Rise of the Mechanical Digimon

As the group was travelling, an alarm in the enemy base went off as Aku's eyes widened, the man shouting, "OH CRAP, THEY FOUND OUT WHERE WE ARE!" Morrigan groaning, "How?" Yae coming in and saying, "Um... well... my older sister was among them..."

"So she came from here..." Aku grunted, "I'm actually amazed it took them this long to figure it out considering that fact... well, Yae, since your sister is among them, I figure you may as well lead the squadron," Yae's eyes wide open. Was this supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing?

Neil turned to face Mato saying, "Hey, honey, remember, if they attack you, Agumon and I have got your back," Mato winking and replying, "Don't you worry about me. Just cause I'm a woman doesn't mean I can't kick butt."

"True," Neil replied, rubbing his head saying, "I have more than enough past experience to back that up," laughing.

Alejandro simply grinned, holding the controls while pumping up his muscles, hoping that making his fist mightier might help things. Kotaha, despite circumstances as they were, also seemed at ease about all of this and fully confident that they could win.

Midori, however, was surprisingly nervous, not so much because of the battle coming up but rather the fact that she knew she'd end up having to face Yae again. This was going to be hard.

Soon enough, the entire army arrived as many citizens in the city saw the incoming mechs, their eyes going wide as if they'd truly never seen one before. Seeing a whole army come from a nearby government building was even more shocking.

"Alright, don't hold back!" Midori spat, "But if my sister is among them, I wanna be the one to put her in her place!"

All of the mechs digivolved right then and there, the newcomers becoming champions while the 6 main ones became their Ultimate levels. Upon seeing Paildramon, Morrigan's eye twitched as she asked, "Wasn't that thing supposed to be destroyed?"

She shrugged as Yae said, "Uh... everyone... try those new microchips that Aku gave us!"

With that, everyone inserted the chips as their mechs digivolved as well, the minions becoming champions. Devimon's body turned inside-out, revealing the torso of a red skeleton with a metal ball in the middle. The arms also went back into the mech's body, coming out and now matching the new torso more, black leather emerging from the robot's waist and going down, soon covering the mech's lower body like pants, silver boots forming on the mech's feet, the mech pulling a staff out of its mouth and becoming Skullsatamon.

Kabuterimon started to change as well as his torso grew much bigger, flipping inside out to reveal a red body underneath. Two halves of a large metal shell also sprouted from its back, soon coming together to make a full beetle shell, a large pearl coming up through a hole near the top, staying in place. Kabuterimon's helmet also changed as the top of the horn split open to make one similar to that of a rhino beetle. Its hands and feet were also replaced by big blue ones as it had become Megakabuterimon.

Kuwagamon also grew bigger in size, his body also changing inside out and becoming grey with red markings in certain areas. His pincers also reshaped themselves, now looking more like tusks as a second pair of legs came from two holes that formed on his rear end. However, two of his arms strangely left him as now he had two left, but now they were bigger and stronger than before, artificial hair also coming from the back of his head as he was now Okuwamon.

Tortomon easily underwent the biggest change as his neck extended to a considerable height, his shell tucking itself away into his body. Soon, his tortoise body was turned inside out and replaced by that of a yellow brontosaurus with blue stripes around his back, a big horn popping out of his cranium as metal stitches were around his mouth. He had become Brachiomon.

Firamon also changed, now standing on two legs instead of four. His mane became much longer, now looking more like actual human hair as more armour covered his body than before. His build looked a little bit more muscular now as he had become Flaremon, clearly undergoing the smallest change.

Skullsatamon proceeded to fire a beam at Lilamon while Megakabuterimon released a fierce blast from his horn toward Bishopchessmon. Bishopchessmon took the blast of energy but ignored the damage dealt, reacting with a beam. Lilamon also ignored the damage dealt by Skullsatamon's attack and fired metal plants from her hand cannons.

Okuwamon then went for Metalgreymon, both locking blows as Brachiomon fired a series of exploding bubbles toward Paildramon. All the while, Midori glared at Flaremon, Yae biting her lip and glaring at Cyberdramon, both ready to do battle as Midori sighed, shaking her head. This was going to be painful.

