Of Leather Wings : A Man-Bat Izuku Story

Chapter 7: What It Takes To Be A Hero

Soaring above the city and high above the clouds that so callously denied sights to the starry night sky, the Man-Bat's massive ears twitched precisely trying to home in on the explosions, its wings cutting through the clouds. Effortlessly barreling through the night sky, its domain vast as an ocean of untold potential and experimentation for the beast, the Man-Bats' ears twitched, hearing another explosion beneath the cloud banks it changed trajectory following the sounds of danger abandoning its territory.

A hole was punctured through the clouds as the Man-Bat dive bombed powerfully yet silently, the creature perched itself high up on a building to survey the land so it may better search for its new prey. Combing through the blinding lights of the city looking for the disturbance, the beast set its eyes on flames that burned wildly and ferociously like a pack of wolves cutting into the flesh of a bear. Its mouth was watering for an opportunity to strike through the air and the chance to sink its teeth into some flesh and drink the blood from its victims.

Spreading its wings once more the creature prepared to take flight once more, it dropped off the side of the building elegantly like a trained acrobat plummeting downwards before swooping up in an arc like a pendulum. All Might ran through the city with the boy's torn bag in hand searching for the explosion before he ended up hurting himself or someone, his breathing heavy and slow, unable to activate his muscle form to get to the area quickly without wearing out more of his time limit.

A painful knot formed in the hero's stomach while running, he winced in pain as he covered his stomach with his arm trying to hold his organs in as if they were about to fall out. His mouth quickly expelled blood as he coughed, each one spraying a dark brick-red liquid on the pavement below him, 'Dammit I'll never be able to catch up with the kid like this!' The skeletal blonde thought, cursing at himself for being so weak. Two teens quickly bumped shoulders with the man as they ran past, talking about the fire that was going on at MGRI and not wanting to miss it, All Might eavesdropped on the teens gathering as much information as possible to figure out if that's where the Man-Bat would be going.

He quickly followed after them his feet aching to the point where he was certain they would explode in his shoes leaving him to bleed out. Making his way his vision was cut off by a horde of people watching the pro heroes fight off a villain but keeping their distance and being overly cautious, all All Might oils saw was the burning MGRI building but not a Man-Bat in sight. Standing up on something nearby to get a better look at the fight, he felt his heart drop as he saw the sludge villain had been released and was now suffocating a boy with blonde hair with his slime.

Many of the Pros couldn't even get close to the villain without hurting the boy or getting hurt themselves, "Is this the best you heroes got?" The Villain taunted loudly, his eyes were bloodshot with a crazed gleam, using his slime to control the kid he unleashed a devastating explosion against the heroes. The boy screamed in pain and anger muffled by the sludge that filled his mouth. He watched as the tall and muscular Death Arms struggled to even get near the villain, the kids' explosions keeping the pro at bay.

The explosions spread fire everywhere, as Kamui Woods attempted to save any civilians stuck in the crossfire of the battle, sweat dripping out of his costume, swinging from building to building picking up citizens and trying to avoid the flames. "This is insane!" Kamui said with a heavy sigh, his breathing slow and deep taking in each breath as though it was his last. Sweat trickled down his face soaking his mask and imparting his vision temporarily, swiping it away he noticed more civilians trapped in a burning building. He extended his wooden arms to a building nearby and swung around and out of the corner of his eye he saw a large brown body dive bomb through the roof of the MGRI building.

"What was that?" The Wooden hero said with a tired and perplexed tone, stopping in his tracks and inspecting the hole in the roof, wiping sweat away from his brow before hearing a high-pitched feminine scream from the building below. A woman found herself stuck under a burning support beam, the fire slowly climbing up her building and approaching Kamui's wooden tendrils.