ChibiDialga: IA's starting to get even more and more popular. Pretty soon she'll one of the most popular vocaloids. She's already getting an IA rocks, voice bank.

Kaito: And? So?

ChibiDialga: I don't know... I'm just wondering, why are all these other vocaloids so much more popular then the first one, you know?

Kaito: You favor Mei-chan too much. Its blocking out your opinion of other vocaloids.

ChibiDialga: I can't help it! I just love her too much! I'd even be filled with joy if she was in the new smashbros!

Kaito: *snort* I'm pretty she'd fit right in with them.

ChibiDialga: Oui! Mei-chans gone and you get all rude! No ones making you behave! This is not good, we need to get her back, and fast...

Chapter 9: A Flicker of Hope

The girl smiled as the group stared at her skeptically. She giggled too herself. Her hand reached down towards Meikos cheek and she caressed it. Haku slapped her hand a way in an instant. The girl looked surprised for a second but had that creepy smile again. "So cold." She said pointing to Meiko.

Haku clutched at Meiko even tighter as Rin pointed a finger at her. "Who are you? Why are you here? Didn't we tell everyone to leave?"

The girl put her hands up but that smile never left. Rin felt like slapping it off her face. "Hey, didn't I say I can help you?"

"Can you?" Miku asked with hope in her voice. She moved out of Kaito's warm embrace and walked over to the girl. "How can you help?"

"Teto Kasane."

"What?" Miku stepped back. Teto laughed at the move. "That's my name, and I'm and UTAU."

"UTAU..." Miku repeated. Where had she heard that before. She thought long and hard but not before she heard a snort. Looking back at Teto, only to see her have a look of disgust on her face. "My, my. Trying to think what an UTAU is?"

Miku nodded slowly. Tetos eyes darkened. "Well you won't know. UTAU aren't even real vocaloids, so you've probably never heard of us. Heck, I doubt you even know there are other vocaloids beside yourselves."

Len stood up and walked over to Mikus sides, making a Rins heart fall. "Of course we know that there are other Vocaloids besides us. We've been in projects with them."

Teto raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" Len glared at her as she clapped her hands. "Well, this isn't getting us anywhere closer to solving the problem at hand. So let me explain."

She cleared her throat as all of the vocaloids layer there eyes on her. Outside she seemed like a really cocky little girt, but in the inside she was really nervous. Who knew if they would believe Her? Most of them are glaring daggers at her right now anyway. "You see, I created that chip. The one Meiko used."

Haku jumped. "What! Why?"

Teto glared at her. "Let me finish what I'm trying to say. You see, I hated this world. Never getting my own spotlight. Getting cast aside was terrible, so I made that chip. Before I knew it, I was making money out of those chips." Her whole face relaxed as she was about to say the next part. "But I stopped making them. I was like the onee-chan of the UTAUs. They respected me. After a while, I thought, how am I suppose to be hope for these people if all I do is just make chips that only give death. So I changed everyone of the chips I had made And put a hard drive in each one that would store the memory of each program that use the chip."

She stopped for a second to make sure everyone was listening. Thankfully, they were hanging on every word. She walked over to Meiko and tapped on her headphones, shich caused a screen to appear. "There's a password on her. Anyone know anything she loves?"

"Sake." They all replied almost instantly. Teto nodded and tapped it in the bar. "Okay. Just give me a sec."

Teto tapped on the screen at the speed of light. Finally she tapped the screen one more time and a chip came out of Meikos headphone. She smiled and pit up a thumbs up. "Done?"

Luka eyed the chip, "what is that?"

Teto laughed. She shoved the chip in the vocaloids faces. "It's Meiko."

Kaito tried grabbing the chip from Teto but she flew to the ceiling. Neru letter an eyebrow. "What? Gonna keep Meiko all to yourself?"

"No. Give this to Crypton along with Meikos body and she should be back to normal." She then whispered, maybe, but no one heard it.

Haku stood up As Miku crossed her arms. "Then why aren't you giving us back the chip?"

"She wants something in return." Haku replied as she stepped up to Teto. Teto giggled. "What do you want Teto?"

"Oh me, nothing."

"Really?"

"Oh, if you wanted to give me something, then why didn't you just say."

"Get to it. Stop wasting time."

"My, how rude. Anyway, you have to agree to let us UTAUs come and sing at the cafe." Miku smiled at Teto. "That's all you wanted? Why didn't you just say so. Of course you guys come and sing."

"R-really?"

"Yeah."

"O-oh. O-okay. Th-thank you." Teto went to the ground again and gave them the chip. She winked at them before vanishing, "Bring her back."

Miku clutched the chip in her hand. She nodded with a determined look on her face. "Guys, let's bring Mei-chan back!"

"Yeah!"

ChibiDialga: Mei-chans coming back! Yosh!

Kaito: Yay!

ChibiDialga: R and R and guys so she can come back faster.

i don't own any of the vocaloids.