*This chapter contains a lot of Iida/Camie so if you're not like me and don't like odd crack pairings that have basis in the canon and only you ship than I apologize in advance*

"Hey Round Face!"

Katsuki Bakugou was the one person Uraraka didn't want to see during her Monday morning. Once again, she couldn't go to sleep so she took another walk before class started. She was actually glad she didn't see him working out once again but unfortunately, he decided to annoy her once again. She wondered why he would approach her now seeing as the last time they talked was almost two weeks ago and they hadn't exactly parted on such good terms.

"What do you want? She made no attempt to hide the contempt laced in her tone, Bakugou deserved it.

The blond flinched at her anger, he only saw Uraraka like this once before- at the Sports Festival. That was when she showed how determined she could be. It was sad to see everyone give her sympathy for going against someone like him and not praise for all the ass kicking she did out there. He let out a heavy sigh and said what needed to be said.

"I just want to say I'm sorry about what I said yesterday. It was a piece of-"

"Wait, what did you just say?"

Bakugou scanned her face and just saw confusion. Did he do something wrong? Fuck, he never apologized before and he should have done more research. If Shitty hair was here than he could have helped him deal with other people.

"Did you just apologize to me for something you did?"

Bakugou lowered his head, too afraid to even look at her "Yeah, I'm sorry for what I said about your accent and the reason you changed it"

The stifled giggle that came from Uraraka caused him to raise his head and look at her. "I think I deserve some kid of reward. Ya know, for being the first person in the universe to get Katsuki Bakugou to apologize for something he did!"

Now usually Bakugou would yell at anyone who had fun at his expense but right now he was relieved that Uraraka seemed to accept his apology. And if he were to be honest- Uraraka was probably the first person he sincerely apologized to.

Rather abruptly, Uraraka stopped laughing and gave Bakugou a serious look "I really want to know why you chose to say sorry to me considering how you usually are a lot more…douchey."

"Because what I said before was shitty. I should have never judged you like that. What makes it worse is that I know what it feels like to be judged by others because of the way I present myself which makes it extra shitty that I did it to you without bothering to really find out why you hid your real accent. It's fucked up that other brats made fun of you for something you couldn't control."

Like it's fucked up how you bullied Midoriya when you were kids?

Bakugou's consciousness butted its head once again. That's different; Deku always thought he was better than me even without that weird quirk of his

Uraraka was taken aback with Bakugou said. The blonde was actually showing some vulnerability to her. Maybe that was one of the reasons why Bakugou was so grouchy? Because people kept calling him terrible things because of bad first impressions and he finally became the asshole people already thought he was? Not to say that didn't excuse or justify his dikishness but it did give her some sort of idea of why Bakugou acted the way he did.

"Hey Uraraka."

"Uraraka and not "Round face"? I'm starting to think that you're a shape shifting villain is using your face to infiltrate the school…"

"Pshh, yeah right. That sounds like the dumbest, most over complicated plot ever! The reason why I called you by your name is because I want to ask you something important and I felt that calling you Round face wouldn't make me sound sincere."

"Okay...w-what do you want to ask me?"

"I want you to stop speaking like this...the people here aren't assholes and they won't judge you for who you really are. And all your friends probably deserve to know the real you"

Once again, Uraraka was surprised at Bakugou's unexpected sincerity. If he wasn't a jerk 99% of the time then she would be sure that he would have a lot of friends.

"Listen Bakugou, I appreciate how much you care about this but if I start speaking like how I do at home then everyone will ask me why I decide to change my accent and once I tell them why I adopted this accent I'm gonna have everyone tell me how sorry they are about my childhood. I don't about you but I'm tired of everyone being sorry or worried about me!"

"...And besides, I'm still the same girl I always was, I just talk differently. This is the real me"

"Yeah, that makes sense. Sorry for asking you to do something without thinking about the implications."

"Wow, apologizing twice? What's going on with you Bakugou?" Uraraka switched back to her teasing tone

"Alright, it's not the fucking craziest thing in the world." he turned away "Does this mean we're good?"

"Eh, kind of I guess. You're still kinda of an asshole. But hey, you're making progress and that's nice. Maybe you can apologize too Kiris-"

"No fucking way. I only apologized to you because I felt like I had to. Those five knew what they were getting in to and if they're mad at me, that's their problem."

