Surprisingly, Tsuna didn't need much convincing at all. And the second they even mentioned the idea to Mukuro he had been all for it without needing the explanation.

Reborn was very suspicious about that.

"Mukuro I can get, but why are you so accepting of overthrowing the English enclaves?" he asked Tsuna.

Tsuna had a pained look on his face. He still hadn't heard back from Enma, but it might take a day or two for the owl to reach them...and for Enma not to freak out over a messenger bird.

"Neville told me that his own uncle thought it was perfectly acceptable to hold him out of a window and when the man let go by accident and he managed to survive, that he was given a toad and a congratulations. Any society that thinks that is acceptable behavior or a way to treat a child simply because of a special power or talent needs to get a reality check," he said flatly.

That seemed to settle Reborn's fears. For a moment there he had thought something had happened to his student. He had simply forgotten to factor in Tsuna's love of small children and the fact he had quickly befriended the quiet Neville.

Though it didn't stop Reborn from changing the topics to something he found far more amusing.

"So Tsuna, how was your date with Ms. Lovegood yesterday?"

Tsuna turned into a tomato, his face was that red.

"Reborn!"

Mukuro latched on to this bit of news with glee.

"Yes, Tsuna, how did your date go with my Rain?" he purred.

Tsuna turned to glare at him, though it was a kitten glower at best.

"How did your snogging session with Chrome go when Snape caught you?" he shot back.

"We didn't 'snog'," sniffed Mukuro. "We were having an intense discussion about something."

"In a closet, with less than all your clothes on, from what I was told," Tsuna said darkly.

Reborn cackled. It was official, as backwards as this place was it was doing worlds of good for Tsuna. He was actually developing some sass and a proper backbone. The timid kitten he had first met was swiftly developing into a proper tiger cub.

He would say lion, but considering what Iemitsu's nickname was Reborn was very reluctant to compare Tsuna to his sperm donor. That man was an idiot and Reborn thanked his lucky stars that Tsuna shared almost nothing in common with him.

Tigers were at least Asian, and he knew for a fact that Tsuna had a more "Japanese" mindset than an Italian one so the comparison suited him much better.

Reborn looked to Tsuna seriously.

"Personally I think it's much better that you've developed an interest in the Lovegood girl and not your Sun's sister," said Reborn.

"Why?" asked Tsuna, confused.

"Let me put it this way... have you ever compared Kyoko Sasegawa to your mother?"

Tsuna blinked, before mentally making a list of comparisons...and turning horrified. He shuddered when he realized Kyoko had far too much in common with his own mother, which would neatly explain why his crush on her had lasted so long. Well, outside of the fact that she had never once called him "Dame-Tsuna".

"I always wondered why you let that borderline Oedipus complex continue," said Mukuro.

Reborn blinked and looked at him.

"You've read Oedipus?"

"I like reading the older myths. I find it particularly comforting to see stories of people getting screwed over by forces outside their control in spectacular ways, and in one of my past lives I was a scholar," shrugged Mukuro. "The Greek and Roman myths were particularly interesting, even if it painted a very clear picture of how screwed up the pantheon actually was. Compared to them, the Norse pantheon could be considered rather tame."

Reborn looked rather delighted to find yet another commonality between him and his new Sky.

"What's your opinion of Zeus and Hera?"

"A very dysfunctional marriage between a serial rapist and a spurned wife who was too stubborn to get a divorce," said Mukuro without hesitation. "And don't get me started on what a whore Aphrodite was, never mind what a manipulative bitch she could be when she wanted something."

"Oh?" said Reborn with interest, not really caring that the others were listening to the whole conversation with amusement.

"She made Medea fall in love with Jason, completely disregarding her own status as the princess and even twisting the girl's mind to the point that she killed her own father and brother for him. Then when he goes and gets a new, younger wife and leaves her, she is so distraught in her grief and rage that she murdered her own children. Frankly I can't really blame her for that sort of reaction, considering he essentially raped her for years and used her until she was too 'old' for his liking," said Mukuro flatly. "And all because Aphrodite decided that making the girl fall in love with a man who didn't actually give a damn about her would help with his stupid quest."

