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The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 14

Maelstrom And His Unlucky Day

History Class

The class was busy falling asleep because the history teacher kept droning on and on about history, with Hercules being in the same boat, since he believes that history was useless, though Maelstrom wasn't far behind, but he did get a word in, "Those who don't learn from his(yawn!)tory, are doomed to repeat it, but it doesn't make it any-less boring."

Soon he and most of the class were fast asleep, though during his slight nap he had a strange dream.

Dreamland

First he was laying down, relaxing under a tree, with the leaves blowing in the wind with sunlight shining through tiny gaps, though as he was relaxing he felt a bit of a weight on him, looking down he spotted a familiar face with red hair smiling at him, he suddenly noticed her hand was trailing down his stomach towards a certain appendage, figuring he'd let her do her thing, he relaxes back and closes his eyes.

"Shiiiing!"

Suddenly he heard a drawing of a sword, quickly looking back down his eyes soon widened when he spotted Tempest on his lap, with her sword at his throat, "YOU WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME AND MARRY ME OR ELSE I'LL HAVE YOUR HEAD!"

But before he could say anything the sword came flying towards him, making his eyes widen even more until...

Real World

"I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED YET!"

The moment he screamed those words, everyone was looking at him in puzzlement, Maelstrom on the other hand was a pale and shaking mess, now don't get him wrong, he does want to marry someone special, but at the moment it was just too soon since he wants to enjoy his time with Cassandra and see how that goes.

As the students were laughing at Maelstrom's outburst, the teacher wasn't amused, "Well Mr Mealstrom, I'm sure the girl that asked you that will be upset, but that's no excuse for falling asleep during my lessons."

Realising where he was, Maelstrom had the decency to blush in embarrassment, having a nervous smile and rubbing the back of his neck, "Sorry Professor, I guess Phil's training as well as my own really took it out of me." When in a problematic situation like this it's sometimes best to do the next best thing, blame someone else.

Clearing his throat, the teacher replied, "While I understand that it takes time for you and your brother to learn how to control your godly strength, please remember to put in time for your studies, but seeing as it's you first offence, (as far as we know), I'll only let you off with a warning, THIS TIME."

Maelstrom definitely heard the whisper, causing him to try and hide a smirk from the teacher, though he got an elbow to the ribs from Cassandra, causing him to wince from it, making him smile apologetically, though blushed slightly remembering his dream, but for now he'll leave it be.

Though unfortunately, Maelstrom's yell didn't wake Hercules up, though it did cause him to stir awake slightly, but as soon as the teacher asked him a question, that's when Hercules fully awoke, but because everyone had fallen asleep the teacher had enough, doing the one thing that all students to this day hate the most, he created the Mid-Term Exam, causing everyone to have fearful looks, but that soon changed to angry looks when the teacher pushed the blame onto Maelstrom and Hercules, with Hercules being the final nail.

Causing the students to glare at the brothers.

Later

While Hercules went to ask Athena for advise, Maelstrom explained to Cassandra parts of the dream and why he wasn't ready to take that kind of leap yet, leaving out the Tempest part, which is why he was trying to get his head around the weird dream, trying to figure it out why it switched from Cassandra to Tempest, during his musing he came across the academy gardens, but he was too distracted to notice just one thing.

"WHOA!"

A Snare-Trap that now had him by the leg and hanging him upside-down, along with having a slight dizzy spell from it, "That was an easy trap that even a child could overcome, but why didn't you." A certain authoritative female voice demanded as Tempest came out of her hiding.

With the rope slowly spinning him around, Maelstrom spoke nervously, "T-Tempest, hey~ there warrior~, what brought you into these parts."

Now Tempest knows something was wrong, Maelstrom was never this nervous, quickly grabbing him by the toga, she brought him to eye level with her, "What is the matter with you, first it was that yell in the history lesson, then it was the trap, now you're nervous, don't tell me," She suddenly released him, causing him to swing backwards and hit the tree with his head, causing him a slight headache and dizziness.

Though while he was trying to clear his head, Tempest was passing back and forth, trying to think of the reason, until she remembered Maelstrom's message a few days ago, causing the amazon to blush at the end result, though that blush quickly turned to anger.

She quickly turned around to yell at Maelstrom, though as she opened her mouth to do so, the only thing she saw was a snapped rope, showing that while she was thinking Maelstrom had made his escape, "MAELSTROM!"