"Okay...Why don't you try to make new friends? I mean, you always respected Tokoyami, right?"

"Hmph, I guess I might take you up on your offer. But it's almost time for class. We both should get going."

"Mr. Bernal, when is Camie going to come back to class?" Inasa whined at his teacher who continued to ignore him while watching the news.

"Also, why are you watching T.V with us in our rec room? Seiji questioned "You could watch the news anywhere!"

"That's right, but I want to show you all something. You know that Camie's rescue will be on the news, right?"

Kirishima spoke up "Aw crap, that means this school is gonna get a bad reputation for Camie's kidnapping just like how UA is getting blasted by the news for all the villain attacks!"

Mr. Bernal laughed "Watch the anchor talk about what happened and think of what we did"

All the students watched the anchor report on yesterday's incident involving Camie to see what Mr. Bernal was talking about. "In other news: the "UA Five", a group of students expelled from UA high school for going on an unauthorized mission to save one of their peers and gained notoriety across Japan for their actions helped rescue a captive classmate from their new school from a villain's hideout. What do you think about Ishikari?"

The newswoman's co-anchor gave his thoughts on the subject "I believe this incident shows the difference between UA and Shiketsu. Shiketsu utilized those five daring young heroes' wit and wisdom to aid them on their search. The police and one of the teachers the "Serene Hero- Breaking Point" noted for his cool demeanor stated that the five students they accepted into their class after they well expelled helped immeasurably in their quest."

The news feed cut to a pre-taped interview with a bevy of journalists where Mr. Bernal and the Chief Sagara talking about how the search was due to the help they got from the five students before going back to the two anchors.

"It's great seeing Shiketsu use those student's abilities to aid them. I bet UA would have expelled them a second time!" Both anchors laughed at that corny joke while Mr. Bernal turned the television off.

"You see what just happened?"

Yaoyorozu smacked her first into her open palm in amazement "You exploited the general public's adoration of us so that all the news reports will praise how "the amazing UA five helped rescue a kidnapped student" instead of admonishing the school for having one of the students here be kidnapped!"

"Bingo. While I did bring you along mainly to help recover one of my students the school board and I managed to use your fame to twist the headlines in this school's favor. The ability to manipulate the media to report the news how you want it to be reported is an important and dangerous skill"

"Wait a minute, are you saying that Shiketsu grabbed all of us is because we're good PR?!" Todoroki was outraged at what his teacher was saying.

Mr. Bernal let out a melancholic sigh "I tell you the truth- that was the main reason why fought tooth and nail to get you all. If you're gonna be mad about it then I suggest you get out of the hero game now because this sure isn't going to be the last time you'll see any hero related organization exploit the media and a public. Actual heroes do it as well, I know you are all bright kids with their futures ahead of them but you all must remember that being a hero is a career and a lot of heroes exploit their images as well."

"But let me say that even though the school board took you in to help our image, everyone from the board of directors, to the people working at this school directly felt sympathy for you all. We all believed that you five deserved a second chance. And we are all glad that you all decided to attend this school because if you didn't, Camie wouldn't be here with us…"

Todoroki seemed to calm down after that statement. He surmised that while Shiketsu wasn't as altruistic as he thought, they were cordial enough to allow of them to join their rank and file.

"Is Utsushimi alright?" that question came from Iida, who up until this point was silently observing. Midoriya was also observing, but he was also busy writing down a plethora of notes.

"Yes, her parents requested that she stay with them for a few days so they could spend some time with her. Frankly, I'm amazed that they let her stay in this school but they both work full time jobs and they couldn't afford to send her to another school at this point in the year."

"You know Iida, your suggestion of tracking those illegal medical supplies were critical in allowing us to locate her" the rest of the original first year class piled on the congratulations as well

"It's quite alright. I'm just happy I prevented another hero from having their career ended early. I don't want what happened to my brother to happen to anyone else...and, my apologies I don't really have much to say, but I don't want to end on a sour note so….I must excuse myself." Iida left the room, to the confusion of his classmates.

"What the hell was that?" was Kirishima's immediate response

"Yeah, usually Iida could make a long, heartfelt speech on the values of cleanliness. I'm not sure why he fizzled out like this…" Midoriya tapped his pen to his bottom lip quizzically.

