Hello my people! How are you all? I hope all of your holidays went well. I was sick for most of mine but that gave me some time to write this chapter! Thank you to everyone who reviewed, subscribed, and/or favorited! =) You guys always make me happy.

WARNINGS: Um...there will be some yaoi.

DISCLAIMER: I only own the fictional company of Europa. The characters, song that this story is based on, and fandom this story is based in are not owned by me. Meaning, I do not own Hetalia or Vocaloid.

Chapter 7: A Misfire and Added Support

The next morning, Viet walked outside of the lab to check the mail. Instead of her usual, composed attire, she sported a green robe and her hair was down. Yawning, she walked over to the mailbox and opened it. She peered inside, seeing a manilla envelope. Curiously, she grabbed it, taking it out of the box and examining it. The Vietnamese woman pressed her ear to the mysterious package to make sure no ticking sounds were coming from the package. Hearing no noises, Viet shrugged and went back inside, bringing the package with her.

Once inside, she made her way to her desk, picking up a letter opener. With great care, Viet slowly opened the package and dumped the contents onto the desk. The package seemed to contain five laminated cards and a letter. Blinking, she picked up the letter and skimmed over it.

She gasped before snatching the contents of the package and running to wake up her androids. Once inside the room, she woke the androids up with a loud squeal.

"Everyone! The IDs have arrived!" she squealed.

However, her androids were less enthusiastic, being rudely woken up.

"Huh?" Yao said, blinking.

Yong Soo only groaned and covered his head with his pillow, while Mei and Kaoru sat up.

"Oh come on, everyone! Get up!" Viet said, bouncing.

Yao yawned before sitting up and stretching. He turned his head toward Viet, blinking.

"So, according to the letter Elizabeta sent, this one is for Kaoru, this one is for Mei...Yong Soo, Yao..and this one is mine!" Viet said, passing each ID out. "So... I am Bridgett Tucker...age twenty four and I am...English! What about you guys?"

"I'm Nancy Johnson and I am a twenty year old English woman." Mei read her ID, rubbing her eyes.

"Mason Keating, age twenty five. Englishman. Kaoru said, indifferent.

"Hey! I'm your brother-da ze!" Yong Soo said, grinning.

"Huh?" Kaoru questioned, tilting his head to the side.

"I'm Matthew Keating, your older brother-da ze! I'm twenty seven!"

"...Oh God..." Kaoru sighed, holding his head in his hands.

"I'm...William Jenkins-aru, a twenty five year old English man..." Yao said.

"Well, now that we have our IDs, we can begin to shop for our disguises!" Viet said, smiling.

Yao looked down at his card. This William Jenkins had short, black hair along with green eyes and glasses. From what Yao could tell, William was wearing a suit for his picture.

"But...What happened to these people? Are they dead?" Kaoru asked, examining his ID.

"Oh no, they're not dead! They just never existed." Viet answered.

"What do you mean?" the Chinese android replied.

"I mean they are completely fictional. They never existed." Viet explained. "Elizabeta used photoshop to create these people and we just need to play their roles."

"But...Europa has to preform background checks on their employees, right?"

"Well, Elizabeta has a very high influence in the organization, so...she recommended these people and...that's how we got in!"

"But that could put her in danger!" Mei protested.

"I'd rather not think about that." Viet mumbled, her sunny personality taking a nose drive for a moment.

Silence filled the room.

"Well, let's go shopping!" Viet said, going to go get ready.

When she left the room, Mei turned to Yao.

"Do you think Viet's okay?" Mei asked.

"I'm not sure-aru. She seemed...sad when you talked about her friend being in danger. I guess she doesn't want to think about any consequences that might befall her friends."

"I guess." Mei said, her voice laced with worry.

"Come on everyone, let's go get ready-da ze!" Yong Soo said, practically skipping out of the room. Yao and Kaoru sighed while Mei only giggled. The three remaining androids walked out of the room, going to get ready for their outing.

About an hour later, everyone was ready for their shopping trip. Currently, everyone was in the lab, listening to Viet.

"Alright, so we will be split into two groups. Mei and I will be one and Kaoru, Yong Soo, and Yao will be the other group." she stated.