In the distance the spiky-haired demigod heard the yell, knowing that he was gonna get it, he began to leg it, since he now has an angry amazon after his blood, "Well I better get outta here before-!"

Unfortunately he forgot that amazons were quick on their feet, and Tempest was running right towards him with her spears heading straight for him, panicking now, Maelstrom began to leg it away, dodging all the spears that Tempest was throwing at him, unfortunately her aim was really close to him, but not only that as he was running by the spears, she was picking them back up and throwing them again.

Quickly entering a corridor, Maelstrom skidded to a halt, slipping on the floor slightly, which allowed a spear to fly over head and hit a wall, he quickly got back on his feet and continued running.

With Cassandra and Icarus

The two were just in the corridor talking about their next lesson, though Icarus was being his freaky self, "Oh yeah Cassie, where is your lover boy Mael, I thought he'd be around here somewhere!?"

Just before she could answer, a yell was heard from the corridor around the corner, with a sudden swoosh, Maelstrom was racing by, with spears going over his head, along with an angry amazon chasing him.

Cassandra just had a deadpan look, "There he is, and there he goes." With the two looking around the corner of the corridor crossroads that they were at, seeing the two race round the next corner.

Icarus having a puzzled look, "So~ are we gonna help him, or let him sort it out himself."

Even though she wants to do something, Cassandra knew that trying to stop an angry amazon was suicidal for anyone, "If you want to try and stop an angry amazon warrior named Tempest, then be my guest, because as far as I know Mael must have done something to make her angry."

At this point Icarus paled and gulped nervously, "R-Right, good point, best he learn from whatever insult he did to Tempest." With the two washing their hands of the whole mess, they carried on with what they were doing, along with telling Hercules that Maelstrom will probably be busy today.

Though as soon as Hercules asked he quickly regretted it, deciding to "focus" more on his mid-term since he knows his brother could handle Tempest... Maybe.

Later

Luckily Maelstrom got a slight reprieve from Tempest, since it was his turn for the Mid-Term Exam, though he did hear a frustrated roar from the other side of the door, and a loud, "JUST YOU WAIT MAELSTROM, AS SOON AS YOUR EXAM HAS FINISHED I SHALL HAVE YOU!"

That yell even scared the teacher slightly, "Well Mr Maelstrom, it seems you've got your... hands full, so lets begin the Exam shall we."

This caused Maelstrom to groan, but at least he can let his body rest for a while.

30 Minutes Later

At the moment, the teacher was patting Maelstrom on the back, "Well done young Maelstrom, I see you've been studying properly."

Maelstrom just rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed at the praise, "Well, Phil always told me and Herc to study, since a hero is suppose to have both brain and brawn."

As the teacher and student went to the door, "Well continue with your studies, I'm sure you'll have a keen mind soon."

Maelstrom opened the door and was stepping out, "Thanks professor, I just hope I can use my knowledge to help those around me."

Soon the door closed behind the teacher, "That boy is certainly going to go far!", "AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!" That scream caused the teacher to jump, then he remembered something important, "But let's just hope he manages to survive Tempest."

It would seem during the Exam, Maelstrom completely forgot about the fact that Tempest was chasing him, also it would seem that she had already took the exam before she went and set the snare-trap for Maelstrom, so now, the two were running again, with Maelstrom somehow coming up with a new style of quick climbing, since the students began calling it Parkour.

Later in the day

The two soon found themselves in a deep forest away from everyone, the two were huffing and puffing in exhaustion, even Maelstrom was on his last legs, since they were shaking slightly at the moment, "Oh great, all that running and I can barely move my legs, I'm lucky to be standing let alone being able to move even a pinkie toe!"

Though he was thankful that Tempest was now out of spears, but even she looks like she was on her last legs.

Quickly getting her fourth wind, she tiredly runs towards Maelstrom, with the blond painfully moving backwards, trying to keep their distances, unfortunately, because of their tiredness, Maelstrom ends up falling backwards over a root, along with Tempest falling on top of him as well.

Because of their position, Tempest was now starring Maelstrom in his tired eyes, with both locking onto each other, their hot breaths mingling between them, Maelstrom opened his mouth trying to say something to the amazon, but before he could even say a word, he suddenly felt something soft crash into his lips, making his eyes widen and making him gasp out in shock giving a soft muscle to enter into his mouth and wrestle with his tongue.

