Dragon Striker (2026) s01e09 Episode Script

["Power of the Dragon" playing]
Lurking deep within your soul ♪
There's a power you can't control ♪
But the fear of letting go ♪
It makes you tremble ♪
But this is your destiny ♪
A burning flame that sets you free ♪
Do you feel the energy ♪
Growing in you? ♪
Time to face the danger ♪
-No more holding back ♪
-Oh! ♪
-When the darkness is rising ♪
-Oh! ♪
-Feel the fire inside you ♪
-Oh! ♪
When the magic takes hold
Can you unleash the power of the dragon? ♪
-Oh! ♪
-While the enemy's raging ♪
-There's a battle we're waging ♪
-Oh! ♪
When the magic takes hold
Can you unleash the power of the dragon? ♪
[music ends]
[O'Gargine] Fire! Fire!
[grunts]
-[Skadi pants] What's happened?
-You're here!
I don't know how much longer
I can hold it.
Quick, Skadi, the flames!
-Key might still be--
-[gasps]
[pants, grunts]
Ice Wave!
-[O'Gargine grunts]
-[exclaims]
[panting]
[groaning]
There's someone else in there.
[both gasp]
[grunts]
[groans] Edina Nagatatsu's son
should never have been allowed
anywhere near Kal Asterock.
He's a ticking time bomb.
He should be expelled immediately!
Unfortunately, I must agree.
His Tama is unpredictable
and a danger to the other students.
Not just the students.
I've experienced it firsthand.
He's a loose cannon,
which can only end badly for all of us.
Do you have anything to say
in your defense?
I… I'm sorry. I was asleep.
-I don't… Huh?
-[door opens]
I've just come
from the site of the incident.
The building is going to hold.
We might not be so lucky next time.
This boy has no control of his Tama.
Of course he doesn't. He was never taught.
That's why he needs to be at Kal Asterock.
That is exactly why he shouldn't be here!
He is a danger to us all.
Well, he'll be an even bigger danger
to everyone outside these walls
if he doesn't learn to control it.
-[grumbles]
-Mmm.
I will accept full responsibility
to see to it that Key
learns to control his Tama.
Is that acceptable?
Hmm.
Only if there are a few conditions.
Huh?
Great job taking out the tower, dude.
Yeah!
Thanks to you, no class this morning.
Uh, you're welcome.
What happened in there?
Well, I haven't been expelled.
At least, not yet.
I'm on probation until…
Wait! Where's Milo?
[footsteps running]
Milo! [pants]
Oh! Hey. [chuckles]
Phew, you're alive. But hurt.
Oh, dude, I am so, so sorry.
Are you kidding?
I'm totally fine. [chuckles]
This is getting me out of
a super boring lecture.
Well, I still feel awful.
If there's anything I can do…
-[Milo groans]
-Ooh! On it.
[sighs]
…but it looks like
you've got things covered.
All right, now. Out with you all.
Milo needs to rest and recuperate.
We'll be back!
-See…
-[bone cracks]
-[groans]
-[sighs]
-Now, ready for your crystology therapy?
-[gulps]
-Hmm?
-[winces]
How's Milo doing?
He's doing great. No thanks to me.
I really thought I had control of my Tama.
Don't blame yourself.
You obviously didn't mean to hurt him.
But that's the point.
The Goyen said I got lucky this time.
That I'm dangerous.
And they're right.
It's not safe to be around me.
I'm not scared to be around you.
You just connected with your Tama.
We'll figure it out.
You just need some time.
I don't have time.
If I can't learn to control my Tama
by the end of the week,
-I'm gonna be expelled.
-What?
Not if I have anything to do with it.
Guess we'd better start training.
Actually, Sugoi is gonna train me.
I need s-someone with experience.
Oh, fine. Great.
[stammers] That makes sense.
I-It's really… really great. [chuckles]
Goyen Sugoi, are you here?
-[Sugoi] Come in.
-Whoa!
[gentle music plays]
Where are we?
[Sugoi] The Garden of Memories.
These plants have been recording
the school's memories
dating back hundreds of years.
[gasps]
[Sugoi] I can only imagine
what you must be going through.
What it must feel like
having a living creature inside you.
You know about that?
Your mother told me about her Dragon
and her struggles to control it.
How did she learn to control it?
Let me show you something.
[gasping]
[crowd cheering]
Huh?
[grunts]
[upbeat music plays]
[grunts] Huh?
Shining Arrow!
[blows]
[announcer] Sunspear scores!
Putting the Bards up by two
in the game's closing moments.
Looks like Sunspear will at last
be lifting the Banner's Helm
in his final year!
[Key] Where are we?
