Here's one more, only this one has more of a twist to it, I hope everyone enjoys it.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 6

Maelstrom And The Big Kiss

Prometheus Academy

Maelstrom, Hercules and Icarus were in the cafeteria, enjoying some pita and smoothies together, that is until Cassandra came towards them looking frazzled, with Hercules smiling towards her, "Hey Cassandra, you alright."

Spotting Hercules she was quickly next to him, "Hercules, I need your help with something, in private~!" She whispers at the end, casting her eyes towards Maelstrom.

Catching what she said, "Oh-h-h-h~"With that the two walked away, though Maelstrom was curious, he let it go, that is until Icarus ended up drinking his smoothie then brought it back out of his nose, then drank it, causing Maelstrom to push his food away, "You know what, I just lost my apatite, f-feel free to finish everything off Icarus." He told the teen, all the while having a green face.

Though Icarus just waved him off and thanked him with a smile, completely missing the green face, all the while Maelstrom chanted to himself, "Don't look back, don't look back, don't look back!"

Unfortunately, "OH GODS I LOOKED BACK~!" Since he just witnessed Icarus trying to snort up the pitas through his nose, which in turn caused the nauseous demigod to cover his mouth and ran to the nearest bathroom. (A.N. I figured I gotta keep it in-line with the cartoon series.)

Meanwhile

At Phil's Training Ground

After getting Pegasus to drop them off at Phil's training grounds, with Cassandra pulling on Hercules's arm, the demigod had enough, " Ugh, Cassandra, we're all alone, now what is it!?"

Cassandra's face had a wide-eyed look, "I had a confusing, terrifying vision yet, words can not describe what I just saw, you've got to help me!"

Hercules couldn't help but be concerned, since Cassandra's visions have always been bad, so getting himself pumped up and ready, along with swearing upon his reputation as a hero that he would help her.

That is until she explained her vision to him, "I saw myself at the Pita festival tonight, there was a crowd of people, and gods and goddesses, all watching me, and I was, I was, I was kissing Maelstrom!"

After hearing her vision, Hercules couldn't help but be disappointed, "A-A Kiss, that's all, but aren't you and Maelstrom dating, I mean, after all the dates that you two went to I thought..."

Hearing what Hercules said, Cassandra was quick to reply, "YES we are dating, but we've only ever gone on dates, n-nothing like k-k-kissing was involved, we just want to take things slow." She was thankful that she didn't reveal that they were fake-dating.

After finishing her rant, she sat down, "I don't want to kiss him yet, we just want to enjoy ourselves with a few dates and hanging, like how we use to before we started dating, I mean, boyfriends and girlfriends are MORE than just friends, but it just means... I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!"

Hercules goes to her, "Whoa, whoa, try to calm down, it's just a kiss, " Feeling let down, "I gotta go back to school."

But just before he could leave, Cassandra grabbed his wrist, "You can't just leave, what happened to, "I swear on my reputation as a hero to help you,"."

Now he was feeling foolish himself, he couldn't believe he made such a promise, "(Sigh!) Alright, I'll try talking to Mael about it, I don't know what to say but hopefully after you've figured things out you can both settle things."

Later in the Day

After school, Maelstrom was in the training grounds practising with his new modified bow, trying to get the hang of it, "Okay, Hephaestus explained to me that you can now fire bolt arrows and healing arrows, but you'll be in control of that, along with appearing when I need you in ether a low flash or a poof of smoke, depending on the situation, along with the god of the forge blessing you to be indestructible so nothing can damage you and Hephaestus will be working on some gadget arrows as well."

Once getting an agreement hum from his bow, he continued, "But not only that, as a gift from father, he blessed you so that only I, or people I allow, can wield you, huh, guess I won't have to worry about Hades or his minions to try and use you, but along with that, I can determine how powerful your arrows are depending on how tight I grip you, guess I'll need to train and figure that out."

As he set his sights on a target, pulling the string back, the bolt appeared, trying to squeeze it to get the right power, "I'm gonna have to get use to this."

