Smooth Sailing

Sonic was sitting cross-legged on the deck of the S.S Marine, with a very irritated expression. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a dark grey leather coat with blue stripes running down the sleeves. Marine could be heard babbling nonstop by the wheel with Tails.

"-And then we'll go to the Bermuda triangle! Ain't it ripper?" She said excitedly.

"Uh, isn't the Bermuda Triangle dangerous?"

"I don't know! It sure sounds awesome!"

Sonic sighed in annoyance. Sonic hadn't really met anyone he hadn't liked, excluding Eggman and Eggman Nega, and he was usually 100% nice to everyone. But Marine turned out to be an exception. He tried liking her, for the sake of Tails and Blaze, but she was so impossible. She was more annoying than even Charmy, and her accent drove him up the wall. She was, as far as he was concerned, intolerable. He wondered how Blaze could even stand the Aussie racoon.

Turns out, she couldn't.

Blaze sat down near the door to the lower decks, and she glared at the two younger occupants of the ship. She had her teeth clenched and she was practicing her pyrokinetics with a ball of flames in between he hands. Being 17 now her wardrobe had been slightly altered. She wore a coat in the similar style of her previous one, only it stopped at the midriff and it did not hang over her hips. The hot pink stripe that lined the bottom went all the way around, and her gold caller was shining in the dim light that shone through the clouds. The cuffs of her coat were still furry, and she had the same white gloves. She also had on low rise white skinny jeans and her usual hot pink heels with the furry cuffs. It was taking all her will power not to get up and shout at the now 11 year old racoon, but she kept silent and moved her concentration to her fire.

Sonic, being bored and wanting to move further away from the babbling racoon and his young fox friend, decided to go join Blaze. The second he got up, the ship shook violently and he was tossed over the edge. Blaze's eyes widened as she saw him fall, and she shouted, "Marine! Stop the ship!"

"Whot?" She replied confused.

"Sonic!" Blaze shouted. She ran over to the spot he was just moments ago and jumped off the ship.

"Marine!" Tails said sounding panicked. "Blaze just jumped out of the ship!"

"Blimey!" Marine scrambled to find an anchor and heaved one over the edge opposite where Blaze made her jump.

Meanwhile, Blaze made a swift dive into the water. Motivated with the pressing knowledge that Sonic the Hedgehog was not the best swimmer in the world, she swam quickly until she reached him and pulled him up over the surface of the water.

"Sonic listen to me!" She said in a panicked tone. "I need your help or we'll both-" She was paused by a wave going over them and having to pull them back over the water. "-Drown!"

Sonic coughed a couple times in response. "O-Okay…"

"Alright, what I need you to do is tread water…!" She commanded. "You do this by kicking your legs in a vertical position and moving your arms like this!" She made a very brief demonstration, and Sonic obliged to her orders.

"L-like this?"

"Exactly!" She managed to choke out. She was running low on energy and air and she was having trouble keeping her head up. "MARINE!" She shouted. "SONIC AND I… FELL… OVERBOARD!" She noticed the boat nearby and she grabbed Sonic's arm and began to swim towards it. She saw Tails and Marine leaning over the side in search for them. When she got Sonic and herself close enough she saw Marine throw down a rope ladder.

"Sonic, You first." She said and shoved him towards the ladder.

"But-"

"Do NOT argue with me right now Sonic the Hedgehog!"

Sonic immediately began to climb the ladder after hearing her response. Blaze followed soon after and the two of them collapsed over the side of the ship breathing heavily.

"Blimey! Are you alright?" Marine exclaimed at the sight of their condition.

"… … … I think…" Sonic replied.

"I'm okay." Blaze huffed.

"Don't EVER do that again!" Tails scolded.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Sonic retorted.

"Marine… Go steer the ship." Blaze said in a neutral tone.

"Aye-aye mate!" Marine said cheerily and she bounded up the stairs for the steering wheel. Tails followed behind, leaving his sopping wet friends on the floor.

Blaze could hear Marine babbling about 17 year olds and immaturity and she scoffed as she rose to her feet. She offered Sonic her hand, and he took it willingly and allowed her to help him up.

"Thanks Blaze… I really owe you one…" He said in a grateful tone.

Blaze turned to him, and with a somewhat serious face, replied. "No problem. But for future reference, do not stand near the edge of the ship."

Sonic chuckled sheepishly and smiled. "Uh… Okay." He followed Blaze over to the spot near the door. He watched in a mix of envy and awe as she snapped her fingers and engulfed herself in flames and was dry in seconds. "Aw, no fair!"

"Let me help you." Blaze somewhat smirked. She snapped her fingers again and Sonic was engulfed in flames. His eyes widened in shock as he felt the dull heat. He instinctively began to scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! IT BUUUUUUURNS!" He had his eyes squeezed shut when he heard Blaze erupt in laughter accompanied by Tails and Marine. He slowly opened his eyes to find that he was no longer on fire and was completely dry. Not only that but Blaze was in front of him of the floor clutching her sides laughing uncontrollably and Tails and Marine were by the steering wheel clutching each other for support as they laughed and eventually fell over. His face turned red in embarrassment. If Blaze was laughing, then that meant it was funny and he just made a fool of himself.

"Sh-Shut up!" He said. Blaze opened her eyes to look at him, calming down only slightly as she continued to laugh. However…

To Sonic's dismay and embarrassment, his fur/quills puffed out and stood on end. Blaze fell over laughing again and Sonic slowly brought his hands up to his head and felt around. "Ahh! Not cool!" He said in a mix of anger and embarrassment. He opened the door to the lower deck and stormed down to the area where the bathroom is and looked on the mirror. Blaze got up, and although she was still somewhat laughing she wiped the tears off her face from laughing so hard and walked up to join Tails and Marine. Sonic's shout erupted from the lower deck and caused them all to laugh again.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"