Not a very long chapter, but a chapter all the same! I'll try and update tomorrow, if not then the day after!

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Marth woke up late the next morning. He yawned five times on the trek from his warm, cozy bed to the cold, tiny bathroom. He yawned three times while he dressed and brushed his teeth, and noted that Roy had used up all the mouth wash again. He yawned once on his way into the shower, and after this yawned no more. The jolt of cold had woken him up.

Roy was in the dining room, eating a bowl of cornflakes.

"You used up all the hot water." Marth snapped, "And the shampoo."

Roy gave his brother a sheepish, apologetic smile, "If you were me after my last match, you would have too."

"Somehow, I doubt that." Marth said dryly, heading for the door. On his way there, two things happened. One: he remembered his best coffee machines were broken and he was all out of coffee, so there was really no point journeying to the Temple District Kitchen. Two: the door opened and Link, Young Link and Pichu came bounding in.

He honestly didn't know which of these two things was worse.

In seconds, the trio were at the table with Roy, pouring their own bowls of cereal. Pichu was in the process of emptying the sugar dish over her cornflakes when Marth walked over.

"Join us, Marth!" Young Link exclaimed, kicking his feet happily. He and Marth were both wearing blue that day.

What Young Link didn't realize was Marth was still in his pajamas, and not intending to remain that way very long. But we won't get into Young Link's reaction when Marth changed into something green.

At the boy's invitation, Marth didn't move, "Why are you guys in my house?"

"Because we opened the door." Pichu informed him, finding this answer enough as she passed the milk to a demanding Link, who, try as he might, could not get any more than a drop from the empty carton.

"Glutton." he said to Pichu, who stared from her bowl of cornflakes, milk and sugar piled higher than her head to Link and said: "You have a stupid hat."

Link's hands flew to his hat unconsciously.

"You do, you know." Young Link commented.

Pichu looked at Young Link's identical cap, as did Marth. Neither of them said a word.

"Why didn't you lock the door?" Marth demanded of Roy, who shrugged and swallowed a mouthful of cereal.

"I did."

"Then how did they get in?" Marth asked, eyebrow beginning to twitch.

"We have a key." Pichu told him as she assessed her mountain of food, trying to determine how best to tackle it.

Marth gaped at her, his expression quickly changing to fury, "How did you get a key?"

"Zelda." Pichu replied, poking experimentally at her pile, drawing back her spoon when it began to wobble. A lump of sugar fell on Link's hat.

"What?" Pichu asked when Link gave her a sour look, "It's a stupid hat. No one cares."

"Exactly." Young Link agreed. Again, no one spoke to him.

"And why," Marth seethed, "Did Zelda have a key to our apartment?"

Pichu shrugged, "I'm her cute sidekick, not her secretary."

Marth scowled at her.

"Oh! I know!" Link exclaimed, eagerly jumping out of his seat, "Zelda got the key because of this one time she was locked out of her apartment and there was a tsunami outside and just in case it happened again she wanted a place she could take shelter nearby, so she asked Roy and he gave her a key."

Marth turned a fiery gaze on Roy, while Link slunk back in his seat (he'd only just realized he'd answered a question of his sworn enemy, and was feeling quite glum about it).

Before Marth could say anything, Roy held up his hands in defence, "Now before you get mad, just don't, ok? Because there wasn't anything else I could do! What if it happened again, and neither of us was home? Even though it's Zelda, she'd still need shelter!"

Marth was quiet a long time after this When he finally spoke his voice was deathly silent, "Roy," he began, "She said she was stuck out in a tsunami. The nearest body of water is a lake, and that's a ten hour drive away."

"Really?" Roy asked, surprised, "That's cool, I guess... wait, are you making a point?"

Marth balled his hands into fists at his sides and took a few calming breaths. When he spoke, his voice was slightly less vexed than it had been, "Just this once, I'll let it go."

Roy widened his eyes in surprise, "Thanks?"

"But get the key back." Marth added, not liking the thought of Zelda, Link, Young Link and Pichu- four of his five least favourite people- having access to his apartment, when his fifth least favourite person had access to it all the time.

"Yeah, sure." Roy said, still blatantly surprised as he watched Marth disappear into his bedroom. Marth had never let him off that easy, even when they were children and Roy had (being a toddler at the time) peed on Marth's favourite picture book.

That had not been a good day.

With a shrug, Roy returned to his breakfast. Little did he know that Marth had no plans of forgiving him, now or ever, for anything. He'd just get his revenge in a different way this time.

In his room, changing into his green armour, Marth smiled maliciously. His match with Roy was tomorrow.

And that's the end of that chapter! Thanks for reading!