02x43 - Fan the Flames

[bunniefuu]

[electronic sounds]

- [Narrator] Previously
on Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

[dark tense music]

- Windy, I'm surprised
you'd choose to duel us

instead of Varis.

I know you haven't forgotten
that he defeated you.

- Oh, he'll get his.
But Lightning's strategy

is to defeat the
weakest duelist first.

- [Both] Let's duel!

[electric zaps]

- I Link Summon link-three
Salamangreat Heatlio!

- [Windy] Now Bahamut Bomber
att*ck Salamangreat Heatlio!

Blow out its flames with
a huge gust of wind!

- Ah!

[electronic dinging]

- It's your turn Flameburner,
see what I did there,

and I can say quite certainly
that it will be your last.

[tense music fades]

[low bass rumbles]

[fast-paced dramatic
music plays]

[electronic zapping]

[fast-paced dramatic
music swells]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music intensifies]

[audible gleam]

[electronic zapping]

[electric guitar strums]

[electronic ding]

- This isn't looking
good for Soulburner.

He's down to his
last 600 life points.

- And to make matters worse,

he has no monsters on his field

while Windy still has
his Bahamut Bomber.

- [sniffs] Do I smell
duck on a roast?

Because I say their
goose is cooked.

- I wouldn't count Soulburner
and Flame out just yet, Ai.

- Come on guys,
don't let me down.

- It's my turn.

I draw and I'll kick it off

by activating
Salamangreat Performance.

When I have fewer life
points than my opponent's

and I have a Salamangreat
in my graveyard,

this spell lets me snag
another copy of that monster

from my deck. So I
get Salamangreat Fowl.

Next I activate Salamangreat
Mole's special ability.

By banishing it
from my graveyard,

I can return five other
Salamangreat cards

to my deck and then
draw two cards!

Then I activate my
equip spell Rising Fire.

When I have no monsters on my
field, I can equip this card

on a fire monster in my
graveyard to re-summon it.

Rise up Salamangreat Heatlio!

[monster roars]

Plus, Rising Fire gives
it 500 att*ck points.

- Hmm. Not bad, not bad.
Not great, but not bad

because I have my field
spell Stormrider Blast.

When there's only a single
Stormrider link monster

on my field, there it
is on my upper right,

upper left for you,

if your monster has
equal or fewer links,

meaning three or less, it
loses its special abilities.

So Heatlio's abilities
are poof, up in smoke.

[wind blasts]

[downward hum]

- Without its abilities,

Heatlio's not nearly
as strong as it can be.

- Not to mention it
has fewer att*ck points

than Bahamut Bomber.

- [Ai] It was bad before,
but good thing Soulburner

made all those moves to put
himself in a worse position!

- I activate my spell
Salamangreat Sparks!

This spell has two effects.

First, if the monster equipped
with this card is destroyed,

I can summon two Salamangreat
tokens in defense mode

to either of our fields.

And second, when the
equipped monster battles,

its att*ck points
become exactly the same

as the monster it's fighting.

- Ah, that will allow Heatlio

to destroy my monster in
theory, but in reality,

I'll use Bahamut
Bomber's special ability

to destroy that equip spell.

- No you won't.

- Hmm?

- Not if I go and equip the
spell on your Bahamut Bomber.

- What?

- Hah? He equipped it
on Windy's monster?

- That's smart.

If he now destroys
Salamangreat Sparks,

Soulburner can summon
tokens on Windy's field

and negate Stormrider
Blast's effect.

[Windy growls]

- And now,

I think I'll go and activate
another equip spell.

Ha! Salamangreat Claw!

By equipping it on my Heatlio,

it can no longer be
destroyed in battle.

[Windy growls]

- Now when our monsters
fight head to head,

only yours will
be destroyed. Hm!

- Wrongly.

Wrong, wrong,
wrong, wrong, wrong.

I may not be able to get rid
of the other equip spell,

but I can get rid of this one.

I activate Bahamut
Bomber's special ability

to destroy Salamangreat Claw

and deal you 500 points
of damage for dessert.

[beam hums]

[expl*si*n]

- [grunts]

[electronic dinging]

- You only have a measly

Even a no-eyed clam can
see that this game is over.

- Oh, is that so?

Then you better get that
clam a pair of glasses.

- Huh?

- Yeah, I went
fishing for that one.

But this'll get
me back on track.

By summoning Salamangreat Falco,

I can also automatically
summon Salamangreat Fowl

from my hand.

[electronic zap]

Now it's time to
blaze my circuit, ha!

The summoning condition requires

one level four or lower cyberse.

[booming sound]

I link summon link-one
Salamangreat Balelynx.

- But due to Stormrider
Blast's effect,

it loses its special abilities,
meaning it's de-fanged.

