"... 7 to 10?"

Yuno gets in the car as they are driven back to the hotel. Kai is still asking Tachibana tons of questions and they seem to understand one another which is great and all, but Yuno is still not sure messing around where she doesn't belong is okay.

She looks at Kai and shakes her head. Working with Tachibana means signing up to challenge more than just the government officials, but also the members of society who don't believe in this insane ideal Tachibana has.

After dropping Kai off Tachibana drives to the Palace. The drive is slow and feels like it will never end.

Alas they finally arrive.

She walks into his office and there's a second door leading to a second office.

"I don't usually want anyone in here because it's for exclusive members only." He brags and she rolls her eyes. The more he gets comfortable around her the more he annoys her.

She takes a seat and he pulls down the board with a list of government officials and arrows pointing to each one with little small facts here and there, "That looks like a crime board."

"Technically we're dealing with criminals, so you're not wrong."

Tachibana points to each individual explaining who they are and what they do, "Of course, all that information is irrelevant as what really matters is that they be forced to step down.

"The real issue though is to figure out who are the right people for the job to fill their positions." Tachibana sits down.

Yuno looks the board over, "Wait, so you have all this dirty laundry on all of them, what's stopping you from exposing them?"

"It's a matter of time Miss Lin, having good cards doesn't mean you should play them all at once. I'm waiting for the right time. If I just expose them now the issue will be swept under the rug and I might turn up messing, or worse. Broke."

Yuno's eyes widen, "Being broke is your biggest fear?"

Ken turns to Yuno, "You clearly haven't spent a day in my shoes."

Yuno rolls her eyes, "We both know I wouldn't fit even if I was big foot." She stares at his shoes, "You seriously humble big foot where ever he is."

"You're just short."

Ackerman walks into the room laughing taking a seat next to Yuno smiling at Bobo, "Welcome to the club Miss Lin, so I'm here to clarify what he's been rambling on and on about."

Ackerman points to the board moving his finger around, "See those people on that board; Iwaizumi Karasu, Draco Hiryu, Enji Fume and Ai Kasai.

"They are the voices behind the presidents' ear, and the ones making decisions behind the scenes. Our goal is to remove them from power, not expose their dirty laundry."

Ackerman stands up and shows her a copy of the new Laws they want to put up country wide, "Supers will be bunched up into those three prefectures and probably left for dead or worse. Every time we think we've gone a step ahead of them they are 2 steps ahead of us.

"I had a theory that they have a Super on their side and sure enough I'm right, Aiko Yamato, a 21 year old female who has a prediction ability. You're our trump card in this because you both go to the same medical school."

Yuno sees from the look in his eyes that he won't say any more it's pretty obvious they want her to play spy, "Won't she see me coming?"

Ken is the one to reply to her question, "That's the point Lin, while they focus on you we'll have an opening to take out Aiko Yamato first. Last resort we kill them all."

She can't tell if they are joking or not she just covers Tori's ears and he screams.

Ackerman continues his explanation, "Your role in all this is to keep her focussed on you. Keep her guessing what you're up to all the while we'll be setting our traps."

"Why me?"

"You're the only card that turned up. It could've easily been anyone else in your position. Unfortunately it's a race against time and you're the only one who fits the criteria we're looking for, but enough about that. You and I have to start studying you are still expected to get that degree."

Yuno sighs and follows Ackerman to start on her lessons luckily Tori is falling sleep so when she's done she'll have time to spend with him, and it'll be just the two of them again.

She'll be leaving for classes in 3 months and knowing Ackerman by the time those lessons begin she will be fed up with school.

~

Tachibana watches Tori walk around his office They just came back from dropping off Yuno at school, "Hitori."

The baby ignores him and he groans checking the coast first before using the forbidden word, according to him, "Bobo."

Tori looks up and smiles.

Tachibana grits his teeth, he hates the name and would rather drop dead than be caught using it.

They have to go and check on the second Tachibana Palace. Ackerman called it 'not up to standard' on his report, and now he wants to go see it for himself.

"I just dropped off Kai at Roman High, are we leaving?" Ackerman's voice echoes on the phone.

"Yes, we're all done."

~

Yuno walks into her room and sighs flopping on her bed. Tachibana made a scene dropping her off today and he still keeps dodging questions about whether or not he has a child.

She falls asleep and wakes up around 7 AM. she has orientation at 10 AM, and there's the evening orientation for students that stay close to school or the Res.

She arrives early for the first one and sits in the front. The hall gets filled up by students.

they talk about the school's online forum where you can email lecturers and find the assignments and tests as well as online submissions.

After 2 hours she's tired of listening and seriously regrets showing up. She's still here because she's hoping to get a glance of Aiko or maybe even talk to her.

When the orientation is over she doesn't see her, Yuno goes to her room and showers before calling to video chat with Tori.

Tachibana gives Tori the phone. The baby just holds it and jumps startled and shocked when he suddenly hears Yuno's voice.

"Either you're a sadist or an idiot, you know he doesn't know how a phone works" Ackerman scolds Tachibana who feels attacked by his statement, in Tachibana's mind the baby is smart enough to figure it out.

Ackerman holds the phone up so they can see each other and talk. When the call ends Tori turns sour and cries non-stop.

"Well, no more video chats for you." Tachibana says and Ackerman sighs in disapproval.

"Tachibana you're an idiot." Ackerman comforts the baby and decides another call is the way to fix this, but Yuno isn't answering her phone anymore.

"Well, good luck with that." Ackerman shoves the baby into Tachibana's arms and he shoves him back. Tori's crying stops for a second and starts again.

Ackerman smirks and Tachibana looks away, "I'd rather listen to him crying than do what you're thinking of doing."

Ackerman doesn't give him a choice and shoves the baby into his hands so that Tachibana shoves him back.

After a while the game escalates they start tossing Tori from one person to the other.

Tori laughs enjoying being tossed around.

Sensen opens the door very curious about what's making Tori so excited when he was crying a moment ago, and her heart nearly stopped when she opened the door and the baby was being tossed like a rugby ball.

She closes the door and takes a deep breath to make sure her eyes did not decieve her, when the reality sinks in she yells at the two men from behind the door, "If you drop him. I will kill you!"

Tachibana groans and opens the window holding Tori upside down by his left ankle, "Alright, listen Hitori if you cry again I'm dropping you."

"You know, it's guys like you who always end up with big families. According to stats people who want kids don't have that much luck in that department, but the ones like you have like, 7 to 10 kids."

Tachibana immediately carries Tori like precious cargo comforting him like his life depends on it. Ackerman rolls his eyes and leaves while he can.

Tori falls asleep in Tachibana's arms so he calls Sensen to put him in his bed so they can start the tour of the second Palace.

Sensen smiles looking around, "This one is more beautiful than the other Palace be careful you might put the other one out of business."

Tachibana gulps shrugging off Sensen's comment, "That's the least of my worries, 7 to 10?"

Sensen shakes her head and leaves him to his 'Episode' which is what Ackerman calls it when he gets like this.

The male sits down and accidentally dials Yuno's number.

"Still no reply? What is she doing?"