Sorry it took so long, so here it is! Hope you enjoy it. It's definitely more exciting and mysterious.

I do not own Disney's Hercules or Greek mythology. But any character that may or may not be mentioned is mine.

Chapter three: Explosion on Mount Olympus

Hades marched past the golden gates as he tried to calm his nerves. Maybe a nice dip in the river Lethe will sooth his nerves and make him forget this terrible day.

"HADES!" Zeus shouted as he ran after his 'dark' brother. He was clearly in a rampaging mood. But Hades was not only unimpressed, he was ignoring it.

'Keep walking, Hades. Ignore him, Hades.' He started chanting in his head.

"Hades, Stop!"

'Don't look at him, don't acknowledge him, just walk slowly to the exit and go home' Hades continued thinking.

"DAMN YOU, HADES! I ORDER YOU TO STOP!!!"

'Okay, that was his outdoor voice, better acknowledge him now.' He thought somewhat nervously. It didn't pay to have an angry god on you, especially the king of gods.

"What's up?" Hades grinned mockingly as he turned around. He couldn't help but broaden his grin further when he saw his brother's purple face.

'And they say I'm scary when I'm angry.' He thought smugly.

Zeus took in deep breaths before snarling at his younger sibling. "How dare you take this lightly? Aren't you the least bit sorry for all you have done?"

"Hmmmm, let me think…….. No. Can't say that I am." He sniggered.

CRACK!!!

Hades suddenly found himself on the floor while his right hand was on the angry-red hand mark on the side of his face. Of all the things that Zeus had ever done, this was the first time he ever struck him in this fashion.

Zeus couldn't help but feel some savage pleasure in doing that. As far as he was concerned, Hades deserved so much more then that.

"You pathetic excuse of a god! Not only did you betray all the gods in Olympus, but you betrayed me, your blood! Your brother!!!"

"BETRAYED?!!!" Hades screamed, erupting in an explosion of fire. "DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT BETRAYAL, CONSIDERING WHAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE DID!" He seethed as he got up and glared hatefully at his brother.

If looks could kill, not even Zeus' immortality would have saved him.

"What in Gaia are you talking about, how did I betray you?" Zeus didn't know what Hades was up to, but if he thought that he could pin the blame of his banishment on him, he had another thing coming.

"Save you lies! Persephone told me everything and your wife even confirmed it." Hades growled, keeping his hands on his sides so he wouldn't strike his brother. Despite having a certain taste for explosive violence like his brothers, Hades always prided himself in having a far more devious temperament then them. (1)

"Huh? Confirmed what?" Zeus would have asked what sort of game Hades was playing until he mentioned Hera and Persephone. Those two had been looking awfully guilty lately.

Hades was smoldering! Was Zeus actually going to continue to deny it? In a soft and dangerous whisper that he never used unless he was really ticked off, Hades answered:

"They confirmed to me what really happened twenty years ago. They told me what happened to…….him."

Even after all these years, Hades couldn't bring himself to say 'his' name, at least, not without choking up.

It took a second and a half for it to register to Zeus' head at what Hades was talking about. Then his eyes widened in revelation.

"What did I have to do with that terrible event? Or Hera and Persephone? It was an accident, pure and…….." He suddenly stopped talking when Hades roughly grabbed him and slammed him on one of the pillars of Olympus.

"IT WAS NO ACCIDENT!! HE WAS LEAD THERE BY YOUR WIFE!!! AND SEPH HELD ME RESPONSABLE FOR IT! MEANWHILE; THE OTHER GODS DECIDED I WAS TO BLAME FOR IT! THEY EVEN ASSUMED THAT I HAD PLANNED FOR THE WHOLE THING!!" Hades screamed. He let Zeus go and was now looking close to tears. "Why didn't they believe me? Why didn't they see that I loved him? He was my baby." He finished; his voice raw with pain.

Zeus blinked, feeling overwhelming pity for his brother. He had never seen Hades look so vulnerable before. Was Hera right? Did Hades really have a reason for her irrational behaviour? Before he could ask, he was interrupted by a scornful voice.

"He was never yours to begin with, Hades. We all knew the truth. Just admit it: You let him get killed because he was a constant reminder of my daughter's infidelity, not that any of us blame her for seeking out other men." Demeter sneered.

Zeus stared at the earth goddess. He never would have believed those cruel words had come from the normally kind-hearted earth goddess, and yet his own two ears had heard them. Also, where did she get off saying them to Hades? Zeus was beginning to think that maybe some of the divinities did deserve to be captured by the titans.

Hades looked at her with furious eyes as he whirled around to see that many of the gods and goddesses had decided to follow him and Zeus. But when he replayed the words she had said, his eyes widened in shock.

"Back up! You knew, you all knew about him and didn't tell me?!! WHY?!!" Up until now, Hades didn't think that he'd ever felt so betrayed from his so-called family. Meanwhile, Zeus was watching and listening to everything, becoming more and more lost.

Apollo was the one that answered this time. "You would have found out about his origins sooner or later. And what then? Would you have pretended not to care about the revelation? Would you have still loved him, then? I doubt it, Hades. Your ruthlessness and pride has proven to us in the past that you would have killed him yourself."