Just as he was about to fire a loud whine went off, causing him to lose focus and fire the bolt into the sky, with the bolt ending up in the ocean, causing a group of fish to go flying out of the sea, with Poseidon popping his head out to yell, "HEY WATCH IT YOU ALMost..." That is until he saw the flying fish, rubbing his chin in thought, "Flying-fish, yeah, that just might work..." He then popped back down again to contemplate such an idea.

Though on land was a different matter, with Maelstrom giving his brother a slight glare, "Really Herc, I trying to figure out how to use the bow of Armageddon, the powerful creation of Hephaestus, and you and Pegasus came and interrupted me."

Gaining an apologetic look from his brother, Maelstrom's bow spoke up, "You know, I feel "The Bow Of Armageddon" is more of a title than an actual name, how about Glenda, yeah, Glenda, since the title is FAR too long to be a name."

Losing his temper, Maelstrom gives a nod, "Alright, Glenda will be your name, though lets at least find out what my brother wants since it is kinda dangerous to use you without proper control."

Once again, the now named Glenda agreed with her owner.

Moving towards his brother, with Hercules apologising about the mishap, the brothers continued, "So Herc, what brought you all the way over here?" Maelstrom asks while getting some cleaning supplies thanks to Hephaestus.

Having a slight nervous look, which Maelstrom missed because of his cleaning, "Well, you see, I was just wondering, are you, planning on kissing Cassandra anytime soon?

Hearing the question caused Maelstrom's hand to suddenly twitch, which in-turn, caused him to lightly pluck Glenda's bow string, with it giving a slight twang sound off, "Huh, w-what do you mean by that!?" He asked quickly, "Please tell me he doesn't know about us fake-dating, if he found out it'd be disastrous since he can't keep a secret to save his life?!"

Luckily Hercules didn't look towards his brother, otherwise he'd see the panic-look in Mael's eyes, "Nothing really, just curious, since you two have been dating awhile, Plus I'm not sure if Cassandra will be ready for it by then." He thought the last part to himself.

While Hercules was talking, Mael's brain was moving a mile a minute, "Okay, it doesn't look like he knows, but by the sounds of things he's beginning to suspect something, if I'm not careful the fake-date could end in a disaster since we've been lying to our friends, just to keep Icarus away, but if we really want to sale it, I guess I'm gonna have to k-k-kiss Cassandra."

Mistaking what Hercules said, Mael brought his acting face together, "Um, I guess me and her can k-kiss later tonight or something, maybe at seven since that'll give me time to get ready for the date and everything, though if we are going to kiss I hear there's some herbs called Mints that you can chew for a more mint-y breath, as long as you completely wash it out otherwise the leaves'll get caught in your teeth." While thinking, "If I'm gonna kiss her to fool everyone, I might as well make sure she enjoys it."

As Mael was mumbling, he walked to his room, planning to get ready for his date, all the while Hercules was failing to get his brother's attention until Mael completely vanishes around the door, "Oh man, Cassandra's gonna kill me for this."

Later At The Argo

While Maelstrom was getting ready, along with buy the Mint herbs, Hercules was at the Argo with Cassandra, breaking the news to her, "How'd it go!?" Cassandra asked, since she's been nervous all day.

Unfortunately, Hercules had an awkward look on his face, "Well, it went, just not exactly, as I've planned."

Hearing this Cassandra had to ask, "Did you ask Mael to give me some space while I figure things out!" She asked with a serious look on her face, causing Hercules to jump slightly.

But he replied with a slight pitch in his voice, "S-Sort of, he's picking you up at seven..." He finishes with a sheepish grin.

Hearing this caused Cassandra's eyes to widen, "WHAT!?" Her exclamation caused Hercules to smile nervously and shrug his shoulders, "He'll be picking up some herbs called "Mints" for his breath."

Hearing that, Cassandra's eyes entered vision-mode, causing Hercules to be concerned, "Are you having another vision!?"

