Of Leather Wings : A Man-Bat Izuku Story

Chapter 3: Animal Impulses

Izuku returned home hoping to find some respite in his dreams, Izuku laid his body to rest on his bed, quickly drifting off into sleep, suddenly Izuku found himself in a forest surrounded by black fog, permeated in the air was the smell of decay. Izuku heard a voice hard and cold like steel with a low baritone rasp, commanding and intimidating as it called his name "Izuku. Follow the sound of my voice, Izuku." Bellowed from the deepest depths of the forest.

As he followed the sound of the voice Izuku felt a sense of unease traversing the forest. He felt he was being watched by something but had no idea what. "That's right, you're getting warmer Izuku. You're almost there just a few more steps." Izuku followed the voice blindly, he could hardly see the bark of the trees in the black fog but continued his trek until he was stopped in his path by a rocky mountain that loomed over him.

"Climb to the mountain Izuku." The low baritone voice was coming from atop the mountain, it egged on the anxious Izuku, his heart racing fast and beating hard within his chest like a rapping at a hard oak door trying to invite him in, against his better judgement Izuku started to scale the mountain each step closer he felt further and further away from the ground he so stood on.

The voice continued to egg him on "Come on Izuku all your dreams are waiting at the top of the mountain to be granted." The rough voice said calmly with a hint of urgency like there was something else it wanted to do, Izuku stopped the climb only for a minute to ponder if there was something more sinister at play whoever was calling his name wanted to do or did it just want to help Izuku and he's overthinking it, nevertheless, Izuku tried to remain vigilant during the climb watching for anything that might come out at him.

Izuku continued to climb, his body feeling sore with every passing moment as though someone was digging their nails into every fibre of his being but still, he continued to climb the voices growing louder the closer he got "Don't leave me waiting for Izuku." The voice called out Izuku was so far yet so close to the source of the voice Called out impatiently.

Izuku was so close to the top, now all he had to do was climb up on the ledge before him, but as Izuku put his hand on the ledge a black and purple bat-like figure jumped out at him from atop the ledge the creature glared at Izuku with hunger in its eyes as it's black and purple misty form added to its menace. The creature swung at Izuku with its large bat wings before screeching into Izuku's face, spitting in his face while it did so. Izuku afraid for his life lost his footing on the mountain causing him to lose balance and fall off the edge as he started plummeting towards the ground the Man-Bat followed him barreling towards Izuku at high speeds. As the Man-Bat got closer and closer to Izuku it opened its mouth and started snapping at Izuku, and with each snap, the creature got closer and closer until it got close enough to Izuku to snap one final time.

"AAAGH" Izuku woke up screaming and sweating in his bed, his All Might memorabilia greeting his worried eyes, gasping for air, his head pounding in the vein of a hammer bashing against metal, Izuku checked his alarm clock reading 11:49 PM. Izuku, still reeling from the vivid nightmare, headed to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, grabbed handfuls of water and splashed his face washing the sweet away, and his breathing became heavier and longer. Suddenly Izuku felt a sharp pain in his chest as if there was someone who grabbed his lungs and started violently pulling them apart reshaping them as if they were balloon animals, Izuku's feet started to tighten and his legs became weak causing Izuku to fall to the tile floor, Izuku gritted his teeth in pain as he felt his muscles and bones were being torn apart and rebuilt as if it were like clay.

Izuku began to feel his clothes tightening around his body as he grew black and brown fur all over his body, starting at his hands and spreading to his chest. Izuku began to grow in size. Izuku felt his shirt tear off his body and his back began to hunch, causing Izuku immense pain, but the worst was yet to come. "What's happening to me-agh" Izuku grunted in pain as his pants and shoes began to feel tighter as his legs and feet lengthened and twitched his slippers blew open, and Izuku's five toes had transformed into sharp talons the slippers were hanging on by a thread now and his legs had extended and increased in size shredding his pants turning them into short-shorts.