Paildramon took in the blow but ignored the damage, responding with the guns on his hips and firing upon the dinosaur. Cyberdramon and Flaremon were both going at it, Cyberdramon striking the lion mech only for Flaremon to respond with a series of flaming kicks and punches.

Unfortunately, things weren't going too well for the others either. Bishopchessmon had fired many beams back at Megakabuterimon, but each time, not only were they countered, but Bishopchessmon ended up taking in another blow from the beetle.

Skullsatamon easily negated the incoming plants and struck Lilamon in the face with his staff. Lilamon tried fighting back by sending a beam into the skeleton's face, but this proved to be not good enough as Skullsatamon retaliated with a beam to her chest.

Paildramon fired more shots, Brachiomon eventually taking in a few of them as Zet sighed, "Well, this seems like a bit of a down-grade," the dinosaur unleashing more exploding bubbles.

Metalgreymon and Okuwamon continued to match blows until the metal dragon opened up its chest cannons, Jason's eyes wide open as Okuwamon blew open seconds later, the man taking off on a jet pack shouting, "CURSE YOU!"

Megakabuterimon started beating its horn hard against Bishopchessmon as Nathan laughed wickedly shouting, "DIEDIEDIE! MUAHAHAHAAHAHA!"

Seeing that Neil had already beaten his opponent, Alejandro refused to let Nathan wale on him anymore as he slammed the controls. With that, the knight mech fired off multiple lasers and rays from his staff.

Megakabuterimon took in the blows as Nathan quickly flew out shouting, "I DON'T GET IT! I FINALLY REACH ULTIMATE AND I STILL LOSE TO YOU FREAKS!"

As Lilamon took in more blows, Megumi wanted so desperately to be useful as she had Renamon, which had become a multi-tailed fox named Kyuubimon, into the battle and spinning around, blue flames forming around her as she charged into Skullsatamon, causing him to back off.

Kotaha saw a perfect opportunity as she grinned, Lilamon pointing her arms forward and unleashing beams from the cannons. This proved too much as Skullsatamon blew up, Morrigan groaning, "It figures..."

Brachiomon continued to fire at Paildramon only for Mato and Neku to finally see a way around this, shooting out the spikes attached to ropes and using them to pop the bubbles open before they could hit the combination mech. They then proceeded to stab Brachiomon in the neck with one of them as an explosion came from it, the mech powering down as Zet took his leave, sighing in disappointment. *

While the others continued, Cyberdramon and Flaremon continued their brawl as Yae grunted, "Midori, why did you join the side of evil!" Midori retorting, "You're the one who's working for evil! These people are trying to take lives that have done nothing to them!"

Alejandro grinned, watching this and saying, "Atta girl. Show them who's the toughest, sexiest chick around."

After dealing blow after blow, Cyberdramon punched Flaremon hard in the face, knocking its head clean off as Yae looked down, saying, "Alright, you win..." the head falling hard against the ground below as the minions started to retreat, seeing their strongest now defeated as the employees cheered.

Alejandro shot his fists in the air shouting, "YES, VICTORY FOR THE JUSTICE TEAM!" Mato sticking out her tongue and lowering her eyelid before taunting, "YEAH, SUCK ON THAT!"

Kotaha simply giggled as she and Megumi gave each other's mechs a high five. Megumi then started doing a victory dance, feeling so happy to have actually partook in this battle.

Midori simply let out a sigh and said, "At least I didn't have to resort to killing..." Yae letting down tears and groaning, "I'm a disgrace."

Neil smiled and let out a sigh of relief. Finally, it was over. However, Neku felt a bit uneasy, like something was off, and that was about to be proven true.

"HEY, DID YOU FORGET ABOUT ME!" came a loud, booming voice, the area going silent. Neil's eyes went wide, the man trembling with terror when the Chimairamon mech appeared, Aku fuming and shouting, "I've had it with you! It's time to defeat you all for good!"

However, rather than feeling scared, Alejandro simply smirked and grabbed Bishopchessmon's controls again saying, "Don't count on it. We're much stronger than before."

"But... guys... he's super powerful!" Neil replied with fear down his spine, Metalgreymon's eyes glowing as the man gulped, "You're right... I need to suck it up..."

Kotaha nodded with a smile and stated, "There's no reason to be afraid now. With the whole team at the level we are now, we can beat him."

