Chapter Two: What Are You Hiding From Me?

After a painful yoga session with Wii Fit Trainer, we are finally dismissed from the gym and told to begin moving our things into our new rooms. I peek in on the notice board to see who everyone else is roomed with, just to be nosy. There is a list of the assigned room pairs as follows:

**LIST OF ROOM PAIRS**

(These are not up for discussion so don't bother asking me to switch your room because the answer is a "NO")

-Mario and Luigi

-Samus and Wii Fit Trainer

-Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong

-Ice Climbers

-Ness and Lucas

-Peach and Zelda

-Fox and Falco

-Link and Toon Link

-Marth and Ike

-Lucario and Wolf

-Jigglypuff and Kirby

-King Deedeedee and Meta Knight

-R.O.B. and Villager

-Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer

-Wario and Gannondorf

-Pit Mr G&W Olimar

-Bowser and Captain Falcon

-Sonic and Mega Man

Room locations are on the map below. Please take a map, gather your belongings, and move your belongings into your new room immediately. All Brawling for the day is cancelled so we can move our belongings. Have a Smashing Fun Day!

-Master Hand

I look at the map and find the location of my new room. I then take a map from the pile and head to my old room to find boxes are already stacked up for me to pack. I grab a box and begin packing my things up. I start with all of my clothes (which are just my running shoes and socks, my extreme gear wear, and my formal wear, which I rarely wear). I clean my closet completely of all articles of clothing. My clothes alone are enough to fill that box, so I tape it up with the duct tape that was also left here with my boxes and start heading for my new room.

My new room is all the way on the opposite side of the mansion, but I manage to find it quickly, as it's open, and Mega Man is already there, unloading his crap—um, I mean belongings. I notice that his belongings were never even unloaded to begin with, as the Welcome to Smash sticker is still on the top of the boxes. You see, when a new Brawler leaves their universe to Brawl, they must pack up all of their things (i.e.: valuables, pets that can fit in a box and can handle being shipped away, clothes, pillows and blankets, basic needs materials and Brawl items.) into boxes and send them to be shipped away to the Smash Mansion. All of the newcomer's boxes are always stamped with that seal shortly upon their arrival to the mansion to indicate that it's been approved by Master Hand that the box containing the Brawler's belongings is to be put in the mansion.

I set the box of my clothes down and walk out. Nothing but a glare is exchanged between Mega Man and I as I walk towards my old room to pack up the rest of my things.

I walk into my room and pack up my blankets and pillows, followed by all of my stuffed animals, my DSi, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and SEGA Genesis and tape up the box. I then head back to my new room to set the box down. Once again, I get nothing but a glare from Mega Man.

The afternoon proceeds in this manner, with not a word spoken between the two of us. We set our boxes down and would immediately begin the trip back to get another.

That was until Mega Man brought that box in which contains his pet dog.

"Oh no!" I shout. "That dog is not going to be living in here! I'm not about to listen to it bark all night long!"

"That's too bad then." Mega Man mumbles. "Rush is all I have now, and I'm not giving him up because of your requests. If you don't like it, it's too bad. I really don't care what you want anymore."

"Good, because I never gave a Chao's rear end what you wanted." I snort. "I'm still telling you, you're not bringing that dog in here. Does Master Hand even know that you're keeping it? I doubt—

"For your information, he does know that Rush is here, and yes he approved of me keeping him at the mansion!" Mega Man interrupts me. "Now stay out of my business and mind your own!"

"That dog is my business because as your roommate, I also will have to hear—

"Lollipops for the Sonic-Kun!" the Villager interrupts, opening up the door, followed by R.O.B. I walk out of the room to greet them, leaving Mega Man in the room to unload that dog on his own. I swear, if I'm up hearing it bark or if it has an accident on my bed linens, I am going to be angry.

"Hey, Sonic!" R.O.B. greets me as the Villager shoves a lollipop in my hand. "Villager and I just got some lollipops from Peach, so we thought we'd share them with everyone in the mansion. Oh, where's Mega Man? Villager wants to give him one too."

"He's in there unloading his dog." I mutter, my voice sounding clearly annoyed. "That is going to keep me up because it's going to bark all night."

The Villager runs into the room to give Mega Man a lollipop, leaving R.O.B. and I alone.

"So aside from probably being angry at Mega Man, what else is new?" R.O.B. asks me.

"Nothing." I respond. "Wishing I could just go back to my own world right now. I already know Master Hand is going to send me back anyway. Mega Man is clearly my replacement. I may as well leave now because life in this mansion right now is just a hassle as long as that piece of junk is here."

"Well, don't take this the wrong way but you were kind of the one who aggravated him…" R.O.B. says. "I talked to him for a little bit while you were doing the pushups that Wii Fit Trainer assigned you to do after class. He doesn't seem to be the type to start a fight for no reason. You threw the chair so it only seems right that he throws it back."

"So the whole sticky bomb thing, that was right too?" I am nearly yelling by this point, angered that R.O.B. thinks that it was right of Mega Man to do what he did back at the cafeteria.

"Listen…Mega Man isn't used to things around here yet, so of course he's going to be short tempered, just like every newbie is." R.O.B. says. "Especially him. His games are sort of dying, and you have no clue of how many people wanted him to join us. Plus…the situation he was in when he left his universe."

"No situation is an excuse for the cafeteria situation, and no situation is an excuse for what he's done to me simply by being here right now!" I shout. "Why couldn't he have come after the bootings were over? Why now?"

"I promised Mega Man I wouldn't tell about what he told me…but it is why he had to come right now." R.O.B. says. "By I promised not to tell, it means I can't tell you either."

"Say what?!" I shout. "What makes you so special that he can tell you a secret like that when he's not known you for a day yet?"

"Because I've met him before." R.O.B. says. "We were already friends."

"What?" I say, shocked. "How did you meet him before?"

"I'm sorry Sonic…" R.O.B. says, looking away. "I can't tell that either. I wish I could but I just can't."

Just then, the Villager comes out of the room.

"Are you ready to go deliver the rest of the lollipops?" R.O.B. asks him.

A nod.

"Alright then." R.O.B. says, and when looks back to me. "See you, Sonic. "

I watch as they leave the room, wondering to myself about the

secrets that R.O.B. is hiding from me.