I know everyone wants to know what's happening with Tempest, but I'm simply aligning the chapters with the episodes from the tv series, though maybe at some point I'll write something about her.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 10

Maelstrom And The Pool Party

Phil's Home

Maelstrom was enjoying his time outside relaxing, while listening in on his brother and trainer, making sure to give his bow Glenda a nice polishing, since she enjoys it, though he guesses to her it's like a nice hot relaxing bath for humans, but shrugs his shoulders to it.

During his polishing his mother Hera appeared before him, "Hello Maelstrom."

Seeing his mother, he places Glenda down for now to give his mother a hug in greetings, "Hey mother, nice of you to drop by, but why the visit?"

Smiling towards her son, she replies, "Well son, I came by to give you a gift, think of it as a present for giving your support towards your bother since I see a lot of his father's personality in him. (giggle)."

Hearing how his brother takes after their father put a slight smile on his face, "Does that mean I take after you mother?"

Knowing her son was referencing to some of his pranks, she looked away, "Pray heavens, I have no idea what you mean." Though Maelstrom knew then that he did in fact take after her, with both mother and son sharing a laugh together felt nice.

Hera then cleared her throat, wanting to get back on track, "Anyway's Maelstrom, here is your gift," Handing over her gift, Maelstrom looks puzzled and asked what it is, "Why, that's a musical instrument called a guitar, you brush your fingers against the strings and it'll play sounds from it, I had Apollo make it for me, but do not worry, it's only blessed to stay in tune and not have any damage."

Looking the gift over, Maelstrom replies, "It's nice mother, but why give me such a gift?"

Hera simply smiles, "Why to train your fingers of course, you didn't think you can just keep using your bow on going did you, you need strong fingers to be able to keep firing a bow, and what better practise than a stringed instrument."

Realising his mother was helping him in his training, he thanked her, which she returned with a hug goodbye.

Once the queen of the gods was gone, Glenda spoke up, "Ah-h~ that was nice of her, thinking of your fingers and everything."

Holding the guitar in one hand he picked up Glenda with the other, "Well, she is my mother Glenda, with her looking out for me and my brother I have no worries, besides, she'll keep father out of trouble while I try and do the same for Hercules." He said with a cheeky grin, since he heard a thunder bolt near by, but knows that was his father's version of saying 'hey' to him.

He then went inside and explained what happened with their mother, leaving out the supporting part since he didn't want to bring Hercules down, though Phil did ask why the instrument, until Maelstrom explained that it's for training with a bow to strength his fingers, with Phil in agreement and moved on from it, though Maelstrom wondered why Hercules was downtrodden, Phil explained and Maelstrom decided to try and cheer his brother up with some light training and sparring.

Next Day

Unfortunately chaos was raining around Athens, with people running around like headless chickens, though Hercules did want to help people thought of getting into the Workshop was more on his mind, suddenly a rupture in the street opened up, almost taking an old lady into the gap, luckily Hercules managed to close it with his strength, allowing the old woman to walk away unharmed, unfortunately the rupture changed directions and head for a fast food restaurant, with Maelstrom slapping his forehead, "Oh man, I was gonna take Cassandra there tonight!"

Hearing this Hercules looked at his brother in puzzlement, "You were gonna take Cassandra there!?"

Maelstrom replied, while crossing his arms, "She doesn't like high-end restaurants okay, besides, it shouldn't matter where you go as long as you enjoy each others company!"

Phil came rushing up to them, "Hey! We have more important things to worry about besides how to treat dames, alright!" (A.N. I'm not trying to being insulting to women, it's just how Phil talks.)

Hercules suddenly looks up, "Hey, Apollo's chariot, but without Apollo!?" With that said Hercules quickly got on Pegasus and rode to take control of the sun.

Maelstrom looks towards Phil, "I'll try and help out as many people as I can, maybe I can somehow calm them down and maybe get them to work together to help each other!"

Phil gives a nod, "That's good kid, "A Hero Must Be Able To Inspire Others, in order for them to better themselves." Remember that!" (A.N. I don't know if that's apart of Phil's hero rules, or what number it is.)

With that said, Maelstrom got Glenda out and notched one of his new arrows that Hephaestus gave to him, as soon as he fired the arrow it attached itself to one of the buildings while leaving behind a golden tether, before Maelstrom knew it he was yanked off his feet, accidentally going over the building, "I'M GONNA NEED MORE TRAINING WITH THIS GADGET!"

