Down in the east, Seyu's advancement was stalled thanks to I.S. students, with a little help from Kari and Yolei. Cecilia was the brave one and went to try and fight Seyu himself. Despite how he did not wish to raise his hand to a lady, that same hand was forced to act. He unleashed his Shadow Unit, Osprey, and it seems like he has her pinned down. Meanwhile, the others were trying their best to keep the advancing forces from getting too close.

"I'm almost out of ammo. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." Charlotte said as her actual guns weren't able to hold out for much longer.

"It's okay. We've got this." Serene said as she and the digimon kept up the attacks. "I think it's time to kick it up a notch." She flew straight up and took aim as some lasers unfolded from the wings of her Icy Queen. She fired straight down at the enemy and was dealing some damage.

"I think we're doing well on holding them back." Nefertimon said.

"That's true, but what about the one that went ahead? The one named Cecilia?" Halsemon questioned. That was a bit of a concern for them. They tried to look ahead and saw that Cecilia was struggling.

"We have to help her. Maybe I can..." Charlotte wanted to go out there and help Cecilia out, but something stopped her. She felt and uncomfortable feeling in her body and it felt like her heart was about to burst for a moment. She dropped to a knee and was trying to keep her composure.

"Charlotte, what's wrong?" Yolei said as she didn't like the looks of this.

"Serene, get back down here!" Kari called. Serene saw Charlotte was having trouble. She flew down and tried to have a look at what it was.

"Oh no. I was afraid this might happen. You haven't recovered enough after getting shot, have you?" Serene said. The others were shocked from hearing Charlotte was shot before. Charlotte's body hasn't recovered enough for this kind of excitement. It might seem like they can hold their own, but they could be in real trouble. Cecilia was certainly in it. Seyu kept firing away at Cecilia as each shot he fired pierced through whatever defenses she had. Cecilia was pinned down, but the attacks suddenly stopped.

"You can't hide forever, my dear. You'll have to come out eventually." Seyu said. He was baiting her to make a move. "Know the moment that you do, you'll be dead."

"I wouldn't be so sure. I'm quite handy with a gun myself." Cecilia claimed as she tried planning her next attack. It just won't be easy considering the wings of Seyu's unit can be used like shields and has a series of guns to them.

"Perhaps you need a full demonstration to what my Shadow Unit is capable of." Seyu said as he had something else planned.

"What do you mean?" Cecilia questioned. Seyu pulled out another accessory for his unit. A round large piece that was set between the wings. He turned to where the others were standing and decided to aim for them. The weapon he summoned was gathering energy and he unleashed it all in just one shot. The blast was sent flying to them and crashed near them. It set off a large explosion that knocked all of them back. The destructive power it held was quite the surprise.

"What do you think? It's called the Sentient Shooter. It packs quite the punch." Seyu said. "Men! Move in and eliminate the enemy!" His men followed his orders and went on the attack as they all charged at them.

"Halsemon, give us some cover!" Yolei said. Halsemon flew up in the air and tried to give them that cover.

"Tempest Wing!" He twirled around and unleashed a fierce blast of wind to keep the others away. It provided them all an opportunity to try and find some cover. Cecilia knew she had to do something and opened fired straight at Seyu, but Seyu used his wings to block the attack.

"You call yourself a gentleman. That was rather ungentlemanly of you." Cecilia said.

"I don't get any enjoyment out of this, but I am left with no other choice." Seyu said. "I'm afraid to say this, but you and those other ladies will die here today." He instantly aimed back at Cecilia and tried to shoot her, but Cecilia flew straight up and avoided his shots, but Seyu was quite the sniper himself. He anticipated where she was going and opened fired there. Cecilia took a few shots, but she did managed to avoid getting serious injuries. She did try to fight back, but Seyu stopped his shooting and defended. "You're just simply outclassed, my dear. You can't beat me."

"Don't be so sure." Cecilia said as she wasn't giving up yet. 'There must be a way to get past his defenses, but what can I do? How am I going to defeat him? I can't allow myself to be defeated by the likes of him?' She wondered what she was going to do, but that was when she realized something. She remembered the times Davis fought him before and how he acted. 'That's it! I'm focusing on the wrong target! I don't need to figure out how to get around his Shadow Unit, just his personality.' She thought as she was seeing a way to get out of this and win this fight.

"Well, are you ready to admit defeat my dear. If you speak on behave of your friends down there and surrender, I might show some mercy and spare all of you." Seyu offered. "Two of them down there aren't even pilots like yourself seeing as how they are not using I.S. units. There're no reason for them to die in a war that really has nothing to do with them. Do you really want their deaths to be on your hands when they never should have been here in the first place?"

"We asked for their help because they are our friends and they wanted to be here." Cecilia said. "I should be more concerned with yourself if I were you." She warned as she took aim at him again.

"Oh please. This fight is practically over." Seyu said as he fired away at her again and forced her to move. Once he got her to backdown, he moved away and aimed right at the others. He powered up his Sentient Shooter and was aiming right at the others. "I do apologize for this, but it must be done."

"Not if I can help it!" Cecilia said as she fired a couple missiles right at him, but Seyu countered them perfectly. He fired another series of shots at them and destroyed them before they made impact.

