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| image name = ArcV 048.png | image caption = The [[Moon Shadow|Shadow]] [[Sun Shadow|brothers]] arrive to defend [[Shay Obsidian|Shay]] and [[Celina]]. | kanji = 手負いの隼 | ruby japanese = {{Ruby|手| て}}{{Ruby|負|お }}いの{{Ruby|隼|はやぶさ}} | romaji = Teoi no Hayabusa | japanese translated = The Wounded Falcon | english = Battlefronts | japanese air date = March 22, 2015 | english air date = January 18, 2016 | french air date = November 5, 2015 | german air date = April 21, 2016| japanese opening = [[Burn!]] | english opening = [[Can you Feel the Power]] | japanese ending = [[Future fighter!]] | english ending = [[Can you Feel the Power]] | screenwriter = [[Ryo Tamura Ryou]] | director = | storyboard artist = | animation director = Lee [[Sung-jinLee]]

"'''Battlefronts'''", known as "'''The Wounded Falcon'''" in the Japanese version, is the forty-eighth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on March 22, 2015 and in Australia on January 18, 2016.It became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on December 13, 2016

[[File:Moon first turn.png|thumb|left|200px|Moon and Shay protect Celina from the Obelisk Force.]][[Dennis MacfieldMcField|Dennis]] and the three remaining [[Obelisk Force]] watch Celina, Shay, and Moon departing from behind a rock. Dennis points Celina out to them, and wishes them luck. The red-jeweled member asks if Dennis isn't coming, and Dennis explains that that would be an issue given the number of security cameras in the area. As Celina helps Shay along as they follow Moon, the Obelisk Force step up behind them, the green-jeweled member asking her to please not resist. The red-jeweled one explains that they've been tasked with bringing her back. Celina tells them that they'll have to take her by force, but to her surprise, Shay and Moon step forwards to defend her. The yellow-jeweled Obelisk Force declares that they leave them no choice. The Obelisk Force all activate their Duel Disks, and Shay, Celina, and Moon do likewise, Moon activating a left-handed Disk. All six Duelists yell, "Duel!"

[[File:Moon anti-burn.png|thumb|left|200px|Moon Shadow's "[[Ninjitsu Art]]" cards block an attack from the Obelisk Force.]]The red-jeweled Obelisk Force steps forwards, declaring his turn. He draws and Summons "[[Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (anime)|Ancient Gear Hunting Hound]]", and activates its effect; once per turn, when his opponent controls a monster, he can inflict 600 damage to his opponent. He declares "[[Attack name|Hound Flame]]", and "Hunting Hound" launches a gout of flames. Moon responds with a [[Continuous Trap Card]], "[[Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Extinguishment]]", which negates all effect damage that is 800 or less since he controls a "[[Ninja]]" monster. A shield of smoke forms over Moon and protects him from the flame. Undeterred, the Obelisk Force activates "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]", [[Fusion Material|fusing]] the "Hunting Hound" on his field with the other two in his hand. He [[Summon chant|chants]], "Mechanized hounds who carry on the ancient souls, flock together and become one with new power! Fusion Summon! Appear now! [[Level 7 Monster Cards|Level 7]]! [[Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound]]!" He declares his Battle Phase, but Moon interrupts him, activating the Continuous Trap Card, "[[Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Gathering Shadows]]" since he controls a "Ninja" monster. By paying half of his [[LP]], he can end the Battle Phase. A whirlwind surrounds him, reducing his LP to 2000. Shay objects, but Moon points out that the payment is nothing compared to Shay's injuries. The red-jeweled Obelisk Force Sets two cards and ends his turn.

Celina activates the Spell Card, "[[Lunalight Perfume (anime)|Lunalight Luna Light Perfume]]", Special Summoning a "[[Lunalight]]" monster from her [[Graveyard]]. She Special Summons "Blue Cat", which activates its effect to double the [[ATK]] of a "Lunalight" monster that she controls, so she targets "Cat Dancer", increasing its ATK to 4800.