"So...why do we have to be split up?" Kaoru questioned.

"So we won't feel awkward around each other!" Viet answered.

"But why would we-" Kaoru was interrupted by Viet.

"Because, we are girls and you are all boys. Do you guys want to see us get bras or something?"

"Wh-wha?" Kaoru stammered.

"Exactly. And that is why we are being split into two groups." Viet said, satisfied with her field of logic.

"Hmph." Kaoru said, crossing his arms.

"Now, here is about 3000 yuan.* You will have to split it among yourselves, so...split it evenly! I will also be giving you the communicators from last time. When you are all done, please come back here. You do know the address of the lab, right Yao?" Viet asked, handing the colored bills to Kaoru along with a communicator.

"Yes-aru." Yao answered, making Viet smile.

"Good! Now all I have to do is hand all of these out and we will be set!" Viet chirped, handing out the rest of the communicators.

She looked around the room, checking to make sure she didn't forget anything. She had handed out the communicators, the money was distributed, the IDs were handed out...what was she forgetting?

"Oh! I almost forgot about your arm, Yao!" Viet exclaimed, walking over to the Chinese unit. Slowly and gently, she removed the bandages covering Yao's arm.

After a couple of minutes, the bandages were completely removed. Yao flexed his fingers and looked over his arm. It was almost as if the limb had never been injured.

"There we go! Now we're ready to go!" Viet announced.

"Thank you-aru." Yao said, smiling.

"Of course!" Viet replied. "Well, let's go shopping!"

The Vietnamese woman practically skipped out the door, the androids following her. The group walked outside, and the trip began. The boys went one way, while the girls went the other way. As the trio of men walked down the streets toward some shops, Yao made sure to memorize every twist and turn so that he would be able to get back to the lab with no problem.

"Alright, so, we have 3000 yuan, so that means 1000 yuan for each of us. Lets distribute it among ourselves now." Kaoru said, handing out the money to his friends.

"Thanks-da ze!" Yong Soo said, grinning.

"Thank you-aru." Yao also said. "So, where are we going to first?" he added.

"Well, there's some shops up there, but we need some quality and cheap things..." Kaoru mused, observing the stores.

"Um...how about that store over there-da ze?" Yong Soo suggested, pointing toward an antique shop. Kaoru only shrugged.

"I guess it can't hurt to look." he sighed.

The three androids walked into the antique store, seeing no one at the counter.

"Alright, we'll search for anything that will be able to help us and then meet back here when we're done, alright?" Kaoru said, receiving nods from his friends. "Alright then, we're off." he said, walking away. Yong Soo only grinned before following Kaoru.

And so began the start of a long shopping spree.

About ten minutes into looking around the store, Yao found a suit that looked similar enough to the one William was wearing in the picture. He also managed to find a pair of glasses, so now all he had to find was a short, black wig and some attachments to make his eyes look green. Yao smiled. He was one step closer to breaking into another branch of Europa, which meant another chance at finding Kiku.

The Chinese android began to walk toward the front of the store, musing about his master once again. Yao hoped Kiku was unharmed, but if he was being held by Europa, then that possibility was unlikely. Europa would either use him for money or labor, two options that didn't sound appealing in the slightest.

Yao sighed again. He wanted to make sure Kiku was safe.

"Hey, bro!" someone called. Yao lifted his head, seeing none other then Yong Soo.

"Hey-aru. What's up?"

"Do you have most of the things for your costume-da ze?"

"Yeah, I just need to find a wig and some contacts. What about you-aru?"

"I have everything I need already-da ze!"

"Really? Wow, that was fast-aru."

"Yeah! So I was wondering...when we're done with this store...can we go through with the plan?"

"Hm?"

"You know, the plan where you pretend to get lost and I take Kaoru on a date that he doesn't know is a date-da ze."

"Haha, I know what you're talking about. I was just surprised you wanted to go through with it so fast-aru. Of course we can go through with the plan."

"Yes!" Yong Soo cheered, pumping a fist into the air.

