Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade in any way. The only characters I own are Marina, Pyro and Venera as they are my OCs. I have permission to use Tari from my friend, Smiffyizdabest. Any other references I make are purely coincidental.
Loyalties
Chapter 1: Time Goes By Quickly
It has been three years since Marina used Black Zeroth under Boris' orders. Things were going very well for both teams: Bladebreakers and Blitzkrieg Bladers.
In Japan, the Bladebreakers had been having fun. Tari was spending a lot of time with Brooklyn, which made him happy. He also felt slightly more at ease because Kai had finally accepted his sister's relationship with the nature blader.
"Tyson, you're getting your edge back." said Max happily as Tyson's Dragoon evaded around Draciel.
"You're still as good as ever, Maxie." said Tyson.
"Keep it up guys. Don't give in." cheered Kenny from the sidelines.
"Galaxy Turbo Twister!" shouted Tyson.
"Gravity Control!" yelled Max.
Their attacks hit each other hard when all of a sudden a green blade came flying out the dish. Tyson won.
"Oh yeah, the beyblading king is back." said Tyson catching his blade then doing a peace sign with his other hand.
"He's back, but still the same as he used to be." said Kai coming over.
"What's that supposed to mean?" said Tyson rounding on Kai.
Kenny and Max just chuckled to themselves as they watched something happen that has happened many times before: Tyson ranting on and Kai ignoring him.
Over in a clearing of trees, Brooklyn and Tari were lying around in the grass. It wasn't something Tari's used to: just lying around; but she liked it because she was with Brooklyn.
"Nothing can go wrong when we're together can it?" asked Brooklyn turning on his side to face Tari.
"I sure hope you're right." said Tari.
"You do look prettier without your face paint." said Brooklyn and touched Tari's cheek with his finger.
"I'm glad you think so." said Tari.
They were about to kiss when Brooklyn's phone rang. Brooklyn sighed as he looked at the display to see who it was.
"It's Marina. I have to answer her." he said as he pressed the green button on the phone.
"Hey, cous. You okay?" Marina asked.
"Fine, Marina. I'm a little busy." he answered and looked at Tari who blushed and chuckled.
"I understand, Brooklyn. You're with your girlfriend. If you want, you can call me back when you've stopped your kissy, kissy time." answered Marina and even though Brooklyn couldn't tell via phone, he could guess she was smirking at teasing him.
"It doesn't matter, Marina." he said blushing then continued. "Is there anything going on in Russia?"
"Not really, though me and the guys are planning to visit Japan so I thought I'd let you know." she said.
"That'll be great. I miss seeing you, cous." he said smiling.
"Okay, see ya tomorrow, Brookie." and she was obviously smirking a bit again.
"Yeah, you will. See ya then." he said and hung up.
"That's cool. We better let the others know they're coming." said Tari standing up.
"Okay." said Brooklyn and he stood up too.
"Race you back to Tyson's place." said Tari and she took off with Brooklyn close behind.
Over in Russia, Marina was with Tala, but instead of lying around in the grass, they were lying in the snow.
"Do you think it'll be possible to get Ian and Bryan to the airport without an argument?" asked Marina.
Tala just looked at her with a look that read "Yeah right" and Marina just chuckled to herself.
Ian and Bryan had been arguing a lot recently. It seemed like there was no reason this time, they just kept arguing.
"At least Spencer can help keep them in line." said Tala.
"Yeah, he can just pick Ian up until Ian stops being childish." said Marina, and Tala smirked.
"Bryan would probably pick Ian up as part of the 'scaring the shrimp' routine he has." said Tala smiling.
They were about to kiss, just brushing each other's lips when…
"Tala, they're at it again!" shouted Spencer, referring to Bryan and Ian.
Tala just sighed and stood up then followed Spencer back to the base.
"Those two are going to be in so much trouble now. Tala doesn't like to be interrupted in the middle of something." said Marina to herself with a slight blush.
The next day, the team left to Sheremetyevo International Airport.
"You better behave yourself, Ian. We don't want trouble." said Tala.
Ian just nodded. He hadn't liked the punishment he had got from Tala the day before: Four hours extra training.
"Same goes for you, Bryan." said Marina.
Bryan looked at her with a scowl on his face, but when she gave him a glare, he looked away. He had also got punishment from Tala, same as Ian: Four hours extra training.
When they all got on the plane, Tala sitting next to Marina, Bryan sitting on his own, while Spencer sat with Ian; the plane took off, destination: Tokyo, Japan.
In Japan, Brooklyn was a little excited. He hadn't seen his cousin in the last few months and missed her. Kai had agreed, at Tari's insistence, to go to the airport with her and meet them.
"Where are they, Kai? Their flight hasn't been delayed." asked Tari.
"I don't know. I don't even care. I didn't want to come meet them." answered Kai who was standing against the wall, arms crossed.
Tari heard a muffled explosion. She turned to Kai and they both knew it was something to do with Bryan or Ian…or both.
A few minutes later, they showed up. Marina was glaring at Bryan, and Tala had a frown on his face.
"What happened?" asked Tari after greeting Tala.
"Ask the shrimp." said Tala.
Tari turned to Ian who was looking a little scraped for some reason. It was Bryan who answered her questioning look.
"He just said something random and I picked him up to scare him, but then I dropped him on the luggage conveyor belt. He started whimpering and Wyborg reacted."
"Ian, you caused that small explosion with Wyborg. Even when a little scared, you don't release your bit beast inside an airport." said Tari, half frowning but half smirking at the shrimp.
Ian just shrugged.
Tari greeted Marina and Spencer next then Marina noticed Kai.
"How did you get him to come along?" she asked Tari.
"Let's just say I didn't pull any tricks or blackmail him." said Tari and both girls laughed.
Tala and Marina greeted Kai fairly warmly, or as warmly as you can get with Kai, then they all headed off back to Tyson's place.
When they arrived, Brooklyn immediately greeted Marina with a small hug and by the evening, they were all telling the others what had happened in the last few months of not seeing each other. It was a fun reunion.