That's right, Tempest began to kiss him, catching him off guard, his eyes slowly close but then awakened back up, he quickly and carefully pulled her away from him, "T-T-T-Tempest, w-w-w-what, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?"

Realising what she did, she quickly pulled away, "I-I-I don't know, something drew to do it, yet all I could think about was how you and I train together and how you treated me as an equal, y-y-you never thought of me as less of a warrior even when I am a woman, you showed me how kind and caring for my well-being you are and, I DON'T KNOW, CAN'T SOME GODS ANSWER MY QUESTION!?"

Realising what she said, Maelstrom quickly jumped up and paled, his exhaustion being forgotten for now, "No no no no, please don't beseech the gods for answers about love because!"

Suddenly it was too late, Aphrodite appeared before them, along with her theme song, "Okay, okay, okay, two people questioning their possible love for each oth- wait, you two, Maelstrom, have you somehow fallen in love with another girl, your mother won't be pleased about this."

Maelstrom paled even more, "W-What, I'm not like that, I stay true to Cassandra, yet, somehow, Tempest came into the mix."

Humming at what he was saying, "Okay, yeah, stop right there both you have a nervous breakdown or something, since it's obvious that you're clueless about such a thing."

With that said, Maelstrom quickly closed his mouth since it was true.

The Goddess of Love looks towards the Amazon Princess, "So, when did it all start, because from what I understand, you've had these feelings for a while now haven't you, all bottled up and waiting to explode, which it did since you ended up kissing him in such a way."

Tempest was about to ask how Aphrodite knew such a thing, but decided against it since the woman is a goddess.

Though what nether knew was that Aphrodite had watched the whole thing happen, like a soap-opera, but they didn't need to know that, "Okay, what we need to do first is," The goddess quickly clicks her fingers, and suddenly Cassandra appeared in the forest with them, having a confused look on her face.

"Alright, now that the main people are together, I believe it's time to talk things out."

10 Minutes Later

They certainly did talk it out, with Cassandra being upset at the turn of events, though Aphrodite smoothed things out and calmed her down, once Cassandra calmed down they managed to try and sort through everything, though it was increasingly difficult but in the end, Cassandra was sitting in Maelstrom's lap, cuddling up to him.

"Okay, I think I understand what happened, sort of, because of how likeable and unconsciously lovable you are (Hey!), you have somehow, in some miraculous way, had caused the angry and anti-sociable (HEY!) Tempest, to fall for you, I guess, I can see that happening since you did hang out with her for your training, I guess it was bound to happen."

Rubbing the back of his head nervously, "Heh, I had no idea what was going on, honest, I just wanted to hang out and train with someone who doesn't hold back, this was a big shock for me, but now with the "big reveal" what's gonna happen next?"

This gained confused looks from the two mortal girls, that's right, now what are they gonna do.

"Well isn't it obvious," Gaining the mortals attention, "Since Maelstrom is a demigod, along with his training, he's bound to tire out any girl he'll sleep with," This caused the three to blush, "So my advise would be to add more girls to his love-life, from what I can understand, he does have a big heart, so if he does gain more interests from other girls, he'll love you all equally, I'm not saying decide now, but if you three do hit the crossroads, then sometimes it's best to take a different path altogether."

This made the three to look at each other, asking one another a silent question, should they be a couple of three, and possibly more, or break a few hearts along the way, having a hurt look on his face, Maelstrom tells them, "To be honest, I'm not sure what we should do, I mean, I wouldn't want to hurt anybody, much less a girl's heart, I mean, that would be too painful for both me and the girl, also me and Tempest, like Cassandra, are friends, if I do break her heart it would be difficult to possibly stay friends, what with the pain behind it, but I also don't want Cassandra to think I'm cheating on her or anything."

Soon Maelstrom began rambling, mumbling about the right and wrongs of doing such a thing, that is until Cassandra captured his cheeks in her hands and gave him a big kiss to shut him up, once finished she pulled away and gave him a loving smile, "Aphrodite was right you do have a big heart."

Giving a huff, Cassandra replied, "I suppose we can try and make this work, just to see if it's actually possible, but I get the last say on who joins or not."