Reborn looked rather pleased.

"I'm confused," said Tsuna.

"I'll give you a book about general Greek myths. The incident Mukuro mentions is actually part of a well known Greek story, as is Oedipus. Though the latter is mostly used to reference the dangers of believing in prophecy and how some are more 'self-fulfilling' than others," said Reborn.

Seeing he had Tsuna's full attention, Mukuro explained.

"Oedipus' parents went to an oracle shortly after he was born and were told that he would eventually murder his father and marry his mother. Horrified they had one of their close guards cast the boy away to die alone, where he was found by a sheppard and taken to be raised in a different kingdom as prince. Years later he heard about the prophecy concerning him, and since he didn't know he was adopted he fled the kingdom for fear of it coming true. He came upon a crossroads where he met a traveler and after an argument ended up killing the man. Soon after he came upon a new kingdom suffering under the terror of a Sphinx... anyone who could rid the kingdom of the creature would be named king and marry the queen."

Tsuna could make a general idea of what happened.

"He answered the riddle correctly, killing the Sphinx and ended up marrying the queen," said Tsuna.

Mukuro nodded.

"They had three daughters together and for a time everything was fine. Then a plague hit and the oracle told them to find out what happened to the king if they wanted it to end."

Tsuna grimaced.

"The man Oedipus killed was the king, and the queen was actually his mother, thus fulfilling the very prophecy they tried to avert," he guessed.

"The queen killed herself, Oedipus cut out his own eyes for being so blind, and it all could have been avoided if the idiots had bothered to raise their son instead of listening to the oracle in the first place," said Mukuro. "And don't get me started on some of the other Greek myths."

Seeing the look of curiosity in Tsuna's eyes, Mukuro grimaced.

"Arachne was turned into a spider because she had the balls to weave Zeus' exploits with women other than his wife. Athena was so enraged by the fact that the woman dared to point out her father's faults that she cursed the woman into a spider," said Mukuro. "And don't get me started on Hades. That man tricked his own niece into becoming his wife, and only lets her out once a year because her mother threw a complete bitch fit about it."

Tsuna's eyes were wide...and he mentally made a note to read Greek mythology. Then he scrunched his nose in confusion over something.

"Why did you mention the Romans though?"

"Because technically the Greeks share the same pantheon with the Romans, just under different names. For example Zeus is known as Jupiter, and Poseidon is called Neptune," said Reborn, amused. He noticed the interest Tsuna was showing and was already drawing up a list of books the boy could read later.

It was about time Tsuna was growing interested in studying something. Fon had been correct when he suggested 'small steps' as opposed to forcing the boy to learn something he already considered boring.

Reborn was old, but he wasn't so old that he couldn't admit when his methods needed adjustment.

Mukuro was not happy, and it was evident someone was going to have a very short lived bad day when he was through.

"What. Happened."

Lying on the hospital wing bed was Ken, and he looked very pale.

"Mr. Rokudo, I highly doubt that you should be here!" said the nurse.

"He is my bonded vassal. I have every right to be here, seeing as how he is under my protection. I will not ask again, what happened to him?" hissed Mukuro in absolute fury.

Seeing a pale McGonagall, he instinctively knew she was behind the reason why Ken looked like death warmed over. He ignored Dumbledore entirely, as the old man was not his concern.

"I caught him playing around with the animagus transformation, and I used the spell to revert it since he had gotten it wrong. The next thing I knew he was screaming in agony and I had to stun him twice before he stopped," said McGonagall quitely.

"You god-damn fool! Ken isn't a normal animagus! He can't achieve a full transformation yet! He uses specialized enchanted teeth to achieve something similar to a partial transformation that is perfectly stable and you nearly killed him!" said Mukuro in absolute fury.

