Rise of the Mechanical Digimon

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Digimon franchise. Also, this is another one inspired by an RP I did with a couple of friends, though honestly, I think this is loads better than the last one of these I did. (Although it did take me a long time to consider turning this into a fanfic) And since this is based on an RP, naturally, some of these characters aren't mine.

Long ago, humans were at war with an invading army known as the Virus sector. They arrived wielding horrible machines of destruction, giant robots known as... Digimon. Though they could not speak, they still had minds of their own and responded to their pilots' fighting spirit when they felt like it. Unfortunately, the Virus Sector had a lot of that, so this wasn't really a hindrance. Luckily, those being attacked managed to figure out how to build their own Digimon through trial and error. Their will to survive overpowered the enemies' fighting spirit thus allowing them to win the war.

Years went by without a war starting up again, so the Digimon were scrapped, locked away for safe keeping until the time struck... that time may be sooner than we think. Sadly, those alive during the war are all dead and now only a couple of people know of the war that took place and the existence of the Digimon and so far, they're keeping it under wraps. Will someone else discover them and pilot them, thus allowing them to save our world again? We'll just have to find out.

Our story currently begins in the very city where these machines were built. A young man with blue hair, a slim build, a blue T-shirt and black pants named Neil exited a building.

It had been a rough day for Neil as he exited his work station, pushing his hand up against his back, snapping his bone back into place. All the while, he couldn't help but think, 'God, I hate this job.'

At that moment, a cute young woman with short black hair, a sky-blue sweater and black shorts waved at Neil and exclaimed, "Oi, Neil-Chan!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Neil turned to face his good friend and said, "Hi, Mato. Mind giving me a lift home? My back's not agreeing with me right now."

Mato simply blinked, her eyes going wide as she remarked, "Eh? People will think you're weak, not to mention lazy!" Neil remarking, "You know as much as I do that I don't have my license yet," his eyes sparkling as he gave the girl a sad puppy dog face.

Mato simply chuckled at this and said, "Alright, fine, but you owe me for this," walking over to her car and opening the door, saying, "Get in."

During this time, a young blond woman wearing a white sleeveless shirt and blue shorts named Kotaha was stuck in traffic, a vein on her forehead as she spat, "Hurry Up! F**king bastard! I don't have all day! My sister is in labour in the hospital! Let me go! Selfish bitch!"

Of course, this wasn't exactly the most normal of behaviour for her as she was usually a lot nicer, but with things as they were right now, it was only natural she'd be frustrated. Luckily, traffic died down soon enough and she was on her way.

Meanwhile, a slim Spanish man with tan skin, long black hair and a muscular build had just exited the building a modelling agency. Not only was he exhausted but also a bit angered as one of the girls watching his session had stolen his shirt, the man only wearing pants right now.

While walking, he sighed, "Man this sucks... Tokyo is a mile away... oh well, my Latin blood with warm me."

Meanwhile, Kotaha had made it to the hospital to see her sister's baby being delivered, the baby being a beautiful little boy as she smiled and said, "He's beautiful," the younger woman, Lizia saying, "I think I'll call him Kiyomaro," Kotaha nodding and saying, "I like that name."

While riding with Mato, the two came to a stoplight as Neil let out a sigh and smiled at Mato saying, "Thanks... you're the best," Mato smiling and replying, "No sweat! It's what friends do!" Mato noticing the light turn green as she pushed on the pedal, starting the car up again.

Neil was a tad unprepared for this rapid start as he bounced briefly in his seat, his hand pressing up against Mato's breast, his eyes widening, his mouth wide open as sweat ran down his head, the boy removing his hand and shouting, "SORRY!" covering his face.

He'd always had this problem around her ever since High school. And despite all the years, Mato still couldn't keep a straight face whenever he did it, and it showed as she punched the side of his face with her right fist, angrily turning the car as Neil's cheek rammed into the window next to him. Sure, it didn't crack the window, but it still dealt extra pain as Neil groaned, rubbing the spot as a light tear ran down the side of his face.

In seconds, the two stopped at Neil's house as Mato smiled, letting down a nervous sweat drop while saying, "Gomen, Neil-Chan. I gotta stop doing that one of these days," Neil sighing, "It's alright. It's not like you haven't done worse to me before," getting out of the car and bowing in respect.