"WHAT!!!" Hades literally blew his top, causing the fire from his hair to spread all over his body. How dare they! How dare they accuse him of ever thinking of killing the one thing that brought light to his otherwise dark world!

Zeus decided now was the time to intervene. "That's enough! What is going on here, what are you all not telling me?" He didn't know what was going on, but he would get some answers.

Hades shot Zeus a sharp glance. Was Zeus that good an actor or did he really not know what this was about?

The divinities didn't know what to say. Apparently; they, like Hades, assumed that the king of the gods knew what they were talking about. Except for Hera, who felt the inevitable arrival of explosive violence that the sons of Chronus were famous for was soon to come, and Poseidon; who felt now the time for him to intervene.

"Hades, Zeus had no idea what we're talking about. He doesn't know what really happened."

Zeus glared at the second born. "Poseidon, you too? What are you all hiding from me?" Zeus was really starting to loose his patience. Whatever they were hiding, it was clearly the reason why Hades went off the deep end.

"He is completely ignorant about it," Poseidon stated, ignoring Zeus. "He didn't even know that he had another son, or that Hera had planned to kill him."

'Another what?!!' Zeus thought as his brain nearly froze. Hades on the other hand, looked horrified and heartbroken. When he spoke, it was just above a whisper.

"You knew about that, too. You, out of all the gods, I trusted you more and you didn't tell me……." He stopped talking as his eyes rolled to the back of his head. A bright red aura appeared on his skin, yet his color remained grey-blue. Zeus and Poseidon exchanged fearful glances. They knew what this meant.

"EVERYBODY GET DOWN!" Poseidon shouted as he pushed Hera and Persephone down with him. Most of the deities didn't understand what was going on until Hades exploded.

The mortals watched from their homes as it rained fireballs from the sky. The shockwave from the explosion knocked everyone down, and avalanche was also started from Hades, causing rocks and snow to fall to the ground. If any of the astrologers had looked up, they would have thought that Apollo's sun went nova. The gods were not safe from this attack either. They had all taken the brutal part of the explosion, except for Zeus and Poseidon, who had long ago become immune to their brother's element and Persephone; who being the queen of the underworld, was immune from any harm Hades dishes out. Most of Olympus remained a smoldering mess and even the parts that were made of clouds had a hard time recovering.

Zeus sighed as he got up. This was what happened whenever Hades held things in for too long. The strain of pushing all his pain and feelings had taken its toll on him when he received this new information. Zeus approached his now out-cold brother and tried shaking him awake by the shoulders. Hades blinked and dizzyingly sat up. For a while, he tried to get out of his dazed state and think clearly. When he did, he growled, stood up, and made a large fireball in his raised hand. Zeus looked away and braced himself for the impact. It wasn't like Hades could actually hurt him, but if it made Hades feel better to strike him, then so be it.

He didn't feel the impact.

Zeus cautiously looked at his brother to see if he was going to attack him or not. Instead, Hades had his hands to his side and he looked like he was restraining himself from strangling his older brother. His expression was wrought with disgust and hurt. His eyes were expressionless. Finally, he calmed down and his hands relaxed. He glared at his so-called family, and then he glared at Zeus.

"You know what? Forget this, I don't even care anymore! I'm glad that I'm banished from Olympus. As far as I'm concerned, I never want to see any of you back-stabbing, butt-kissing stuck-up traitors again." With that, Hades stormed past Zeus and headed back to earth.

It took a few minutes for the words to sink in, then Zeus' eyes widened with grief and guilt. Reality finally showed him what he had failed to see all along: His baby brother hated him; he didn't want to see him anymore. This was not how it was supposed to be!

"Hades, wait! Come back!" Zeus shouted as he chased after his brother, and this time not to tell him off.

The gods and goddesses looked at one another with dread, apprehension, and a touch of guilt.

When Zeus did get the whole story out of what really happened, he was going to do some serious smiting.

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Oh my, this is getting exciting! Who was Hades talking about that meant so much to him? Will the gods ever get theirs? What will happen now with Hades vowing to never return from Olympus? Will he and Zeus ever reconcile? Find out on the next exciting chapter of 'Brothers'.

I'm glad I got my butt back to working on this fic, seeing as things are really about to get exciting. Any hoo, on the next chapter, we get to see another confrontation with Zeus, this time it's a bit heartbreaking. We see Pain and Panic again and we get a hint of who the god that they are all talking about. What!! Hera killed a God! HUH!! HADES HAS A SON?!! Who is he? And why have we never seen him? Oh wow, the Fates make a cameo in this chapter. Stay tune the next chapter.

In both the movie and the mythology, Hades has always been the one to think up of terrible and painful punishments for those that either have led an evil life, or those that have wronged/deceived him. In the books, he simply calmly gave out punishments without so much as a glare, while his brothers would throw their powers around. (Ex.) Zeus would throw his lightning bolts at any mortal who disrespects him and Poseidon would cause sea storms or major earthquakes with his trident. If you want cruel and unusual punishments, go to Hades.

To add another note, the story may have some OC's but many of the characters may also come from the book of Greek Mythology. In fact, you should probably know who I've been talking about that had died. He was indeed the only god to have died, even though he isn't mentioned much in Greek mythology. Those who are mythology fanatics might be able to guess who he is. Can you guess who he is by the time I give the next chapter?