Kirishima was captured. Izuku was .. helpless. That was problematic, wasn't it? He was injured all over again. His leg is broken, and he shouldn't be walking on his burnt leg, but Izuku didn't really seem to care what other people thought about his health. .. Except for All Might, honestly. But only because Izuku still took the serval's word as gospel half the time. But. This is besides the point. The point is, Izuku isn't good enough. He hasn't been able to train because of his injuries, and his last attempt at training his electricity had gone so horribly. He can still remember the flesh burnt through, and any worse and there would've been bone. And he'd hurt people, with it. Before he knew how to control it. But .. worse, was when he meant to. When he was tired of being hurt and he was scared and people wouldn't stop attacking him. And then .. he hurt them. He played them like a damn fiddle, one electricity-coated paw raised as he smirked at them. Threatening. Izuku was no hero. He'd lost that title the instant that he intentionally hurt somebody like that. The moment he got enjoyment out of hurting somebody. And that was .. just a month or two after he became a cat. Not long at all.
But this isn't the point. Izuku .. well, if he wants to go through with this plan, he has to be able to protect himself. He can't use his claws effectively, not when they're both bandaged and the blunt force of using them would reset their healing all over again. And .. well. That leaves one thing, doesn't it? .. Two, technically. His teeth, needle sharp. And .. well, his electricity. Using it is a terrifying experience, and Izuku's paws tremble at even the soft green sparks that form across his unbandaged paw. The burned one. It still looks disgusting, but he can't use his electricity effectively if the bandage is on. And .. it's healed enough as it is. Still, just seeing the sparking makes him want to vomit. All he can see is the burnt, burnt flesh of those people he hurt and the dead eyes of the unconscious and oh good -- He chokes down the bile that rises, and takes a deep breath. He's okay. He's okay. .. He's not okay. But he'll have to be okay with it. Because, without his electricity, Izuku isn't worth jack shit defense wise. At least not right now. .. Maybe not ever. He misses One for All. Not even the version he could use as a human. The one he could use as a cat, until it was just .. gone. But it looked so similar to this that maybe it would've been the same.
.. Probably. But. Izuku .. Look. He .. has to get over this. For everyone's sakes. Izuku may be Frosthealer, may not be a hero anymore, but he was always going to do his damnedest to protect people, help them, and he wasn't good enough. His heart is pounding and he can hear it in his ears, but Izuku's eyes hurt so bad from looking at the bright colors and lights. He hates this. He hates this so much, oh god, oh god. He squeezes his eyes shut. .. Not good enough, needs to be better. He hadn't intentionally used this stuff since .. last incident. And it's more volatile, like this. On his injured leg. Hard to control. Maybe that's why it's so distressing. Because he can't control it as much as he'd like, and so he could hurt somebody by accident, just by touching them, but he wouldn't be able to decide how much he hurt them.