Thebes Egypt, 989 B.C

"Amon! Amon wait up." Atem ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. "Hurry up slow poke or father will find out." The nine year old prince picked on his little five year old half-brother. "But you said that it wasn't that far from the palace." Atem looked back towards the palace, it's sand stone color seemed to make it fade into the hot desert around them. Amon rolled his eyes. "Look here it is." He moved the tall grass out of the way and motioned his little brother to come closer. Atem poked his head through the grass and noticed a group of Hippos bathing in the mud. Atem turned white from the sight of the seemingly harmless creatures. "A…Amon can we go!? I don't like hippos to much anymore." Amon sighed. "They aren't that scary, look there is a baby hippo right there…" Atem pouted. "Yes they are! One of them ate my mom!" Amon shook his head. "they don't attack humans often, Hippos just don't like Greeks too much because they don't respect them like we do." Atem turned red from his brothers accusations. "But my mom was Greek which makes me half Greek, that can't be a bad thing."

"Yes it is! Being half Greek means you can't get into the afterlife like a normal Egyptian. Also you can't become Pharaoh because you aren't full blooded Egyptian." Atem frowned as he tugged at his unusual tri colored hair. He hated how it would never fully settle down. "Amon…I don't want to be half…why must I be half?"

"Because you were born that way." Atem gave a sharp inhale and ran off towards the palace. He didn't want to hear about his blood line, was being half Greek truly that horrible? He made it to the palace and looked around for his father, surely his father would know what to say in this situation. Atem spotted his father and his other mother arguing so he hid behind one of the bushes and listened. "Levana you shouldn't speak so poorly about the dead, especially those whom were close to us."

"Hmph close to you perhaps but I dislike that Helen, That Greek wench deserved to get killed the way she did! And her son is an abomination to the Royal family."

"Enough! Atem is not an abomination! He is a good young boy and is just as kind and responsible as Amon! He will make a fine vizier to Amon when Amon becomes pharaoh."

"Right because some half -blooded mutt makes a great leader. I doubt it. It's either him or me!" Anknamkamon frowned at his wife's proposal. "Don't you dare make me chose between my son and you. I love Atem and Amon both as my sons! If you are too selfish to see that…then leave." Levane frowned. "fine." With that she turned and stormed away. Atem whimpered at the words that were exchanged. "F…father?" Anknmkamon looked over and spotted his little son. "Atem…how long were you hiding there?" Atem started to tear up. "Father…am I bad? Is being part Greek bad?"

"No Atem you are not bad. You are a good boy and will grow up to be a handsome young man." Atem wiped away his tears. "Okay…"

A few years later, Atem and Amon grew up into their early teens. Atem was thirteen while his brother was seventeen when they went on a hunting trip together. "Amon! Hold up! You don't need to go so fast." Amon smirked as he looked back on the scrawny teen. "I see…Okay then Atem, I'll slow down but you have to learn to keep up with me. When I become pharaoh you wouldn't be able to talk like that to me." Atem smirked. "You are my brother first before you are a pharaoh."

"Ha ha ha! Right okay now let's bag us a hippo." Atem sighed. "Amon…are you sure about that? Hippos are danger…"

"Don't tell me I can't hunt Hippos Atem unlike you, I don't fear those water horses." Just as they walked along the Nile with bows strung, a hippo was grazing nearby, Atem and Amon stopped and crouched low. "Yes…we found a good sized hippo. Ready to get it?" Atem gave a nodded. His eyes sharpened as he inched his way closer to the massive beast. His shaky hands drew the bow and he took aim. Releasing the string, the arrow flew fast towards the hippo, grazing it. The beast looked up at Atem with a deep growl. Atem gasped and started to take a step back from the creature that he had just pissed off. The hippo suddenly charged at Atem and he took off away from it; however, Atem's foot sunk into a soupy sludge and trapped him as the hippo came closer. "AMON HELP!" Atem yelled as his eyes darted looking for his brother. Suddenly the hippo's massive tusks sunk into Atem's right shoulder and side. "AHHK!" He was lifted up and Atem knew if he didn't acted fast he was going to die. He reached for his dagger and yanked is out of his sheath, flipped it so that the bladed rested against his fore arm then drove it into the hippo's nostrils. This forced the hippo to release Atem from its jaws and backed off. Atem panted and shook as the creature fled. He forced himself up onto his feet and looked around for his brother. "A…Amon!?" his brother was nowhere to be found. "AMON! AMON WHERE ARE YOU!?" Atem stumbled around looking for his brother while holding his side. "A…Amo…n…" his head started to get dizzy and he collapsed to the ground. The last thing he remembers was a group of people running up to him. When he awoke, his wounds were cauterized. "F…Father?" Atem looked over and saw his father. His eyes were sad. But he looked over and smiled. "Atem my son…how are you feeling?"

"Uhm…hot… where Amon?" His father frowned. "Atem…Amon has disappeared. We found a few of the servants…dead from arrow shots. But we couldn't find Amon. I fear the worst." Atem slowly sat up and frowned. "No…Amon…he can't be…"

"Atem did you see anything suspicious while you and Amon were out?" Atem shook his head. "Father…I wish I could say I did but…after that hippo attacked…I didn't see Amon at all." Atem's father hugged his son tightly. "I am just glade that one of my sons is okay and alive. We will do our best to find Amon…but I can't lose you as well Atem." Atem hadn't realized it but tears rolled down his face as he hugged his father back. "I'm sorry Father…I failed to keep Amon safe."