They had tested what would happen if Ken was hit with the standard spell to reverse the animagus transformation, and found out that because of what he went through in the labs, his magic was entirely too unstable to ever achieve a 'proper' animagus form. If anything he would be able to do limited shape-shifting, but his core had been heavily altered by the experiments. As a result, he had to rely on his 'animal paths' to even use that particular magic safely.

Hitting him with the reversal spell, they had found, was almost the equivalent of using a full powered Crucio.

"How many times did you hit him with that spell?" demanded Mukuro.

"Three times," said McGonagall.

Mukuro swore rather viciously, in more than one language.

The old cat was torn, because she recognized some of the words as particularly foul. However she also recognized she had done something wrong, though she had no idea what.

"Ken's magic,"stressed Mukuro, eyes glinting viciously and with a great deal of murder behind them, "Is very unstable when it comes to self-transfiguration. What you just did to him was no different than putting him under the cruciatus at full power. And before you claim I am exagerrating we had fully trained medi-wizards examine the magic in question before we even came here and they did extensive tests on the matter considering how unusual his ability is. The teeth he uses are so he can channel the magic safely."

McGonagall looked absolutely horrified hearing that. Dumbledore looked grave and gazed at Ken's prone body with sorrow.

Sensing Ken stirring, Mukuro was at his side in an instant.

"Mukuro-sama?" he said, pained.

"I'm right here. I won't let them hurt the pack again, especially since it's clear none of the teachers bothered to read the full dosier they were given about our medical files," said Mukuro, glaring at Pomphrey.

Ken whined and latched onto Mukuro, who gave the teachers the darkest look he could and made it clear that if any of them attempted to come near the boy he wouldn't hesitate to murder them all in their sleep.

Fon came in, carrying a potion.

"I heard what happened," he said by way of explanation. Ken didn't hesitate to down the potion when offered, and was out like a light within seconds.

"What was that?" asked Pomphrey. She didn't like her patients drinking potions she didn't recognize.

Fon gave her a thin smile, but it was clear he was furious with them all.

"Mukuro mentioned Ken's condition, correct? When we did the exams we also made note of which potions worked best and which ones would react negatively. What I gave him was something to heal the damage and relieve the pain. It also contains a sedative so that he would sleep through the healing process rather than get into trouble again. May I ask which one of you was foolish enough to use the animagus reversal spell on him?"

Seeing the flinch the transfiguration teacher gave, Fon's gaze was clearly disapproving.

"I am disappointed in you, madam. As Deputy Headmistress I know for a fact you should have read the warnings we made in their files that were sent. Ken's file explicitedly stated that particular spell should never be used on him, especially when he's using one of his special enchanted teeth. Unless you failed to do your job and simply skimmed over the medical warnings?" said Fon with a sharp tone.

"Is this really necessary?" said Dumbledore. He didn't like the fact Fon was dressing one of his most loyal minions down, as if she were an errant first year.

Fon's gaze turned to him and Dumbledore flinched.

"Allow me to clarify something for you, Albus Dumbledore," said Fon with a perfectly 'friendly' voice which was anything but. "While you fools seem to take for granted the safety and health of your charges, we have not. I am astounded you continue to pretend obliviousness to the health problems this school has, to say nothing of the horrifying level of disciplinary and behavioral issues of the student body. If this is the level of care the teachers give to the students, then it's no wonder you've had such trouble with that hack Dark Lord Voldemort."

Mukuro was rather enjoying the dressing down that the Storm Arcobaleno was giving them. It was long overdue and would serve as the only notice to his hostile takeover.

Ken would bounce back properly when Reborn had Chikusa brought over via Skull's airship, where he proceeded to cuddle with his best friend while Mukuro ran his fingers through his hair. He didn't even notice or care that Chrome was there too, having long since dismissed her as Mukuro's mate.