"Desperate maneuvers like that will always lead to failure." Seyu said as he thinks Cecilia is just grasping at straws now. "Are you that eager to meet your end? So be it." He kept shooting at her and aimed with his rifle, getting ready to finish her off. However, it was the right time to put Cecilia's idea into action.

"I'll have to handle this very carefully." Cecilia said as she just charged right into the shots, some of them grazing and striking against her. It was painful, but she tried her best to endure.

"What is she doing?" Seyu said as he didn't understand. He just kept aiming with his rifle and just about had her. However, he was caught off guard when Cecilia suddenly stopped in front of him and he was surprised. Some of those shots crazed at Cecilia and it left parts of her exposed, her attire ripped up and showed some of her body off. "My goodness! What did you just do to yourself?!"

"That was painful, but I got what I was looking for." Cecilia said. "I remember you have a problem with women being a little exposed. You claim it's torture, something like hell." Seyu tried to look away, but he had to finish this fight.

"No! I must finish you!" Seyu said as he opened his eyes to aim, but his eyes kept wondering down to Cecilia's breasts. He had to look away again. "I must finish you, but this is indecent!" Seyu was a little torn about this. He even tried shooting with his eyes closed, but every shot missed.

"I honestly don't see what the problem is. In fact, I practiced fencing down in my undergarments lots of times." Cecilia claimed.

"You are terribly lewd!" Seyu complained.

"I also have you right where I want you." Cecilia said as she fired away at him herself and every shot hit him pretty good. "I do wish to thank you. You showed something new with Blue Tears. I believed you use this against Davis and it packed quite the punch." She said as she arranged her drones and her rifle in the right position. "Blue Sorrow." She copied the same move he used on Davis after figuring it out. She fired a powerful blast and it hit Seyu dead-on. It packed so much punch that it knocked Seyu right out of the sky. He ended up crashing out of the sky with his men seeing it. It was a surprise to see their commander get knocked down. To ensure he didn't try anything else, Cecilia aimed his drones close to him and kept him down. "I believe this is checkmate." She claimed. Seyu could see he was beaten and it was done. None of the soldiers could keep going now. The girls were able to take down the last of the soldiers and brought them down.

"We got them! Did we get them? I think we got them!" Yolei cheered.

"Oui. We got them." Charlotte said. This marks the end of the eastern forces advances. Once they were beaten, the girls took the time to recuperate and tie down Seyu so he doesn't try anything.

"I can't believe we just brought down a whole army like that." Yolei said.

"It is rather impressive, but let's not loose focus. There's still much we have to do." Serene said.

"She's right. The others are probably still fighting as well." Hawkmon said. Yolei was glad they pulled this off, but this isn't over just yet.

"Charlotte, how are you feeling?" Cecilia said as she tried to help Charlotte with her problems.

"A little better..." Charlotte said. "I just need a moment to rest and I might be good to go. What about you, Cecilia? You willingly took some shots."

"I'll be okay. I did my best to make sure the shots just grazed me. It might have been crazy of me, but I knew the enemy's weakness and I had to use it. Don't worry about me." Cecilia said as she tried to muscle through whatever pain she was feeling. As for Kari, she just stared out at the city with Gatomon in her arms. Gatomon could just tell what she was thinking.

"You're thinking about him, aren't you?" Gatomon said as she was reading Kari like a book. "You miss Davis, don't you?"

"Am I really that obvious?" Kari said.

"More or less." Kari looked behind her and saw Serene standing there. "You miss him, but you're the one that broke it off with him. Understand that you had your chance, but you chose to let it go with him."

"I know, but that's because I know how you and others feel about him." Kari said as she faced her. "I'm not stupid. You and those other girls he spoked so fondly of; I know how you all feel about him."

"Yes, and you feel the same. You can imagine how upset we were when he chose you." Serene said. "Surely, you can agree that there's certainly something about him. What you didn't seem to think was that it all doesn't matter. He was in love with you." Hearing that made Kari feel all the more guilty. "I understand that you are worried about him being there given the circumstances, and that as you should be."

"I should?" Kari questioned.

"Yes, but that means you should be willing to fight for him." Serene said as she tried to get a clear message to her. "I can see that he cares deeply for you, and as much as I would love for him to show those feelings for me, I can see he wants to be with you."

"Why are you telling me this when you want to be with him?" Kari questioned.

"It's because of how I feel towards him that I say this." Serene said. "He wants to be with you and I can tell you still wish to be with him. You want him to stay, you should have been willing to fight for him. The things worth keeping in this life are the things we must be willing to fight for and not give up on. I say this all because I know how he feels towards you. Those feelings might remain, they might have changed, but I want you to understand this. If you truly love Davis, be with him and stand your ground. Understand that I will also do the same to be with him." That was all Serene said. As much as she would love Davis to be happy, she wants Davis to be with who does make him happy. Serene will fight for that and not give up easily, but she's trying to put Davis' happiness above that. In other words, she's trying to be a selfless person while also trying to be with the one she loves. It has Kari doing something thinking if she still wishes to be with Davis and get him back.

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Davis: We've got two down and two to go now. Down south, my sister and the others are getting that feathered birdbrain Senka. That guy thinks he's so great, but let's see if he's saying that after my sister gets done with him. At the same time, looks like Sierra and Kimi are getting ready to go for her father. Epic moments are coming.

Next Time: The Firebird Flies

It's about time my sister got in the action. Those guys are as good as dead.