[wind whooshes]

[downward hum]

- [Soulburner] Then how's this?

I activate my Falco's ability
to retrieve Salamangreat Claw

and place it face
down on my field.

And even though you
managed to negate

my Balelynx's abilities, that
won't matter when I use it

and Salamangreat Fowl
to link summon again.

[fire whooshes]

I link summon

link-two Salamangreat
Sunlight Wolf!

[monster growls]

- Well Stormrider Blaster
effect negates your canine

just as it did your feline.

[wind whooshes]

[downward hum]

[fire whooshes]

- While you keep doing that,
I'll do something different

to up my game, ha!

I activate
Salamangreat Sanctuary

to Reincarnation Link Summon.

This lets me bring back
link-three Salamangreat Heatlio!

- Stormrider Blast will
negate its abilities

like all the rest.

- So what, I have a card
that makes it a non-factor.

Salamangreat Claw!

When Heatlio is
equipped with this card,

it can't be destroyed in
battle and even better,

Heatlio is allowed
to att*ck once

for every link that it has.

Since Heatlio has three
links, it's allowed to att*ck

up to three times
in a single turn.

- Three times? Oh no,
is what I'd be saying

if my monster didn't have
more att*ck points than yours.

- That is true, but
also irrelevant.

Due to Salamangreat
Spark's effect,

Bahamut Bomber's att*ck points
become the same as Heatlio's

during battle.

Except our monster can't be
destroyed while yours can.

- Oh, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.

Time out, pause for a second.

- Uh-uh, no chance.

Salamangreat
Heatlio, att*ck now!

[fire whooshes]

[expl*si*n booms]

[monster roars]

By destroying Bahamut Bomber,

Salamangreat Sparks
is also destroyed.

- This can't be happening!

- When Salamangreat
Sparks is destroyed,

it summons two Salamangreat
tokens on your field

in defense mode.

And those tokens have
zero defense points.

Oh and one more thing.

[zapping sounds]

When Heatlio att*cks a
monster in defense mode,

it can still deal you damage.

That's 2300 points
of damage per att*ck.

- Times that by two and
that equals firecrackers!

- Now for my second att*ck!

- Oh no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no!

Oh please, please,
please, please, please.

- It's a bit too
late for that Windy.

- You got that right.
Heatlio, att*ck his token!

[monster roars]

[expl*si*n booms]

[Windy screams]

[electronic dings]

- Yeah! One last att*ck
and the show's over!

- Now Heatlio, att*ck the
last token and end this duel!

[monster roars]

[Windy whimpers]

- Just kidding.

[both gasp]

- You see, what
you see in my hand,

well Echo's hand to be precise
as he is me and I am him,

so his hand is mine
and my hand is his,

is Stormrider Gulldiver.

By sending this card
to the graveyard,

the damage I take is cut in half

and you are no longer
allowed to battle

for the rest of this turn.

- No way!

[monster roars]

[expl*si*n booms]

[Windy grunts and snickers]

- Looks like this
clock is still ticking.

- Hmm. This isn't
good Soulburner.

- Why, we got him down
to 550 life points.

Oh. Oh wait, can he
now use his skill?

- Can I?

Well let's do a refresher on
the requirements, shall we?

I must one, have less than a
thousand life points in two,

a speed duel. Do I have less
than a thousand life points?

Check.

Is this a speed duel?

No check, but you're
still not off the hook.

[both growl]

Since I am naturally
one with the wind,

I can conjure up a data storm
outside of a speed duel.

So check, check, check.

♪ I thought of everything ♪

♪ Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm ♪

- Ah, glitch!

- Furthermore, by banishing
Gulldiver from my graveyard,

I can re-summon Bahamut Bomber

by cutting its
att*ck points in half

and negating its
special abilities.

[whale cries]

[electronic ding]

Further furthermore,

my Stormrider Blast
raises its att*ck points

by 400 plus another 300
for every field spell

in my graveyard for a total of

[electronic dinging]

- Any ideas?

- Yeah, I play the spell card
Salamangreat Sublimation.

By tributing Sunlight Wolf,

I regain life points equal
to its att*ck points.

[electronic dinging]

Then I draw one
card from my deck.

Next I'm gonna play this.

- [Flame] Wait Soulburner.

We must be careful about
which cards to play.

Not to mention when
to play those cards.

And judging by
Windy's past moves,

now is not the right time.

- Ah, you worry too much.

- You don't worry enough.

- What? [grumbles]

- Fine. Do whatever you like.

- I'll play this face
down and end my turn.

- Oh, I can't believe it.

You actually played it.

You should have listened
to Flame, but no,

you'd rather make a mistake.

That's why human partners
are the absolute worst

and now it will
cost you everything.

