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.
Chapter 7: Danger and Jokes
In Dr. K and Venera's base, things had changed dramatically. Brooklyn wasn't being nice at all. For starters, why should he? But it isn't like him to be like this. He's training continuously to improve on Zeus and getting a bit of an attitude which he rarely used before.
"Go Zeus!" commanded Brooklyn as he released his blade once again. It circled the dish and scratched up the targets, some shattered to pieces and he caught his blade smirking evilly.
"He's doing very well." said Dr. K to Venera as they watched Brooklyn from above on a small balcony.
"He is the strongest blader around and we've driven him to insanity nearly. His friends will be terrified of him, like they were last time they battled him in that BEGA tournament." answered Venera as she stood against the railing arms crossed.
"If they have any sense they will be, though that Russian man might not be, judging from his last battle with him." said Dr. K.
"Russian man? Oh, you mean Kai Hiwatari?" asked Venera and her eyes flashed as she pictured him.
"Yes I mean him and you can forget that, Daughter. He is the last person to fall for your flirty acts." said Dr. K.
"You think so, Mother? You forget: no matter how he's like or what impression he gives, he is just an ordinary male." said Venera smirking and Dr. K groaned. She can't win with her daughter.
Down below, Brooklyn released his blade once again and it smashed through the wall by accident.
"Watch it, nature boy. You destroy this base and you will pay." said Dr. K loudly.
Brooklyn looked up and frowned, though made a mental note to himself to hold back. He didn't want more electricity through him no matter what.
Over in Tyson's dojo, Marina was in Tari's room and they were discussing what else could be done now.
"With Brooklyn gone and us not knowing where, even after we've searched so much, I guess all we can do is train and prepare for whatever threat could be out there." said Tari wisely.
"You make it sound like Brooklyn could be the threat. My own cousin couldn't be...he just couldn't." said Marina trying to convince herself Tari's theory was impossible.
"Marina, I know how harsh this sounds, but we have to face every possibility. I don't want it to be Brooklyn either, but if it is, we need to be prepared to face him. After all, only you and Kai stand a chance against him. Tyson if his brain works." said Tari.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I can't beat him though, and don't use Black Zeroth as an example because that didn't count." said Marina slightly angrily.
"I won't. Don't think about that and we can concentrate on helping Brookie." said Tari.
Marina looked up at Tari and Tari blushed slightly.
"He lets me use his nickname." she said and Marina smiled. Tari smiled back.
Back in Dr. K's base, Venera had been sitting in her room thinking. She had been thinking of ways to get through the hard, outer shell of Kai later. She was about to give up when she remembered there was one other she could work on if her plan with Kai failed and that was the other good-looking Russian with red hair called Tala Valkov.
"Kai Hiwatari or Tala Valkov? Hm...I could just simply flirt with both. It's not like I'm interested in either of them really." she said to herself then smirked.
She jumped up from the bed and walked over to her mirror. She had always admired her own looks, yet she knew her looks wouldn't tempt these particular two Russian males yet she didn't really care. She had so much experience with flirting with any kind of guy she didn't think she would meet her match in these two.
She got her blade out of her pocket and held it tightly in her hand and smiled.
"I've decided upon you two." she said out loud as she thought of Kai and Tala.
Back in Tyson's dojo, everyone had decided to train. They planned for the first match to be Tari and Ian, who knows why since Ian was beaten too quickly. Kai gave his blade to Kenny to check over before his match with Tyson then he gave Tari a 'well done' for her match. Kenny put Kai's blade down for a brief moment and Tyson came over.
"I'm sure a little fun can't be denied." said Tyson to himself then loosened Kai's blade.
"Tyson?" asked Kenny and Tyson nudged Kenny.
"Shh, Chief. Come on, see the funny side." then he gave the blade to Kenny who just looked confused and gave the blade back to Kai.
As Tyson and Kai faced across the dish, everyone watched. Practice or not it should be interesting though Kai couldn't help but wonder why Tyson was smiling so much.
"3...2...1...let it rip!" said Kenny.
Tyson released his blade and it landed perfectly. Kai released his and thanks to Tyson loosening it, it fell apart.
Tyson fell backwards laughing so much he could kill himself.
"Tyson!" shouted Kai.
"See the funny side will you?" asked Tyson through his laughter.
"This is serious, you imbecile!" answered Kai.
Everyone else was laughing too, even Tala and Bryan who usually stay serious through nearly anything, but Kai was furious at Tyson. So was Tari since she would probably be the one to put Kai's blade back together.
Over in Dr. K's base, Venera watched Brooklyn train. Having thought she had sorted her plans for Kai and Tala out, she wondered if Brooklyn was worth it as well. True he'd be a slightly easier target, but he was so not Venera's type to flirt with then she heard something that changed her mind:
"Tari will probably be the only one to understand why this has happened. My cousin, Marina, sure won't." said Brooklyn out loud as he trained.
Venera guessed that Tari was someone special to Brooklyn and so maybe later when they face the goodie bladers she can flirt with Brooklyn to make this 'Tari' jealous. Venera seemed to like sparking jealousy and wondered if either Kai or Tala had a girl she could make jealous. She remembered some events from the past that had become news and she thought this 'Marina' could be Tala's girlfriend. That made her happy, two girls she can make jealous in one day and she smirked.
