So I'll do two chapters, this one does the whole King Of Thessaly episode, though not the way you'll think, hopefully someone will adopt it.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 3

Maelstrom And The Great Reveal

Athens

After the whole losing the sun debacle, everyone got back to what they were doing, though Hercules was rushing to his brother about something urgent.

Maelstrom on the other hand was sitting at a table having something to eat, along with Cassandra and Icarus, until Cassandra suddenly shot up straight, having a vision, "I see trouble, I see food flying everywhere, I see a destroyed food stall."

Hearing this, Mael decides to prepare himself for whats to come, that is until everyone heard a stampede like sound, almost like someone was rushing, Mael figures that both the vision and the stampede were in line with each other, so getting up he moves towards where the sound was coming from, getting in a braced position, that is until he noticed it was his brother Hercules.

With Hercules spotting his brother he tried to stop, unfortunately Hercules forgot one key importance, he was running on lose earth, causing the boy to slip and slide towards his brother.

But with quick reflexes, Mael managed to stop his brother, though they did slide along the ground slightly, causing a slight trench.

Managing to stop his brother, Mael patted Hercules down, "Whoa Bro, where's the fire!?"

Seeing this Cassandra couldn't help the puzzlement on her face, wasn't her vision suppose to be Herc making a mess, yet it's almost like Mael can stop her destructive visions from happening, yet she doesn't know why.

Catching his breath, Hercules looks to Mael, "Y-You guys aren't gonna believe this, but I just got a newspaper about our father, Zeus, making an appearance in Thessaly, I mean, did he tell you anything about this!?"

Hearing his brother's confused words, Maelstrom began thinking about what to do, that is until his eyes moved towards Cassandra, with both managing to catch each other's eyes, relaying a message that they both knew, "No, father didn't tell me anything about it, listen Herc, how about you and Icarus go and investigate, try to see if the papers are right or not, if someone is faking it then I'm sure father will sort the guy out."

Getting a determine look on his face, Hercules was about to set off, with both Icarus and Cassandra standing next to the two demigods, until he realised something, "Wait, "me and Icarus?" What about you and Cassandra, what'll you two be doing!?"

Coughing into his fist slightly, Mael replied nervously, "W-Well, you see, me and Cassandra have this date planned and-!" "WHAT!? You and Cassandra, you two are dating!?"

Before he could finish, Hercules interrupted him, though Icarus grabbed Mael by the toga, planting his feet on Mael's chest trying to shake him around while yelling at him, though the bird-boy could only shake Mael's toga around, along with missing the vein on Mael's forehead pulsing and the twitching of his eye, but Hercules and Cassandra noticed it.

Having enough, Maelstrom quickly grabbed Icarus by the shoulders and before anything else, threw Icarus straight up into the air, hoping it'll calm the boy down, after Mael gave a slight huff, "Guess it's a good thing I told the guys now, I mean just imagine what would happen if we kept it a secret until later on."

While Icarus was still up in the air, Hercules just had to ask, "B-But, HOW did it happen!?"

Mael held his hand up, catching their attention, he then brought his hands out and landing safely in them was Icarus, as it turns out being in the air somehow gave the weird boy a calming effect.

After placing the boy down Mael tired to explain, "I don't really know how it happened, it just did, though I guess what really drew me towards her was the red hair, don't ask me why, it's just, feels more natural to like her hair colour."

After saying that, Hercules and Icarus looked towards Cassandra, wanting to know what she thought, though she blushed slightly at the red hair comment, "We didn't say anything about this, but I guess he's improvising since it's best to get Icarus off my back quickly, though does he really like red hair?"

Shaking her head of those thoughts, she looked towards the two boys, "(Sigh!) I guess what drew me to him was both his personality and his deep blue eyes, he's always been supportive and I kinda liked it when we banter at each other."

After saying that both Cassandra and Mael gained a slight healthy blush, since both were standing next to each other, wanting to get the message across, they both held each other's hand, making the blush grow a bit more, making both Herc and Icarus realise what the two said was true, as far as they knew.

So with that in mind, Icarus and Hercules left, with Hercules figuring it'd give Icarus sometime to get past this, "How you holding up Icarus!?"

The boy looked up, "Ah I'll be fine, maybe spending sometime away will give me a new lease or something, though I guess it's better I found out now before I really fell for Cassandra, plenty of fish in the ocean, Herc."

With that in mind the two flew to Thessaly, trying to see what was happening.

While with Mael and Cassandra, they went somewhere to talk, "Was it really necessary to tell them now, and what was with the whole red hair thing?"

Mael just rubs the back of his head, "Well I figured it would be better to nip it now before anything else, also what I said about red hair wasn't a lie, I really do have a thing for red-heads, though the hair was just a bonus, since we've been friends for a while I figured that by telling them one of my weaknesses they'd back off."

Hearing his admittance about liking red-heads caused her to blush slightly, she can't help but to admit to herself that what she said about him was kinda true, clearing her throat, she looks at him, "W-Well you-re gonna have to build on your part, you can't just keep saying you l-liked me because of my hair, it'll have to be more."

Thinking about it, Mael can't help but agree with what Cassandra said, if they wanted this role to work and really fool Icarus, he needed more to go on, "Yeah, I guess you're right, how about we really go on a date in order to know each other more, at least that way if Icarus asks anyone they'll tell him that they've seen us as a couple, going on dates and everything."

While she agrees that it would help their story, as well as knowing more about each other, she couldn't help the slight "niggling" in the back of her mind, but for now she'll ignore it.

Night Time

As it turned out, the two had an enjoyable day, they hung out, chatted and just enjoyed each other's company, yet Cassandra's niggling kept bothering her, but she continued to ignore it, after they were finished they retired to their places, with Hercules picking up his brother and dropping Icarus off, with the the boy bouncing back and letting things go.

Once they arrived at Phil's island, Zeus and Hera were chatting with the two, with Zeus talking about an Emperor position, but Hera stamped that out before it started.

Looking towards her second son, Hera couldn't help but have a sly smile, "Tell me Maelstrom, what's this I've been hearing about you dating that nice girl Cassandra?"

Hearing his mother's question made him shoot a look at Hercules, "You didn't!"

Hercules quickly shook his, "I-I DIDN'T, I swear, I only told father where you were and what you were doing!"

Maelstrom's eyes widened, slowly looking towards Zeus, "F-Father, please tell me you didn't, not to mother, I don't want to hear "the talk" from her!" He asks in worry.

Unfortunately, all the King of the Gods could do was, "O-Oh would you look at the time, I best be on my way, lot of work I need to do and all!"

He then vanished, leaving the two boys with their mother, who was having a slight gossip-y look in her eyes, "Well, are you going to tell me~."

Mael knew by the tone of her voice that she wasn't asking, as he was sweating slightly at his mother's invasive stare he also noticed Hercules had made his escape, "HERCULESSSSS!"

Picking her son up, Hera gave a smile, "Now now, don't go blaming your brother, if ever he were to gain a girlfriend you can bet I'll be questioning him as well."

Hearing her say that put Maelstrom slightly at ease, but that's not gonna stop his mother, "I don't know why, but I'm beginning to think women ain't nothing but trouble."

The End.

There's your third chapter, I know it's not much, but I wanted to get the whole king Hercules out of the way, along with the fake-date as well.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.