"I just need to pay for my stuff-aru." Yao said, turning to the counter which was now occupied by an elderly man. While Yao was paying for his items, Kaoru walked back into the room, sighing.

"What's wrong-da ze?" Yong Soo asked.

"I couldn't find anything." Kaoru pouted, crossing his arms.

"Maybe you'll find something in another store." Yong Soo replied, smiling.

"...Yeah. Maybe."

"Are you both ready to go-aru?" Yao asked.

"Oh! I need to pay for my stuff-da ze!" Yong Soo said, stepping toward the counter and paying for his items.

After paying for their items, the three androids walked out of the shop. As they walked down the street, Yong Soo shot Yao a look, signaling the plan being put into motion. Nodding once, Yao slowly began to drift further and further behind until he couldn't see either of his friends. Once he was sure neither of his companions could see him, he smiled and turned to walk the other way. It was all up to Yong Soo now.

Yong Soo and Kaoru continued walking, the smaller of the two not noticing Yao wasn't with them until they were both about five blocks along. Kaoru stopped, looking behind him. Not seeing Yao, he turned to the Korean unit to his left.

"Yong Soo, we have a problem." he said, trying to keep his voice steady.

"Hm? What is it-da ze?"

"You dumbass! Don't you notice anything wrong?" the Chinese unit hissed, pointing to the empty space behind them.

"Oh...Yao's gone-da ze."

"You seem calm about this." Kaoru said, glaring.

"He'll be fine-da ze." Yong Soo replied, brushing Kaoru off.

"...You are way too calm about this. Don't tell me this is planned."

"Huh? N-no! It's not planned at all-da ze! I just have confidence in Yao, that's all! He knows the way to the lab, right?"

"...You did plan this, didn't you?"

"No I didn't!"

"Yong Soo, tell me why you planned this, right now. There's no use denying it."

"Or what-da ze?"

"Or else I'll tell Viet and she will take away your soap operas."

"They're not soap operas! They're K-dramas!

"Whatever!" Kaoru replied, rolling his eyes. "Just tell me why you went through with this plan."

"...Look. I just wanted some alone time with you. At the lab, you always act like you hate me and you never even give me a chance to talk before you shoot me down. I thought that maybe if you spent sometime with me, then you wouldn't hate me so much."

"Who ever said I hated you?"

"What?"

"I do not hate you, and I have no idea where you got that idea from. The only reason I did that was because you were treating me like a piece of meat. You were too busy groping me and stating your claims over me that you didn't ask about my opinion of things. Android or human, no being deserves to be treated as an object." Kaoru explained.

"O-oh...I didn't know you felt that way." Yong Soo whispered.

"Perhaps if you would have used a little more common sense, you would have."

"...I'm sorry."

"Hm?"

"I'm sorry for treating you like a piece of meat. It was wrong...I just saw that popular humans were usually...flamboyant. That's how it was on the TV. I thought if I was confident, then you would like me." Yong Soo confessed, ashamed of his earlier actions.

'Now that's the android I fell in love with.' Kaoru thought, showing a rare smile.

"You know," Kaoru started. "You didn't need to orchestrate a plan to go on a date with me."

"Huh?"

"I would have gone out with you...if you asked in a dignified and respectful manner."

"Oh...well-" Yong Soo was interrupted by Kaoru.

"I know what you're going to ask, so don't finish that sentence. And the answer is yes, I will go on a date with you, but just this once! You'd better show me an extraordinary time!"

"Yes-da ze! Don't worry, I will! Let's start now!" Yong Soo beamed, grabbing Kaoru's hand.

"W-wait! We still need to get our disguises!" Kaoru exclaimed.

"We'll get our costumes, we'll just be going on a date at the same time!" Yong Soo said, smiling.

Kaoru didn't have time to say anything else as he was dragged away by the ecstatic Korean unit.

Yao walked out of a store, his costume now completed. Shortly after he walked off, he found a store that sold accessories at a reasonable price. Not only did Yao find attachments for his eyes, but he also found a wig that looked similar to the picture on his ID. He smiled, now feeling accomplished.

The Chinese unit began to walk down the street, over hearing a conversation a couple of women were having. He didn't pay any attention to the women until he heard one word: Europa.

