Alright, I'm just gonna do two more, since I've been into the whole nostalgia phase, hopefully someone will adopt and/or carry it on.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 5

Maelstrom And The Upset Amazon

Prometheus Academy

The four friends at this time had just finished classes for the day, that is until a girl with a bag of spears walked by, with Hercules gawking at her, "Wow, who is she!?"

Maelstrom and Cassandra just rolled their eyes at Hercules's obvious interest, though Icarus gave the answer, "That's Tempest, handle with care!" Which confused the demigod.

Though Maelstrom answered, "She's an amazon Herc, a warrior-woman capable of kicking anyone's butt if you so much as look at her in the wrong way, also they hate men, demigod or otherwise."

Hearing this Hercules looked at his brother, "Wait Mael, how'd you know that?"

Mael just gave a side-glance, "SOME of us actually try and pay attention to history class and not fall asleep."

Hearing this, Hercules blushes at getting caught, rubbing the back of his head, "He heh, I think you're spending way too much time with Cassandra Mael."

Now it was Cassandra's turn to stare, "Is that a problem, me and Mael are dating after all." Yet she was still wondering about that since it is a fake-date thing.

In his wisdom, Hercules decided to change the subject, "A-Anyway, maybe she'll hang out with me."

Unfortunately, during his speech, he ended up hitting a statue, which started falling over, with Hercules trying to catch it.

"HUMP!"

Though thankfully, Maelstrom had quickly dropped down and caught the statue before it shattered, "OOMPH!" though because of Hercules's clumsiness he ended up going over the balcony and landed on his chest.

Maelstrom, holding the statue with one hand looked at his brother, "Herc didn't Phil tell us that a hero is suppose to mind their surroundings, that way the hero doesn't cause more damage than the villains."

Offering his hand, which Hercules accepted, the two were about to make their exit, along with Maelstrom putting the statue back.

But just as Hercules turned around to face his brother, a tip of a spear was in his face, with Maelstrom holding the handle of it, "WAH!" Causing the boy to fall over.

Maelstrom looked at the spear, showing that he caught it before it could harm his brother, an authoritative voice came marching towards the two, "My apologies, you distracted me while I was throwing, though I must give my amazement that you managed to catch a spear thrown by an amazon, while carrying a heavy looking statue, it is quite an accomplishment."

Once getting to the top of the stairs, Maelstrom merely shrugs his shoulders, "It's nothing special, mine and Herc's trainer been teaching me how to handle a spear, since Phil always nags that a hero should be taught in different weapon use instead of just one."

He places the statue in it's proper place, then looks at the spear in his hand, getting a feel for the weight, then starts spinning it around slightly, testing it's dexterity, "Not a bad spear, though it feels like the weight of it leans towards the left slightly."

Tempest was surprised, though she quickly grabs the spear back, "I'll have you know Amazon-Spears are the best and perfect weapon for combat!" She argues back, getting into Maelstrom's face, causing him to have a confused look about how defensive she was to criticism.

Before he could answer, she quickly turns away, whipping her pony-tail into his face, causing him to pull back from the "slap".

Once she was gone Maelstrom rubbed the back of his head, "I didn't mean anything by it."

Cassandra patted him on the back, "Don't worry about it, amazons are really prideful and awkward around civilians, especially men." Yet Cassandra couldn't understand a strange thumping in her chest when Maelstrom was talking to Tempest. (A.N. For reference think think Kenichi episode 36, Renka vs Miu.)

Hercules was still slightly shaken about the spear in his face, though he couldn't help but feel upset about his brother training with spears yet he(Herc) was stuck with a junior javelin, it made him feel like a little kid using a twig.

Phil's Training Area

After putting the last javelin down, Phil dusted off his hands, "Alright rookie, training time."

While that was happening, Maelstrom was practising with his own spear, now you're probably wondering where the Armageddon Bow is, turns out once Zeus and Hephaestus found out, thanks to Athena, the two gods asked Hermes to bring it to the forge so that the god of the forge could modify it, along with Zeus wanting to bless it with a few things.

Unfortunately, they explained it's gonna take a while until it was ready, which made Maelstrom slightly upset, but made Phil ecstatic at not having to listen to the chattering bow.

But it'll give Maelstrom a chance to practise with other weapons since a hero needs to be versatile.

Though Hercules wasn't really happy about the javelin, "Come on Phil, why can't I practise with the spear like Mael, if anything I feel like I'm being left behind."

