Author's note: Here is chapter one! Hopefully it's well written...

Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid as stated in the Prelude chapter...

Chapter 1

"Great job everyone! Today's recording session went over smoothly, just as I had planned it would." A grinning, brown haired male complimented kindly to the group of five standing in front of him. The group, happy they could please him, returned his kindness in a form of five beaming smiles.

"This was only our second recording too! I'm glad that we were able to get up to your standards Master!" A teenaged girl said happily. She put her hands behind her back and leaned forward a little as though expecting a pat on the head from her master. Noticing her yearning, Master put his hand on her head and gently gave her a few pats for her great achievement.

"You went much further than just my expectations, Miku." He said warmly. Taking his hand off the girls head, he looked at the other four. "All of you did. Let's hurry home for a celebration, eh?" He smiled happily as they all nodded. As Master led the way to the van they traveled to the recording studio in, the five followed closely behind like ducklings to their mother.

Upon their arrival to the semi-mansion home, the day seemed to sink into the night rather quickly. All of them, except Master, had gathered into the family room for their analysis. The Vocaloids all took seats wherever there was one available and waited for their Master to enter. Their wait wasn't long, for a only a few minutes had passed before Master entered with a grin plastered on his face. He stood in front of the sofa, which was occupied by three of the five Vocaloids.

"This second recording has gone better than the first, just like it should. I'm glad to see you are all improving well! With that said, there are still improvements to be made as well as a couple of tune-ups and minor adjustments." He turned to a very mature looking lady. She had her legs up on a side table that was next to her chair lazily and unaware that she may be showing off what was under her short red leather skirt. Her tube top was covered by a red leather vest that fitted her busty chest tightly. Her brown hair fit well with the red theme clothing and on her ear was a circular device with a microphone that followed the side of her face until a small rounded tip ended just before her mouth.

"Meiko, your sounding a little breathy lately, so once our analysis is done, follow me down to the tune-up and adjustment center so we can fix that up. We don't want you to end up talking in a whisper." He smiled lightly at her. She, in response, smiled back with a cocky attitude.

Master's attention then shifted and his gaze landed upon a blue haired male, sitting comfortably on the sofa in front of him. His long blue coat led down to his ankles and was edged with blue trimming around the zipper. The sleeves were cuffed, the cuffs being quite huge and blue with a line of yellow going around the middle of them. From the seams on his shoulders came two yellow lines which were succeeded by triangles pointing down. Around his neck hung a light blue scarf, which he wore no matter the weather.

"Kaito, you too need to see me in the Tune-up and Adjustment center after our discussion. While we were at the recording studio recording your song, a strange message kept popping up on the monitors. I would like to examine the reason as to why it popped up and decipher what it means. I'm sure it's just an error on my part of your programming, so it's really nothing to be too stressed over." Master smiled gently at Kaito, knowing that he'd get worried.

"Master… I would've detected it wouldn't I have?" Kaito asked, tilting his head to the side. Master put his hand to his chin.

"You would think that wouldn't you? That's why I'm a little bit concerned. Of course, it's also why I'm taking you down to the center with me." He smiled reassuringly at him. "I'm sure it's nothing that a little tune-up wouldn't take care of." Kaito smiled lightly back, a trusting look in his eyes.

Master then turned to the girl he had addressed as Miku. She wore an outfit of a green and black theme. Her top was sleeveless and she wore a green tie as an accessory. Her long, green hair was tied back into two pig tails that stretched all the way down to her feet.

"Miku, I couldn't be happier with you. Your systems are good to go!" He smiled proudly at her, showing that he favored her a little more than the others. She gave a soft giggle and smile, clearly showing she knew he liked her best.

He then ended his analysis of their progress with a sigh. He knew eventually over time these analysis meetings would grow shorter as they continued to grow. Master then gave a summoning gaze at Meiko and Kaito, letting them know it was time to follow him to the basement.

"Follow me you two." Master commanded, his voice taking on a professional tone. Both Vocaloids nodded and followed. As they followed their creator down the stairs to the 'lab', the smell of the air became more stale and dry, clearly putting the characteristics of a basement into play. Covering the dungeon like brick walls were shelves full of different equipment, including recovery disks for each Vocaloid program, boxes of various computer chips needed, CD's, Laptops and a lot of miscellaneous technology related equipment.

Nearing the back of the area, a large cylinder pod stood as tall as the ceiling. Around it glow a bright blue aura, making the area around it shimmer with a cyan glow. Various wires fell from the top of the tube-like structure like vines in a jungle. A little off to the left of the machine was a medium sized desk with a few drawers; on top of it was a flat screen monitor to a computer. The tower had been set off to the side of the desk on the floor, the light just bellow the button glowing a powerful orange. The chair seemed to be tangled in semi-thick wires leading to the pod in front of the desk; the wires weaved around behind the desk as though to be hidden from sight.

Master signaled the two following him to wait for a moment and began to approach the desk of vine-like wires basically enveloping it. Managing to reach the buried chair, he sat and pushed the button on the tower beside the desk. The light immediately flickered from orange to a luminescent green and roared to life. Along with it, the monitor flashed on.

"Meiko..." Master started, "we'll take a look at you first since I know exactly what to do." He turned from the screen to Meiko and smiled. She nodded and advanced toward the glowing blue alien-like pod and stepped on the platform, letting the wires gently glide over her slim, feminine shoulders. Searching through the jungle of cords, she pulled on a couple and reached behind her neck to where small input holes opened up. Plugging in a good three to four of the multiple wires, she relaxed and waited for the procedure to begin.

On the computer screen, a small message popped up from the task bar saying it detected the software, signaling to Master that everything was ready to begin.

"Good." He complimented dully, giving more attention to the programs he pulled up on the monitor than to Meiko. "I'll be adjusting the pitches in your voice for a moment, so when I say 'sing', sing the most comfortable note for you and hold it while I fix things." Meiko nodded lightly and waited for his command. The window on the monitor showed multiple side menu's with different options. In the middle, the screen was occupied by what appeared to be a heart rate monitor, though used for measuring voice sounds rather than heart beats.

Clicking a few of the options from some of the side menus, Master nodded and looked up at Meiko. "Sing." He stated bluntly. Immediately, Meiko's voice rang through the air and echoed off the walls in a graceful note. Moments passed as Master toyed with her voice, changing how clear her sound was. Finally reaching the potential he was looking for, Master looked up at her and signaled that she could stop.

Smiling happily at her, Master spoke tenderly. "Thank you Meiko. Your sounding better than ever now!" He watched for a few moments as she disconnected herself from the glowing pod and gave a small smile back at him.

"I wouldn't even be making noises if not for you Master." Her voice had a hint of seductiveness in it as she winked. This made Master chuckle lightly and then wave her off.

"It's my job." Master then set his sights on Kaito. "Now, let's see if that message pops up again. I'll bring up the recording program we used at the studio and we'll experiment from there." Kaito nodded at his Master and proceeded to the platform, passing Meiko as she walked off to the side to watch.

As Kaito connected the few wires to the back of his neck, the blue aura that surrounded the pod changed to an eerie red, bringing alert to him, his Master and Meiko.