Immediately, Yao's ears perked up as he automatically began to translate what the women were saying.

"What? Another murder in Europa?" a woman with short hair gasped.

"Yeah, it's been all over the news!" another woman with a long ponytail replied. "The leaders of the German and Italian branches were killed!"

"That's impossible! Europa has plenty of battle droids! They should squash any opposition against them!" the short haired woman said.

"But it's true! They were both killed and you remember the other killings, right?"

"Yeah, but...will they catch the killers soon?"

"I hope not." the long haired woman whispered.

"What? Lin, how could you say that?" the short haired woman gasped.

"What? You and I both know that Europa has taken over. It's about time someone stood up against them!" the long haired woman, known known as Lin hissed.

"They're above the law! How can the common people expect to fight them?" the other woman hissed, making sure no one was listening in. However, she didn't notice Yao as he inched closer. He pretended to be window shopping.

"Look in any history book, and you'll see plenty of stories about the common people rebelling! I'm telling you, that's what the world needs to do now!" Lin hissed back, only making her friend sigh.

"Lin, can we please not talk about this right now? This is giving me a headache."

"Ugh, fine. But I'm telling you, the public's unrest won't be contained forever."

Yao just stared after the two women as they walked off in the direction opposite of his destination, the lab. He started to walk toward the lab again, musing to himself.

'So, it seems even the public is tired of Europa.' he thought. It seemed he witnessed the stirrings of a rebellion. However, it seemed only Lin was truly against Europa. If there were more people like her, then Europa would have a huge problem. One thing that slightly bothered Yao was that if there were other people like Lin, why hadn't they rebelled? Surely a large amount of people could take down one branch of Europa, right?

Then it hit him, the reason why no one was rebelling.

Fear.

'Of course, everyone is so terrified of retaliation from Europa and having their loved ones taken away that they're paralyzed into submission.' he thought. But...how does one company do that to the world?

Yao only shook his head. The possibilities were endless and the situation was too complicated. If he were think about every reason Europa held control over the people, then he would be thinking about it all day and night. But still, what that conversation did tell him was that civil unrest was starting to stir.

They were gaining support.

He continued to walk for about an hour, trying to locate the lab. To his embarrassment, Yao got lost a couple of times. He forgot the earlier twists and turns he took to get to the shops. However, with some landmarks he remembered, he eventually found his way back.

When Yao entered the lab, he saw Mei and Viet had already finished their shopping. Currently, both women were talking about Yong Soo and Kaoru. Neither of them noticed Yao as he walked closer to them.

"Now Mei, I'm sure they'll get together someday." Viet reassured the Chinese android in front of her.

"But Kaoru is neck deep in denial! He's practically drowning in it!" Mei protested.

"Yong Soo will eventually make him come around." Viet said.

"But-oh crap! Hey Yao, how long were you all standing there?" Mei stammered, just noticing the other Chinese android.

"Um...just a few minutes-aru. But if you're worried about Kaoru and Yong Soo, they're not here."

"Where are they then?" Viet asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"...Probably on a date-aru."

An awkward silence filled the room. All three occupants in the room stared at each other, that is until Me broke the silence with a squeal.

"YES!" she cheered.

"Well, it's good that they're finally realizing their feelings for each other." Viet said, smiling.

"I hope they become a couple!" Mei squealed.

"Haha, I think we all do-aru." Yao said, chuckling.

Their hopes were only confirmed when Yong Soo and Kaoru returned a couple of hours later, holding hands. Both of them were smiling and laughing. They looked like the perfect couple.

Yao only smiled when he saw his two friends, glad that he helped match make them. He had never seen them so happy before. Even if he never had that bond with someone, he was happy for both of them.

He just hoped Europa wouldn't sever their bond.

*Just a little note about the Chinese currency, the Yuan. So I researched on Google a little bit and apparently one U.S Dollar is equal to about six Yuan. So, 3000 Yuan would be...500 dollars that each group got. I just wanted to make a note of it here to try to clear up any confusion anyone might have.

Anyway, that wraps up this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it and reviews, favorites, and subscriptions are always appreciated!