Reed replies that he'd prefer it if the Obelisk Force stop underestimating them, and he asks Trout if he agrees, slapping his shoulder and sending him stumbling forwards. Trout panics since he's drawn, but then he chuckles, activating the [[Continuous Spell Card]], "[[InlandInlet]]", which lowers the Level of all [[WATER]] monsters by 1. This allows him to [[Normal Summon]] "[[The Legendary Fisherman (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman]]" as a Level 4 monster. Then, by sending "The Legendary Fisherman" to the [[Graveyard]], he can Special Summon "[[The Legendary Fisherman III (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman III]]". Trout chants, "Be reborn with a legend of the ages, the Legendary Fisherman III!" He activates the effect of "The Legendary Fisherman III" since it was Special Summoned, allowing him to banish any number of monsters his opponent controls. The yellow-jeweled Obelisk Force gasps in shock, and Trout declares that he'll get all three of them in one big catch, as "The Legendary Fisherman III" snatches the three "Triple Hunting Hounds" up in its net. Reed congratulates Trout, and activates his Trap Card, "[[Monster Pie]]". Since he controls a "[[Cookpal]]" monster and monsters his opponent controls have left the field, he can Special Summon a [[Monster Pie Token]] for each one to his opponent's side of the field. A Monster Pie Token appears above each of the Obelisk Force, much to their shock, and then Reed activates the effects of each of his "Royal Cookpals" since a monster was Summoned or Special Summoned, returning them to the hand and then destroying a monster for each card returned. The three Tokens explode, and Trout tells the Obelisk Force to take this effect on top of it. He explains that by returning the banished monsters to the Graveyard, the effect of "The Legendary Fisherman III" will double effect damage that they deal. Reed then explains that the Monster Pie Tokens will each inflict 1000 damage when destroyed, and with the damage doubled, each of the Obelisk Force will take 2000 damage. All three of the Obelisk Force are struck by lightning and fall to 2000 LP. Reed comments to Trout that they're the best combination, aren't they? Trout agrees, calling Reed "partner".

But the green-jeweled Obelisk Force laughs, claiming that Reed and Trout's strongest combination has led them to the worst ending. He activates all three of his Set Continuous Trap Cards; "[[Ancient Gear Reborn (anime)|Ancient Gear Reborn]]", "[[Ancient Gear Spark Shot]]" and "[[Ancient Gear Booster]]". The effect of "Reborn" first revives "Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound" from the Graveyard and increases its ATK by 200, to 2000. Next, the effect of "Ancient Gear Spark Shot" will inflict damage to his opponent equal to half the ATK of the revived monster, and finally, the damage will be doubled by "Ancient Gear Booster". The Obelisk Force declares, "Ancient Revive Howling", and "Triple Hunting Hound" blasts a surge of yellow light from its mouths, blasting Reed into the wall and reducing his LP to zero. Trout screams, "Reed!" in horror as the energy fades, and Reed slumps to the ground from the impact crater. Celina gasps in horror, and Trout whispers, "Reed", again, and the green-jeweled Obelisk Force snickers, commenting that they shouldn't have interfered. He raises his Duel Disk, and Yuya realizes what's about to happen, yelling at the Obelisk Force to stop. But they do not heed his words; three beams of purple light shine from the Obelisk Force's Duel Disk, and [[Reed Pepper (card)|a card]] containing Reed flutters to the ground.

Yuya whispers Reed's name, and Gong yells that Zuzu is in trouble, so he'll go. He sprints off, and Yuya turns to Sora, telling him to stop this already; and asking why is he 's doing something this horrible. Sora snarls that Yuya is annoying, and Yuya's eyes [[Berserk Mode|begin to glow red]].

[[File:Silvio electrocuted.png|thumb|left|Sylvio gets a nasty surprise.]]