- It's my turn. Echo, if you
will do the honors, first,

my banished Stormrider
Stolastorm returns

from its vacation and
due to my field spell

Stormrider Blast's effect,
it gains 700 att*ck points.

[electronic dinging]

But those are just the
appetizers for the main course.

[wind whooshing]

I'll use my skill to snatch up

a brand new link monster
from the data storm.

And let me remind you,

I could have never done this
without your help, Soulburner.

Thanks for being such a fool.

Storm Access!

[whooshing intensifies]

[light gleaming]

- I hope you realize that

although you're not
breaking the rules,

you are bending them severely.

- I'll take that as a compliment

because if you're not
cheating, you are not trying.

Now allow me to show you the
new monster that I obtained.

[wind whooshes]

A summoning conditions require

at least two Stormrider
link monsters,

so I set Stormrider
Bahamut Bomber

and Stolastorm in
the link arrows.

[electric dings]

- If he's willing to get
rid of Bahamut Bomber,

then this is gonna be rough.

- You don't know the half of it.

I link summon!

Link-four Stormriderflagship
Custom Bahamut Bomber!

[electronic ding]

- And Stormrider Blast's
effect makes it even stronger.

[electronic dinging]

- That's a whole lot of
att*ck points, Flame.

- And we still don't know
what abilities it may have.

- Then allow me to introduce
you to one of them.

And here's a fun fact,
you won't like it.

When I have zero cards in
my spell and trap zone,

I can transform one
of your monsters

into a worthless spell card

and scoot it to the
back of your field.

[ice clinks]

- Aw man.

- And since Salamangreat Claw
can only equip onto monsters,

not spells, it's destroyed.

[Soulburner grunts]

- I told you you
wouldn't like it.

I did. I did.

And if you didn't like that,

you definitely won't like this.

Custom Bahamut
Bomber's second ability

destroys all your
spell and trap cards

and you take 500 points
of damage for each one.

So your Heatlio, gone.

That card Flame told
you not to play, gone.

A thousand of your life
points gone, gone, gone!

And to think this
wouldn't have happened

if your teamwork
worked, but it didn't,

so your cards are going bye-bye.

[electronic sound fluctuating]

[Soulburner grunts]

[electronic dinging]

And with that, you have
nothing on your field.

- Do you now agree that we
shouldn't have played that card?

- Yes.

- Oh, now you listen to him
when it's much too late.

All because you're too arrogant

to snack on a slice
of humble pie.

You should have
recognized from the start

that the Ignis are always right

and humans are always wrong
because the Ignis are flawless.

Well certain Ignis are flawless.

I can't speak for the defects

who choose the team
with ugh, humans.

- Hey, why do you gotta
drag me into this?

- Now I can't say
this duel was fun,

but I can say this duel is done.

Custom Bahamut Bomber, att*ck!

[power surges]

Ha, I'm blowing out
your flickering flame

and there's nothing
you can do about it!

- Are you sure about that?

- Huh?

- I activate my trap card.

- A trap? What trap?

I don't see a trap.

- Try thinking of a location
other than the field, Windy.

- [growls] Field. No. Deck. No.

Hand. No. Graveyard.

[gasps] Graveyard!

- That's right,
Windy. The graveyard.

I banish my trap
Salamangreat Ascetic

from my graveyard to
activate its effect.

It returns a Salamangreat
link monster to my extra deck.

And it also resurrects a
different Salamangreat monster

to my field in defense mode.

Take wing, Salamangreat Falco!

[monster shrieks]

- Salamangreat Ascetic
is the facedown card

we played earlier.

But to use it's full effect,

we needed you to destroy it
and send it to the graveyard.

- So me and Flame
did a little acting,

like we had a disagreement
that led to a mistake.

En voilà.

Hook, line and sinker.

- Oh, you tricked me!

But it changes nothing.

Custom Bahamut Bomber, att*ck
and eliminate their Falco!

[laser zaps]

- When my monster's about
to be destroyed in battle,

I can banish
Salamangreat Balelynx

from my graveyard to
take the hit instead.

[expl*si*n booms]

- Oh, would you two
just stop trying?

It's annoying and
frustrating and annoying!

- Looks like we're
getting to him, Flame.

- Oh no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no you're not.

Do I need to remind
you? I guess I do,

that I still have the
strongest monster in play.

A monster that you're
forced to att*ck due

to Stormrider Blast's effect.

So you did manage
to get another turn,

but that turn will be your last.

- Soulburner, he
does have a point.

- So are you worried, bud?

- No, not at all.

Because I believe in you.

- I believe in you too.

It all comes down to
this final draw, Flame.

So let's make sure
it's a good one.

[fire whooshes]

Here it goes.

I draw!