This was one of the few Japanese customs the boy was actually great at, and it wasn't much. See, Neil had moved from Canada to Japan when he was eight years old, Mato being the first friend he made. Her hyperactive nature and overall cuteness made her hard not to like for the boy and in high school, he'd developed serious feelings for her thus leading up to his clumsiness around her. Unfortunately, despite being 20 years of age now, Neil was still afraid to admit his feelings.

As Neil entered his house, he slumped down on the couch and hugged the pillow muttering, "Oh, pillow, you're so soft... like Mato's boobies..."

Drooling briefly, his eyes widened as he shook his head and groaned, "I really shouldn't be thinking about that sort of thing. It's indecent."

Sadly, he was lying to himself. Neil often thought about Mato, even going so far as to have wet dreams about her every day. He felt ashamed but knew it was only natural for a straight guy.

All the while, Alejandro wandered the streets and started to feel cold, shivering as he sighed, "I can't believe I'm doing this," holding out his thumb. Every time someone passed him by, he couldn't help but assume that they saw him as some kind of creep who consumed steroids when he'd really gotten his physic from honest hard work.

Around this time, a young woman with short green hair, slightly tanned skin and a brown tube top named Midori was travelling on her motorbike from work with a happy look. She'd had a rather good day at work. However, her good mood soon ended when she found herself almost hit by a car that failed to notice the stop sign, her eyes going wide.

Unfortunately, this car belonged to Kotaha, who after everything that had happened this day was a tad out of it, the woman shouting, "OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY!" getting out of the car.

She then ran over to the younger woman and bowed her head saying, "I'm so sorry. My sister just had my nephew and my boyfriend proposed this morning!" Midori rubbing her head and saying, "It's okay. Your problems are far worse than mine."

Kotaha had her eyes shut as she winced, saying, "No, that was terrible, almost running into you!" Midori remembering that she hadn't been hit and sighed, "It's alright. My cycle's in one piece and so am I."

Then putting on proper composure, she held out her hand and said, "I'm Midori."

Kotaha shook her hand with a smile and said, "I'm Kotaha. Nice to meet you."

The conversation was cut short as other drivers started honking their horns shouting, "HEY! YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE LINE!" as Midori glared at the men shouting this and spat, "SHUT UP! WE'LL LEAVE, YOU IMPATIENT PRICKS!"

Kotaha laughed nervously and said, "I'll see you around, I guess," getting back into her car as Midori nodded and said, "Later," getting on her motorcycle and taking off.

Alejandro had been standing outside for 20 minutes with his thumb out, not getting a single person to notice him and feeling cold. He couldn't believe it, hitch-hiking without a shirt.

Midori was driving by when she saw the man standing out in the cold. She may have hated men, but she always felt sympathy towards those in need. As such, she sighed and came to a hault in front of him asking, "Excuse me, but do you need a lift? You look like you're suffering and my motorcycle's got enough seat space for two."

Looking at Midori, a big smile formed on Alejandro's face as he said, "Thank you so much," getting onto the back half of the seat and holding onto her for support, Midori saying, "Now don't get any ideas," before taking off and asking, "So, where to? Your lack of a shirt tells me you must be homeless."

"No, I have a place," Alejandro replied before sighing, "Some girl in Sapporo took my shirt from my bag while I was modelling."

"You sure you didn't do anything to provoke her?" Midori asked, a scowl forming on her face. In her mind, girls never did anything mean to boys without a reason.

Alejandro thought deeply about this and shook his head saying, "Nope, she must have done it by her own free will."

Midori let out a sigh and rolled her eyes, figuring that he was lying but still felt a little sorry for him and asked, "So where do you live?" Alejandro replying, "About 2 blocks to the right... then a block to the left... then go straight for a block.. then you'll be there."

The girl soon pulled up to his house and let him out saying, "Be careful. It's hard to know who to trust here," then took off. She couldn't wrap her head around the very notion of a girl doing something so heartless.

The next day, it just seemed like a typical work day. Neil and Mato were both loading a table onto a cart, unaware that just a few miles from a city, an army of bat-like robots had appeared. These were some of the Digimon referred to earlier, these ones specifically known as Vilemon. They may not have been the strongest models out there but they were still a force to be reckoned with. These particular robots had large mouths with built-in speakers to produce deadly sound waves, their bodies grey with white mid-sections, an orange part on their heads representing hair and yellow for their hands.

