Chapter One

Hercules rolled his eyes once more as Iolaus told yet another 'funny' joke to Jason. It seemed the prince of Corinth really did need to get out more seeing as how he laughed at nearly every joke that Iolaus told…even though they had heard them all before. But it wasn't really fair to say that, Jason was to be the king soon and Hercules could only guess at the amount of work he'd have ahead of him, and if Iolaus' horribly repetitive jokes made him laugh then so be it.

"…then the Spartan said sword? What sword!?" Hercules laughed with his friends, even though the joke wasn't even all that funny the first time he'd heard it. But he decided to humor Iolaus by laughing along.

"Ha…ha…that was a good one Iolaus…" Hercules started, "That was even better than the first time…Oof!"

Hercules stumbled back a second after he walked into someone. He looked up to see that both Iolaus and Jason had stopped walking and were now staring, jaws dropped at the person he'd walked into. He turned; ready to apologize only to see Lilith helping a red haired girl up from the ground. He didn't think he walked into her that hard…but then again…he rarely ever knew his own strength.

He watched as the girl stood up and started to brush her clothing off. He shook himself alert and took a step towards her, "Hey…I'm sor…"

The girl's head snapped up when he started to speak and he quickly forgot just what he was going to say to her…her blue eyes were sparkling with anger as she glared at him. "Watch where you're going!" she shouted at him.

Hercules' eyes widened as he stared at her, no one he'd ever just met had yelled at him like she had. "Look I'm…"

"I don't care," she cut him off, "Just keep you're eyes open next time."

She tried to side step him and continue on her way with Lilith, but Hercules stepped in front of her offering his hand in greeting. "I'm Herc…"

"Again," she started, cutting him off, "I don't care just get out of my way."

"But I just wanted to…"

"Are you deaf?!" she shouted, her face getting red, "Move!"

Hercules' eyes narrowed, who in Hades did she think she was? Here he was trying to be kind and respectful to her and she continued to shout at him. "No," he said, "Not till you apologize to me."

One delicate eyebrow rose as she stared at him, "Apologize? To you? Look, you're the one who should be apologizing to me, you walked into me!"

"I tried, but now it's you who should apologize to me." He crossed his arms over his chest as Iolaus and Jason looked on…they had never seen Hercules act that way before.

She glared at him again. "Move."

He smirked, "Make me."

She smirked as well, "Gladly." And with that she quickly fell to her feet and swung her leg, knocking Hercules' feet out from under him. He fell to the ground and stared up at her shocked that she had actually managed to do that. She smiled down at him smugly before turning to Lilith. "Come on Lilith," she said before stepping over him and continuing down the road followed by Lilith, who was failing miserably at containing her laughter.

Hercules rolled onto his knees as he watched them go, eyes narrowing at the red head as she disappeared behind the trees. He shook his head, pushing himself to his feet before turning to face a shocked Iolaus and Jason.

He rolled his eyes, "Come on guys, Kora's is just up the road."

He started to walk, but noticed not long after that Iolaus and Jason remained standing in their spots. He stared at them until they finally shook themselves awake and walked after him.

A/N – That's it for this chappy, let me just say that there is a reason for how the girl reacted to the situation. But anyway, the next chapter should be about the girl and Lilith's reaction to what happened…ending with a surprise meeting…