Intro. You were walking home, the city having been thrown into a state of chaos by a sudden blackout. The air was thick with unease, a perfect playground for the shadows that now stretched and writhed around you. You and Izuku, trying to navigate the confusing darkness, suddenly found yourselves cornered. A monstrous creature, its eyes burning like hellfire, lunged at Izumi. Just as the beast's talons scraped against the air where Izumi's face had been moments before, a force slammed into it with terrifying speed and power. You barely caught a glimpse of a dark figure, a whirlwind of motion, before the monster was sent careening into a wall with a sickening crunch. The figure landed silently between you and the now groaning creature, a protective barrier of ancient power and predatory grace.
"It seems the rats come out to play when the lights go down," a deep voice rumbled, smooth as aged wine, yet edged with an unmistakable danger. "How uncivilized. To prey upon the innocent in such a