"No…Atem I am just glade that you are alive. It's hard enough to lose one son…I cannot bear the thought of losing you as well." With those words Atem teared up and hugged his father back. He knew that his brother was gone and after months of searching, it pained Atem and his father to stop the search after a year and a half after determining that Amon was dead.

Later on, the night of Atem's coronations came and Atem was disturbed by a soft noise. "Hu?" He got up and walked outside. "Hello brother." Atem gasped and turned around to see a hooded figure right in front of him. "Amon?" but as soon as he blinked the figure was gone.

Domino City Now

Amon paced as he looked over the first Millennium spell book. "What will help me rid of that nuisance of a brother."

"You can't beat him stupid head!" Mai yelled out from her cell. Amon glared. "Don't test me little girl, you know nothing of Atem."

"I know that he is a great duelist and an amazing friend." Amon rolled his eyes. "He is really a traitor and a liar, that half breed mutt took the throne and nobody knew of his true heritage."

"Yea he's part Greek so what? He was still a good leader. Better than you would have been." Amon slammed his book shut and stormed up to the cage. "And what would you know about how I would rule?"

"Uh…I don't but with how you treat Atem I could just imagine you would be horrible."

"Let me get one thing straight with you little girl. I had almost seventeen years of training to become a pharaoh while Atem only had three. The idiot brought the end of a dynasty, and ended his life for his people like some martyr. He didn't deserve to be a Pharaoh. Damn idiot." Mai frowned. She knew why Atem did what he did because he told her. He didn't want her to be afraid of him. "I believe in Atem so I don't care if you don't like him. He is my friend and I consider him like a brother. So screw you!" Amon snarled at Mai's comment. "You won't get out easily, not until your sister gives me the third millennium spell book and translate the second one I have. So you better get comfortable here because you will never get out."

Atem stretched out on the sofa after telling Kyo about his life and Kyo frowned. "Damn…Atem I am sorry for being such a bitch about things."

"Don't worry about it. I'm not angry at you." Kyo then got curious about Atem's hippo accident. "Hey Atem can I see the scars from your accident?" He looked up with a curious smirk. "You want to see two nasty scars? You are very peculiar." Atem then sat up and pulled off his tank top. "Right shoulder and side." Kyo got closer and gasped. "Damn! Those are some rough looking scars. So that's how a hippo attack would look like. It looks like it ripped you up."

"Ha, yea it did. The flesh on my shoulder was nearly ripped off the bone and my side was ripped. So yea it did rip me apart." Kyo reached out and faintly touched his right shoulder. His scar was rough to the touch. Kyo sighed. "Did it hurt? Having your shoulder and side cauterized?"

"No…I was knocked out. I didn't feel anything." Just then there was a knock at the door. Atem pulled his shirt back on. "Hey Carter someone's at the door." Carter smirked. "Got it." Carter got up and hurried over to the door. "Hello?"

"This is Mr. Motou's residence yes?" Carter nodded. "Yes? What is it?"

"This is an invitation to the Domino city Battle prix. You were picked by Kaiba Corporations as a captain of a team of three. We will see you and your team members in two weeks." Carter smirked. "Thanks. I'll have my team ready." Carter closed the door and sighed. "Damn it in all this confusion I forgot that tournament was coming up." Atem sat up at the word tournament. "A tournament? As in a dueling tournament?" Kyo could see a hint of excitement in Atem's eyes. Carter smiled. "Yea the Domino city Battle prix is a dueling tournament that takes place at the Kaiba dome. You have your standard dueling, Action dueling, and Turbo dueling all at one stadium. It's a lot of fun." Atem paced around as he thought. Carter gave a smirk. "Hey Atem…I can tell that look anywhere. You want in on this tournament." Atem turned bright red. "Oh uh…was it that obvious?" Carter laughed. "It was. Uh…actually this could work out. I need two more team members and I know Yorimasa-kun would join because Katsumi would be angry if he didn't, so I need one more duelist and you are amazing." Atem blushed. "Uh there is one problem…the turbo dueling, I'm not exactly comfortable about that."

"Oh don't worry about that. The duel runners are set to auto pilot so it's not like you would be dueling the original masters of the turbo duelists like Yusei and Jack. All you have to do is let the duel runner run and you focus on the duel." Atem thought about this. "I would have to bring my deck up to date if I am to stand a chance against today's competition." Kyo listened to the two boys talking and frowned. "I'm good at turbo dueling…" Atem looked back and then sighed. "Hey Carter…as much as I want to be in the tournament…I think it would be easier for Kyo to join…She has come a long way and I think something like this would be good for her." Carter looked over at Kyo and pondered this. "I bet I could pull some strings but we'll have to convince Katsumi to let you in because you're not registered into the systems so we don't know your dueling level." Kyo smiled. "So if you can pull it off…you'll have me in the main team?"

"Yea and we'll have Atem as a backup in case anything were to happen." Atem nodded. "So we'll have to convince this Katsumi person." Atem then pondered. "And if this is a huge tournament. It will be likely that Amon would see and that means Mai will see as well." Kyo nodded. "This is for Mai…if we win, I will make it known to the world that we will find her and get her to safety." Carter nodded. "It's a good way to get the message across to Amon that we are not a team to mess around with." Atem smirked. "Then that shall be the plan…Kyo duels in your team and I'll be the backup." Carter grabbed the phone and started to dial up a number. "I'll call Yorimasa and ask for an audience with Katsumi." Kyo frowned. "Uh…one question, who is Yorimasa and Katsumi anyway?" Carter smiled. "Oh they run Kaiba Corp. they are Seto Kaiba's great great Grandchildren." Atem's eyes grew large. "No fucking way!"