With Cassandra replying, "Sort of, I can foresee myself becoming physically ill." Though she doesn't know if she was nervous at wanting to kiss Maelstrom or not was making her have such a feeling, "E-Excuse me!"

Making her way to the women's bathroom, she looks at herself in the mirror, "My first kiss will not be a lip-lock with Maelstrom, I mean we're only fake-dating to keep Icarus away from me, it's not like I want to kiss him... does it?"

Shaking her head she stands on the sink and opens the window, "I-I need more time to think, by the time it turns seven, I should be half way to somewhere else by then."

Just before she could hope out, blue flames appeared, stopping her from leaving, with Hades popping out, "Hey there cutie, I don't think you'd want to go anywhere and leave your friends just yet, hi, Hades, Lord Of The Underworld, have we met!?"

Cassandra looked at the god with slight disgust, "Yeah, I heard your work!" With that she tried to slam the window close in Hades's face, but instead, he just burnt the window to ashes and exclaims, "Hey, that never gets old, allow me to cut to the chase may I, I couldn't help but hear your in mortal fear of a kiss,"

Hearing his question/statement, she asks cautiously, "Ye~ah, SO!?"

Carrying on undeterred, "So, I can prevent it from happening, boom!, done, no kiss, granted, ba da bing!"

hearing his offer, she was still worried, "So what's the catch!?" She just needed more time to sort her feelings out. (A.N. Teenage hormones, very messy and annoying right.)

Quickly turning into smoke, he moves into the restroom, "All I ask in exchange is a little bitty thing, (your soul), you wouldn't even miss it, you know I never do. (chuckle)!"

Making herself comfortable on the sink, she replies back, "You think I'm gonna sale you my eternal soul just so I don't have to kiss M-Maelstrom!" She finishes with a blush, still feeling her stomach doing flips.

With her asking that question made Hades groan at such a thing, since Maelstrom was his nephew and son of his brother, he doesn't like even thinking about such a thing, "Ugh, please, don't even mention my nephews in passing, besides, who said anything about eternal, I was thinking more of a part-time gig, you know, every weekends, after school, MAYBE the occasional, you know, graveyard shift, what do you say?"

Being desperate, along with her stomach flipping and wanting more time to think things through, she replies back, "I get every other Sunday off!"

With Hades appearing in front of her with his hand held out, "Deal." With Cassandra accepting the deal.

The Argo

After finishing in the restroom, she told Hercules about her deal, and he wasn't pleased.

Though after her argument about Hercules not helping, he realises that it was his fault and that he should've tried harder to help in someway, but how does he get the deal to break, that is until Pegasus gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek, making him rub it in disgust, but realises that if the kiss from the vision does happen it'll break the deal.

Deciding to get his answers from the one god with all the answers about love, Aphrodite herself.

Night At The Argo

While Hercules and Hades were making their plans, leaving Glenda at Phil's, mostly to just annoy the goat-man for the nagging, Maelstrom was walking around the Argo, trying to think how to kiss Cassandra, "(sigh!) Well I can't not kiss her, since Icarus and Hercules would get suspicious, yet I don't want to force it on her."

While he was trying to think, he noticed some yelling and screaming happening close by, wondering what was going on, Maelstrom makes his way to the area, he looks around and see's his brother, wrestling with a giant cobra-man, trying to bite him, with Cassandra running away from Icarus for some reason, quickly grabbing the teen, he managed to pinch a nerve and knocked Icarus out, "WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS IS GOING ON HERE!?"

Gaining everyone's attention, before anyone could answer Hades spoke up, "Ah, the little nephew in question has arrived, about time you got here, Pain, Panic, go to work boys!"

Hearing this, the two minions rushed Maelstrom, catching him off guard and dropping Icarus, who didn't wake up, all the while Cassandra was confused on who to help since Hercules was tangling with a cobra-man trying to bite and squeeze him, while Maelstrom was rolling around on the floor with Hades's minions wrestling with him.