Seeing that he was about to smack into a building, Maelstrom realigned himself with the building so his feet would hit the wall, using maths he calculated what he needed to do, as soon as he felt his feet touch the wall he bends his knees so to cushion his crash and try not to break the wall too much, which kinda worked but left cracks in the wall.

Before he could fall, Maelstrom began using his strength to push himself away from the wall aiming for another, which allows him to use a ricochet-like appearance, allowing him to fire Glenda off to turn falling rubble into dust, and thanks to Glenda, switching to healing arrows at the injured, allowing them to get up and run from the danger, yet, for some reason, jumping from building to building like he is just feels natural for some reason, maybe he'll do it again for more training.

Though before he could think even more on it, the sky suddenly became night time, making him lose his focus and lose his sight for a while because of the sudden night.

"WHOA! WHERE'S THE SUN!?"

"CRRRAAAASH!"

"MY CABBAGES!"

"SORRY!" (A.N. I couldn't resist the classic Avatar Cabbage Crash. lol.)

Later

While Hercules just collapsed from exhaustion from wrestling with a twister, Maelstrom collapsed on his front, his fingers blistered and bleeding slightly from overusing his bow too much.

"Kids we're missing the big picture here, we gotta find out why the gods have checked out, also Maelstrom you need to give you're fingers a break, otherwise they really will break!" Yelled Phil, showing his worry about the world as well as the kids.

"This god is in!"

All three looked towards the voice, though when Phil saw who it was he groaned, "Trivia, God Of When Three Roads Meet, oh-h-h, that comes in handy in a time of crisis." Phil walked away.

Though the god was miffed at being sassed, Maelstrom got up with the help of his brother, being careful of his injured hands, "Herc, we're gonna have to come up with something more than this."

When Maelstrom said Herc, Trivia realised he was talking to the two sons of Zeus and Hera and began explaining that Hades had invited all the gods except him to a pool party, deciding the best thing to do is quickly fly to the underworld to investigate, the three got onto Pegasus and took off.

Underworld

Once they arrived they couldn't believe their eyes, all the gods had blank stares on their faces, looking completely clueless at everything around them, until Zeus came up to them and asked what the thunderbolt in his hands was, making the three even more confused.

Maelstrom looks around, wondering just what was wrong with all the gods, while Hercules tried to get his father to remember him and his brother.

As Maelstrom and Trivia got down from Pegasus, Zeus dived back into the pool, saying how hot it was, "I saw the blue-scrolls of Hades's Palace once, there were several pools considered, a pool of flesh-eating bacteria, a pool of prickly heat, a pool of forgetfulness," Just as Trivia was gonna continue.

Zeus's head pops up from the pool, "Hello, have we met?"

Pretty much giving them the answer to which pool they went with, trying to think of a solution, Trivia explained that a god can sweat up to a pint of water every hour, making them realise that if they can get the gods to sweat the water from their bodies they probably regain their memories.

With that in mind Hercules suited up in the gods weapons, quickly hoping on to Pegasus, "Hey Mael come on, we've gotta hold off Hades until the gods get their memories back!"

Looking towards his brother, Maelstrom replies, "Sorry Herc, I can't right now." Making Hercules surprised at hearing such a thing, he was gonna ask why, until Maelstrom showed his hands, "I can't fight with my hands like this, let alone hold a weapon, for now, you'll have to try and stale for time as much as you can."

Seeing his brother's hands made Hercules realise that his brother was right, "Look, I'll stay here and help Trivia in taking the gods to Hephaestus's forge to sweat the water out of their system, just buy as much time as you can."

So once rounding up the gods, minus Hephaestus, they managed to make it to the forge, getting them to sweat, though the heat did cause Maelstrom to sweat as well, he quickly took his top off, trying to stay cool from the heat, while also being mindful of his hands, but what he didn't know was he caught the eye of the forgetful Aphrodite, causing her to wobbly stand up and move towards the teen, "H-Hey, d-do I know you, you look familiar?"