Unfortunately, Phil put his hoof down, "I'm sorry kid, but you're just not ready for spear training yet, you're far too impatient to handle such a weapon, but your brother has an understanding of having both patients, focus," suddenly they heard a "Thud!" Looking to see Maelstrom had hit a bulls-eye on a target, "and aim, good job with the shot there kid!" Gaining a wave from Maelstrom.

Hercules was about to say something, but Phil turned around and began again, "Besides, ya still need more control over your strength, since ya wouldn't want ta bring a building down or something."

Feeling slightly offended, Hercules just gave a huff.

Timeskip

The next day, Maelstrom was making his way to class, that is until he spotted an unusual, "Wait, isn't that Herc with a spear, I didn't think Phil said he was ready for them yet."

As he was making his way towards his brother, Tempest ended up making an appearance, along with examining the spear, Maelstrom just sighed at the sight.

"Herc, I didn't think Phil said you were ready for the spear, did he?"

Unfortunately, due to Naruto's talking, Hercules was in the middle of throwing the spear, which caused the boy to throw it too hard and trip over.

Causing Maelstrom to facepalm, "Phil didn't say you were ready for the spear, or that he even know you have a spear does he."

Hercules just rubs the back of his head sheepishly, "Oops~"

Tempest got in his face, "Children should stick to their toys." She then moves towards Maelstrom, looking slightly nervous, "I-I guess, I should thank you for you advise, the spear you caught was leaning towards the left slightly."

Maelstrom was surprised at being thanked by the amazon warrior, "Um, sure, no problem, just glad I could help."

Suddenly her authoritativeness came back, "From now on I believe it would benefit my training if we train together, that way I have someone to challenge."

Before he could get a word in edgewise, she marched off, rather quickly, causing the teen to look in puzzlement, "What just happened!?"

Hercules made his way to his brother, "I don't know, but it almost sounded like she asked you on a training-date, or something."

Maelstrom was wide-eyed at that, suddenly turning pale white, "Oh man~ Cassandra's gonna kill me!" Mostly because he was suppose to be fake-dating Cassandra and she might get angry at him because they still haven't found a girl for Icarus yet, which is difficult in itself.

Hercules was stretching himself out, "Yeah, I feel sorry for you." Though he said that, he does feel jealous about the spear and Mael seeming to be getting asked out by girls.

Hearing his brother, Maelstrom looked towards him, "Oh don't even think you're off the hook, stealing one of Phil's spears, then losing it, when he finds out, not by me because we're brothers and I wouldn't snitch, but WHEN he does, you're gonna get it!"

Now it was Hercules's turn to pale, "Oh-h-h, you're right, what am I gonna do!?"

Skip

Turns out Phil found out the hard way, by being blamed for an assassination attempt on Pericles, but during the trial Icarus was unfortunately the defence attorney, which caused the framed goat-man to explode in anger and run rampant about being locked up.

All the while Maelstrom, Hercules and Tempest, who wanted to help because of the injustice, though her cheeks did redden slightly at Maelstrom offering his thanks for the helping hand, though she just huffed and walked away.

Unfortunately, the real assassin was on a chariot, trying to kill Pericles, once the three teens managed to get their own chariot they gave chase.

During the chase they almost lost sight of the assassin, that is until Tempest, who was driving, drove the chariot through a bath-house and they began casing the assassin again.

Maelstrom spotted some spears in the chariot, grabbing one he aimed for the wheel of the assassin's chariot, "W-wait, I got it Mael, let me throw it!"

That is until Hercules quickly grabbed the spear from his hands and tried to hit the wheel himself, "Wait Hercules!" With Maelstrom trying to stop him.

Unfortunately, because of Hercules's inexperience, the spear missed the wheels and smashed a group of pillars instead, causing them to topple over and blocking them from the assassin, allowing him to escape.

"Argh, that foolish brother of mine, I always told him not to be impatient but he just crashes through."

"Ah!"

Hearing a slight feminine moan, Maelstrom looked down and noticed a few things, one was the pillar on his back, two was that he instinctively used his body to protect Tempest, and three, his hand was on her breast, which caused her to moan in surprise, which also caused her to open her eyes and locked eyes with Maelstrom's deep blue eyes.

Suddenly shooting his hand away, Maelstrom with a deep blush quickly replied, "S-S-SORRY, THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT, I NEVER MEANT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN!" He was super nervous and scared now.

Tempest cleared her throat, "I-It's alright, accidents happen, but don't let it happen again without my permission!" She starts off nervously, but finishes with her authoritative voice.