"What did Iida mean when he was talking about his brother?" Nagamasa questioned

"Iida's brother Tensei was the pro hero, Ingenium. Whenever Iida talked about Tensei he always told us how he was the best big brother and how Tensei inspired him to become a hero. During the Sports Festival we had, Ingenium was attacked by the Hero Killer and was left paralyzed."

"Is that why Iida didn't show up during the medal ceremony?" Seiji asked

"Yeah, after the Sports Festival, we all had internships and Iida actually encountered the Hero Killer. Todoroki and I caught up to him and then Endeavour and his sidekicks stopped Stain." Midoriya omitted parts of the story. He legally wasn't allowed to say that he, Todoroki, and Iida fought Stain and Todoroki's dad took the credit to prevent them from facing legal consequences. He also left out the part where Iida became consumed with vengeance and almost died because of it.

"I guess seeing what could have happened to Camie reminded Iida about his brother." Midoriya finished his theory on why Iida seemed on edge.

"Whoa, I can't believe you guys encountered Stain!" Inasa was amazed at what he had just heard "What was it like?"

"We kept Stain from escaping before my dad came and beat him. It's not as exciting as you think." Todoroki turned towards Mr. Bernal "When is Camie supposed be here?"

"We arranged for her return in two days."

"That's good. That way Iida could see that she's alright and hopefully get out of his funk"

"How thoughtful of you Todoroki" Yaoyorozu was genuinely impressed with her crushes concern for his friend. Todoroki became flustered upon hearing her praise

"Well, uh...Iida is a close friend so...I'm concerned about him"

"Can you believe the news crapped all over our school again?!" Sero angrily shook his phone upon reading the story on his newsfeed

"They used our friend's actions to make themselves look good. I mean, I'm proud of them for saving their classmate but it's crazy how Shiketsu twisted the story to make themselves look good. Their student was the one that was kidnapped for a month!" Jirou stopped her guitar tuning to comment on the various stories."

"I guess you were right Tsuyu…"

"Thank goodness Midoriya told you about how that new girl was creeping him out." the frog girl responded to Mina's comment. The rest of the class looked at them with confusion in their eyes. Just what on earth were they talking about?

"Mina told me that Midoriya told her that one of his new classmates was being super creepy towards him. He also told her that this Camie girl's regular classmates were confused at how weird she was acting. I remember during our training camp battle that there was some weird girl in the League of Villains who said she had a crush on Midoriya. I told Mina all I knew about her and she told Midoriya. She must have done something to tip Midoriya off on her disguises."

"You know, when I first started dating Izu; I never expected that I had to deal with so many rivals! But I'm happy that his new school is apparently treating him well…"

"I heard Iida was the one who told the cops the right evidence to finally track down where the bad guys held her captive" Tooru echoed the gossip she heard

"Well, it was either gonna be him or Yaoyorozu. They were the smartest students in this class before they got expelled and they were also the class reps. Speaking of which, should we vote for a new class president now? It's been a month…" Ojiro decided to talk about the elephant in the room

"Guys, Camie is coming back today!" Inasa practically screamed to his classmates

"Inasa, may I remind you that you're still in class…" His teacher lightly reprimanded him. Marco knew that his student was extremely excited about the news and if Marco were to be honest, he was quite hyped as well. But class was still class and they all had to stay focused.

"Sorry Mr. B, I just can't help but feel excited! Once she's here, then this class will finally be completed!"

"Well technically, this class had been complete for a couple of months before our new classmates transferred in" Nagamasa pointed out, prompting the five UA students and Seiji to nod their heads in agreement.

Mr. Bernal cleared his throat to get his class' attention "Guys, I'm as happy as you are but we gotta, you know- finish class…"

All of his students apologized for their interruptions and class continued without a hitch.

The five former UA students returned to their dorm rooms to get a head start on their homework. Even though it was a Friday, none of them wanted to fall behind. They were, however confused with how little homework their teachers gave them. They surmised that since one of their classmates was returning, the teachers decided to give them a break.

Nagamasa, Seiji, and Inasa were setting up the rec room for a party. Nagamasa suggested that they throw a party today. A good friend was returning from her horribly traumatic ordeal and they wanted to give her some joy. They knew that Camie was at least aware of their classmates but she never really had the chance to meet them, so this party would be a good ice breaker for everyone.