Smiling at her, he waited for her to try and remember, "A-Are you," Causing him to lean forward in anticipation, "My boyfriend," This caused him to stumble slightly and widen his eyes, but before he could say anything, "cause if you are, you are definitely my type!" At this part she grabbed him in a hug, covering his mouth with her arm, all the while Maelstrom had a freaked out look in his eyes, forgetting his godly strength because of it, while thinking, "If Hephaestus finds out about this I'm as good as dead!"

Aphrodite quickly pulled away, a big smile on her face, "Ah-!" But before he could say anything, Aphrodite placed a big kiss on his lips, causing Maelstrom to freak out even more, "Forget Hephaestus, if Cassandra found out about this there'll be nothing left for the god of the forge!"

Though he should thank his lucky stars since Zeus ended up thinking he was a supermodel, along with strutting a pose.

After sometime, the gods remembered who they were, along with Aphrodite who ended up getting into a game of "Cat and Mouse" with Maelstrom, since he couldn't really stop her with his injured hands, before she remembered who she was, with Maelstrom being the mouse, though thankfully that made her sweat faster so she remembered before the the other gods, allowing her to regain her thoughts and quickly straighten herself out, though the other gods began to remember just as she was about to apologise to Maelstrom, but she figures she'd do it another time.

After washing off the sweat, the gods collected their clothes and rushed back to Olympus, where they just saw Trivia push Hades out, since Maelstrom told him to go on ahead and make sure Hades doesn't get through the gates, since the god would have trivial knowledge of such places, though thankfully it was before the kiss.

Once they arrived, after scaring Hades away, Hera and Zeus couldn't be happier for their sons, though they showed some concerned for Maelstroms hands, he simply told them that they'll heal in time and become stronger than ever, making his parents proud, though they wanted to heal them with their godly powers, he just shook his head wanting this to be a learning process, since he also wanted to learn the guitar that his mother got for him.

After saying their farewells, along with hearing Trivia talking with Zeus, the two brothers left for home.

They were about to tell Phil what happened (With Maelstrom leaving out certain things.), until Phil came rushing out of his place and explained there was an error and that Hercules passed and was gonna teach a class, which got him a slap on the back from his brother, though he regretted soon after because of his injuries.

Along with Phil telling Hercules to give him five, which ended up sending him fly to a tree top and fainting at the end.

Night time

After getting his hands bandaged, thanks to Phil waking up to help put ointment and bandages on them, the goat-man went back to his hut, along with Hercules wanting to rest up for his next hero work.

Maelstrom felt the soothing healing from the ointment take effect, helping him relax more, that is until a more quieter version of Aphrodite's song plays, causing his eyes to suddenly shoot open.

There standing before him was the goddess herself, though she had a regretful look on her face, "H-Hey Maelstrom, you've got a few minutes, we really need to talk."

Figuring it's best to try and sort out what happened, they moved away from Phil's hut so they don't find out what happened, "Before you say anything Aphrodite, you don't have to apologise for the kiss, I understand that The Pool Of Forgetfulness made you forget things, and since you were sweating it out of your system it probably only returned some aspects of your Goddess of Love position back and you got confused."

The goddess felt relief of hearing Maelstrom explain that he wasn't angry at her kissing him, since she was partial-forgetful, since she now remembers that Maelstrom and Cassandra were dating, along with something might be happening with Tempest, but mostly because she is engaged to Hephaestus, though she can't help but wonder if the engagement was too soon, quickly shaking her head of those thoughts.

The two talked things out and both agreed that it was just an accident, what with her forgetfulness and his injured hands, it was just bad timing, so once they've sorted it out, the two left, leaving on a good note, since they just want to stay friends.

Though with the love goddess spying on Maelstrom's drama, who knows what'll happen in the future.

The End.

That's chapter 10 finished, I hope everyone liked it, also if you're upset about Maelstrom not helping Hercules in his fight against Hades, don't forget he is the reincarnated Naruto, he tries and helps those in need even when he's injured, but he's also Maelstrom who understands when it's time to fight and when it's time to hold back, though because he wants to help people so much he ended up injuring his hands.

As for the Amnesia-Aphrodite, considering all the times she watches Maelstrom to watch his drama it shouldn't be a surprise that she'd get confused and think such a thing, also because of his injured hands he couldn't really push her away otherwise he'd damage them even more.

Also as for the guitar, I figured it'd be the perfect tool for him to train with to improve his bow handling, also he'd probably sing a few songs with it, since I think the show needed more main character singing or something close to it.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.