Sorry it took so long to write this chapter, I couldn't think of a good song that would work with Maelstrom, also England was hit by a heatwave and I didn't want to get heatstroke.

Here's the next chapter, I hope everyone enjoys it.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 16

Maelstrom And The Bacchanal

Speedy Pita

Maelstrom was just hanging out with Cassandra, Tempest and Icarus, after finally calming down, he explained to Tempest about his dream and how he just wasn't ready to get married yet, though maybe in the future, but for now he just wants to enjoy being with his two girlfriends, though they made sure to keep it a secret by having Tempest try and "attract" Maelstrom's attention from Cassandra, but so far they were just having fun, to them it was like playing a giant prank on everyone, though Tempest wasn't too sure on it at first, the other two manged to corrupt her, also the thought of not being on Kurama's "hit" list was a bonus.

But now his brother and Hermes had came to meet up with them, explaining that because Maelstrom wasn't around, that Hercules was in charge of island watching while Phil was away, at first Maelstrom was sceptical, but slowly opened to it, "I, suppose it could be your test to see if your responsible enough, who knows, maybe Phil will be pleased when he gets back."

With the others agreeing, but then Icarus began begging to be invited on the island, causing Tempest to lean over and ask quietly, "Can you explain why you are friends with a strange and weird creature such as that."

Maelstrom tried to explain, making confused and questionable sounds, trying to come up with an answer to Tempest's question, but for some reason he just couldn't think of anything except a little explanation, "I. Guess, for all his... Icarus-ness, he is still a good and loyal friend, he's just, well, Icarus(shrug!)"

Figuring that was the best answer she was going to get, she left it be, Maelstrom then felt something, "Whoa! those drinks really go through you, sorry you guys, nature calls." With that he made his way to the boys restroom, just missing Adonis and his stuck-up ways.

Few Minutes Later

As he came out of the restroom, drying his hands on a paper towel and throwing it away, he just came up to the others, Hercules giving a high-five to Bacchus, making Maelstrom feel like he had to ask, "Did I miss anything while I was busy!?"

Causing his friends to look at him, with Hercules quickly putting his arm over Maelstrom's shoulder, "You're not gonna believe it, but we'll be throwing a Bacchanal on the island!"

Hearing this, Maelstrom's eyes quickly widened, slowly brushing his brother's arm off of him, "OH NO, there is NO WAY that we'll have a Bacchanal, I've heard how explosive those parties get, there is no way!"

Just as his brother was about to beg him, Cassandra came up to him, "Now hold on Mael, I'm sure the party won't get too out of hand, besides, you, me and Tempest can sneak off and have our own party." She whispered the last part into his ear, though not telling him about her vision since she wants to enjoy herself and be the 'I told you so' person.

Causing the blond demigod to have a shiver go up his spine, along with ending up with a goofy smile, where he quickly answered, "WHO'S READY FOR A PARTY!" With Cassandra having a victorious smirk, since she knows she's got him wrapped up around her finger. (A.N. A little Olly Murs song there.)

Phil's Island

Music began to play, it was up-beat and everyone was dancing, with Bacchus singing, along with the Muses singing with him.

Lend me your ears!
It's an open invitation! To the finest feast in Greece!
It's an awesome celebration... guaranteed to disturb the peace!
It's a jammin' extravaganza!
With a hot Cucaracha beat (wooo)

While everyone was dancing and having fun, Maelstrom, Cassandra and Tempest managed to sneak away, finding a good secret place to smooch-up a storm, or in this case, smooching up a Maelstrom.

You don't have to ask directions- No! just follow your dancing feet!
(At the Baccanal- It's a nonstop party!)
The biggest bash that Bacchus has ever thrown!
People wall to wall! Gonna party hardy! We'll boogie to the beat
'Til the sheep come home!

Grab a scootch of grape at the fountain
Shake it up and slide down the mountain
Strike a pose so Everyone knows yer cool!
Grip those hips and join in the conga
Steal a kiss -scream Cowabonga! Moshpit Meltdown! Everyone in the pool!

(Me First!)

(At the Baccanal- It's a nonstop party!)
The biggest bash that Bacchus has ever thrown!
People wall to wall! Gonna party hardy!
You're sure to have a ball at the Bacchanal!

As the song finished, the three appeared again, knowing that people would be curious and wondering where the three ran off to, though Tempest had a blushing cheeks at what the three did, but they know that they wouldn't tell anybody.

Thankfully Hercules, Hermes and Icarus were too preoccupied with the party to even notice, with Hercules exclaiming, "Oh man, this is awesome, you see Hermes, nothings going wrong!"