Mato grinned and stated, "Yeah, we can't lose now," Neku asking, "Ready to put him in his place, Paildramon?" the mech nodding.

However, just as everyone was about to fight back, Aku didn't even bother to showboat like he did when facing Neil. Instead, he simply grabbed each mech and used them as baseball bats to knock the allies away, Aku saying, "I can't allow you to ruin years of hard work. My great father did all he could to turn my people against you."

"Wait, what!" Neil retorted, Midori blinking and asking, "Yeah, mind explaining to us what you mean by that?"

Aku's eyes were wide as even his own soldiers were staring at Chimairamon, Aku's eyes shifting back and forth as Yomaki stated, "Let me guess, the mayor wasn't really framed, was he?"

"ALRIGHT, FINE, I ADMIT IT!" Aku spat, "The mayor, also known as my father came to your city with the intention of blowing it up! He wasn't a victim, he was what you'd call the bad guy! But he had a good reason!"

"I wanted to help this guy?" Morrigan asked, blinking as Nathan said, "Wow, what a douche," Joseph sighing, "Alas, I disgrace myself," Zet simply staring with shock. Yae then let down a tear and thought, 'I also helped that man.'

Alejandro fumed and spat, "I may be confused by all of this, but Aku is clearly the bad guy! Come on, let's beat him!"

However, Aku simply sent a surge of power from the hands of Chimairamon into the other mechs, causing them to power down as he opened up the hatch on Metalgreymon, pulling Neil out and saying, "I'm going to enjoy this," Neil's eyes wide open as Aku spat, "IF ANYONE DARES TO HELP THIS BOY, MY MECH WILL CRUSH HIS HEAD OPEN!"

Kotaha gasped in panic, Alejandro staring in shock as both shouted, "NEIL!" Midori gritting her teeth at the sight of this. What a cheap tactic.

Neil let down tears as he said, "Guess we won't be getting married, Mato..." Aku hearing this, his eyes going wide as he remembered his own wife. He remembered how she'd helped create the most powerful mech in existence only for it to explode, burning her body in the process. It was the saddest day of his life, then he'd lost his only daughter because of his own stupid decisions. How could he bring himself to destroy a strong relationship like this when he'd suffered so much?

However, the others failed to notice Aku feeling this way as they panicked, not sure what to do. Mato was currently panicking the most, biting her nails all the while, tears going down her face.

However, Midori noticed Aku's grip start to weaken as Neil fell toward the ground, Midori's eyes going wide as everyone went in to help Neil only for Aku to regain his senses, hitting them all except for Paildramon. Needless to say, it didn't take long for Mato and Neku to realize they had to save the boy.

As Neil was about to hit the ground, he felt a metallic hand catch him as he sniffed and said, "You saved me, honey-pumpkin," as suddenly, the other mechs started to glow as Aku's eyes went wide, the man asking, "Wait, what's going on?"

Alejandro laughed and replied, "It could very well be the cheesiest thing ever," Kotaha smiling and adding, "Unlike you guys, we have the power of friendship and love! That's what makes us different from any other team! We all matter to each other!"

With that, all of the mechs came together to form a hybrid of their own, one that was the exact same size as Chimairamon as Yomaki grinned saying, "Wow, this one's a level that's unheard of! It's a Mega level mech and its name is Heromon!" *

Kotaha's eyes sparkled as she said, "Wow... we all managed to create this..." Mato grinning wide and exclaiming, "This is so epically awesome!" Alejandro adding, "This'll be a fight to remember for sure!"

Aku grimaced and spat, "NO, I WON'T LET YOU WIN!" sending all of his might toward them only for Heromon to punch open one of his arms in less than a second, the man panicking.

Aku tried relentlessly to strike back only for Heromon to block every single blow, eventually opening up a chest cannon and blasting Chimairamon hard. However, the ultimate mech ignored the damage, responding with a powerful blast of dark energy, causing Heromon to start breaking down as Neil's eyes went wide, the boy shouting, "WHAT THE HELL! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" *

Alejandro held the controls and spat, "Don't break down on us now!" Midori grunting, "Come on, work!"

Unfortunately, Heromon was slowly deteriorating every second as Aku laughed wickedly shouting, "I DID IT! AFTER ALL THAT STRUGGLE, I FINALLY DEFEATED YOU FOOLS!"

