A/N: Hey guys! I know, it's about time I started a new story, right?

Well this one is a little more...random. It's pretty much unlike anything I've ever written...so! Yeah.

Oh, and if you think it's TailsxMarine...it's not. At least for the moment. I'm going to try to avoid couples.

Tails stared skeptically at the steaming cup in his hand, his cerulean eyes filled with caution. The contents contained within the cup was the glorious drink that seemed to save people's lives all the time…

Coffee.

"Marine. This is coffee."

The raccoon in front of Tails rolled her eyes at him, crossing her arms. "Oi think 'at oi kna that by na, mate. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked ya to buy that for me."

Tails and Marine were inside a local Starbuck's café. Tails had worked all night on some modifications for the Tornado 2, so the fox was extremely tired. And he had promised Marine that he and Sonic would go with her on whatever adventure she was planning.

Tails needed a pick-me-up. Coffee was the answer.

What he hadn't planned on, however, was that Marine wanted a cup too.

Marine had grown a little older. She was 7 when Tails and she first met, but Tails was 9 at the time as well. Now the female raccoon had aged to 12, while Tails was 14. The fox had taken to drinking coffee at a relatively young age to keep up with his studies at school. High school wasn't easy, and just because Sonic was always flunking didn't mean that he had to flunk too.

The thing that worried Tails was that Marine had never had coffee.

"Look, mate, dan't worry about it," she had reassured. "Oi just want to try it. Oi probably won't like it anyway. Those beans look pretty gross."

"Well…OK," Tails replied right before buying her a cup of java.

Now, however, he was having second thoughts.

Before Tails could say anything else, Marine pried the steaming cup from his gloved hands. "Are yer gonna give it ter me er na?" she demanded before blowing softly on the beverage.

Tails sighed before starting to drink his cup.

***

Sonic huffed and sat cross-legged on Marine's ship. This was stupid.

He didn't want to be on this stupid boat. He didn't want to be on a stupid ocean. And he for SURE didn't want to be with the somewhat-stupid Marine.

It wasn't that Sonic disliked Marine. She just wasn't the best company. The Aussie was very loud, very obnoxious, and her accent drove the hedgehog absolutely up the wall.

Sonic tried to like Marine. For Tails' sake. Tails seemed to be Marine's best friend since Blaze, and since she had been sucked into an alternate dimension 2 years ago, no one had seen ear nor tail of her.

That kind of troubled Sonic. He hadn't grown very close to Blaze, but it still bothered him what happened to her. What dimension was she sucked into? Would anyone ever see her again?

Suddenly, the blue hedgehog was snapped from his thoughts when he heard loud laughter erupting from the horizon. Sonic sighed irritably. Just when he was lost in thought about something serious, Marine had to show up. This was insane!

Sonic stood up and watched as Marine climbed the ladder to the ship at an inhuman rate. His green eyes grew wide as the raccoon jumped up and down at a quick rate. "Oy, mate!" she greeted. "Thank ya sa much fer comin' on this boat ride with me! An' of course yer can't ferget Tails, he's comin' with us too! Speakin' of 'at bladdy drongo, where is he? Oi thought he was roight behind me, but oi guess I just out ran him! Ha ha! That fox is too out of shape, oi mean oi'm two years youngah than him and oi'm a Sheila too, I can still—"

Marine's mouth quit running after Sonic slapped his hand over it. He twitched, "Will you shut the heck up?!" He then removed his glove and crossed his arms. "What's wrong with you, anyway? Why do you keep bouncing like that?"

The raccoon shrugged. "Oi'm na sure, I just feel pretty ripper after drinking that…drink…"

"What drink?" Sonic asked, curious.

"Coffee!"

Sonic's face contorted into an expression that was a cross between disgust and sheer terror.

Right at that moment, however, Tails came bounding towards the ship. Using his twin tails, he flew up and landed on the ship's deck next to Sonic. "Sonic…I'm…so sorry!" he gasped. "Marine…j-just…"

"Just what, mate?!" Marine demanded. "Th' last oi recall, yer th' one that bought me the bladdy coffee! So shut up!"

Tails suddenly felt his muzzle being grabbed before Sonic brought his face to his. "Why did you give her coffee, dude?!" he demanded. "Coffee?! Come on!!"

The fox smiled sheepishly. "I'm so sorry! I thought she could handle it…"

Sonic shoved him off and tapped his foot. "Well…whatever. Let's just get this over with."

Marine hiccupped and took her place at the mast. "Right, mates! Time for adventure!" she announced.

Sonic slapped his face.

Tails chuckled sheepishly.

This ship set sail.