Though Hermes was slightly sceptical, even he couldn't deny that he was having fun, soon after his eyes caught Maelstrom and the girls, who luckily cleaned themselves up before the god could ask questions, "Hey cool-cats, where ave you been, you're missing the party!?"

His question caused Tempest and Maelstrom to blush, but luckily Cassandra stepped in, "Oh you know, just enjoying the part that's all."

"CRASH!"

Suddenly the group heard a loud crash, causing them to be distracted, they saw what was happening, Bacchus was doing a conga-line through a lot of vases and other easily breakable collections that Phil owned.

Hercules was about to yell for Bacchus to cool it down a bit, but thankfully, "Alright, I can see things have gotten out of hand, time for big brother to cool things down a bit and by the end of it, hopefully, people would realise things need to stop." Maelstrom says to his friends.

Hermes was slightly confused, "Yo, Mael-baby, what do you have in mind!?" Even Hermes wanted things to calm down.

Maelstrom had a smirk on his face, "Hermes, go into the house and look for the guitar that mother gave to me while I explain to Bacchus that I want to play a song myself, time to see if my guitar lessons have paid off or not."

Hercules was confused at first, but then remembered that Hera did give Maelstrom the guitar in order for his brother to have strong fingers for his bow Glenda.

With that, Maelstrom raced in front of Bacchus, slowly walking backwards so he could talk to the god of parties face to face, "H-Hey Bacchus, d-do you mind, if I p-played a song with m-my guitar that my mother, H-Hera gave me, I-I'm sure everyone would e-enjoy that!" Trying to make sure to dodge anything behind him.

Bacchus, liking that idea, repiled, "Oh sure kid, ah, I'm sure everybody would like that, ow!"

Maelstrom smiled, just receiving the guitar from Hermes, "Great, if you could, how about getting everybody in front of the stage and working a little bit of your godly magic to help me out!?"

Bacchus was more than happy to help Maelstrom out, using his power to teleport everyone along with foods and drinks for them to enjoy while waiting for Maelstrom to start playing, Maelstrom suddenly had an idea to really get people to enjoy his performance, "NIMBUS!" He quickly called.

The little cloud came flying towards Maelstrom, surprising the people, though they got use to it since Maelstrom usually used the cloud for a means of travel, or to lay and float on when he wants to be lazy from time to time, with Cassandra laying next to him.

(I Do Not Own "Accidentally in Love" song.)

Quickly hoping onto the cloud, Maelstrom began strumming his guitar, with Nimbus flying over the students heads, along with Bacchus using his godly powers for background music and the Muses helping out.

"So she said what's the problem baby,
What's the problem I don't know,
Well maybe I'm in love (love),
Think about it every time,
I think about it,
Can't stop thinking 'bout it!"

Maelstrom was flying overhead, the students were enjoying themselves, along with Cassandra and Tempest loving the song.

"How much longer will it take to cure this,
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love, (love),
Makes me want to turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love!"

While flying around, along with doing flips with the cloud, Maelstrom had the party-people enjoying themselves, with Cassandra and Tempest knowing the hidden message about how love was a virus that can't be cured, causing them to giggle with each other.

"Come on, come on,
Turn a little faster,
Come on, come on,
The world will follow after,
Come on, come on,
'Cause everybody's after love!"

While he was singing, no-one knew that a certain Goddess was watching the "show", even she couldn't deny that the song was catchy.

"So I said I'm a snowball running,
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love,
Melting under blue skies,
Belting out sunlight,
Shimmering love!"

"Well baby I surrender,
To the strawberry ice cream,
Never ever end of all this love,
Well I didn't mean to do it,
But there's no escaping your love!

The two girls knew he was talking about Tempest since he couldn't really escape the Amazon Princess's "love", the spears and weapons were just an "expression" of her love.

"These lines of lightning,
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no!"

"Come on, come on,
Move a little closer,
Come on, come on,
I want to hear you whisper,
Come on, come on,
Settle down inside my love!"

"Come on, come on,
Jump a little higher,
Come on, come on,
If you feel a little lighter,
Come on, come on,
We were once upon a time in love!"

"We're accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love!"

Everyone thought he was singing about Cassandra, but secretly, he was also singing about Tempest as well, since they did "Accidentally" fell in love as well.

"Accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love!"

"Accidentally!"

"I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
Accidentally!"

"Come on, come on,
Spin a little tighter,
Come on, come on,
And the world's a little brighter,
Come on, come on,
Just get yourself inside her!"

"Love I'm in love!"

