HELLO FOLKS! THIS IS THE ONE, THE ONLY, AT-EM-OH DUELIST KINGDOM! Just to recap, NOT A YOAI! BROTHERLY LOVE! Hint on the brotherly love. There is romance, but mostly brotherly love with Atem and Yugi, and Ryou and Ryan or the thief king. This chapter will recap on things that happened in At-Em-Oh.
Atem Moto was a regular teenage boy with teenage problems of his own. Solving the millennium puzzle, he has gained new friends: Tea Garner, Hanaski Tomoya, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, and Ryan Bakura. Together, with Atem and his new friends, along with an annoying pest who lives inside him, he faces new adventures and life just isn't the same. Atem also gains new understanding on the people around him.
Yugi: A 3000 year old spirit with absolutely no memory whatsoever. He lives inside Atem and shares a deep brotherly bond with him. He often calls Atem "Brother" and loves cuddling and feeling physical affections from Atem, because of their bond. He has known Atem longer than he has known Yugi, since Yugi remembers a time when Atem tried to solve the puzzle through the past eight years. Though, he could not see Yugi nor could they touch. Yugi loves his brother Atem like his own soul and differently than anyone else. Yugi also shares romantic feelings for Tea Garner, much to Atem's annoyance, though he feels his love for Atem is stronger and eternal since most romantic couples breakup and end up hating each other in some way. Yugi also shares a close friendship with Hanaski Tomoya. They are best friends and do everything together, though not as much as Yugi and Atem. Hanaski was the first friend Yugi has made, aside from Atem, who knows about him and Atem sharing a body. Yugi has just discovered that the seven millennium items are perhaps the key to uncovering his lost memory. He has also discovered that there is a dark evil inside these items and one that lies inside Ryou, the spirit inside Ryan, who will not stop to gain ultimate power.
Atem Moto: For eight years, Atem has tried to solve the millennium puzzle, facing the dangers of life along the way. Finally, Atem solves it, but gains a spirit who now rests inside the puzzle. Atem has learned to love and developed understanding others through Yugi. He has gained new friends and has learned to show affections through words, actions, and physical contact. Despite this, Atem has led a dark past of once joining a gang, along with Joey, who sells and does drugs and alcohol, and rapes women. After finding the part of the gang, raping women, Atem left along with his ex girlfriend whom he's currently not dating. It's revealed that Atem is not a virgin and has had sex with previous girlfriends he calls his "sex partners" since he had no romantic feelings for them. The only girls it's revealed for Atem to have had any romantic feelings for are Olivia, whose brother was the leader of the gang Atem and Joey once joined in, and Serenity Wheeler, Atem's childhood love. Atem also has had occasions with bullying Hanaski in the past and once considered Tea a long-time enemy. After Yugi became a part of his life, he now has developed understanding and considers Tea a good friend. Along his journey, he has met Seto Kaiba, who refuses to develop relationships with anyone, but develops one with Atem. He considers Seto Kaiba a close friend, including his brother Mokuba. After being comatose, Atem carries Seto's key to Kaiba Corporation, given to him by Mokuba. Kaiba Corporation is currently slipping down. He also has met Ryan Bakura, who carries the millennium ring that also holds a spirit, Ryou. Though, Ryou has an evil spirit inside him that has been inside him for more than three thousand years. He reveals that the millennium items hold the key to unlocking Yugi's lost memories. The millennium items Atem currently knows are the millennium key and scale (held by Shadi, who tried to destroy Atem's soul room until Yugi saved him), the millennium ring (held by Ryan), and the millennium eye (held by Maxamillion Pegasus).
Solomon Moto: Atem's grandfather and guardian. He is the founder of the millennium puzzle, which was found inside the ancient tomb of a pharaoh without a name. His grandson, Atem Moto, had solved the puzzle and now is the possessor of the soul that rests inside him. Solomon had been aware of the characteristic changes inside Atem, after he solved the puzzle. After Atem's encounter with Shadi, Atem has revealed to his grandfather and Professor Hawkins of the magic inside the puzzle and Yugi, who rests inside him. Solomon believes Atem was destined to be the possessor of the millennium puzzle, which is why he has a close relationship with Yugi.