"Don't count on it!" Neil spat as suddenly, the part representing Metalgreymon detached from the model, Mato next to Neil in the cock pit as Aku's eyes widened, Chimairamon beating away at Metalgreymon until it devolved into Greymon. However, this seemed to only restore its strength as Chimairamon kept up the assault, Greymon slowly becoming Agumon as Neil and Mato were now cramped up against each other, Neil shouting, "DO ALL YOU WANT TO US, BUT WE'LL NEVER BACK DOWN!" Agumon leaping atop the ultimate's face, forcing open its mouth and sending a huge Pepper Breath down its gullet, Aku's eyes widened as the fireball went down the tube into the cockpit, hitting him hard as he cried out in pain, his skin starting to melt as he whimpered, "But... how...?"

Soon enough, Chimairamon powered down as its torso opened up, revealing a skeleton inside as everyone stared with shock, Yomaki knowing what this meant as a smile formed on her face, the woman shouting, "WE DID IT!" everyone else cheering wildly as Agumon landed firmly against the ground, Neil's head running to the side of Mato's breast as he smiled nervously saying, "Sorry, honey."

Mato held Neil close, placing his head against her chest while stroking his head with a warm smile, saying, "We won and that's all that counts," Neku nodding in agreement.

Neil smiled and reached around Mato's head, pulling it inward and planting a kiss saying, "You're just the cutest thing!"

Alejandro cheered happily, climbing out of his mech and hugging Midori tightly, spinning around with her as both shouted, "WE DID IT!" the two embracing each other and sharing a long kiss, Alejandro no longer caring if someone from the Paparazzi was around or not.

Seeing this, Morrigan sighed, "It's time for a career change," a group of police officers slapping handcuffs on her and her associates saying, "After you serve a year in prison for your crimes!"

Yae also got this treatment, sighing, "I can't say I don't deserve this," then looked up at Midori with tears, Midori walking over to her and giving her sister a hug saying, "It's okay. You did what you thought was right." *

Yae smiled sweetly as she accepted her punishment, allowing the cops to take her to jail. She knew what she'd done and was ready to pay in full for it.

Aku's body wasn't even taken from the scene. No one believed that he deserve a proper burial, not when he knew he was doing wrong. His now ex-workers were still ashamed to have ever tried to help him. He'd tricked them into being his servants.

Kotaha sighed with relief as she felt a slight pain in her stomach, the others staring with concern until she smiled sweetly, saying, "My baby's kicking," Yomaki feeling the spot and saying, "Hey, you're right," before nodding her head, pretending to understand what the foetus was communicating and adding, "The baby says it's happy we were able to put an end to this war."

Neil simply stared at her strangely as Yomaki shot him a glare, Neil gulping and nodding, pretending to agree while saying, "Yeah, I wouldn't doubt that for a second," Kotaha giggling in response to this as Midori said, "The best part is you managed to pull this off without Luchi finding out."

"Yeah," Kotaha replied, nodding her head in agreement, "If he knew I was participating in a war, he would have flipped his lid," Neku remarking, "Someone that calm flipping his lid? I'll believe it when I see it."

With that, everyone climbed into their mechs, the robot taking off and heading back to the base. The robots all gave each other high fives and thumbs up, Megumi sighing, "I may never get to use you again, Renamon, but at least I got to use you once."

The Renamon mech had grown a strange attachment to the crazy mechanic as she did something surprising, opening her mouth wide and pulling Megumi out, placing the woman atop her head. Megumi's eyes sparkled as she beamed, enjoying the ride atop her mech's head. This was the greatest moment of her life.

And so the mechs flew off into the distance, sunset just arriving. This had been the perfect time for the horror to come to an end. *

Notes: *1) I actually had to add this as Mato and Neku's writer kept forgetting Paildramon was supposed to be fighting Brachiomon.

*2) Completely made-up Digimon specifically for this story, but to be honest, I wish I'd come up with a better name.

*3) The following was heavily inspired by the final battle in Gurren Lagann.

*4) Pretty much the rest of this chapter is added stuff as I didn't want to get to the other stuff until the next chapter when I have a lot more pages with work with.

*5) Stick around. There's an epilogue.