Everyone began cheering, they truly enjoyed the song since it expressed Maelstrom's feeling for Cassandra, as well as Tempest, and letting everybody know that even though it was an accident, he wouldn't love anyone any other way.

Unfortunately, instead of cooling things down, Maelstrom's song had started the party back up, with Hermes appearing next to him, "So, babe, I thought you were trying to cool things down?"

All maelstrom could do is was rub the back of his neck nervously, "Um, I MAY have gotten carried away a little too much, but it wasn't all my fault, Bacchus is a party-god after all." Along with a nervous smile.

"CRASH!"

The two ended up seeing Bacchus conga-lining through Phil's home, along with Hercules trying to save the fragile items along the way.

While that was off the shore and in the sea, the party's rhythm and beats were carried along the waves, along with going into the depths of the ocean and waking a cranky god of the sea.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS, THE PARTY IS NOW OVERRRRRR!"

With his giant form the mighty god had sent a wave of epic proportion, causing the guests to become really scared of the sight, though Cassandra pulled a rope and in-flatted her life jacket, causing Icarus to realise something.

"So that wasn't a fashion statement!"

But before she could get wet, Maelstrom, still on Nimbus, quickly flew towards Cassandra and managed to grab her, along with Tempest before ether of them could get wet.

"I think I'd only like you girls wet if you two were wearing a pair of bikinis on you both, not when a giant wave just sank the island."

The girls knew he was only teasing, but Cassandra replied, "Just wait until Spring Break, no doubt everyone'll be going to the beach by then."

When he heard her say that, Maelstrom had a cheesy grin on his face, thinking about their day at the beach, but for now, the blond demigod knew that he and his brother were in trouble, since it was also Maelstrom's fault for caving in to his girlfriend(s) little finger.

Allowing Nimbus to hover over to Hercules, who was perched on a tiny out-crop of stone, with Icarus on a plank of wood surfing by, realising that Cassandra had a vision of the island ending up underwater, with Cassandra close enough to say, "I thought the subtle approach might work."

With Tempest, who was hang onto Maelstrom's back, since she wasn't comfortable about riding on Nimbus after what happened before their trip to the Amazon island, added, "Though we too should also be blamed for it, since we did push Maelstrom into allowing the Bacchanal to happen."

Both brothers groan at that, with Maelstrom looking towards his brother, "Listen Herc, I'm gonna take these two back to their place, once you've figured out how to get Phil's island back have Hermes deliver a message to me."

With Hercules giving a wave, along with Hermes, maelstrom was zooming off to the girls dorms, just missing a giant squid appearing behind Hercules and Hermes, which then dragged them under the sea.

Prometheus Dorms

As Hercules and Hermes were trying to ask Poseidon to get the island back up, Maelstrom was dropping Tempest off at her dorm, with Cassandra relaxing on Nimbus close by, without the life-vest thrown away.

"Well Tempest, the Bacchanal might not have ended the way we wanted, but at least we enjoyed ourselves."

When Maelstrom said that, her mind went back to before Maelstrom's song, where she and Cassandra were having a "secret" party of their own, with both girls happily making out with the blond demigod, along with his song "fitting" with their strange relationship, though she can't say she isn't enjoying it.

With a red face and rubbing her arm in embarrassment, Tempest replied, "Yes, it was an, enjoyable evening, but are you sure you don't need help with retrieving your teacher's island from the depth of the ocean."

Maelstrom just smiled, "We'll be fine, I'm just glad everyone had fun and no-one got hurt because of the wave, but if you're still feeling guilty, how about you and Cassandra go and buy a couple of bikinis for Spring Break, I'm sure I'll be enjoying that~!"

Hearing his "idea", Tempest's cheeks became red again, giving a huff and crossing her arms, "W-W-We shall s-s-s-see, b-b-b-but don't expect me to be in such an outfit that is unbecoming of a warrior."

Knowing how Tempest can be, Maelstrom quickly pulls Tempest into his chest, allowing her to feel his muscular physic, while whispering in her ear, "I'm sure we can have "fun" at the beach with Cassandra, since I have no idea what will be going through her head for us~" He then began nibbling slightly on Tempest's ear, sending shivers of pleasure up her spine and trying to hold back a moan from such treatment.

"I-I-I suppose, (ah!) I cou(groan!)ld, try wearING! one for the BEACH!"

It seems, Maelstrom also has his girls wrapped around his finger as well, since all he needs is the right "touch" to make her and Cassandra to do what he wanted, especially with his hands holding her up under her skirt.