Uka Moto: Atem's mother who is unaware of the spirit inside her son. Though, she suspects Atem's change of personality from time to time. She worries about her son and loves him dearly. Her biggest fear is losing Atem after he left the house at the age of thirteen to join a gang to do drugs and alcohol. She is also aware that Atem was raped at ten when coming home from Joey's house.
Joey Wheeler: Atem's best friend since childhood. He was once never seen anywhere without Atem until he solved the millennium puzzle. Joey had noticed his friend's change in personality when watching Atem running with Hanaski down the halls. Joey started questioning Atem about this change in personality when he started doing it more frequently around Hanaski and Tea. Atem revealed that the puzzle around his neck contained magic and used that as an excuse for his change of personality. Joey stopped questioning Atem after watching him, or Yugi, playing a hot plate ice hockey game despite two fractured ribs and side bone. After watching Atem fight with Yugi over control during Death-T, Atem admits about Yugi's existence and the fact he was once ashamed of Yugi, and then himself. Joey excepts both Atem and Yugi and now is close friends with Yugi.
Serenity Wheeler: Her character has not been revealed yet. All it is known about her is that she is Joey's sister currently in the hospital with bad eyesight. Joey and Atem have worked on two part-time jobs to raise money for her surgery. It is also revealed that she was also Atem's first love interest. When her and Joey's parents divorced, she moved with her mother while Joey stayed with their drunken father to keep close contacts with Atem. Serenity has not seen Atem since she was ten, so her current relationship with Atem is unknown.
Hanaski Tomoya: A shy timid boy who is a Zombire fanatic. He collects comic books of Zombire and brings them to school. Once being bullied by Atem, whom he never considered a bully, have now developed a friendship. He is currently best friends with Yugi, the spirit inside Atem, and has been since he defeated Trudge and gave him a penalty game or a timeout. Hanaski does almost everything with Yugi and is considered his first best friend he's ever made. It is revealed that he never had friends before meeting Yugi, and has a physical mental condition. His father works in America and will come once and a while to bring Zombire stuff. It's revealed that Hanaski's room used to be full of Zombire stuff until Atem teased him for being nerdy. He also wishes to be a hero like Yugi, feeling useless, but when trouble comes, he is out to help his friends in anyway he can. Hanaski and Yugi are known to run around in the hallway, holding hands, like banshees, much to Atem's embarrassment. He is also close friends with Tea.
Tristan Taylor: A close friend of Atem and Joey. They had been friends since middle school. It is revealed that Tristan lives in a bad environment. He has a sister, who is revealed to be one of Atem's "sex partners" and has a son named Jouji, who is the son of someone else. After Atem solved the puzzle, Tristan was aware of Atem's change in personality, but never bothered with it. He was the one to reveal that Joey was suspicious of Atem's change out of jeaousy for Hanaski being Atem's new friend. Tristan continually was unaware of the magic and Yugi until he was told while driving his friends from Kaiba Land to the hospital. Though, it took some convincing. Tristan accepts Yugi as a friend and is willing to help fight with his friends.
Tea Garner: Once a long-time enemy of Atem, but now is considered a good friend. Her and Yugi are in love and currently have been dating for a long while. Though, it is not revealed when her and Yugi started coming to grips with their current feelings. Since Yugi lives inside Atem, it is hard to Tea to hang around with Yugi alot like him and Hanaski. It is revealed that Tea's father is aware of her feelings, but mistakens them for Atem, since he is unaware of their long-time hatred for one another. She tries to spend as much time with Yugi as she can, romantic wise, though it is difficult since she is in love with Yugi, and not Atem. Tea came to know about Yugi after he played a shadow game with a criminal on death row and burning him alive. She found him lifted up and pinned against the wall by an angry Atem, who was invisible to Tea's eyes. Since Tea's discovery, Tea started developing romantic feelings for Yugi.