Hades on the other hand had other ideas, "Why do I even bother huh, oh well, if you want a job done right ya gotta do it yourself." Pointing his finger at Maelstrom like a gun, Cassandra saw this and yelled, "MAELSTROM!"

Hearing his name being called, while holding the two minions in place, he looks towards Cassandra, managing to lock eyes with her until, "ZZZZAAAAPPPP!"

The blast hit Maelstrom, causing him to drop the minions and fall to the floor, causing his brother to yell out, "MAELLLL!" Which allowed Doubt to grab him in a tight grip.

Cassandra rushes towards Maelstrom, remembering all the dates they went on, how he made her happy, along with their humorous banter, having tears in her eyes she held him in her arms, "I didn't want to kiss him, but I didn't want him dead!"

Hades just looks bored, "You didn't specify, anyway he's not like "dead" dead, I mean, he's as good as dead, I mean he's in the eternal sleep-mode, but he's not dead."

At the moment Hercules was struggling, trying to break free to help his brother in someway, yet he couldn't break free, yet the only thing he could do while being squeezed, "Aphrodite~ the plan isn't working and my brother's in an eternal sleep~" He managed to get out just as Doubt was about to eat him.

That is until Aphrodite's song played, gaining their attention, "Okay, what's the problem here!?" She asks in a serious tone.

Though while Hades was tripping over his own tongue and everything, Cassandra was holding Maelstrom close, worried and upset about what happened, "This is all my fault, if I'd just stopped pretending to date him and actually accepted my feelings none of this would've happened and he wouldn't have gotten hurt."

Managing to hear what Cassandra said, since Aphrodite made Doubt release Hercules, he asked, "What are you talking about, you and Mael were, pretending to date, why!?"

Figuring it was time to come clean, she answered back, tears running down her face, "We did it to stop Icarus from chasing me, he's a good friend, but I would never like him as more than a friend."

Hercules was slightly upset, "Then why didn't you tell me, I could've helped out you know."

Here Cassandra gave a pained smile, causing Hercules to wince slightly, "Oh please, you know for a fact that you couldn't handle the guilt of hiding something as big as this from for friend, Mael told me that."

Now he was feeling awful, he realised that what was said was true, now he was only slightly upset, though Hades was groaning about the whole teenage-melodrama, Aphrodite had tears in her eyes, "Oh this is so~ wonderful, like a amphitheatre drama, oh~ I loveit!".

Clearing her eyes, the goddess of love cleared her throat, "Hades, Hades, Hades, doing that "eternal sleep" stuff again, and to your own nephew, Zeus will be gunning for you, but you do know that spell is last week." She says while brushing him off and slightly warning him about Zeus.

While Hades tried to deny it, along with trying to explain that if he didn't do it Cassandra wouldn't have admitted to her lies, but Aphrodite just told him to shut up, she then turned her attention to Cassandra, "Here's the scoop, he's not dead, he can be awakened, but only by a kiss from the one he loves."

Hearing such a thing from the goddess of love, Cassandra couldn't help but ask, "Wait, s-seriously, the one he loves can wake him up with a kiss, but, I don't even know if he loves me."

As Hades tries to stop them, but is blocked by Aphrodite, Hercules moves towards her, "Cassandra please, he's my brother, if he loves anyone it is definitely you, since he's never lied to me before."

Aphrodite then says to the confused girl, "The only way you would know if he loves you, is by seeing if he wakes up with a kiss, it's the only way, if anything, it's like jumping into a pool."

Hearing this, Cassandra takes a deep breath, looking down at Maelstrom, she holds his head in her arms, she leans forward, bringing her lips closer to his own and before anything else, she was now kissing him, hoping beyond hope that he will awaken.

As she was kissing him, she had her eyes closed, missing a pair of deep blue eyes opening and seeing a certain red-head kissing him on the lips, yet, for some reason it felt right to him, lifting his hand he placed it on her cheek, making her open her eyes in surprise seeing a pair of blue eyes looking at her, giving a cheeky smile, after sitting up, Mael couldn't help but say, "What did I miss?"

