Authors Note: Someone requested that Izumi meet back up with some of the bullies who picked on her. Here goes. I looked it up to see if the two boys had names but they don't in either the show or the manga. So I just picked a couple of names. I own nothing.

Unpleasant Reunion

It started with a text from Yaoyarozu. She wanted to hang out with the girls from the class and was wondering if anyone was free. Izumi, who'd finished her homework early, said she would love to. Uraraka was also onboard along with Jirou. The other girls were busy though. Apparently Ashido had dragged Hagakure to a tutoring session Bakugou was running. Asui was out of town with her family for the day. So at around noon Izumi pulled on her red sneakers and bid farewell to her mother.

"Be safe Izumi!"

"I will mom! Love you!"

"I love you too sweetie!" Her mother called as Izumi raced away from the house. The girls were all meeting up at a shopping district not too far away. She let herself enjoy the sunshine. It had been a while since she'd just gone out to enjoy herself. If she was honest she hadn't done this before. She'd never had friends in middle school, no one wanted to be friends with the quirkless nerd. She shook her head and kicked a rock in her way. She wasn't going to think about it. She was going to enjoy herself today.

"Deku!" The call was a bright cheerful one, nothing like how it used to be jeered at her. She liked it better this way. She waved to Uraraka who was bouncing excitedly. Neither of them noticed a pair of heads turn at the name. Yaoyarozu and Jirou showed up a few minutes later hand in hand and the girls began to wander the shops on the street. A few hours later they stopped at a small food stand for some lunch. Izumi grinned as Jirou took a quick photo of the four of them using her earphone jack to push the button so she could throw up a peace sign. Izumi stumbled as someone bumped into her. She turned to apologize but froze at the face she spotted.

The long straggly brown hair and sleezy smile belonged to one of the two boys who'd hung off Kacchan like barnacles in middle school Hatchi and Sanji. Glancing behind Hatchi Izumi saw Sanji was here too. Great, two people she'd hoped to never run into, ever again. Hatchi's smile got wider.

"Oh well if it isn't little Deku!" He said the word like it was the name of a particularly nasty bug. His sleezy smile never left his face as Sanji made his way over to them.

"Sorry for bumping into you." She made to turn away but Hatchi caught her hand.

"That's fine. So you were holding out on us all these years huh?" She shrank away as Sanji grinned from his spot by Hatchi's shoulder.

"Yeah, who knew you had such a powerful quirk. Though the way you use it, it still seems pretty useless, huh Deku?" She felt the tears rise as everything they'd ever called her rushed back into her mind.

Stupid.

Useless.

Burden.

Ugly.

"Deku!" She flinched as Uraraka grabbed her shoulder. Yaoyarozu and Jirou were standing behind the brunette, holding their completed order. Sanji stepped forward.

"Oh are these your friends from UA little Deku?" All the girls faces went dark at the way he said her nickname. It was like how Bakugou said it but worse. Yaoyarozu's eyes narrowed as she spotted the long fingers around Izumi's wrist. Her voice was cold as she spoke.

"I suggest you let her go." The look in her eyes could have rivaled Todoroki's cold glare in that moment. Hatchi dropped Izumi's wrist and she moved away from the two. She hated that she was sort of cowering behind Uraraka. Hatchi snorted.

"Ha so you still are the same useless little Deku." Uraraka bristled.

"You have no idea what you're talking about! She's saved lives and done more to help people than the two of you ever will. Back off!" The boys jerked backwards as Jirou came to stand next to Uraraka, nearly blocking Izumi from view entirely between the two of them.

"You heard the lady." The two boys looked like they were going to say something else but when Yaoyarozu stepped up to stand next to Jirou they seemed to think better of it and slunk away. The three girls turned to Izumi who took one look at them and burst into tears.

"Noooo! Deku don't cry!" Uraraka said it with tears in her own eyes. Izumi shook her head.

"No. I'm ok! It's just no one ever stood up for me like that before." Yaoyarozu gathered them all into a group hug and passed around the food as Izumi scrubbed her eyes. She gave Yaoyarozu the biggest watery smile the other girl had ever seen and Yaoyarozu ruffled the shorter girl's messy green hair. Jirou leaned on Yaoyarozu's shoulder and spoke softly so that Izumi, who'd turned to talk to Uraraka, wouldn't hear her.

"If Todoroki doesn't scoop her up soon then someone else is gonna. That smile is the cutest damn thing." Yaoyarozu nodded.

"He's working on it." Jirou raised an eyebrow and turned to see Yaoyarozu's smile. The slightly taller girl nodded to the necklace just visible at the collar of Izumi's shirt. It was a small golden crystal sun. "He said it reminds him of her smile." Jirou let out a small laugh.

"He's so cheesy! I would never have called that." The two linked hands.

"Yeah well if he'd worked up the courage to actually sign the note I'd have given him more credit." Jirou laughed and Uraraka and Izumi turned to the pair.

"What?" Jirou shook her head.

"Nothing, bit of an inside joke." Uraraka shrugged and pointed at a nearby store.

"Oh this place has really good Mochi!" The four of them made their way down the street, the altercation long forgotten by all but Izumi, who couldn't be happier that she'd finally found people who really cared about her.