Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade in any way. The only characters I own are Marina, Pyro, Venera, Alex, Kyra, Luke, Katie and Jake as they are my OCs. I have permission to use Tari from my friend, Smiffyizdabest. Any other references I make are purely coincidental.

Chapter 14: Terrible Luck

The next day over in Hiwatari Mansion and not much had improved between Kai and Gou. Instead of arguing they were simply not talking to each other. Gou spent most of his time in his room and whenever he left his room and passed his father, he ignored him.

"Gou, stop being a child. Not talking to someone because you're annoyed with them is childish and you're much too old for that." said Kai as he tried another attempt of talking to his son.

In Gou's room, he was adjusting his beyblade's attack ring and frowned at hearing his dad's voice.

"Gou, I'm losing my patience with you. Get this door open." said Kai angrily. He was so tempted to teach the teen a lesson by kicking the door in, but wanted to try getting him out normally first.

"Dad, instead of being a pain, why don't you just leave me alone. It'll be so much easier on you." replied Gou and he lightly smirked through his frowning.

Kai growled and slammed his fist against the door before walking away. Gou chuckled as he finished up his blade.

"Unless Dad can accept I'm going out with Kyra, he better get used to this. I can do what I want, I am 15." he said to himself and flipped his phone out of his pocket and called Kyra's number.

Downstairs, Kai was still growling slightly. He was annoyed at his son for being so difficult.

"That kid better get his act together as he's only being childish and immature. What does he see in Tala's daughter anyway? Hn, well, I have seen worse girls I suppose." said Kai to himself and thought that if he made it clear he was okay with it, Gou would talk to him again, but he knew Tala wouldn't accept it easily either.

Over in Russia, Tala sat with Marina and he was deep in thought. Marina noticed this and decided to ask him what was going on.

"Tala, you've been distracted all day. Come on, tell me." she said.

Tala looked up and blinked then said "Sorry, Marina. Alex gave me some interesting news yesterday, that's all."

Alex looked up from his chair in the other room as he had heard his father say his name.

"Is Dad going to tell Mum what I revealed?" he wondered to himself.

Back in the room, Marina looked at Tala in interest, but he shook his head. Marina frowned lightly as she didn't like secrets in the family.

Upstairs, in Kyra's room, she smiled as she ended the call she had got from Gou. She was still unaware that her father knew she was going out with Gou, but she knew Gou's father didn't like it and she did feel sorry for Gou as he wasn't talking to his dad at the moment.

"Poor Gou. If my dad finds out, I may end up not talking to him for ages and I don't want that...though I know it'll be sorted eventually. Mum will be more understanding, I hope." she said to herself.

She sighed as she lay back thinking and she lay there for a few hours deep in thought, either over how her dad would react or just picturing Gou in her mind and smiling. Near late afternoon, early evening sort of time, she heard her dad's voice.

"Okay, Kyra, come on down would you? We need to talk anyway." he shouted.

She sighed and left her room then walked downstairs to find her dad in the other sitting room. Marina was with Alex and both were unaware of the father-daughter discussion about to begin.

"You've been keeping secrets haven't you, Kyra?" Tala asked. He looked serious and had his arms crossed. Kyra wasn't about to give in to a strong glare though, she was used to it.

"What kind of secret do you think I'm keeping, Dad?" she asked with an emotionless look on her face as to not give herself away.

"Don't play games with me, Kyra. You can start by explaining the phone call Alex overheard between you and Kai's son." said Tala.

Kyra lightly gasped. She had no idea Alex had overheard and she made a mental note to kill him for telling their dad.

"I see it's true at least. I did wonder if Alex was pulling a crack joke, but you actually were trying to secretly date the young Hiwatari weren't you?" asked Tala with a smirk.

Kyra, seeing no point in lying, said "Yeah, Dad, I am going out with Gou."

Tala's eyes narrowed and he said "Of all the boys in the world, Kyra, why him?"

"He's nice, caring and he loves me, Dad. Isn't that good? Don't you want me to have a nice boyfriend instead of some dirty git?" she answered with a slight smirk as she couldn't see how Tala could retort to that one.

