As my body is slammed into the ground while I was attempting to fly away, I focus on how I helped instead of the excruciating pain in my right-wing. Thanks to the Nomu's new target, me, Aizawa had the opportunity to erase the hand-covered villains' quirk before he touched Tsuyu.
I'm lying on the ground, eyes closed, fully aware of the fact that my right-wing is fractured or maybe broken. Suddenly I am yanked up by my arm and dangled in the air above the ground. I open my eyes to come face to face with the hideous bird creature but urgently close them when I see the creature's arm reared back, aiming for me.
I hear the screams of someone around me and abruptly get dropped to the ground. Reopening my eyes, I see the Nomu left me, like a forgotten toy, to protect his master. Midoriya has an arm outstretched with his fist coming in contact with the monster's stomach like he just threw a powerful punch. However, the Nomu seems unfazed by it all and proceeds to make Midoriya his next victim.
"You dumbass bird! I'm not done with you!" I grow angry and stumble to my feet, ready for my fight to continue. When the Nomu doesn't even spare me a glance, I continue, "Quit going after my fucking classmates. I am willing to beat the shit out of you right here right now, buddy." I demand and groan as I flutter my wings.
"What a determined little thing you are." I change my focus and anger onto the blue-haired man as he speaks. "Taking the beating from my Nomu all to protect others from his wrath, yet none of them would be willing to do the same for you."
"That's what a Hero does, smartass. Protect those at all costs even when others would be too scared to do the same." I growl, limping towards the hand-covered man.
"Since you seem so set on facing my creation, I'll give you what you desire. Nomu, kill the winged one."
A gust of wind rushes through my hair and feathers. All of a sudden, I am no longer taking in enough oxygen. It happened in a flash, and now the Nomu has a hold of me by the neck. I desperately scratch and claw at the colossal hand wrapped around my airway.
Fear and anxiety begin to bubble up as I go longer without enough air, but I cover it up, "T-That all you got... damned bird." I rasp out barely above a whisper, "Cause I ain't passed out yet."
A loud booming travels through the whole building capture everyone's attention. From the smoke cloud covering the front doorway emerges the Number 1 Hero, All Might. Even the Nomu still clutching onto my throat is now intently focused on the Pro.
In the blink of an eye, Aizawa and the three students disappeared from my view. All that is in my line of sight is the brain of the creature holding me and his master and the warp gate behind him.
"I'll ask you kindly first to release my student from your hold." I hear All Might request from behind me.
"No, no, no, no, no," The blue-haired man begins, vigorously scratching at a patch of skin on his neck.
"Calm down, Shigaraki. Now we can proceed with our original plan before more Pros show up." The warp gate tries to calm down, who I now know as, Shigaraki.
"Haha," I let out a weak laugh, "Looks like your match is here, Shigaraki."
I finally get a full breath of air when I am dropped from the Nomu's tight hold as he charges at All Might. I take deep breaths, trying to calm myself as I rise to my feet again.
"You are really starting to piss me off, little birdie." Shigaraki captures my attention as he stomps toward me.
"Oh buddy, I could say the same for you," I smirk, all too excited to engage in another battle.
"Young Takami, you need to retreat and head back with the other students. You are injured, and do not need to start fighting again." All Might yells in between, dodging hits and sending punches at the Nomu.
"Last time I listened to a request like that," I grit my teeth at the fresh memory, "my teacher ended up getting beat to a pulp by that monster."
Shigaraki steps closer, and I jump into action without waiting for a response from All Might. My right-wing being possibly broken causes me to stick to the ground and rely more heavily on my left for extra support. I hover slightly over the floor using my good wing and dodge to my left as Shigaraki throws his arm out towards me, trying to grab any part of my body he can.
My head snaps to the side when a loud crash and smoke cloud appears from where All Might and the Nomu were fighting. My distraction gives the villain in front of me the chance to graze my arm with all five fingers. Quickly I stumble back and inspect my decaying forearm with widened eyes. I knew his quirk was dangerous from how Aizawa avoided his touch and desperately tried to erase it when he got close to Tsuyu, but this sends me into a panic.
'What? My costume and arm...disintegrated where he touched me.' My eyes are wide and focused on the patch of exposed flesh that is decayed.
"Little birdie seems scared now, by my quirk." I can hear the smug smirk that is hidden behind the hand on Shigaraki's face.
The dust cleared and a view of the Number 1 Hero trapped in a portal with the Nomu, causing my panic to increase. All of a sudden, an unmistakable explosion and yelling snaps me away from spiraling. Following Bakugo's entrance, a wave of ice shoots toward the Nomu and All Might and only sticks to the beast. Even Kirishima springs in seeking to land a hit on Shigaraki.
I stagger to the raging blonde pinning down the warp gate and an expressionless Todoroki. At this point, I can feel myself starting to drift unconscious but press down on my arm's rotting skin to ground me. With a lazy gaze, I see All Might escape from the Nomu's hold while the monster stays trapped in the warp and ice.
"How...you let a brat...Kurogiri?...warp...would kill..." I make out pieces of what Shigaraki is saying, but my eyelids feel like they weigh a ton. My head droops down, and I quickly snap it back up to remain aware.
"Takami!..out of...injured!" I faintly register that my name has been spoken, as for what they intended to tell me, I'm not sure. My focus on the present increases when the beast trapped in ice escapes minus a leg and arm. With the new burst of energy, I flutter my wings and brace myself to return to the fight.
"Nomu, free up our way of escape." The first clear sentence I hear in the last minute or two, I'm not entirely sure.
I sluggishly turn to pinpoint where the beast's new target is and discover Bakugo is still holding down the warp gate, Kurogiri, I think, behind me. Realizing my spot puts me as the only thing standing between Bakugo and his new predator.
"Move...Kami!" I pick up on the anxiety laced into the loud voice. Ignoring the request, I face the charging Nomu sloppily readying myself.
'I am not weak' My face contorts in anger. As if the world moves in slow motion and the sound is on mute, I stare face to face with a beast capable of killing me in the blink of an eye.
'I am not strong,' I smirk even with death himself charging at me, 'I'm Y/N Takami, future Number 1 fucking Hero.'
I blink and now no longer face head-on with the Nomu. I jerk my head from side to side, trying to piece together what occurred.
"Takami, Bakugo, how did you guys dodge that?" Midoriya looks at us, both stunned.
"We didn't dodge that, you damn nerd," Bakugo grumbles, also confused at the quick location change.
Already seated next to the shocked blonde, I decided to rest my head on his shoulder. I shut my eyes, tuning out the chaos around me for just a moment.
After what feels like only seconds, I am not seated on the ground anymore when I open my eyes again. Now I am being carried away by Bakugo. I stare at him for a moment, surprised at how calm he seems at the moment. Then he turns his head down, and our eyes meet.
"Shitty fucking Birdgirl," He mumbles when he realizes my eyes are now open. "I told you once before quit fucking staring."
I'm too tired to respond, so instead, I simply shut my eyes again. As I began to fall unconscious again, I thought I felt the blonde squeeze my body closer to his chest, but I concluded my mind is just playing tricks on me.