Mato noticed Neil struggling with the table and exclaimed, "Oi, put more oomph into it!"

Kotaha had been taking her shift in the nursing ward, her mind full of how great her day had been, much less stressful than yesterday. Strangely enough, treating patients soothed her.

All the while, Alejandro was off work and decided to take a break and lounge around town, not really sure where he was going. It was just one of those days, both people completely unaware of the danger that was approaching.

Back with Neil and Mato, Neil tried his hardest, groaning from the pain in his arms when the two finally managed to load the last table, Neil wiping sweat off of his forehead before an explosion could be heard outside.

"What in the hell was that?" the boy asked.

Meanwhile, outside, the group of Vilemon were releasing shock waves from the loud sound systems inside of their mouths with a group of people wearing black outfits inside of them. Hearing this, Mato's curiosity got the better of her as she exclaimed, "Let's go see, Neil!" grabbing his wrist and pulling him with her to her car, driving toward the chaos at full speed.

Midori was driving by on her cycle when this caught her attention. As the destruction took place, Midori stared wide-eyed as she groaned, "Men must be up to this."

All the while, Neil and Mato arrived to be spotted by a group of robots, the robots giving chase, leading them back to their work place as Neil's eyes were wide, the boy at a loss for words, the two running out of the car and toward the building, Neil breathing heavily.

Soon enough, the two were back in the building with the doors closed only for the robots to start scratching at it, the pilots shouting, "COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!"

At that moment, Neil looked around as many other employees were in absolute panic, the boy saying, "Maybe we should hide in that one room no one ever uses," pointing to a door that said 'Secrets lie beyond this gate. Beware!' Of course, this label was always seen by the staff as a weird joke played by their boss.

As soon as the two entered the large secluded area, Neil sighed and said, "I hope the others are okay," then turned and noticed himself face-to-face with a big dinosaur, his eyes going wide as he trembled.

The man continued to stare with absolute shock at the large orange dinosaur. As if that wasn't enough, there were a whole bunch of other creatures. However, Neil soon noticed they had bolts and screws in them and rather blocky builds, sighing with relief as he said, "Thank god, they're just machines..." then blinked asking, "Where did these come from?"

Before he could question this further, the orange dragon robot's chest opened up revealing a cockpit as Neil stood silent. It was as if the robot was inviting him to enter.

Another, a blue dinosaur-like robot with a face more like that of a dragon opened up as well, Mato staring in absolute disbelief. What did it all mean? Were the robots... asking the two to pilot them?

As Midori rode through town avoiding the robots, she soon found herself surrounded. As if this wasn't bad enough, she had also ended up in front of the hospital where Kotoha was. Her eyes widened when she saw the girl in danger and felt so helpless that she was unable to defend herself against the robot army.

Kotaha backed away with a look of anger, holding a sick child in her arms. There was no way she'd let the robots destroy the hospital.

One of the robots' mouths opened up wide as a slender woman with red hair in a ponytail and wearing a violet T-shirt stepped out, saying, "I'll let you live as long as you surrender yourself to us. We'll lock you in a cell. If you resist, we WILL kill you!"

Midori's eyes widened. She couldn't believe this. The commander of this group was a fellow woman?

Kotaha let out a deep breath and said, "I'll go. Just don't take the children," the other woman letting out a sigh and holding onto Kotaha's wrist before saying, "The children are also coming with us. As long as they're associated with you, they're also our enemies! But since they're children, we won't kill them even if they do resist, but they're still coming with us!"

Kotaha growled before retorting, "I never said they're associated with me! I'd rather die than let you lay a finger on them!"

"So be it..." the woman said as she whipped out a pistol, holding it up to Kohata's head as Midori rushed in, dodging the shock waves aimed at her and kicked the woman hard in the face, causing her to drop her pistol and breathed heavily, the woman rubbing her face and shouting, "KILL HER! KILL HER NOW!" the other robots charging up their sound systems.

"Let's go," Midori said, grabbing Kotaha's arm and adding, "I hope this isn't too stressful for you," and took off, the shock waves barely missing as Kotaha took a deep breath and said, "Thank you so much..."

All the while, Alejandro was running from one of the robots cursing all the while, hoping for something to come and save his life. This was really weird.