Tempest was shocked that Cassandra agreed with Aphrodite's idea of forming a harem together, "Y-You actually agree with this idea," Trying to sort her thoughts out, she did the next best thing for her, "I-I-I need time to think, this whole idea is just too much for me to process at the moment."

Clapping her hands, "Great idea, since it's best to try and figure everything out, it's best to put a pin in it for later, so until then I'll you all later."

With that the goddess vanished, leaving the group to themselves, realising that it's best to call it a day, the three began to walk back to the Academy, wanting to pick up their homework.

That is until.

"THUD!"

"THUD!"

The exhaustion from before had caught back up with the two warriors, causing them to groan in pain, "Alright~ Tempest~ from now on~, PLEASE don't chase me all over campus for some unknown reason~." The in pained man asked.

Hearing this, Tempest moved her head towards Maelstrom, being careful not to move too much, ""UNKNOWN REASON!" IT WAS YOUR FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE SINCE YOU GAVE ME THAT BLASTED MASSAGE, DO NOT BLAME ME FOR BEING ANGRY AT YOU!"

The moment Tempest said that, Cassandra's thighs clenched together, she knows what Tempest was talking about, looking towards her boyfriend, "Why did you give Tempest a massage Maelstrom."

Hearing his full name, Maelstrom replied, "W-What, all I wanted to do was help, I simply thought if Tempest could somehow relax more she wouldn't be so strained and be less serious about things, honest, I did it with the best intentions!"

Figuring she let him wriggle long enough, she couldn't help but to agree, "Alright, I'll give you that Tempest is far to rigid."

Hearing her fellow woman, Tempest yelled out, "WHAT, you are actually letting him get away with doing such a thing to me."

Shrugging her shoulders, Cassandra replied, "I believe Mael enough to know he never did it with bad intentions, plus you do have to admit you were far too rigid for your own good," Tempest could concede to Cassandra's logic, since it did coincide with Maelstrom's explanation.

Cassandra then leaned close to the temporary paralysed amazon, whispering in her ear quietly, "Also you cannot deny that it was pleasurably enjoyable right!?"

Hearing that teasing question caused the amazon to blush and stutter, she was about to deny it until.

"AH BY THE GODS I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THAT!"

This caused the girls to jump in surprise, seeing the temporary paralysed demigod groaning at his own stupidity, Cassandra walks up to him, "What, what happened, what did you forget!?"

Having managed to turn himself over, "(sigh!) Because of my scared and panicked state, I ended up forgetting the last thing my mother and father gave me."

Realisation overcame Cassandra, suddenly a teasing smirk appeared on her face, "You actually forgot something during a scared to death run(?)"

Knowing she won't let him hear the end of this, "Hey, you try and remember something while being chased by an angry Amazon Warrior with spears milometers away from your body!"

She can agree to that, but it doesn't mean she won't poke fun.

Tempest was confused about what they were talking about, she was about to demand answers until, "NIMBUS!" Maelstrom yelled from his laying position.

Suddenly streaking across the sky a small yellow cloud flew towards them, once it was close enough it came to a sudden halt next to Maelstrom, with that done Maelstrom says out loud, "Nimbus, I'm allowing my friend Tempest to fly on you along with Cassandra."

The little cloud gave a quick, 'puff! puff!' at the order, with that, and a little help from Cassandra, the three managed to clamber onto the cloud, with it expanding slightly to accommodate three people, "Alright Nimbus, head to school for us and let Cassandra get our homework and then take us home please."

With that the Nimbus took off, though Cassandra asked, "Wait Mael, doesn't Glenda heal all injures!?"

Maelstrom gave a tired sigh, "Unfortunately, she can only heal real injuries, tied muscles are another story."

Even though it was worth a shot, they all groaned at having to heal the normal way, but what they don't know was a female figure was watching them, "The Queen is not going to like this one bit!" Quickly vanishing from sight.

The End.

There you have it, Maelstrom running from an angry amazon, along with Tempest finally admitting her feelings for him, with Aphrodite giving them a possible Harem route for them to go down, along with a plot twist at the end.

Also if you believe that Maelstrom should've remembered Nimbus early, lets not forget he only just got it so it would take a while for him to get use to calling it, along with almost being shishka-bobbed with spears by an angry Amazon Princess anyone would forget such a thing.

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