[[File:Make Everyone Duel With Smiles.png|thumb|left|Yuya remembering Yuto's words.]]Sora turns to see Yuya standing before him, the darkness shrouding his body. Yuya snarls that Sora is wrong, though Sora barely reacts. Yuya suddenly remembers [[Yuto]]'s words telling him to bring smiles with Dueling, and the then calms down, the darkness fading. He tells Sora to Duel him, and Sora agrees, casually commenting that he doesn't like the idea of having a losing streak against Yuya anyway. He gestures to a nearby cave, suggesting that they Duel where they won't be interrupted, and Yuya follows him ininside. They face off on opposite ends of a bridge over a river of lava, and Yuya vows to bring Sora's true smile back with Dueling. They both yell, "DUEL!"

At the start of the [[Duel]], the [[Field Spell Card]] "[[Quartet of QuandaryQuandry]]" is [[activate]]d, as per the rules of an [[Action Duel]]. It will allow the players to use [[Action Card]]s, but they may only have one in their [[hand]] at a time.

<u>'''Sora's turn'''</u><br/>[[Sora Perse|Sora]] [[Normal Summon]]s {{Monster"[[Edge Imp Saw (anime)|Edge Imp Saw ]]" (anime500/1000)}}.

<u>'''Sun Shadow's turn'''</u><br/>[[Sun Shadow]] activates "[[Ninjitsu Art of Hazy Duplication]]", which allows him to [[Special Summon]] a [[Level]] 4 or lower "[[Ninja]]" [[Monster Card|monster]] from his hand.<ref group="Notes">The written Japanese anime lore of "[[Ninjitsu Art of Hazy Duplication]]" says that it [[target]]s 1 "[[Ninja]]" [[Monster Card|monster ]] and [[Special Summons Summon]]s a monster with the same name from the [[hand]].</ref> He Special Summons {{Monster"[[Twilight Ninja Shingetsu (anime)|Twilight Ninja Shingetsu}}]]" (1500/100). Hikage Sun Shadow then [[Tribute]]s "Shingetsu" to [[Tribute Summon]] {{Monster"[[Twilight Ninja Nichirin, the Chunin (anime)|Twilight Ninja Ninjua Nichirin, the Chunin}}]]" (2300/1000).

<u>'''Sora's turn'''</u><br/>Sora [[Fusion Material|fuses]] "Edge Imp Saw" and "[[Fluffal Leo]]" to [[Fusion Summon]] {{Monster"[[Frightfur Leo (anime)|Frightfur Leo ]]" (anime2400/2000)}} in [[Attack Position]]. He activates the [[card effect|effect]] of "Leo", which lets him [[destroy]] an opponent's monster and inflict [[effect damage|damage]] to his opponent equal to the destroyed monster's [[ATK]]. "Nichirin" is destroyed (Sun: 2300 → 0 LP).

At the start of the [[Duel]], the [[Field Spell Card]] "[[Quartet of QuandaryQuandry]]" is [[activate]]d, as per the rules of an [[Action Duel]]. It will allow the players to use [[Action Card]]s, but they may only have one in their [[hand]] at a time.

<u>'''Turn 1: Moon'''</u><br/>[[Moon Shadow|Moon]] [[Normal Summon]]s {{Monster"[[Twilight Ninja Shingetsu (anime)|Twilight Ninja Shingetsu|reset=yes}} ]]" (1500/100) and [[Set]]s three cards.

<u>'''Turn 2: Red'''</u><br/>Red Normal Summons {{Monster"[[Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (anime)|Ancient Gear Hunting Hound}}]]" (1000/1000). As his opponent [[control]]s a [[Monster Card|monster]], he activates [[activate]]s the [[card effect|effect ]] of "Hunting Hound", inflicting 600 [[effect damage|damage]] to the opponent. Moon As he [[activatecontrol]]s a "[[Ninja]]" monster, Moon activates his [[face-down]] [[Continuous Trap Card]] "[[Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Extinguishment]]", allowing him to reduce any effect damage lower than or equal to 800 to 0, since he controls a "[[Ninja]]" monster. Red activates "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]", [[Fusion Material Monster|fusing]] the "Hunting Hound" on his [[field]] with two more copies from his hand to [[handFusion Summon]] to Fusion Summon {{Monster|"[[Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound}} ]]" (1800/1000) in [[Attack Position]]. As he controls a "Ninja" monster, Moon activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card "[[Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Gathering Shadows]]", since he controls a "Ninja" monster. It allows letting him to end his opponent's [[Battle Phasepay]], by half his [[payLP]]ing half of his to end the opponent's [[Life PointsBattle Phase]] (Moon: 4000 → 2000 LP). Red Sets two cards.

