Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade in any way. The only character I own is Marina as she's my OC. I have permission to use Tari from my friend, Smiffyizdabest. Any other references I make are purely coincidental.
Temptations of Power
Chapter 1: Tense First Meetings
It has been three years since Marina joined the Blitzkrieg Boys and made them the Blitzkrieg Bladers. Her and Tala's relationship has become a lot better since what happened with Tala's emotions.
For the Bladebreakers, they have had their longest time of peace so far and Tyson was becoming careless with his training. They were training outside Tyson's dojo.
"Tyson, what do you think you're doing?" asked Kai as Tyson's blade went flying out the beydish. Another easy win for Kai.
"Give me a break. I've never found it easy to match you." Tyson admitted as he picked up his blade.
"Don't give me that. We haven't had a decent match since before the last tournament." said Kai, obviously not in the mood to accept excuses.
"If Kai can keep his patience with Tyson's failing performance then this idea will work well." said Kenny to Ray.
"Yeah, I thought Kai would get Tyson back to top standard since we've failed." said Ray.
It hadn't been easy getting Kai to train with Tyson, so it better work. Tyson managed to avoid Kai's blade, but then got caught by a side slam and lost again.
"Oh man. This is not cool." said Tyson as he, once again, picked up his blade.
"Tyson, listen to me. You have forgotten you need brains as well as skill. If you want the championship title off of me, you better sharpen up." said Kai, and Tyson frowned at him.
"You only won and got credit three years ago because we decided that you were better suited to stand a chance against Marina." said Tyson annoyed.
"Yeah, that may be true, Tyson, but I have kept the title ever since because you have been getting worse with each tournament. If you get any worse, we'll reduce you to a substitute." said Kai smiling.
Tyson started to moan, but it was just what Kai expected to happen, so he turned away ignoring Tyson, which just got Tyson more frustrated.
"I think this was a good idea, Chief." said Max, clearly seeing the funny side of Kai's attempts to sort Tyson out.
Suddenly Kenny's computer beeped as an email came through.
"What is it, Chief? Anything important?" asked Ray as Kenny read through the email.
"Significantly so. Mr Dickinson says he's sending Hiro over to help get Tyson's blading better." said Kenny quickly.
"That's cool. Tyson will need his brother since Kai has failed so far." said Max.
"I don't need Hiro's help. I can get Tyson sorted." said Kai, who, even though he was annoyed at Tyson, wasn't ready to give up. It wasn't his style.
"Come on, Kai. You have to admit, Hiro knows Tyson well and has always come through for us in the past." said Kenny.
Kai just crossed his arms and went inside the house.
"I don't want Hiro here. He deliberately got me into that situation with Brooklyn four years ago. I don't trust him." said Kai to himself as he sat down.
Just as he seemed set to relax for once, Tyson's phone rang. In annoyance, Kai picked it up.
"What?" he said angrily and quickly.
"Not the greeting I was expecting, Kai." said the person on the receiving end and Kai gasped, he hadn't heard that voice in a while.
Over in Russia, the Blitzkrieg Bladers were also at peace, though at least all of them were still at 100% beyblading.
"Falborg, move it." said Bryan as his blade charged towards Tala's.
"Give it up, Bryan. You haven't got close to beating me since we started this battle." said Tala as his blade avoided Bryan's again.
"Bryan, you have to calm down. Tala is just making you burn up Falborg's energy." said Spencer from the sidelines.
"Leave me alone, Spencer. I know what I'm doing." said Bryan, who wasn't in the mood to accept advice.
"Come on, Tala. He's right where you want him." said Marina.
"Novae Rog." said Tala and the arctic wolf rose from the blade and defeated Bryan.
"Oh, Bryan won't listen to anyone." said Spencer, kicking the floor lightly.
"You had no defence power left after all that, Bryan. You didn't think ahead." said Tala.
Bryan just smiled and shook hands with Tala.
"Another victory for Captain Tala." said Marina and she ran over to Tala and hugged him.
Ian, who was used to this by now, just left the room with Bryan and Spencer.
"Thanks, Marina, but don't tell the others this: I thought Bryan might actually win." said Tala.
"Really? You're messing, aren't you?" she asked.
"No." he paused as a guard in the base called him. "Hold on a second, Marina." he added releasing her hand and leaving the room.
"It's been so wonderful these past three years." she said to herself as she waited for him.
While Tala was gone, she got a message from someone via another guard.
"Okay, thank you." she said to the guard and he left.
When Tala returned, he had a distracted look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Marina asked.
"Nothing, it was a message from Kai." said Tala.
"What did he want?" she asked.
"He says he and his team are coming over to Russia in a couple of days and they have a surprise for us." Tala said shrugging.
"Well, that is convenient." she said and Tala looked at her confused. "Because we will have a surprise for them too." she added.
A couple of days later, the Bladebreakers arrived in Russia and a guard Tala had sent took them to the base via helicopter.
When they were at the entrance to the base, the Blitzkrieg team faced them.
"Nice to see you again, I guess." said Tala to Kai.
"You never change, do you?" asked Kai rhetorically.
"Nor do you, old friend." answered Tala.
Marina was standing with Bryan, Spencer and Ian.
"So, anyway, where is this surprise?" asked Tala, wanting the answer to the question he had been asking himself for the last couple of days.
"She is right here." said Kai and he stood aside. Behind the other guys was Tari of all people.
"Tari?" asked Tala in surprise.
"Long time no see." said Tari.
"Who's that?" whispered Marina to Bryan.
"That's Tari Hiwatari. Kai's younger sister." answered Bryan.
"You're kidding. I do see slight resemblances though." said Marina as she looked over at Tari again.
"That's Marina I assume." said Tari. "Kai told me about her." she added.
"Yes, I am. You're Tari. I only know a little about you." said Marina walking over to Tari.
"Well, I am Kai's sister and that's all you need to know." said Tari, and Marina frowned, she didn't like that comment.
"Well…" said Tala, interrupting the girls. "We have a surprise for you."
Kai looked up and from the entrance of the base came out Brooklyn.
"What is he doing here?" asked Tari, clearly not happy at seeing Brooklyn.
"He's my cousin. Can't he pay me a visit?" asked Marina.
"Marina, you know things aren't easy with Brooklyn." said Kai.
"They never will be if you never see each other." said Marina wisely.
"I can see why it's hard for you, Kai, but I've put the past behind me now." said Brooklyn uneasily.
"Easy for you to say." said Tari, interrupting. "You weren't the one who was injured and nearly killed."
Brooklyn backed away under Tari's gaze, making Tala and Marina smile.
Later, in the base, most of the members of the teams were getting on okay; the main difficulties were Kai, Tari, Brooklyn and Marina. Marina didn't like Tari much while both Tari and Kai had problems with Brooklyn.
"I can't believe him, Tala. Bringing his sister round, she is so like him it's unbelievable." said Marina while sitting with Tala.
"Not really. You have to get to know her first. Remember that myself, Bryan, Spencer and Ian know her and she can be trusted." said Tala.
She smiled and Tala put his arms around her. Tari looked over, but didn't show any signs of what she was feeling. Because she was looking at Marina and Tala a few times, she didn't notice Brooklyn looking over at her a few times. Someone did, however.
Notes
A few of the ideas in this FanFiction I've had help with from my best friend, Smiffyizdabest, so I owe her thanks throughout the chapters.