Once he said that, Cassandra couldn't believe it, he truly loves her, feel so happy dives back at him and gives him another kiss, knocking him on the ground in the process, rubbing her hand on his cheeks she pulls away slightly and whispers, "I love you, after everything that happened, along with the fake-dates and being a fake-couple, I don't want that anymore, I want us to really go out, I want us to BE a real couple, please..."

Hearing Cassandra say something so heartfelt, made Maelstrom's eyes widened, sitting back up, pulling her away slightly from his lips to have a full view of her face, he rubs the back of his neck nervously, "Well, if we're being honest, I never did like the whole fake-date thing, it felt too underhanded and something that Hades would do, "Hey!" But I think, I would really like the idea of really dating you and being a real couple, besides, you already know that red-heads are my type" He finishes with a big foxy smile, causing Cassandra to wrap her arms around his neck and began kissing his cheek.

While in the background Aphrodite couldn't help herself, "Awe~ That is just so~ cute, I've never felt such love from a couple like this before!"

Unfortunately, what she said caused the couple to awaken from their couples trip, looking around their faces exploded in crimson red, even Hercules could help but sigh in happiness at the "real" happy couple.

Hades moves forward, "Okay, okay, enough of this mushy stuff, and I know the deals off, but you see, I got the major hots for the goddess Aphrodite, whoa! there I go again, flaming up, anyway, as you can tell I don't handle rejection well, so tell me, if I asked her out, will she say yes, or will she say no."

Unfortunately, Aphrodite answered for Cassandra, with the two gods talking, Maelstrom sneaked up behind Cassandra, covering her mouth so she doesn't draw attention, he puts a finger to his mouth very quietly telling to be quiet and winks to her to follow him, causing her to smile and sneaks away from the arguing gods.

That is until Aphrodite called for Hephaestus, where she explains that she is engaged to the forger, whom just so happens to have his hammer in his hands and charges at Hades, bring the pain to the god of the underworld.

Though the official couple were now arm-locked with each other, making their way from the others to have an official first date, while stepping over the still sleeping Icarus, who was now curled up and sucking his thumb.

Hercules seeing his best friend still somehow sleeping through all of the beating Hephaestus was giving to Hades releases a sigh, "Well I guess since they're now actually dating there's really no need to tell Icarus that they were faking before since it's just became the truth, I guess."

With Aphrodite patting him on his back agreeing with what he said, "There you go, good boy, you know, I think from time to time I'll keep an eye on those two, since I'm sure there'll be more drama like that in the future, so later."

After saying the goddess vanishes, along with the other two gods, after Hephaestus was finished with Hades.

Seeing things cleared up, Hercules releases a sigh, "Alright, I guess everything is pretty much back to normal, time to get Icarus to his place and call it a night, I'm bushed."

That is until, "Not so fast son," Straightening his back, he slowly turns around and see's the one being he didn't want to see at the moment, "Tell me Hercules, was it true what Aphrodite said about Maelstrom and Cassandra FAKING being a couple and now really becoming one!"

At this part Hercules couldn't help but shake in fear, "W-W-Well, y-y-you see mother, i-i-i-it was like this, t-t-they only did it to escape from Icarus's crush on her, but I SWEAR I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE THAT THEY WERE FAKING, I ONLY JUST FOUND OUT WITH APHRODITE, HONEST!"

How will Maelstrom handle an upset Hera, or will she forgive him since he only did it to protect her, lets just say, Hercules would have to apologises to his brother BIG TIME, though hopefully he'll forgive him since he couldn't really lie to their mother, since who could.

The End.

There, the big kiss episode, just not the way people expected it, also, they are teenagers, emotional turmoil is pretty much apart of their system, so it's obvious that Cassandra would be completely confused, nervous and have butterflies in her stomach that made her feel nauseous, it's just how it is, also it should've been obvious that Hades would try and use all of that for the deal.

So I hope someone carries on from here and enjoys it, because I'm out now.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.