He whisper-shouts, desperately waiting a response.

"Come... On," a voice says, seemingly from below him. "Bad dream..."

Shinichi steps away from his door, looking at his legs for any sign of a parasite.

"Ett eltte hapkon... Nodet ithel..."

"What did you say?" Shinichi asks, taken aback by this alien language. He's never heard anything like it, at least, not in recent memory.

"You say... Ett eltte hapkon... Nodet ithel..."

"I haven't said anything!" Shinichi responds, exclaiming his statement. He knows it's somewhere and he knows it isn't Migi, but where is it?

"Anything..."

He soon looks at the bump in his pants. This doesn't normally happen, so he takes a peek.

Lo and behold, an eye stares back at him. "Nodet ithel..."

"Oh my god-!" He shrieks, falling into the door. The door creaks, but does not fall open.

"Shinichi! Are you sure you're okay?" Shinichi's father shouts, unsure of his son's sanity at the moment.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine! J-Just thought I saw something is all!" The brunet responds, frantically thinking of a better excuse.

"Okay, but you'd be better off getting ready for school!" His father responds, shutting a door in the hallway.

"Got it, dad!"

Shinichi sits on his bed, staring at this... Creature. What is this creature doing here? Is it another parasite like Migi, or is it different?

"What are you?" He asks, looking the creature up-and-down. It's weird just looking at your penis, especially for Shinichi.

"What am I?" The creature responds, not very well-versed in Japanese. That much is clear for Shinichi.

"Itho Dhimi alto," it responds, swaying from side to side. "Hapo?"

Shinichi cocks his head. "Hapo?" He asks, not sure what it means, even with context clues.

"You." The creature stares into Shinichi's soul, boring holes into it. "What are you?"

"I-I'm a human," Shinichi responds, not confident with the response. "At least, I think so."

"You... Think so. Elte human hapkon?" The creature asks, extending and walking across the bed.

"I'd like to think I'm human, yeah," Shinichi responds, watching this thing walk around so much like Migi used to. "But when I think about it, I'm not so sure."

"So... You not sure. Aho ett human hapo?" It turns its eye around, looking right at Shinichi.

"I don't really understand what you're saying," he responds, sweating slightly. He wouldn't have expected another parasite, especially after everything that has happened.

Ryoko Tamiya, Mr A, Gotou...

Is this another wave of parasites, or is it something worse? This makes Shinichi worried, especially because these parasites could be much stronger than Migi's race.

"What are you?" He asks again, repeating his question from way before. Hopefully, he hopes, this time he'll get a better answer.

"I am... Dhimi. I think so..." The creature responds, walking up to Shinichi. "Not human."

"Well, I know you're not human!" Shinichi exclaims, slamming his fist upon the surface of his bed.

The creature begins to retract, tiredly walking towards Shinichi. "Idti itho..."

"What?" Shinichi questions, analysing the creature's movements. "Do you mean tired?"

"Ymi, tired..."

The creature's eyes close and disappear from Shinichi's private area, soon causing it to fall limp.

"Finally..." He mumbles, fixing his clothes and getting up.

"Shinichi! Are you going to get ready for school?" Shinichi's father asks from behind the door, knocking once.

"Y-Yes, dad!"