<u>'''Turn 3: Green'''</u><br/>Green Fusion Summons {{Monster|"Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound|nolink=yes}} " (1800/1000) in Attack Position. Moon activates the effect of "Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Gathering Shadows" , paying half his LP to end his opponent's Battle Phase by paying half his Life Points (Moon: 2000 → 1000 LP).

<u>'''Turn 4: Yellow'''</u><br/>Yellow Fusion Summons {{Monster|"Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound|nolink=yes}} " (1800/1000) in Attack Position. Moon activates the effect of "Barrier Ninjitsu Art of Gathering Shadows" , paying half his LP to end his opponent's Battle Phase by paying half of to end his Life Points opponent's Battle Phase (Moon: 1000 → 500 LP). Yellow Sets three cards.

<u>'''Turn 5: Celina'''</u><br/>[[Celina]] [[draw a card|draws]] and subsequently activates "Polymerization", fusing "[[Lunalight Blue Cat (anime)|Lunalight Blue Cat]]" and "[[Lunalight Purple Butterfly (anime)|Lunalight Purple Butterfly]]" from her hand to Fusion Summon {{Monster"[[Lunalight Cat Dancer (anime)|Lunalight Cat Dancer|stars = 7|atk = ]]" (2400|def = /2000}} ) in Attack Position. She then activates "[[Lunalight Perfume (anime)|Lunalight Luna Light Perfume]]", allowing her to Special Summon a "[[Lunalight]]" monster from her [[Graveyard]]. She Special Summons {{Monster|Lunalight "Blue Cat|nolink=|stars = 4|atk = " (1600}}/1200). Since "Blue Cat" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, allowing her to double the [[ATK ]] of a "Lunalight" monster she controls until the end of this [[turn]]. Celina targets "Cat Dancer" ("Cat Dancer": 2400 → 4800/2000). She then activates the effect of "Cat Dancer", letting her [[Tribute]] a "Lunalight" monster to allow it to attack each monster her opponent controls twice each this turn, but the attacked monsters cannot be [[destroyed by battle]] during the first attack on each of them. She Tributes "Blue Cat". "Cat Dancer" attacks Red's "Triple Hunting Hound". As his opponent's Fusion Monster attacked, Red activates his face-down card "[[Fusion Dispersal]]", since his opponent's [[Fusion Monster]] declared an attack. He can [[return]] ing that attacking monster to the [[Extra Deck]], end ending the Battle Phase, Special Summon all Summoning the Fusion Materials that were used for its Fusion Summon from the Graveyard to his opponentMonster's side of the field then inflict Fusion Materials and inflicting damage to his the opponent equal to the ATK of the Fusion Material monster with the highest ATK. "Cat Dancer" is returned to the Extra Deck and {{Monster|Lunalight "Blue Cat|nolink=yes}} " (1600/1200) and {{Monster|Lunalight "Purple Butterfly|nolink=yes}} " (1000/1000) are Special Summoned on Celina's field (Celina: 4000 → 2400 LP).

At this moment, [[Reed Pepper|Reed]] and [[Trout]] interfere with the Duel by joining it, thus they receive a penalty of 2000 LP (Reed: 4000 → 2000 LP; TeppeiTrout: 4000 → 2000 LP).

<u>'''Turn 6: Reed'''</u><br/>Reed activates "[[Minute Meal]]", allowing him to Special Summon as many "[[Royal Cookpal]]" monsters as possible from his hand whose Levels [[Level]]s are less than or equal to the total Levels of all monsters his opponent controls. He Special Summons {{Monster|"[[Royal Cookpal Knight Pasta}}]]" (300/1100), {{Monster|"[[Royal Cookpal Queen Omelette}} ]]" (300/???) and {{Monster|"[[Royal Cookpal King Burger}} ]]" (300/1300) from his hand. He Sets a card.