Neil was hesitant to enter the robot before him until he felt a presence drawing him in, the boy asking, "Why do you want me to enter you? I'm a wuss! I can't pilot a battle robot!"

However, as was expected, Mato didn't feel any pressure at all as she simply entered the blue robot before her, grinning and saying, "Come on, Neil-Chan!"

"But I'm a coward!" then remembering what was going on outside, he sighed, "but I don't have much of a choice, do I?"

With that in mind, he climbed into the cockpit as it closed up, the robot letting out a battle cry before its name appeared, Neil saying aloud, "Rookie battle mech: Model Agumon."

Mato's robot's name also appeared as she said, "Rookie battle mech: Model V-mon!"

Strangely enough, one robot was actually missing. In fact, as if irony had taken a sudden turn for the better, this very mech was in front of Alejandro right now, a small white knight. Alejandro saw it open up and instantly decided to enter it, reading out its name as a the rookie battle mech, Pawnchessmon White Version.

After Neil had gotten used to being inside Agumon, flames started to spew from the machine's mouth as it shot down the door to the room, the employees staring as their boss, a 27-year-old woman with pink hair, a green tube top and a blue mini-skirt named Miss Yomaki, looked and thought, 'I didn't think it would be time to reveal that yet.'

"Sorry about the door!" Neil spat as he piloted the mech toward the main door, opening it more like a human would as the Vilemon turned to them, the pilots starting to panic as one asked, "They have mechs too?"

With that, Mato's V-mon mech charged toward the bat-like robots, spinning its arms around like windmill blades, the mech opening its mouth and letting out the words, "BUN-BUN PUNCH!" punching multiple robots down, causing them to lose power as the pilots escaped on jet packs.

"PEPPER BREATH!" Agumon spat, opening its mouth as a small cannon appeared, shooting a fireball from it and blowing up another robot, Neil's eyes wide open.

Mato giggled and said, "It's like I'm in Evangelion or Transformers," Neil saying, "Reminds me more of Gurren Lagann."

Alejandro took a deep breath and said, "Alright, let's try this out," Pawnchessmon shouting, "PAWN SPEAR!" jabbing its spear into one of the robots, causing it to malfunction.

During this time, Midori and Kotaha were trapped against a wall as Midori grimaced, saying, "Nice knowing you, Kotaha," but before the robots could strike, one was cut down the middle as it exploded, a pair of claws revealing itself as the Agumon stood tall and proud with V-mon by his side, Midori's eyes widening, Kotaha staring in shock and shouting, "WHAT IS ALL THIS!"

Midori got over the shock of it all, realizing she was safe smiled but noticed more Vilemon appearing for the voice of the red-head from earlier to shout, "THEY HAVE MECHS TOO! DON'T HOLD BACK!"

"I'm guessing that's their captain," Mato said before adding, "Let's do this," V-mon nodding before lowering its head and shouting, "V HEADBUTT!" ramming hard into the leader's mech, the woman growling angrily as Alejandro showed up out of curiosity, soon having Pawnchessmon strike her down, the woman fleeing on a mech as soon, the other Vilemon models were torn to shreds, the pilots all returning to whence they came.

Pawnchessmon opened up as Alejandro grinned before saying, "Worry not, for I have saved you!" leaping out of his mech and attempting to land with grace only to end up losing focus and landing face-first in front of Midori, his hands lightly pulling on her shorts.

Midori grimaced and said, "Get your hand off of me right now, you perv..." then remembered who he was and groaned, "I can't believe I helped you yesterday."

Alejandro laughed nervously, removing his hands and saying, "Ah, sorry Chika."

Midori's look of anger then turned to one of relief as she sighed, "Well, whoever you are, you chased them off."

Mato's mech opened up as well as she grinned saying, "Yep, we sure did! Now does anyone know what's going on?"

"I wish I knew," Midori replied with a sigh as the mechs opened up, the two humans coming out as Midori's eyes widened. Sure, she expected at least one of the pilots to be a girl, but the pilot of the Agumon was a... boy? No, boys couldn't be that competent, could they? Sure, Alejandro had piloted the Pawnchessmon, but Midori's mind was too disappointed to even take that into consideration.

Never the less, the day had at least been saved, but they knew it wasn't over. All Kotaha and Midori could do now was wonder if they had robots like that too.