After being left in a basket at an orphanage he was brought in by the caretakers. One day at the orphanage he was being mugged by a local orphan named Chocolate Magma. Before Chocolate Magma could take all of his 4 dollars in quarters he saw Tommy Dickles and decided to bully him instead. Yuri thought to himself to befriend Tommy because they were both losers at the orphanage. After a few years have passed they moved out of the orphanage and went their separate ways. Sometiming contacting each other to keep up to date.