Mr. Bernal liked their idea and actually ordered a good deal of food for their party. Most of it was already sitting on the table and all that was missing was the cake their teacher ordered which he was currently picking up.

"So, Camie's supposed to show up at six, right?"

"That's right Seiji; we should call our new friends ten minutes beforehand."

Mr. Bernal arrived after they done setting up the table with the cake "Alright kids, my job here is done. I'll see you all later and I hope you have a good time tonight."

"Wait, you're not staying for the party?"

"Of course not, Inasa! There's nothing sadder than a grown man hanging out with a bunch of teenagers!" Marco took a moment to savor the look of betrayal and disbelief that his students had before telling them the real reason why he can't join them "Okay, I was just messing with you there. I would love to welcome one of my students back with opens arms but I have so much to do. I have to meet up with the rest of the school board and the board of directors to discuss what happened to Camie and how to prevent stuff like this from happening in the future. Just because Camie's safe and sound right now doesn't mean the school is off the hook for what we didn't catch."

"We understand sir; we'll explain why you had to leave."

"Thank you Nagamasa, you should tell everyone to get down here. Camie is going to arrive soon."

"Holy crap, how long were you guys planning this party?!" Kirishima was dazzled at the sight of all the food and decorations

"I take it this is the reason why you all went to the recreation room while we went to the dorms to do our homework. This is quite impressive for two hours' worth of setting up…" Yaoyorozu praised the three for their hard work

"Well we did plan the entire set up including the "welcome back" banner. We just needed to physically put it all together. Now look alive guys, Nagamasa is going to come through that door with Camie any minute now. Nagamasa told us that he's going to give her pointers on who you are all so you don't have to feel awkward. I'm looking at you Midoriya!"

"Hey! Why do you think I'm the one that's going to be awkward?!" everyone else in the room gave Midoriya a deadpan look that screamed "are you serious?" which prompted him to cross his arms and scoff "I'm not...that awkward...anymore…"

A short time later Nagamasa arrived with Camie in tow. The first thing that happened was all of the students that attended Shiketsu since the beginning of the year engaged in a tight hug. This was a joyous reunion for all of them and tears were shed. The tears were mostly Inasa bawling in joy that all his friends were together again. Camie had to take a couple of minutes to assure all her concerned friends that she was for the most part, okay.

Nagamasa then took the time to introduce Camie to the new students that joined them during her absence.

"You're Midoriya right? Sorry that the chick that looked like me was obsessed with you."

"It's alright, I'm just happy we found out the truth about that girl who was impersonating you."

"So...we're cool?"

"Yeah, I don't blame you for anything that villain did"

Camie was especially happy that one of her new classmates was also a woman

"Thank God there is finally another girl here! It's dope that you're here Yaoyorozu!"

Yaoyorozu chuckled "Believe me; I'm as happy as you are too finally talk to someone without a Y-Chromosome here."

"Like, Inasa, Seiji, and Nagamasa are cool but I can't really talk about everything with them. You feel me?"

"I agree wholeheartedly."

Kirishima greeted Camie with open arms while Todoroki was a bit terser but still friendly. Camie noticed that Todoroki's face brighten when she mentioned that Yaoyorozu was happy that she had another girl to talk to. Camie connected the dots fairly soon after that.

"You're Iida, right?"

"Indeed. It's wonderful to meet you Utsushimi; the real you that is."

"Nagamasa told me that you helped the cops locate me" she was spooling her around her finger as she offhandedly pointed out his heroics

"Please, finding out where you were held was a combination effort from all of us! Do not heap the praise on me!" Iida's arms were flailing wildly as he was talking

"But he said that you're the one that gave the cops the info they needed to find me! So...thanks"

"You're welcome. But I'm sure that anyone else would have made the same connections I did. Why don't we savor the celebrations?"

"Sure"

The party progressed quite smoothly after the introductions were made. Everyone was happy that for the first time in long time some modicum of normalcy was restored in their lives. The UA five had now fully accepted Shiketsu as their new home and the students that were there since the start of the year were elated that their class was whole once again.

Kirishima and Inasa were arm wrestling to determine who among them was the manliest of them all. Naturally Midoriya was on his friend's side cheering him on while Nagamasa and Seiji, in a rare instance of excitement were fully backing Inasa.

"Come on Kirishima, show them those muscles aren't just for show!"

"Inasa, blow away your competition!"