With getting her agreement, as well as leaving Tempest's legs feeling like jello, Maelstrom took his leave after planting a kiss on Tempest's lips and the girl closing the door behind her, allowing Maelstrom to take Cassandra back to her home as well, along with both giving each other a kiss goodnight and Maelstrom telling her about the bikinis for Spring Break, though she was mock-upset about Maelstrom's interference about such a thing, she quickly became happy after he gave her a quick lip-lock.

Now Maelstrom was flying through the air on Nimbus, planning on getting back to Hercules, that is until Hermes suddenly flew by him.

"Whoa! Hey Mael, babe, just the demigod I was looking for, listen, me and Herc found a way to get the island back."

So with that, Hermes explained the eye-cream, with Maelstrom agreeing with the idea.

"Alright, that's sounds like a good plan, while you and Herc do that, I'll go to Phil and make sure he doesn't leave early."

With Hermes replying, "That's a good idea, but babe, aren't you forgetting something, that meeting is for half-humans only."

Maelstrom gave Hermes a smirk, "That's just it Hermes, me and Herc are half-human, half-god, so I'll be able to get into the place, no worries."

Hearing this, Hermes smiled, "Ah~ That's your mother's brains coming through for us babe, good job of finding a loop-hole for us."

With that, the two separated to their destination.

Half-Human Convention

Once arriving Maelstrom easily spotted Phil, who was busy flirting with a centaur woman, "Hey Phil! how you enjoying the convention so far!?"

Hearing the question, Phil saw the familiar face of Maelstrom, "Mael? What're you doing here kid, I thought you'd be island-sitting with Herc!?"

Maelstrom just waved it off, "Relax Phil, your island and Herc are just fine, I figured I'd come here and see what the convention is all about, since me and Herc are both half-human half-god, that's all."

While Maelstrom knows he shouldn't really lie to Phil, he didn't want to get himself and his brother in too much trouble when Phil finds out the truth, since knowing his brother, Hercules will spill the beans.

Trusting Maelstrom, Phil nods his head, "Alright kid, me and my lady-friend here will show ya around, but when I give ya the signal, that means "get outta here" alright!" The goat-man whispers the last part, indicating towards the female centaur.

Getting the idea, since he was dating two girls, Maelstrom nods his head and holds his hands up in surrender, "Alright, alight Phil, I hear ya, how about a deal, you show me around, and you can show me off to your lady-friend by telling her that you're my hero-trainer, since my physic she'd be really impressed with you!"

Hearing the deal, Phil introduced Maelstrom to his lady-friend, with the centaur being impressed at Maelstrom's build, along with the fact that Phil was training him to have the build, which was a lie but she didn't need to know that.

10 Minutes Later

While walking around, since Phil gave him "the signal", Maelstrom decided to let Phil have his fun, since the trainer did go out of his way for the brothers, that is until he spotted Hercules and Hermes in a couple of bushes, quickly walking towards them, he whispered to the two, "What are you both doing here, I thought you were getting the eye-cream and getting the island back!?"

Both Hercules and Hermes began explaining their other jobs now, "Alright, I get the idea, listen, right now Phil is distracted by a "lady-friend" of his, so it should give you both plenty of time to find Hephaestus and get what you need, when you're finished, be sure to tidy up the island as best as you can, but for now, Herc, it's best if you remain hidden, since you're suppose to be island sitting, while Hermes uses his speed to find Hephaestus and get the flame-proof shorts."

With that in mind, the group went to do their thing, with Maelstrom dropping off a couple of fruit to Hercules for a quick snack, with Hermes appearing before the two with the shorts in a couple of minutes later, just showing how fast Hephaestus can forge things and how fast Hermes can deliver them.

The two vanished from sight thanks to Hermes's flying, and just in time as Phil appeared next to Maelstrom with a happy smile on his face, with a red lip-stick mark on his check, lips and belly, "Well kid~ I gotta say~ you're a perfect wing-man for me~ maybe next convention you'd be interested in being my wing-man again!?"

Maelstrom rubs the back of his head at that, "We~ll, we'll see Phil, since I do have a girlfriend and all, I don't want her thinking I'm cheating on her, (Especially I'm dating two girls at once in secret.)" He thought to himself.

Phil was using a cloth to get rid of the lip-stick marks, "Yeah, I guess you're right kid, wouldn't want Cassandra to get at ya, then me for such a thing."

Giving a nervous chuckle, Maelstrom looks around, "Hey, how about we grab something to eat huh, since you're no doubt hungry and thirsty from your own... exercise."

The two laughed at that, "Yeah, sure kid, I could use a bite ta eat after that fun, lets go."