[intense music fades]

[fire whooshes]

- Here it goes. I draw!

[bass booms]

Perfect. I summon
Salamangreat Gazelle.

[monster neighs]

[electronic ding]

When this monster is
summoned, its special ability

lets me send a different
Salamangreat in my deck

to the graveyard.

So I send Salamangreat Spinny,

but Spinny has its
own special ability.

When there's a Salamangreat
monster on my field,

I can resurrect it
from my graveyard.

[electronic ding]

- That's it?

Of all the creatures
in the universe,

I'm supposed to be scared
of a deer and an armadillo?

- Don't you know you should
never judge a book by its cover

because you are now about to
learn what they can really do.

I overlay level-three
Salamangreat Gazelle

and Salamangreat Spinny.

- Overlay?

- With these two monsters,

I'll now build the
overlay network.

[electronic beeping]

[whooshing sound]

[electronic hum]

[electronic beeping]

[electricity whooshing]

- Windy, watch and weep!

This wild steed blazes
through the tundra to

torch every illusion.

I Xyz summon rank-three
Salamangreat Mirage Stallio!

[electronic beep]

Next I activate its
special ability.

By using one overlay unit,

Mirage Stallio summons a
Salamangreat from my deck.

Ha! Here comes
Salamangreat b*at Bison!

[monster roars]

And b*at Bison has its
own special ability.

For every face-up card
you have on your field,

I can return a fire-attribute
link monster in my graveyard

to my extra deck, but
that's not all Windy.

I also get to negate the effects

and abilities of
your face-up cards.

So I return two Heatlios
to my extra deck

and negate Custom Bahamut Bomber

and Stormrider Blast's
effects and abilities,

so your high-flyers
won't be flying so hot.

[electronic dinging]

[Windy growls]

- Next I'll follow that
up by blazing my circuit.

I send Mirage Stallio,
Falco and b*at Bison

in the link arrows!

I link summon link-three
Salamangreat Heatlio!

[electronic beep]

When I use Mirage
Stallio to link summon,

its special ability activates

and returns one monster on
your field to your hand.

So your Custom Bahamut Bomber
is galloping on outta here.

- What? Oh, I don't think so.

Not when I have
Stormrider Tubieloof.

By discarding this
card from my hand,

it negates your monsters
special ability.

So my Custom Bahamut Bomber
is staying right where it is

and I'm staying
right here as well

because I'm the one who
will blow your flame out,

not the other way around!

- Listen, Windy.

I know that the wind
can blow a flame out

but the wind can also fan the
flames into a raging inferno.

I activate Salamangreat
Sanctuary's effect

Reincarnation Link Summon!

[fire whooshes]

Rise again from the
valley of flames.

Salamangreat Heatlio!

[electronic beep]

When Heatlio is reincarnated,

it can make your monster's
att*ck points become the same

as one that's in my graveyard.

And my Spinny only has a
thousand att*ck points.

- Don't do it. Don't do it.
Don't do it. Don't do it.

Don't do it!

- Flame Possession!

[fire whooshes]

[fire explodes]

[electronic dinging]

- No!

You did it. You did it.

You did it. You
did it. You did it!

- Windy, you saw
teamwork as a negative

instead of a positive, but
only by working together

could Soulburner and I steer
the duel in our favor and-

- Just att*ck me so I don't
have to listen to Flame anymore!

- Sure, alright Heatlio,

att*ck and destroy
Custom Bahamut Bomber.

Inferno Strike!

[fire whooshes]

[expl*si*n booms]

[fire whooshes]

[expl*si*n booms]

[Windy screams]

[electronic dinging]

[grunts]

Oh!

I had this duel. I had it.

Where did I go wrong?

Was it when I played
my field spell

or when I link summoned?

- No, it was long before then.

It was the moment you
eliminated your partner.

- What, that
useless human being?

- In a true partnership, you
not only fight for yourself

but for your partner as well.
And that goes both ways.

Since we do not want
to let each other down,

we fight harder
than we would alone,

overcoming our limits
to reach heights

we thought were once impossible.

- So once you got
rid of your partner,

you could say you
got rid of yourself.

[fire whooshes]

- Ah! No, no, no, no.

This can't be happening.

It was a fluke, a fluke!

I shouldn't have lost.

You just got lucky!

Oh, Lightning save
me! Lightning!

- I thought Windy
would perform better.

- Oh well.

[Windy screams]

- Windy, I'll hold
onto your data

so that you won't be
permanently erased.

- No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no!

I'd rather be erased than
have to live inside of you!

Ah!

[Windy's scream fades]

- You sure you want
to carry him around?

- Of course.

Whether friend or foe,
every life is precious.

[music fades]

[dramatic intro music plays]

[gleaming sound]

[electronic beeps]