Todoroki and Yaoyorozu were sitting on a table, eating food and talking which consisted of both of them trying to say something but losing the nerve halfway through and taking a bite of their meal to compensate. Not one full conversation was had between them.

Iida was observing all of this with a smile. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and that was fine by him. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted Camie listlessly eating her cake and against his better judgment, he walked over to her to see what was going on

"Is anything bothering you, Utsushimi?"

"I'm just thinking about what happened to me…"

"I understand that your situation is still quite traumatizing to you but-"

"No it's not that! I just know I shouldn't be here! I was walking home to see my folks and this lizard dude and some crazy chick stabbed me kidnapped me. Even though they got the drop on me I still tried to fight them but my quirk was freakin' useless! If anyone else in my class was attacked like that, they would have used their awesome quirks to kick ass! Illusions won't help me in a fight and I got some nasty scars to prove it."

Iida took a moment to process her words before doing something unexpected- he unraveled the sleeve of his shirt to reveal the massive scars Stain inflicted upon him

"I received these scars when I fought the Hero Killer. He attacked and crippled my older brother and I...I lost it. I hunted him down and tried to kill him. If anyone doesn't deserve to call themselves a hero it's me. But Midoriya and Todoroki managed to bring me back to the light. It is only fitting that I give you the same kindness they gave me."

"You're too hard on yourself. You were attacked by two members of the league of villains and I mean it when I say no one in this room would have fared any better than you. Your quirk is amazing and I believe that you can be a great hero someday. Please do not let your past scars define you, Camie."

Camie was shocked at Iida's speech. She didn't think anyone could say anything that would make her feel better but his words did soften the devastation that she was feeling right now. He told her something personal, something he was sure that he would rather not remember just to cheer her up. What was with this guy?

"Thanks...that actually really helped"

"I'm glad that I could be of some service! Come now; let's not let this party go to waste!"

After a solid couple of hours of partying, the students finally grew tired of all the activity and headed for their rooms for a well-deserved rest. Todoroki and Iida volunteered to stay behind for a while to clean up the remaining trash.

"So, I observed you being together with Yaoyorozu during the celebrations. Did things progress to how you would like it?"

"I wish I could say that. I think we were both too nervous to speak with each other so it was really awkward."

Iida shook his head in sympathy "Well, at least you are actually trying to interact with her more. I'm sure you'll gain the confidence to ask her out soon."

"Speaking of confidence, Camie sure did seem a lot happier after you talked to her…"

Iida almost dropped his garbage bag in shock "You noticed us?"

"No, Yaoyorozu noticed how forlorn she looked and how you seemed to cheer her up. If you don't mind me asking, what happened between you two?"

"She was feeling distraught that she was beaten and captured by the League; said she didn't deserve to be a hero so I opened up to her. I told her that if anything, I'm the one who shouldn't call himself a hero and divulged the Stain incident to her. How I became a vengeance fueled beast and how you and Midoriya helped bring me back to the light. I told her that I was going to do the same for her no matter how what it takes."

"Wow...I'm surprised that you revealed so much about yourself. Especially considering how hard the Stain incident was to you. What made you do all that?"

"I...actually don't know. She seemed so trouble that I felt like I had to do something…"

"Hmm, I'm not so good at reading things but I think you have feelings towards Camie."

Iida spent a good couple of minutes wildly flailing around and trying to tell Todoroki that his hypothesis was absurd. When he realized that someone like Todoroki, who was terrible at social cues didn't believe a word he said he finally admitted the truth to Todoroki and himself.

"I believe that you're right Todoroki…"

"Good. So when are you going to ask her out?"

"I can't just ask her out!"

"Uh...why not?"

"I don't think it's morally justifiable to ask someone to date you when they are aware that you helped save their life. She will be pressured by her feelings of gratitude towards me and I will not prey on someone like that!"

"But what if she just likes you?"

"Unfortunately, I cannot ascertain her true feelings towards me and taking advantage of someone who had just recovered from a month of captivity is not something I am keen on."

"Damn, I didn't even think of any of that. Yeah...it sort of makes sense why you're hesitant on pulling the trigger when you put it that way." Unbeknownst to Iida, Todoroki was forming a plan of his own to get his friend together with Camie. Since Iida told him that Yaoyorozu was interested in him, Todoroki vowed to himself to find out if Camie was interested in Iida.