As he was lifting the pillar off of them, he couldn't help but think about what she said, "What does she mean, 'without her permission,' (sigh) girls are just too confusing."

While that was happening Hercules was trying to prove Phil's innocence, that is until the goat-man's angry bleating got everyone's attention, luckily no-one knew about what happened between Maelstrom and Tempest, though when Phil came screeching and bleating Maelstrom couldn't help but palm his face, "And there goes his innocence." With Tempest regretfully agreeing with him.

Dawn

As it turns out, because of Phil's anger, he was judged to be executed at dawn, along with Icarus and Cassandra, though Maelstrom tried to explain that it wasn't Phil, along with Hercules, though the chief was deaf to their pleads.

That is until Pericles's adviser tried to kill him, though fortunately Tempest used her spear to stop him, "Good job Tempest, with him caught he'll be going to jail for a long time!"

After hearing Maelstrom's encouragement, she couldn't but look away with her arms crossed, "I didn't need you to tell me that!" She said in a huff, though she had a slight sheen of pink on her cheeks.

"GREAT ARES, GOD OF WAR, HELP MEEEEEE!"

Suddenly the backstabbing adviser yelled to the sky, causing the head of the god of war to appear in a cloud, "Oh What now, you're so good at treason but so bad at murder."

Once seeing the real assassin, with Maelstrom and Hercules pointing out that the adviser was the real assassin, the three moved towards him.

That is until Ares used his godly powers to turn the human into a muscular man with an axe.

Once the chief got Pericles to safety, the two brothers looked at each other, both nodding silently in agreement, Hercules rushes to deal with the giant, while Maelstrom moves to get the people to safety as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, the hulking man was tossing Hercules around, all the while Maelstrom was busy trying to herd people away so they wouldn't get hurt.

That is until Athena found out what her brother Ares was up to, "So you ARE meddling in Athenian affairs."

Which ended up with the two gods bickering again, "Hercules, choose any weapon and it shall be yours."

Looking around, Hercules see's his brother, realising one thing, "I pick a Junior Javellin!"

Causing everyone to be confused, besides his brother and Phil who gave him smiles, since they realised that Hercules finally learned what he can and can't do and getting out of his brother's and Phil's bad book.

Though he ended up getting squashed by the giant after tripping him up with the javelin.

While everyone was congratulating Hercules in his victory, Maelstrom was leaning against a pillar, catching his brother's eye, where he see's Maelstrom with a serious look, making Hercules have a sorry expression, that is until his brother smirked and gave him a thumbs up, telling Hercules that all is forgiven since he learned his lesson.

While people were around Hercules, Maelstrom walked away from the crowd, "Why aren't you celebrating with your brother, did you not also help him as well."

Hearing the voice, Maelstrom noticed it was Tempest, giving her a slight smile, "Nah, this is Herc's moment to shine, besides, he now learnt that he needs to focus on learning the basics before he can advance, plus, while growing up people just thought he was a clumsy idiot, destroying everything with his godly strength, so it's nice for people to give him a more positive feedback than anything."

Tempest couldn't help but be impressed at Maelstrom, how supportive he was towards his brother, as they began walking away, she couldn't help but ask, "And what about you, did you have the same problem?"

Maelstrom just smiled, "We're brothers, as babies we had zero control of our strength, though as growing up I got tired of being clumsy and hyper, and I suddenly had a special strength training style."

As Maelstrom was explaining his blocks training, Tempest couldn't help but smile and be even more impressed at his ingenuity of coming up with a training style to learn how to control his strength, along with how he focuses on building his muscles, his strong muscular and lean muscles, she quickly shook her head of those thoughts, since she did unexpectedly feel his muscles when they were trapped under the pillars.

Trying to forget that experience, she looks towards Maelstrom, seeing the smile on his face she just couldn't help the slight smirk on her face, "What is it about him that I find fascinating?" She couldn't help but think, since somehow, Maelstrom just draws you in.

"Maybe if I train with him some more I'll find out, who knows, maybe I'll get a second chance to feel his muscles agai-!" Quickly stopping that train of thought, she tried to take her mind off it.

Though no-one knows what else the amazon warrior will be thinking the next time she trains with Maelstrom, while he's sweating.

The End.

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, as you can tell, this one was where Maelstrom meets Tempest and she ends up becoming slightly tsundere without even knowing it, along with Cassandra being even more confused about her feelings towards Maelstrom.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Maelstrom.