With that the couch and student made their way through the convention, enjoying the sights and sounds, along with the fruits and veg that the place had to offer, which Maelstrom found enjoyable.

As they were walking, Maelstrom ended up bumping into someone, "Oh sorry about that, I wasn't looking where I was going!"

Suddenly the person turned around, facing Maelstrom with as serious look, "Hark thou wouldst apologise so there be no need, though with thee bumping into thine-self, must be a sign from the gods!"

With the way the person talked ended up confusing both Phil and Maelstrom slightly, though their confusion didn't stop her speech, "Since our meeting was destined to happen, I, Centorea Shianus has chosen thou to be thine master, since it's the centaur-way!"

Maelstrom became even more confused, though Phil ended up slapping his forehead, "Oh great, we've run into one of those types of centaurs(!)"

Confusion was apparent on Maelstrom's face, he looks towards his trainer, "Phil, what the heck's going on and why is she calling me her master!?"

Phil looks towards the kid, trying to explain, "Well kid, there are some Centaurs that are just big idiots with no idea on what honour is, then ya got this centaurs that pride themselves on their honour, to such a degree that they would appoint themselves as someone's soldier or something, and unfortunately, this girl has set her eyes on you."

Now Maelstrom's eyes widen in shock, how in the name of the underworld did Maelstrom end up with a big-breasted centaur as his soldier, yet here he was, gaining a proud centaur girl about his age, wanting to follow him around, with her also having an amazon-type of aura to her, letting Maelstrom know that she is going to be stubborn about being his soldier.

Rubbing his face, Maelstrom says to Phil, "Cassandra's gonna love this(!)" Though Maelstrom wasn't sure if Cassandra would love it or not, it's her choice, though he can already hear the teasing from the red-head about Centorea.

Since Phil doesn't know what is going through Maelstrom's head, he thought Maelstrom was gonna get a beating, though don't get Phil wrong, he thought Centorea was a beautiful girl, but she was about the same age as Maelstrom and Hercules, so he wasn't gonna chase after the kid, it just didn't feel right.

With the stubborn centaur now travelling with them, with Phil perched on Maelstrom's shoulder, and unfortunately, Maelstrom had to ride on Centorea's back, with Centorea being amazed at flying on a cloud instead of running, she asked them to call her Cerea, since that's what her friends call her.

The three managed to make it to Phil's island, where everything seemed to be in it's proper place, along with no sea-water anywhere.

Hercules and Hermes went to greet Maelstrom and Phil, but when they saw Cerea hop off the cloud, they had question marks above their heads.

After introducing the half-girl, along with explaining the circumstances behind her travelling with them, Hercules couldn't help but exclaim, "I can't believe that this happened to you, your luck is incredible!" Though whether it was good or bad was up to debate.

Rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment, he replied, "I know what you mean, hey Phil, do you think the school would let Cerea enter, since it'll give her a chance to study with humans and other things?"

Phil thinking things over, replied, "I'm not sure, I'll have ta talk with the principle and sort everything out with them, also she'll have ta get in touch with her folks, since they'd be worried about her and everything."

While they were talking, Cerea was surprised that Maelstrom wanted her to join a human academy, to study amongst the humans as well as stay close to her master, clearing her throat to gain their attention, "I would be honoured to join in the academic studies of humans, I will also send a messager-hawk to my mother, explaining the reason for my sudden disappearance and how I would be accompanying you in your classes from now on."

Since Cerea has the same aura as Tempest, the males knew, first hand, that Cerea would be just as stubborn as Tempest, so they had no choice but to let her be apart of Maelstrom's life.

As they were walking, Hercules ended up telling Phil the truth about having a bacchanal on the island, along with how Poseidon had sent the island into the depth of the sea and what the three had to go through to get it back.

While Phil was impressed at how responsibly Hercules was for telling the truth, the goat-man still blew up on them, having the three run 20 laps around the island, while only giving Maelstrom 10 laps, since the blond was an amazing wing-man at the convention, though at the start of the run Cerea was running with Maelstrom, since he was her master now (her words).

Maelstrom ended up groaning at that, "Yep, Cassanrda's so~ gonna tease me about this."

The End.

There you have it, Maelstrom getting roped into throwing a Bacchanal and became the distraction for Phil, along with gaining a certain centaur's attention, since I figured why not have someone from another anime be apart of the Hercules world, because I thought it'd be a nice twist in the story.

As for Cerea's outfit, think of a white toga and a sword on her hip, without a skirt since on Hercules female centaurs don't wear skirts.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules. (Or Everyday Life With Monstergirls.)