we are the poisoned youth

by Seito

"Tsunayoshi Sawada!" McGonagall called out. Harry watched as the one of the exchange students nervously shuffled forward. "Totally Hufflepuff," Seamus whispered. He wasn't the only one who thought so. There were similar whispers throughout the hall. Except it wasn't Hufflepuff. It definitely wasn't Hufflepuff. Part of the We Weren't Born to Follow Universe.

7. Lesson 1: Part 1

This is one of three parts.

The guest who left a review on 9/30 asking why Tsuna ended up in Slytherin. There's a chapter (somewhere in the 15 plus chapters I wrote) that covers it, but you should know I headcanon that canon!Tsuna would make a fine Slytherin. You can read it over on my tumblr: (remove the #) seitosokusha#.#tumblr#.#com#/post/150394511288/you-know-i-get-why-people-are-liking

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Ayame cast her eyes upward in prayer.

Her first class of the year and it just so happened to be 5th years, Gryffindor and Slytherin. One of the most volatile classes in all of Hogwarts, apparently. Notably contained one very famous Harry Potter along with apparently the smartest witch of this generation and several children of known Death Eaters.

The only silver lining was that Tsuna was a part of this class as well. (And since she was feeling optimistic, Kyoko, Haru and Takeshi.)

It was not that she didn't adore the rest of the kids. It was just Kyoko was a territorial Cloud who was feeling very unbalanced in a new and dangerous place with all her precious people in not quite arm's reach. Oh sure, she smiled and laughed, but Ayame could see that in the few days they have already been here, Kyoko was straining. Haru and Takeshi were in a world of their own and that could either be a good thing or a bad thing.

Why had she agreed to this again?

Oh yes. Tsuna asked.

The door opened and slowly trickled in her new students. They quietly separated dividing right down the classroom. Gryffindors on the right, Slytherins on the left. Ayame frowned a little at the thought. That couldn't be good in the long run. House rivalries were house rivalries, but this felt a little forced.

Clearly though, her kids weren't having anything to do with the house segregation and Takeshi grabbed Tsuna, pulling his Sky into the seat next him while Haru and Kyoko grabbed another table together. Several of their classmates made noises of disagreement.

Ayame let it slide for now. She could cause chaos later.

"I am Professor Ayame," she said speaking above the noise.

Her class quieted down, but someone's hand (Hermione Granger she believed) shot up. "Yes Ms. Granger?" Ayame asked.

"Is it just Professor Ayame?" Hermione asked. "Professor Dumbledore didn't mention your last name either during the Welcome Feast."

Ayame gave an amused smile. "Just Professor Ayame," she said. "Those of you with permission to call me Neesan can continue to do so, even in the classroom."

Her kids grinned at her. Ayame clapped her hands together. "Now, let's get started. Welcome to Defense." She paused and thought about it before clarifying. "Just Defense."

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Why yes, Ayame is teaching DADA (or just Defense in her words). And yes, it's a running joke in WWBtF that Ayame doesn't have a last name (see chapter 5 for the most obvious example). As for Kyoko being a territorial Cloud see chapter 23.

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