In a memory of the Banner's Helm final
between the Dragons
and the Bards two decades ago.
Wait, so… My mom's here!
[panting]
I'm very sorry for being late, guys.
[gasps]
[wistful music plays]
[panting]
-I thought you gave up on us.
-I will never give up on you.
We're toast! Sunspear's on fire.
Come on. We're the Dragons.
We're going to win this.
[whistle blows]
[both panting]
[grunting]
[Sugoi] Hi-yah!
Wow!
[grunts]
[Edina] Yeah!
-[Sugoi] Yeah!
-[whistle blows]
[announcer]
Just when it looked like it was all over,
Edina Nagatatsu has put the Dragons
within striking distance!
[grunts]
[grunts]
[grunts, exclaims]
[grumbles]
[roars]
[groans, grunts]
[grunts]
Whoa.
[grunts, exclaims]
[yelps]
-Ah!
-[gasps]
-[whistle blows]
-And the Dragons win!
-[crowd cheering]
-[Sunspear grunts]
[announcer] Nagatatsu has almost
single-handedly snatched
the Banner's Helm
right from the Bard's clutches.
[sighs]
[teammate cheering, laughing]
-Edina! Edina! Edina!
-Yeah!
So, that's why Sunspear hates my mom.
Huh?
I can't believe I got to see my mom play.
-Thank you.
-I thought you would find it meaningful.
But I also wanted you to see
her confidence and control of her Tama.
Your Tama.
It can be done. And you will do it.
Where do we start?
At the beginning.
But this is a lot to digest.
We'll start for real in the morning.
You should get some rest.
Yeah, about that. Where am I gonna live
now that I blew up my room?
Isn't this an equipment closet?
Well, this is a huge step down
from my old room.
I didn't win some sort of dorm lottery
to get my own place, did I?
You put me on my own
because you thought I might be dangerous.
Good night, Key.
I'll see you here
first thing in the morning.
But what if I have another dream?
-I don't want to destroy the gym.
-Don't worry.
The gym is designed
to take anything you can throw at it.
The shields are always on.
[sighs, grunts]
Straight back to your room to rest.
-Need your cast scratched?
-Want more jelly loaf?
I could read you a comic book.
-I'm great at voices!
-[Milo groans]
-Guys, guys. We need Milo right now.
-But I--
This is top-secret
official Knights' business.
[shushes]
-Hmm.
-Huh?
Wow! They are intense.
Odward, how did you handle having fans
back when you were a star?
I didn't mean when you were a star.
-I mean--
-It's fine, it's fine.
You just gotta
learn to live with the attention.
It is what it is.
-Whoa!
-That's your advice?
Where's Key? I want to let him know
everything's cool.
He, uh,
doesn't want to see anyone right now.
[groaning]
[dramatic music plays]
Hello? A-Are you here?
I'd really rather just wake up
and not be here.
So… [shrieks]
Uh, look, I… [stammers] …uh…
[grumbles]
Please! No, don't!
-[Key screaming]
-Hmm?
[groans, pants]
He's a real mess.
-Another dream?
-Yeah.
[stammers]
And what if that explosion was bigger?
Falco was right there.
I understand the concern.
But learning to control your Dragon
as your mother did
is the safest way to do it.
I haven't been able
to stop thinking about her.
I have so many questions.
Like, how did she die?
[sighs]
I will spare you the details.
But you deserve an answer.
It was my first year as a coach.
I'd invited Edina
to talk to my new players.
-There was a terrible incident.
-[players screaming]
What incident?
That's not important right now.
But what is, is that your mother
sacrificed her life defending the school.
She was here because of me
and I have never forgiven myself.
Which is why you feel responsible for me.
The answer to your question is
she died a hero.
That's a lot to live up to.
But, what if I can't?
All you need to worry about now
is proving you can control your Tama.
How do I do that?
By creating and mastering
a signature move.
[panting, grunts]
[grunting]
Accept your anger,
but do not allow yourself
to be consumed by it.
Got it. [grunts]
[grunts, pants]
Again.
[squire] Where has Milo gone?
-I'm sure he's somewhere.
-I bet he went this way.
But, then again, I'm not sure.
He could go anywhere.
Maybe he went this way.
Yeah, let's look over here.
-What do you know?
-Let's go.
Domination is the only language
the Dragon understands.
Fight fire with fire.
-[grunts]
-Show it you are in control.
[grunts]
-[groans]
-Again.
[grunting]
[panting]
-Again.
-I can't!
You must.
-[groans]
-A Dragon does not give up.
Your mother would not give up.
Hmm.
Oh, my gosh! These look like Milo's books.
Oh, we have to get them back to him.
