A/N: This one takes place before Organization XIII started. It's how Lea and Isa lost their hearts. Or at least, how Lea lost his.

"Isa! Where are you ?!" Lea's turquoise eyes swiveled across the castle courtyard, panic-filled and frantic. Cupping his hands around his mouth, he again called his friend's name. "Isa!"

"Lea!" The boy's terrified voice reached Lea's ears. "Help me!" The bluenette was huddled in a corner, one of the strange monsters salivating in front of him. Pulling out his Frisbees, Lea launched them at the monster. The attack merely glanced off its back, and it turned its glowing eyes to Lea, snarling. It bunched its muscles and charged him.

Lea screamed as its claws imbedded themselves in his chest. "No, stop – !"