Hello, hello! Welcome to the first real chapter of Re_Cycle! I figured since I already had this one typed up, I should post it (after reading it over of course). I hope you enjoy this chapter!

EDIT: Doh! Disclaimer...

DISCLAIMER: The awesomeness of Hetalia is not owned by me...same thing goes for Vocaloid.

Chapter 1: Road to Revival

~Five Years Later~

"Hey, Kaoru! Come over here for a second!" a young woman shouted, calling over her companion.

"What is it, Mei?" A young man with short, brown hair asked, walking over.

The girl, now known as Mei, pointed to a deserted android. He looked like he'd been through hell. Oil was everywhere around him, his clothes were torn, and one of his limbs was torn off.

"God, who the hell would leave an android like this?" Kaoru gasped.

Mei only shrugged. "No idea, but it looks like he's been through one bloody feud. Do you think master will be able to help him?"

Kaoru examined the fallen android, quirking an eyebrow. "Possibly, but from the looks of it, this guy'll need a new hard drive, which means new programing and everything."

"Here, let's try to help him...he is a dude, right?" Mei asked, looking at the android's long hair. She hadn't noticed it before, and now Mei suspected the unknown android was a female.

"Looks like a guy to me." Kaoru answered, pointing at the android's chest. "Oh well, let's bring him back to the lab and see if master can help him."

"All right. I'll get his leg and you can get the rest."

"On it." Kaoru said, already picking the body up and slinging it over his shoulder. Mei picked up the fallen leg, examining it.

"My god..." she whispered. "He might need a new leg too."

"He'll probably need a lot of new parts, now let's go back."

Mei nodded and followed Kaoru back to their home.

"Hm...interesting, very interesting." a woman with long, black hair tied into a ponytail whispered, examining the android Mei and Kaoru found.

"What is it, master?" Kaoru queried.

The woman sighed. "I thought I told you not to call me that. Just call me Viet, okay?"

"Yes mas- I mean, Viet." Kaoru said, the woman's name sounded foreign on his lips.

"But to answer your question, this unit seems to be an older android...one of the first designs of the generation. It's amazing that this one survived."

"What model is it?" Mei questioned, poking the android, which was now laying down on an iron table.

"I'm not sure...I'll need to research his data to know for sure...but from the looks of it, he may be a BEI-1."

"A what now?" Mei asked, puzzled.

"A BEI-1. It's an older model from Beijing...but China stopped making them after newer models were created. I thought most of these were destroyed." Viet mumbled the last part, however, Mei still heard her.

"Why would they need to destroy them?" Mei questioned.

"Because, these robots were primarily made for protection. Meaning, they would protect one master, or perhaps even a full family under the guise of a butler or maid. However, some of these models took their jobs too far and stated to kill anyone who got close to their masters...or anyone they considered a threat. The manufacturers had to recall the models and destroy them." Kaoru answered simply, twirling a piece of his hair. He had researched many models over the years out of pure curiosity. Although he mostly focused on models from Asia.

"So how do we know this one won't try to kill us?" Mei asked, now a little alarmed.

"I doubt it...by now he's probably forgotten all about his former master." Viet said. "It'll take me all night, but I think I can have him up and running again by tomorrow afternoon. Maybe he can help us."

"Help us against Europa?" Kaoru asked.

Viet nodded. "Possibly, he was originally made for protection, so he should know how to fight."

"Hm..." Mei bit her lip, suddenly she had a bad feeling about letting this new android into their home. Kaoru put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, if master says he's safe, then she's probably right." he whispered.

Mei thought for a moment, but nodded. There was nothing she could do about it now, she would just have to wait until tomorrow.

"Now why don't you two go and relax for a little bit?" Viet suggested, smiling.

Kaoru nodded, taking Mei's hand and leading her out of the room. Viet smiled and turned back to her work.

Meanwhile, Kaoru and Mei went back to their room, which they shared with one other unit, a Korean one named Im Yong Soo. Kaoru didn't want to see Yong Soo at the moment, but he thought the Korean unit should at least know about the new unit they found.

"Hey, Yong Soo, we have some news for you." Kaoru announced, entering the room with Mei.

Said Korean unit jumped up from his bed and practically glomped Kaoru, almost knocking him over.

"There's my 여자 !" Yong Soo greeted.

"Get off of me, and I'm not your wife!" Kaoru fumed, trying to push his friend off of him.

Mei giggled. Yong Soo would probably never change. Ever since he met Kaoru, he had been calling the Chinese android his wife and claiming they would get married someday.

"Oh come on, Kaoru, we all know you want to marry Yong Soo." Mei teased.

"N-no I don't! He just randomly gropes me!" Kaoru protested, blushing.

"Oh come on, Kaoru, I'd make a great husband." Yong Soo pouted. "I'd take care of you and everything!"

"Oh shut up! Look, Mei and I have some news for you: we might be getting a new addition to our family. We found an abandoned unit today, and master is fixing him right now, so we'll probably get to meet him tomorrow." Kaoru said, trying to change the subject.

"Oh, cool! We get another brother!" Yong Soo beamed, but added: "But no matter how cute he is, you'll always be my wife."

"Damn it, Yong Soo!" Kaoru cursed.

Mei giggled and laid down on her bed, some things would never change. She blocked out Kaoru and Yong Soo's argument and thought about the Chinese unit she and Kaoru found. Kaoru said that this unit had the potential to kill someone.

Could he really be trusted?

...Was that chapter predictable? I hope not. Oh well! Ha ha, I bet you can't guess who the android is. JK, I bet lots of you know already. But you'll have to wait until the next chapter to find out for sure! I think the plot bunnies for this story are bouncing around in my head at the moment and giving me a headache.

Oh yeah! Just so you guys don't get confused, Mei is Taiwan, Yong Soo is South Korea, Viet is Vietnam, and Kaoru is Hong Kong (apparently that's a fanon name for him.) And all the characters will be called by their human names. So, for example, China will be called Yao. Also, Mei, Kaoru, and Yong Soo are all androids. Viet is the only human here at the moment.

여자- Wife in Korean (I used Bing translator...so sorry if I messed up your language)

So, I think that's all I need to say...See you next time and remember to review!