"Okay, you have a point, but still, there are nicer boys than Gou. He's a grouchy, stubborn kid. Like his dad was as a teenager." said Tala.

"And you weren't grouchy and stubborn when you were younger, Dad? I've heard about your past, Dad, and no offence, but you weren't exactly a goody-two-shoes who was always polite." she said.

Tala growled as his past was a completely different matter. He had been through a lot of horrible things, so he was lucky he's turned out as nice as he is now.

"Kyra, listen closely, you aren't dating Gou anymore. He's trouble in his own way. Maybe when you're older, but for now, stay away from him and certainly don't let him touch you." said Tala with a commanding tone in his voice that pissed Kyra off.

"No one has ever told you what to do, so don't tell me what to do. I'm happy, isn't that enough?" she asked angrily.

Marina and Alex came into the room after hearing the argument get louder.

"Oh boy, this one is major." whispered Alex.

"Tala, what is this about?" asked Marina.

Alex tapped his mum's shoulder and she looked round. "Mum, it's about Kyra secretly dating Gou Hiwatari." he said.

"Alex, you knew and you told your dad? You should have told me first, you knew this would happen." said Marina and she turned back to the argument. "Tala, Kyra, break it up." she said.

Alex sighed. He knew his dad wouldn't like it, but he never saw a big argument like this coming.

"Kyra, you and Gou are forgotten history. Forget it ever happened." said Tala.

"No, Dad, as I love Gou." retorted Kyra.

"Tala!" shouted Marina in an attempt to stop him from retorting.

"Marina, stay out of it." said Tala as he growled.

Marina frowned and hn'd then exited the room and slammed the door behind her. Alex watched her go.

"Mum?..." he said and began to follow when...

"Alexander Valkov, you're not going anywhere." said Tala harshly so Alex stopped in his tracks.

Away from the base, walking at the edge of a Siberian town, Marina was angry and upset.

"What is wrong with those two? They always argue. I've had enough of it." she said to herself and stopped her tears falling as she glowed slightly in her power.

She hadn't used Zeroth in a while, apart from some teaching of her children, so she wanted to hear his voice.

"Mistress, don't worry. Tala and Kyra will sort this out. You should head back to the base as I don't like the feeling of you being out alone when it's getting dark. Anyone could be hanging around, you know what I mean." the unicorn said to her.

"Yeah, Zeroth. You're right. I know exactly what you mean." she answered.

She sighed and began to turn back so she could get back to the base and she heard a rustle in the tree nearby. She turned, but could see nothing, though she felt a tingle up her spine which made her shiver and she began to walk faster. She was getting scared even though she knew the way and shivered more as she continued on. She turned a corner and squinted her eyes as she thought she could see someone.

"Well, well, well, what a surprise. Marina Kingston...well, Valkov now isn't it? How nice to see you once again. Do you remember me?" asked a voice.

Marina frowned as she could recognise the voice, but couldn't place who it was.

"Marina, come on. How could you forget me after our big battle all those years ago when I made use of your cousin." said the voice.

Marina gasped. "No...Venera..." she said slowly in fear.

Venera walked forward so Marina could properly see her. Her black hair and outfit were so much the same as last time she had seen the others. She did look older, but was recognisable.

"Yes, it's me. I've had a long time to plan revenge and to get a certain man in my grasp." Venera said.

Marina realised in a split second Venera meant Kai and she shook her head. "You still think you can get hold of him? You are crazy, Venera." she said with a smirk.

"Maybe so, but I don't need my intelligence to distract an easy fool like you." said Venera.

Marina gasped and was about to turn when an arm wrapped around her and held her still. She struggled, but stopped as she felt a sharp pain in one of her arms. She managed to turn her head and her eyes were met with light brown eyes she remembered well.

"Pyro..." she said.

He smirked with a nod and before Marina could react any more, she tensed slightly as the substance was injected into her then she fell unconscious so Pyro caught her in his arms and held her.

"Perfect." he muttered and he looked down at her with a smirk on his face and said "Still beautiful like she was 19 years ago. Oh, how time has flown. I've missed her."

Venera just sighed with her arms crossed then Pyro walked away to his hideout, carrying Marina in his arms. Venera followed with a slight growl at not being praised for her role in helping him.