Seto Kaiba: President of Kaiba Corporation. Him and Mokuba were orphans, adopted by Gozaburro Kaiba before he committed suicide after Seto gained control of the company. Seto believes that developing friendships will only lead to them to interfering with the company. After meeting with Atem, he considers him a rival. Though, through time, Seto has gained a close relationship with Atem and found it as weakness. Seto set up a tournament in Kaiba Land called Death-T to make Atem Moto his enemy. After losing, he received a penalty game from Atem, who thought it was the only way to help Seto. While in the hospital, Mokuba is controlling the company, but has Atem protecting the second key to Kaiba Corporation, which once belonged to Seto. It's revealed that Atem feels guilty over Seto's condition, but it is not clear when he will wake up. It is revealed that he can hear Blue-Eyes White Dragon calling out to him, and because of this, he is aware of the supernatural Atem has inside his puzzle. Seto is also aware of Yugi's existence.
Mokuba Kaiba: The young brother of Seto Kaiba. He is vice president of Kaiba Corporation. When Seto met Atem and started developing a relationship, Mokuba also took this for weakness. He challenged and cheated in a game of Capsule Monsters against Atem. After losing, Mokuba also started developing a relationship with Atem. He also believes Atem can help Seto with alot of the issues he's currently facing. After Death-T, Mokuba gave Atem the responsibility of watching over the second key to Kaiba Corp. once held by Seto Kaiba. It is revealed that since Seto is currently in a coma, Mokuba goes to Atem for help. Mokuba is also running Kaiba Corp. with his brother comatose and because of this, the company is building up on stocks. It also seems that Seto's employees, the Big Five, are trying to find a solution, but Mokuba doesn't trust this solution.
Ryan Bakura: Holder of the millennium ring and carrier of an ancient spirit as old as Yugi is. He shares a close relationship with Ryou like Atem does with Yugi. He is known to be a bad-boy type of guy and attacts many of the girls, like Atem, at school. Though, it is unsure of what his past life was like, besides once living in England. When meeting Ryou through his millennium ring, after buying the role playing game Monster World, Ryou started becoming possessed by some evil spirit that had been with him for over 3000 years. Whenever this evil spirit possesses Ryou, he challenges their friends to a Monster World shadow game and seals their souls into Monster World character pieces. When meeting Atem and his other friends, they have put a stop to Yami Ryou's madness. The evil spirit seems weak for the moment and will return very soon. Ryan is determined to protect his brother and his friends.
Ryou: A spirit who lives inside Ryan. He is timid, shy, and childlike. Aside from his memories with Ryan, Ryou has no memories above ten years old after discovering his hometown was destroyed by the development of the seven millennium items. The darkness of these items possessed Ryou and the evil spirit had been possessing him since. Just like Yugi, Ryou loves cuddling and physical affections. Though, he doesn't call Ryan "Brother," but just Ryan. He often fears of losing his friends again since that has happened too often. He seems to have some knowledge about the millennium item and how Yugi can regain his memories. He reveals that the seven millennium items are the key to regaining Yugi's lost memory. Ryou also believes Yugi might be the only one who can free him from this evil spirit.
Maxamillion Pegasus: The creator of Duel Monsters and the host of a grand tournament called Duelist Kingdom. Seto Kaiba was invited to this tournament until he became comatose. Atem Moto is taking Seto's place at the tournament for Seto's sake and to win the money he needs for Serenity Wheeler's operation. He has been keeping contacts with Atem about the tournament. It is also revealed that he wields a millennium item called the millennium eye. Atem suspects that Pegasus might be one of the wielders to use the dark powers for evil.
The Big Five: Five employees who work for Seto Kaiba. Since Kaiba Corporation is sinking to the bottom, they are currently trying to find a solution. Though, Mokuba doesn't trust them. They are unaware of Atem possessing the second key, but they might be aware that Mokuba has the first key. They are also unaware of Seto's relations with Atem since Seto is known for not developing friendships.