<u>'''Turn 7: Trout'''</u><br/>Trout activates "[[Inland]]", since As there is a face-up card in the [[Field Zone]], Trout activates "[[Inlet]]". The current Field Spell Card is now treated as "[[Umi (anime)|Umi]]". This allows him to reduce the Level of all [[WATER]] monsters in his hand and on his side of the field by 1. Trout Normal Summons {{Monster"[[The Legendary Fisherman (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman}} ]]" (1800/1600) as a Level 4 ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px|link=Level]] 5 → 4) monster. He then Tributes it to Special Summon {{Monster"[[The Legendary Fisherman III (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman III}} ]]" (2500/2000) from his hand. Since it was Special Summoned using its effect, he can [[banish]] any number of monsters his opponent controls. He banishes all of the Obelisk Force's monsters. Reed activates his face-down "[[Monster Pie]]", since As his opponent's monster(s) [[leaves the field|left the field]] and he controls a "[[Cookpal]]" monster. He can , Reed activates his face-down "[[Monster Pie]]", Special Summon Summoning a {{Monster|"[[Monster Pie Token}} ]]" (1000/??? each) to each of his opponent's side of the fields. As monsters were Special Summoned to his opponent's field for each of those monsters. , Reed activates the effects of his three "Royal Cookpal" monsters, returning [[return]]ing them to his hand to destroy the three "Monster Pie Tokens". Since a "Monster Pie Token" was destroyed, the other effect of "Monster Pie" inflicts 1000 damage to the Obelisk Force. As his opponent is taking effect damage, Trout activates the other effect of "The Legendary Fisherman III", since his opponents are taking effect damage, by returning all cards card banished by its other effect to the Graveyard, he can double that and doubling the effect damage . The three "Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hounds" are returned to the Graveyard (Red: 4000 → 2000 LP, Green: 4000 → 2000 LP, Yellow: 4000 → 2000 LP). Green activates three face-down cards - "[[Ancient Gear Reborn (anime)|Ancient Gear Reborn]]", "[[Ancient Gear Spark Shot]]" and "[[Ancient Gear Booster]]". As he controls no monsters, "Reborn" lets him Special Summon an "[[Ancient Gear (anime)|Ancient Gear]]" monster from his Graveyard that was [[send|sent ]] there this turn and increase its [[original ATK and DEF|original ATK]] by 200. He Summons {{Monster|"Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound|nolink=yes|pre=with it original ATK increased by 200|atk=" (2000}}/1000). Since an "Ancient Gear" monster was Special Summoned from the Graveyard while he controlled no monsters, the effect of "Spark Shot" lets him inflict damage to his opponent equal to half the ATK of the Special Summoned monster. Since an "Ancient Gear" card is inflicting damage, the effect of "Booster" then doubles that damage. Green inflicts the damage to Reed (Reed: 2000 → 0 LP). Yellow activates his own face-down "Ancient Gear Reborn" and "Ancient Gear Booster", while using the effect of Green's "Spark Shot", Special Summoning his "Triple Hunting Hound" (2000/1000) and inflicting 2000 damage to Trout (Trout: 2000 → 0 LP). Red activates his own face-down "Ancient Gear Reborn", while using the effect of Green's "Spark Shot", Special Summoning his "Triple Hunting Hound" (2000/1000) and inflicting 1000 damage to Moon, but [[Sylvio Sawatari|Sylvio]] activates the Action Card "[[Flame Guard]]", reducing the effect damage to 0. Since he wasn't part of the Duel and interfered, Sylvio receives a penalty of 2000 LP (Sylvio: 4000 → 2000 LP).

* ''[[Lunalight Perfume (anime)|Lunalight Luna Light Perfume]]''

* ''[[InlandInlet]]''

* [[Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (anime)|Ancient Gear Hunting Hound]] x3

* ''[[Ancient Gear Reborn (anime)|Ancient Gear Reborn]]'' x3

* [[Quartet of QuandaryQuandry]]

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