The Nightmare Within

Monsterous

!!!There is gore in this chapter!!!

At the end of the day, Bakugou pinned Midoriya to the wall with a scowl on his face. "You some sort of freak now, huh Deku? What are you even supposed to be? Cause what you are is an abomination!!" Bakugou growled, looking up at the boy who was now taller than him.

Midoriya whimpered in his grasp, trying to wiggle away from him. He'd rather not get beaten up today. "You're not getting away from me that easy, you freak!!" Bakugou shouted.

He moved his hand near Midoriya's face, in order to burn his muzzle with an explosion. Before he could, however, some strange, animalistic instinct took over Midoriya's mind, and he bit down on Bakugou's pinky finger.

Bakugou gasped in pain, and stared at Midoriya's dragonic face. He then pulled his hand away, only to see that his finger was gone. It was at that same moment that Midoriya realized that there was still something trapped in his jaws.

His eyes widened, and he spat out the finger. "K-Kacchan I-" before he could finish, one of Bakugou's lackeys pulled the blond away, likely to treat the wound.

The finger lay there on the ground, covered in blood. Midoriya just stared at it, unsure of what to do with it.

Tears welled up in his eyes, as the realization of exactly what had just happened dawned upon him.

He had just hurt someone.... His childhood friend none-the-less....

He barely caught a glance of his reflection in the window, and suddenly, he realized exactly what he was.

He was a predator.

It only made sense. Predators naturally had sharp teeth and claws in order to kill, and most of his other mutations were able to hurt someone or something. It would explain why he suddenly had such a strong prefrence for meat over any other food.

It was such an obvious thing, really, but it hit him so hard when he realized it. He was a monster, with a body designed to inflict harm upon his prey.

The metalic scent of blood filled Midoriya's senses, giving him a strange, unwelcome feeling. His body tensed up, and he quickly ran out of the room, unable to handle the scent.

He leaned a hand against the wall, acidentally unsheathing his claws and digging them into the plaster. He quickly realized this due to the sound of it, and resheathed his claws, pulling his hand away.

He looked around the hallway frantically, seeing no one there.

He gave a violent flap of his upper wings, and flew out the window. By the time he realized that he had left behind his backpack, he had already landed himself on the roof of his appartment complex.

Midoriya stumbled to the corner of the roof, and sat down, leaning against the railing. He curled into a ball, wrapping his stinger around his body and making a cacoon out of his wings.

He felt something, probably a bird, land on his antlers. Before he could think about it, he stabbed the creature with his stinger, releasing a deadly dose into it's body. Or at least, deadly for something it's size.

A low, hungry grumble escaped from his stomache, and he sighed to himself. Midoriya reached up, and scooped up the now dead creature in his hands. Looking at it, he could see that it was an average pidgeon, nothing special about it.

Once again, the smell of blood overtook his mind, occompanied by hunger.

He sighed, allowing for predatory instincts to take over his mind. Soon enough, his claws unsheathed themselves. He cut the bird open with his razor-like claws, pulling out all of the unedibile bones and feathers. It was an incredibly bloody scene, leaving the red liquid all over Midoriya's fur.

He brought his hands up to his muzzle, and began eating the corpse. It tasted good, strangely enough.

Before he knew it, he had eaten the whole thing.

Red coated his usually light grey fur, claws, and the area surrounding him. He started licking the blood of his claws, before he eventually came back to his senses.

Emerald eyes stared out across the bloody mess, and he swallowed a lump in his throat.

Midoriya really was a monster...

Tears filled his eyes, and he curled in on himself once more.

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That was where Inko found him, an hour later. The school had called to inform her of what happened, and she went searching for him not a moment after the call. He wouldn't be getting in too much trouble for it, as they figured that it probably had something to do with his 'quirk'. However, Inko still wanted to find him, before he got lost.

The blood caking his fur had started to dry, leaving his fur matted and sticky. Tears leaked from his eyes, although hidden by his wings.

Inko walked over to him, only to be ment from a low growl from within his cacoon.

"Oh, honey..." Inko sighed. She ignored the bones and feathers scattered across the scene. His head snapped upwards, and he hissed at her, not seeming to realize who she was.

She stepped closer, and placed her hand on his head, right in between his antlers. He looked up at the hand, confusion etched into his somewhat wild expression. He yipped at the touch, and began sniffing something, probably her arm. Inko began scratching his head, and he gave a wide grin, tounge tangling out of his mouth like a dog.

Once he registered her as safe, Midoriya started uncurling his body, and his stinger wagged like a dog's tail. Inko chuckled, continuing to scratch the area. He seemed to like it.

"Hey Izuku.. It's me, your mom." She said. Midoriya nodded, and gave a small chirp in response. Not a moment later, he gave a confused look, probably not understanding why he made such a strange sound instead of whatever he was trying to say. Inko continued, "Can you understand me?" Midoriya just nodded.

She then asked, "can you talk?"

Midoriya opened his mouth in an attempt to speak, but all that left his mouth was a series of chirps, yips, and squeaks. He looked away, embarassed, and shook his head.

Inko nodded, and pulled a pencil and paper out of her pocket. Midoriya seemed to understand what she was doing, as he took the objects. "So... what happened up here?" She asked, worry filling her voice.

Midoriya scribbled onto the paper in a messy manner, "I went feral or something and ate a couple birds."

Inko nodded, although she seemed rather confused by that. "Okay then.... we should probably go see a doctor, to figure out what's going on with you. Does that sound okay?"

Midoriya seemed hesitant, but nodded anyways.

"Let's get you cleaned up first though, alright?"