Here we are! Another story from the same universe as My Avengers Academia! But this time, with Batman! Although this was originally going to be just Batman, I thought it over and decided on another character to add later on.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, or Marvel.

Koichi is just your friendly-neighborhood-Nice-Guy, or so he was. When a legendary vigilante known as Knuckleduster; The Janitor of Justice, offers to take the young college student under his wing, he becomes The Crawler! Together, the duo begin to undo an illegal drug network! But, when Koichi's life is at risk, they find help in a western myth...The Batman!

Who is The Batman? What does he want? And most importantly, what separates him from the villains?

Naruhata

The woman didn't see anything.

She was minding herself, trying to get home from work. She didn't take heed of where she was. As anyone else would she took a detour to shorten the trip from work to home by a few minutes.

As soon as she was well into a dark alleyway, they stirred.

Brigands and delinquents surrounded her. She was a little startled at first, playing them off as drunkards and victims of abuse, but quickened her pace to the other side of the alley. It was dark, and she understood that anything can happen where and when she was.

"What's jumping chick?" One of the delinquents said, approaching her. Tension and panic began to take hold.

The woman began to walk even faster. There weren't any heroes around, if she didn't get away right then, she knew she wouldn't make it home safely.

"Aw, don't be like that! Otherwise, we might get..." One of them delinquents then blocked her path, and forced her against a wall, "...Nasty." Her heart beat even faster. There was only one imperative in her mind: Run.

She pushed the brigand, and broke for the exit.

She didn't get far. Even more delinquents grabbed at her, stopping her dead in her tracks. "N-No!" She cried. All she did was take a shortcut to shave a few minutes off her trip. The men all surrounded her, ready to have their way.

And there wasn't a hero in sight.

"See, heroes don't come 'round these parts,"

"They're all scared that they'll get hurt."

"It's a crime, really."

"Somebody outta call the cops!"

"Pah! They're scared they'd get hurt, too!"

"It's dangerous in these parts. But don't worry, we'll protect you!"

She closed her eyes, whatever the gang had in store for her, she didn't want to look. One moment, she was surrounded by monsters of men. The next, well, she didn't see what, or who, changed the situation.

She only heard their screams.

"The people who need protection are you scum!"

"Who said that?!"

It was over in a mere second. A pair of gloved fists struck down two men. The rest turned to get a look at their attacker.

He stood tall. A black, scabbard cape wrapped around his body. Two tall, pointy bat-ears jutted from the figure's head. A pair of frightening, glowing white eyes narrowed, as if to display an angry expression.

He moved like a wild animal, but somehow attacked with the utmost precision. One man pulled a gun on the shadowy figure. But the figure retaliated by throwing a sharp, knife-like object lodged itself into the barrel of the weapon. The gun exploded in the man's hand, causing him to drop on the ground and writhe in pain. The rest all let the woman go. Quickly, she broke for cover to hide away.

The figure didn't move his arms from his sides when running, making him seem spectral. He brutally beat down the men as though they were letting him. Just like them, the woman too, was absolutely terrified.

Who was this person? Was he a hero? No way he would have a license with such unhinged violence.

The fighters were all absolutely terrified, screaming out of fear that the figure would actually kill them. He slapped and hit them hard, then disappeared into the dark shadows with no trace.

The gunman had finally finished writhing, only to find his companions were all unconscious. "Who's out there?! COME OUT AND FIGHT!" He roared, trying and failing to intimidate this mystery man.

The figure detached himself from the darkness, making a simple yet terrifying march towards the man. The brigand frantically pulled out a knife, only to have it knocked away from his hands. The man backed up until he fell on his rear, and scrambled to his feet, backing away as far as he could.

"W-who are you?" He asked, terrified in every sense of the word.

"I am Vengeance..." The figure began.

"I am the Night..." He continued as he picked the man up by his collar with both hands.

"I AM THE BATMAN!" Roared the figure as he threw the man into the wall, hitting his head in the impact. The poor brigand dropped unconscious.

The woman tried to sneak away, only to trip and fall, letting out a yelp at the unforeseen hazard. She glanced back to find that the figure had taken notice of her. He made his way towards her, she scrambled to her feet, only to fall over again. He strolled as his cape flowed behind him.

She shut her eyes tightly as fear took its hold upon her.

"It's a bad omen to trip and fall, let alone twice." Said the figure, his voice was calm. She opened her eyes, and stared in awe at the figure. He held out a hand to help her up. She quite timidly took it and pulled herself up, slowly. She saw an emblem on his chest, obscured by his cape.

"There's the exit." Said the figure as he pointed to the gate, "For your safety, move quickly." She nervously nodded, she jogged her way out of the alley. She didn't know whether to be afraid, happy, awestruck, or in plain shock.

She turned back to see the figure, but he was already long gone.

Naomasa Tsukauchi was at the scene as fast as he could possibly could.

All he found were sharp, bat-shaped ninja stars, unconscious brigands, and a woman who had called it in.

It was strange, no heroes were dispatched in the area, and the only witness didn't even see the mystery man's body. Only two pointy ears and white eyes. He was certain of one thing; there was an illegal hero on the loose.

The police swept up any evidence they could find, arrested the perps, and went back to their stations. Vigilantes were rare in this day and age, since being a hero was a sink-or-swim business. He stayed a minute or two after the bulk of the authorities left, as if something was still there, but wasn't. Had the detective looked to the rooftops, he might've glimpsed what he was looking for. Tsukauchi turned and left the alley, dissatisfied that he hadn't found anything more. Overhead, the wind kicked up a little.

And there he was, glistening in the moonlight.

A black, flapping scabbard cape. Two tall, pointy bat-ears. Two white eyes, as though they were angry. but what no one else had seen, was the full emblem on the figure's chest.

A yellow oval, in the center, lied the shadowy outline of a bat.

A/N: Well! I think that's a wonderful prologue. To me, this was the perfect way to start off a Batman story, even if it didn't have a "My Hero Academia Feel" to it.

Just to be clear: This takes places in the same universe as My Avengers Academia. So you can count on some cameos from Marvel characters I planned on putting in this story. I built an extensive lore for what goes on, and who exactly is in this universe. The next chapter for My Avengers Academia is almost finished, I'm putting finishing touches, it'll be out today as well as this chapter!

Just a heads-up, I'm writing some DC and Marvel stories, no crossovers in those though. Although, the stories will have their own extended universes. Basically, I'm doing an MCU-styled story universe for both Marvel and DC on their own. DC will include Batman to Batman Beyond, and Justice League. Marvel will have stories for Spider Man to Miles Morales, Iron Man, Avengers, and Captain America. But those will come in due time.

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