Ai/Relationship

## Ignis

According to Ai's own words, he is disliked by the other Ignis because of his laziness and just let the other Ignis to do the work in building the Cyberse World. However, this dislike isn't as bad as it sounds and their relationship is actually rather amicable with Ai still considers his fellow Ignis as his friends and willingly put himself in danger for their sake. He's greatly worried for his friends' safety when he found the Cyberse World destroyed, and saddened when he failed to save them and spent a long time grieving for their death.

#### Flame

Ai and Flame are on friendly terms, sharing the same view that coexistence between the Ignis and humanity is possible. Although, Flame disliked being compared to Ai and both tend to bicker due to their opposite personalities, constantly condescending each other for smallest reasons. However, this constant bickering is more akin to a squabble between siblings rather than out of malice, and it's clear that Ai and Flame genuinely cares for each other. After Flame's demise, Ai honored Flame in the form of his two monsters, Achichi @Ignister and Fire Phoenix @Ignister, both represents his feelings for the Fire Ignis.

#### Earth

Though Ai considers Earth as a friend, they have a rocky relationship, mainly due to Earth's lack of social skill. Furthermore, the concern that Ai got from Aqua incited jealousy on Earth to the point that Earth directly told Ai himself not to go near Aqua. Earth most likely considers Ai as a rival to compete for Aqua's affection, a sentiment that is not shared by Ai. Earth is also rather observant of Ai, understanding the Dark Ignis enough that though he is irresponsible, he's calculating, and in spite of Ai's behavior, Earth never underestimate him as shown when he dueled Playmaker, not letting his guard up because Playmaker is a Duelist that Ai chose. And despite his jealousy, Ai is the only Ignis other than Aqua whom Earth thinks of during his last moment, which implies that Earth does consider Ai close enough as a friend. Ai is also respectful of Earth's feeling, entrusting the Crystal Heart that Earth cherishes to Aqua. Ai is greatly d distraught upon knowing Earth's demise and took it upon himself to avenge him by defeating the people he deemed responsible for his death: Queen to the point of rendering her in critical state, and Go whom he could never forgive for capturing Earth. After Earth's demise, Ai honored Earth in the form of his two monsters, Doshin @Ignister and Earth Golem @Ignister, both represents his feelings for Earth.

#### Aqua

Aqua acts like a mother or older sister to Ai, often scolding him for neglecting his duties or doing various activities that may endanger himself. She frequently calls out Ai for his behavior while reminding him to have more awareness as an Ignis. At one point she even knocked Ai to the ground for this. Though she can be hard on him, Aqua is only doing so out of concern for his well-being. Ai's ego makes him think that Aqua's attention for him equals to her liking him, something that he likes to boast to Playmaker. Ai also respects Aqua and holds her in high regard as the sub-leader and trusts her enough to know that she wanted peace more than any other Ignis when Windy accused her of being a spy and got angry at Blue Maiden when she seemingly replaced Aqua with Pandor. In return, Aqua trusts Ai to carry out their feelings and entrust hers and the other Ignis' powers to him to defeat Bohman. After Aqua's demise, Ai honored Aqua in the form of his two monsters, Hirari @Ignister and Water Leviathan @Ignister, both represents his feelings for Aqua.

#### Windy

Prior to the destruction of the Cyberse World, it was not known how Ai's relationship with Windy was, though Ai said that Windy was easier to talk to. Their relationship turns to worse when Windy revealed his allegiance with Lightning and even willing to destroy Ai. Windy is disgusted by Ai's desire for coexistence with humans and his dedication to his partner. Ai is horrified when he learned what Windy had done to his own partner, and even more so when Windy revealed how low he considers humans compared to AI. While angry at what Windy had done to his own partner, Ai couldn't bring himself to hate Windy and didn't have the heart to let Windy die a painful death as shown when he called out Lightning to save Windy when the Wind Ignis was on the verge of dying by the Hanoi virus. After Windy's demise, Ai honored Windy in form of his two monsters, Bururu @Ignister and Wind Pegasus @Ignister, both represents his feelings for Windy.

#### Lightning

Initially, Ai respected and trusted Lightning as the leader of the Ignis despite his difficulty in understanding the Light Ignis. This soon turned into disappointment and anger when Lightning revealed himself to be the one behind the destruction of the Cyberse World. He became even more furious when it came to light that Lightning's reason for his actions was solely driven by his inferiority complex towards the other Ignis and repulsed by his apathy as well as how willing Lightning crossed the line to achieve his goal, holding him entirely responsible for the deaths of his friends. Unlike most Ignis, Lightning considered Ai to have the most wisdom out of all Ignis and considers him a special Ignis because of his instinct, something that the other Ignis doesn't have. He accepted the name Ai gave him and even decided to create Bohman based on Ai and Playmaker. However, due to his inferiority complex, he also holds resentment towards Ai, and in his bitterness left behind a simulation for the Dark Ignis that shows humanity perished due to his existence as last act of spite. While Ai can never forgive Lightning for everything he had done, Ai can't completely hate him. He still holds the Light Ignis in his memory, even creating a grave for him along with the other Ignis and continues to consider him as a friend. After Lightning's demise, Ai honored Lightning in form of his two monsters, Pikari @Ignister and Light Dragon @Ignister, both represents his feelings for Lightning.

## Humans

### Yusaku Fujiki / Playmaker

Yusaku is Ai's Origin and partner. At first, their relationship was a rocky one that was based on convenience: Ai used Yusaku for his self-preservation, while Yusaku used Ai to lure out Knights of Hanoi for his revenge. They were not on good terms due to their vasty different personalities with Ai's mischievous acts and jokes more than often irritated Yusaku, and Yusaku in return only treated Ai as nothing more than a hostage, often dismissing Ai's attempts to lighten up the mood. Yusaku didn't even bother to give him a name and only did so after being convinced by Kusanagi, and even then he just lazily came up with the nickname "Ai" simply from the pun of A.I and Ai's eyeball form at that time. Ai initially was annoyed by it, but grew to love and took pride in the name to the point he named his support cards after it. Though he still didn't trust Yusaku enough to reveal his fake amnesia, Ai seemed to have warmed up to Yusaku and is keen on treating him like a friend, which was met with rejection. Their relationship takes a drastic change during their final confrontation against Revolver where Yusaku and Ai finally realized their shared desire to protect their respective friends, resulting with them reaching a degree of understanding. Since then, Ai cares more for Yusaku and vice versa, finally forming a mutual friendship. Ai's bond with Yusaku is what convinced him to choose the path of coexistence with humanity. Yusaku soon became an irreplaceable person in Ai's life. Even in his grief after losing all his Ignis friends, Yusaku is the only person he would share his loneliness and pain. He cherishes Yusaku so much that he fell into despair when he learned that his existence might lead to Yusaku's death and willingly forfeit his own life to ensure that Yusaku can live, proving that Yusaku is more precious to him than anything, even his own life.