twindaughterofArtemis pointed out that I had a Greek Proverb in Latin in the last chapter, and I just wanted to make a note that the reason for that was because the magic for the spells was in Latin.

(Way to keep me honest! = ) )

They also pointed out a translation error- damn you Google Translate!- that I will go back and fix eventually.

The Tetsu bit was yet another contribution made by the wonderfully amazing InsaneScriptist, so please give her around of applause!

This chapter is short, and very nearly crack-ish, but it's is also transitional, so please bear with me!

The door slammed open and there stood Kyouya in all his ten-year-old glory, Kyou-chan perched imperiously on his shoulder. "Experienced Carnivore."

Hikaru groaned from his prone position on the desk and pointed to the hysterically cackling Black woman, "Her. Fault."

Kyouya turned and looked at the elderly Black lady, having met her briefly before Hikaru's misadventure, but not really having been properly introduced, "Hibari Kyouya."

The woman righted herself and fierce blue-grey eyes raked over Kyouya's form, "Black, Cassiopeia, you may call me Cassi."

This woman was a Carnivore. Kyouya approved. "Cassi-obaa-san."

Hikaru whimpered.

Cassiopeia resumed her cackling.

They had been using Hikaru's apartment for the Chiavarone research because it was the only building that was secure enough to hold the files at the time that they started, and then they were honestly too busy to try to secure a new building and move all their stuff.

However, with Hikaru and Blaise living there already, and Tsuna and Hayato pretty much living there as well, (Tsuna had gotten to the point where he went home for dinner every other day and that was about it, his mother didn't seem to mind), not to mention the addition of Romario and Dino- since they spent so much time working paying for the hotel had been a wasted expense- and the small amount of space that Reborn took up, the apartment was beyond overcrowded, even though Asuka-obaa-san had let them sprawl out far beyond the actual boundaries.

The news that Madam Cassi had more people to bring to Japan, (on top of the fifteen she had stashed somewhere in Tokyo already), did not a happy Hikaru make.

"Hn." Was Kyouya's response to the news once everyone had gathered.

(Hikaru was still waiting for the explosion. )

"So basically," Romario said, "We have people who refuse to do anything else with their life other than be in the service of Lord Potter, which is Adriano, and so you brought them here to Japan."

Madam Cassi nodded sharply, "These people aren't like young Marius or Blaise, who are fully Oath Sworn to Adriano, but they are still Oath Sworn and Adriano has a duty to them. Naturally I chose to bring them here, as I didn't think that he would want to be away any more than he had to, at least for now."

"No, he doesn't." Kyouya responded flatly, making Hikaru huff in amused exasperation.

"Still," Hikaru said, running a hand through his hair in frustration, "They are going to stand out here, especially in Namimori. We need someplace else for them to gather, as more will be graduating."

"Indeed." Reborn muttered as his thoughts raced, these people were from Hogwarts, students from the DC who had graduated and still held a deep distrust of the government and wanted to work for Harry directly.

"These are recently-graduated students, right?" Dino asked.

"Huh? Oh, yeah."

"What about Italy?" Dino saw the looks and rushed to explain, "I mean not the Mafia- well, not right away- but Italy uses the Eastern Method, right? You could have them do some basic intel gathering for us and put them through school so that they would have a real chance to do what they wanted, and then just sort of see how it goes from there?"

Hikaru grinned, "That's a great idea!"

(Reborn grinned too, but he saw the darker implications, and he knew that Madam Cassi did too. If those kids didn't already adore Adriano, they would be absolutely devoted in a few years' time.)

After that it devolved into a brainstorming session of where to buy a house in Italy to Ward the hell out of so that they could house everyone while still conducting business, but still be situated in Chiavarone territory, or at least territory that the Famiglia hadn't lost.

After hours of pouring over maps of Italy marked with the latest underground lines, and going over the intel that Reborn had provided, however, it was decided that they would take advantage of the recent Vongola housecleaning and push the Boerio Famiglia out of Aosta, Assisi, and Messina, giving them strategic positions in northern, central, and southern Italy.

(The fact that the Boerio Famiglia were drug traffickers who were dipping into human trafficking had nothing to do with their decision. Honestly. It was coincidence.)

This led them to the issue of how they were going to go after a gang of five hundred or so members who had no qualms about selling people like cattle, let alone shooting them.

"Hn. Herbivores. Bite them to death."

"You could take the DC helicopters." Tetsu offered helpfully.

Hikaru's head met the desk, "Tetsu," Hikaru's voice was strained, "You're eleven. When the hell did we get helicopters?!"

"Some of the students from the original DC opted to go to vocational school instead of high school, or graduated from high school and then went to vocational school. I had to have something for them to do. Some of them wanted to fly, some of them wanted to be mechanics, so we bought parts and whatnot, and now we have a fully serviceable hangar and six operable helicopters."

Hikaru groaned. "You scare me a little, Tetsu."

Romario was looking at Tetsu speculatively, "That was excellent planning."

Tetsu fairly preened, "Thank you. Our first college graduates graduate next year, I have many plans for them."

A green eye peeked up at Tetsu, "You know they joined a gang of delinquents back in middle school, we shouldn't hold that over their head forever."

Kyouya scoffed, "The herbivores make noise when we try to get rid of them."

Hikaru groaned and got up, "Whatever, I'm going to get some sleep, and maybe when I wake up things will make sense again."

Why was everything today being so weird?

Romario leaned on the bedroom doorway and tried not to grin too loudly.

Hikaru was sprawled out on his back on his twin-sized bed, his dark hair a halo around his lightly tanned skin. Tsuna was curled up against Hikaru's left side, fluffy brown hair wild even in his sleep with his tiny hands fisted in Hikaru's sleep shirt, while Hayato had probably started on Hikaru's left side but was now sprawled across the older boy's chest, silvery hair nearly tickling Hikaru's nose and nose inches from Tsuna's own. Blaise had apparently invited himself along, and was sprawled on the edge, to the free side of Tsuna, while on the window side was none other than Hibari Kyouya, laying curled on his stomach, but with his face tilted towards Hikaru.

Dino and Tetsu had apparently decided that futons were the way to go, and those two were on the floor, but still close enough to be a part of the scene.

If he thought he could get away with it, Romario would take a damn picture.

"Something else, aren't they?" Madam Cassi murmured from the side, whipping out her wand- that had been a revelation for Romario- and making a camera appear before she began quietly snapping pictures.

"They're just kids. They're shouldering so much." He murmured back to her.

"Hmm. Sometimes it takes the young to fix the mistakes of the older generation. They still need us, of course, but we need them as well. Don't be so caught up on age, boy, and live in the now." The venerable lady advised as she stashed the camera away and patted his arm before turning around to walk away.

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