Where is he?
[straining, grunts] My arm.
-[squire 1] Here you are.
-[squire 2] Give him some space!
[Key panting, grunts]
[groans]
I think we're done for today.
Tomorrow is your last day to train.
Think about that tonight.
If you do not learn to control your Tama,
you're going home.
[Key groans]
[groaning]
I'm not afraid of you!
[grumbles]
You don't control me. I control you!
-[roars]
-[Key yelling]
[panting, grunting]
[Falco scoffs]
[Sugoi clears throat]
Lost cause, if you ask me.
Your lack of control
is really testing the limits of the gym.
The Dragon was there in my dream. And…
-I don't think I can do this.
-You must try harder.
We have everything riding on this.
-"We"?
-Yes, "we."
I have stuck my neck out for you
at every turn.
With your father, with the Goyen.
Edina would never quit on me.
Show me you are your mother's son!
-[grunting]
-[Sugoi] Again.
-[grunting]
-Again!
[grunting continues]
[groans]
[exclaims] Why can't you
be more like your mother?
[panting, gasps]
[panting]
I'm sorry. I'm… [pants] …frustrated.
I should go.
[groans, cries]
-Hey.
-I'm glad you're here.
I wanted to talk to you and Milo.
-Have you seen--
-[Milo] I'm here!
I've been hiding from the squires.
-How are you doing?
-Yeah, how's training going?
[Milo grunting, yelps]
It's over. I totally failed.
Sugoi was my only supporter
with the Goyen,
and even she gave up on me.
Which is why I came to say goodbye.
No! What?
How could you say that?
[Key] I can't control my Tama.
I saw what it took for my mom to do it.
She saved the entire school.
She was a hero.
I'm not like her.
I remember a farm boy
who threw himself
in front of a dangerous Tama
to save someone he barely knew.
I think that's pretty heroic.
And you stood up for me,
another person you barely knew.
When I was being picked on by--
Your brother?
But you didn't know that!
And, for what it's worth,
if I were Sugoi,
I'd be playing to your strengths,
not your mom's.
Well, what are my strengths?
[chuckles] We are.
-And you are ours.
-Right.
We're in this together. We're a team.
So, please,
don't give up on yourself just yet.
Because if you do,
you're giving up on the Knights.
[sighs]
[grumbles]
Wait!
I know I'm supposed to control you,
but I can't.
And I was ready to give up on you,
but I can't do that either.
[grumbles]
So, how about we try something new?
Can we do this together?
[growls]
[gasps]
[growling]
Uh…
[grunts]
For once, someone doesn't look
like a hot mess this morning.
Hot, yes.
Mess, no.
Hmm?
I suppose we should get this over with.
Yes, let's.
Hmm.
Hey, Dragon, whatever happens,
let's try not to burn the gym down…
-Key!
-Key!
[chuckles]
…or explode my friends.
Hmm.
-[grunts]
-[gasps]
[panting]
[straining]
[exclaims]
[growls]
Oh.
[whimpers]
[gasps]
-[Sugoi gasps]
-[Sanga] Hmm.
[grunts, pants]
Did you guys see that?
-[Ssyelle, Ameline giggling, cheering]
-[Milo] You nailed it!
[scoffs]
-[Milo] You have a move!
-I got a move!
What are you gonna call it?
I'll call it Dragon Inferno! [cheering]
Key, I'm sorry I doubted you.
It's okay. Luckily, I have some friends
who helped me realize I'm not my mom.
I'm still gonna be a Dragon Striker.
I just have to do it my way, not hers.
Hmm.
[chuckles]
Key has achieved what was asked of him.
[O'Gargine] Hmm.
He can remain at Kal Asterock.
[chuckles]
-[Sunspear exclaims]
-Huh?
-Uh, one more thing.
-Huh?
I am wiped.
Any chance I can lay down somewhere
that's not a closet?
[Milo sighs]
This is gonna be so awesome!
Just the two of us, hanging out--
[shrieking] There he is!
[Milo grunts]
-Key!
-[grunts]
-We heard you have a move!
-[grunting]
Can you name it after me?
I got it! The Burn-elca!
[laughing]
How do you cope with it, Milo?
You just gotta learn to live with it.
[sighs]
It is what it is.
[humming]
[grunting]
[creature growling]
[growling]
-[growling, snorting]
-[Falco screaming]
[screaming]
[groans]
[panting]
["The Very End" playing]
Wake up ♪
What am I doing? ♪
We gotta stay strong ♪
Game on ♪
Change it ♪
Rearrange it ♪
If we fall, we gotta rise again ♪
Face it, we can make it ♪
If we fight until the very end ♪
[music ends]