Ten years earlier

"Is there anything you do right, Lea?" A bluish haired boy asked dangerously. He was leaning against a stone wall with his arms crossed and his eyes half closed, glaring at the other boy.

"Aw, come on' Isa! Lighten up a bit, would you?" Lea whined, swinging his plastic chakrams around wildly.

"If you plan on fighting those monsters running around, at least learn to do it right."

Lea sighed and put down the chakrams.

"Whatever have it your way; by the way, where did Lya go?" He asked his friend. Isa just grumbled and got up from against the wall.

"It's not my responsibility to look over the brat," He informed Lea, who just looked at him as if he were insane.

"You have got to be kidding me, Isa! You lost her?"

"You were the one screwing around, not me. So I think it's your fault, Lea." Isa growled, turning to walk away.

Lea rolled his eyes with annoyance, "I hope nobody remembers Isa the Sour-puss,"

"I heard that,"

"Lea, Isa-anybody?" Cried out a young girl. She was sitting on the ground in a darkened alley way, her hands over her leg. Her head was low, and her dark hair covering her tear-stained face. Leaning forward she gripped her leg, trying to force back her tears. She couldn't keep crying, it would only attract those monsters that were running loose.

"I-I should have listened to Lea…" She cried out painfully, looking towards the end of the alley.

She could see hundreds of black shadow-like creatures crawling around the walls and the ground towards her. She stood up and tried to run as fast as she could, trying not to scream. But within seconds, they had caught up with her, crawling onto her, engulfing her in darkness.

Panting hard, Lea was bent over trying to catch his breath. The black monsters had nearly caught up to him, but he managed to ward them off with his plastic chakrams.

"Isa! Lya! Where are you?" He called out, hoping somebody would hear his pleas.

Lea rolled his eyes with annoyance, "I hope nobody remembers Isa the Sour-puss,"

"I heard that,"

"Yeah whatever, sour-puss!"

Trying to resist the urge to turn around, Isa kept walking, ignoring Lea's ignorant insults. Not like he cared anyways.

"I'm going to find Lya," Isa Told him with a sigh, disappearing into a nearby alley.

"Whatever you say, boss man."

Lea closed his eyes and lay down on the ground, stretching out in hopes of catching the warmth of the sunlight.

"LYA!" Lea screamed, standing upright. He could hear scratching in the distance, so he stopped and held his breath. Without another second passing, everything went dark.

"why exactly are we here?" Isa asked Lea, ignoring Lya.

"Because, I heard old man Ansem has some sort of experiment, so I want front row seats to the show!" Lea laughed.

"This is dangerous, you idiot," Isa told his friend angrily as they walked up a set of stone steps.

"come on, the castle's this way!" Lea yelled out, dashing forward.

Lya looked over at Isa, blinking.

"Why did you come, Isa?" She asked curiously.

"Why? To make sure that Idiot doesn't put you into any danger. That's why."

Lya faked a smile and held Isa's hand gently. Then, as they went to take another step, they heard a loud explosion.

"Damn it!" Isa growled, running as fast as he could. Those things were chasing him, and they were catching up fast.

"That idiot! He's going to get us killed!" He screamed, running inside an abandoned house. Locking the door behind him, he went and looked for a windowless bedroom. Resisting the urge to hit something, he clenched his fists tightly and put them inside his pants pockets.

"That Lea had better have escaped, because I'll kill him myself if he does!"

"That damn fool…"He panted, sinking to the ground. As he sat, underneath him a pitch black shadow began to form. Trying to keep himself from screaming, he got on his knees and tried to get away. But within a short moment, a bunch of shadowy ant like creatures was surrounding him. He screamed so loud, it felt like his ear drums were going to burst. And with each passing moment, his ear drums weren't the only things bursting.

He felt like he was being ripped apart, and even though he couldn't see anything, he felt intense amounts of pain all over his body. He tossed and turned in panic, trying to see someone-anyone-but he couldn't. He was alone with these…things, crawling all over him and destroying him. The only thing he could see were yellow eyes, brightly shining in the darkness. One set was coming closer and closer to his face. He panicked even more, hoping it wouldn't eat him. But it didn't. It just stopped, near where his left shoulder would be.

And with a giant surge or pain, he bit his lip to avoid screaming again. He wanted to hold his eyes shut, but he didn't.

All the golden-yellow eyes faded, and he lost all feeling in his body. He couldn't move, and he could barely breathe.

'It's all Lea's fault,' he asked told himself with spite as he stared straight up.

He could see something, it was shining and sparkling. It was in the shape of a heart, but before he could get a closer look, he lost all will and closed his eyes.