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The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 17

Maelstrom And The Academy Tour

Phil's Training Ground

While Hercules was training, he received a letter from his father, explaining how he was injured and needed his help, so Hercules had called Pegasus and the two flew home, though once they arrived, it only turned out to be a sprained ankle.

"Really dad, I rushed all the way over here, hoping to seek vengeance for whoever hurt you and it turned out to be a gofer-hole, you said it was urgent." The young demigod whined.

After his father explained the urgent part, Hercules was distraught, "THE SHEEP!? You want me to be here to watch the sheep!? Couldn't you have asked Mael to do it!?"

His father gave him a deadpan look, "Now Hercules, you remember last time I left your brother in charge of looking after the flock, and don't get me wrong, Mael's a good kid, but even his patients have limits."

Hercules had a sudden flashback of the last time his brother watched the sheep, all of them were frazzled and jumping in the trees.

Remembering that caused Hercules to flinch, "Okay, Mael isn't a patient guy, but he's more respon- alright, I'll watch the sheep." his mind went back to the flashback and he ended up giving up.

Once his father left, he couldn't help but feel slightly jealous of Maelstrom getting out of being a herdsmen.

Prometheus Academy

Speaking of Maelstrom, the teen was helping Cerea out by being her tour guide around campus, though some of the teens were slightly fearful of the girl's centaur status, as well as her soldier-like stature and march, though, very few were blushing slightly at the size of her breast, since they were kinda bouncing in her toga.

But thankfully no-one wanted to get hurt by the overzealous centaur who wanted nothing more than to stay by Maelstrom's side, with that side, Cassandra was having a field-day to tease the two, with Cerea being the more flustered since she was extremely pure.

Tempest was another story, since the two warrior-girls had met, they got along like a house on fire, with both telling each other about their favourite weapon and the many uses of said weapon, though Maelstrom was happy that the girls got along with each other.

They continued with the tour, with Cassandra and Tempest going to their own classes since Maelstrom was giving the tour he got out of the classes for the day, just to help Cerea out, seeing as though she'll be in the same classes as Maelstrom, since she asked(ordered) the principle to let her take the same class, since he didn't want to get the centaur's law involved the principle allowed it.

"And over there is the study hall, I won't go into details since studying is boring!" He tells her with a cheeky grin, telling Cerea that he was having a laugh, which made her smile.

Field

While the two were at school, Hercules was leaning on the farmer staff, bored out of his mind, with Pegasus snoozing away on it's back, that is until a certain pair of minions appeared in front of him, "Surprise!"

Taking the staff, Hercules began spinning it around beating the two away, though Panic came flying towards him, begging him that the two came in peace.

After a few minutes of explaining, Hercules couldn't believe his ears, "So let me get this straight, you want ME to break the crystal and get rid of Hecate, why not ask my brother, Mael, I'm sure he'd be able to do it, since I'm busy watching the sheep!"

The two minions flinched at that, with Pain replying, "W-Well, i-it's not that we don't believe in your it's just..."

With Panic finishing off, "Your brother scares us more than you, since you're into helping people and not hurting them..."

Pain replied, "Y-Yeah, your brother is more... a grey line instead of black(jesting to the two minions) and white(then pointed at Hercules)."

Hercules couldn't deny that Maelstrom was kinda like that, "Alright, I can understand that, but I can't leave the sheep, I'm responsible for them, and after what happened with them last time, I can't really ask Mael to look after them."

With that, the two minions left, though they had a sneaking plan to get Hercules to help them get Hecate out of the Underworld.

Though Hercules can't help but wonder if his brother was having a better day than him.

Maelstrom's Home

Night Time

You're probably wondering why Maelstrom had his own place, well that's mostly because he didn't want to be a burden to his family, or stay at Phil's since the goat man would probably eat his homework, so with a slight underhand and using his silver tongue, he managed to get himself a nice place close to the academy, but with plenty of space for his training, and if he wanted to, expand his house.

But with Cerea wanting to stay close with him, he had to get a few people to help him renovate his home to accommodate the centaur-girl's size, his silver tongue coming into play again, which is why instead of going home straight away, he gave Cerea a little tour around Athens, just to a few of the local hang-outs that teens visit from time to time, like Speedy Pita's or the Shopping District, which Cerea enjoyed both, seeing as they eat at Speedy's, with the Centaur having a vegetarian meal.

Though when she bit into her meal, the reaction he got from her made Maelstrom smile at just how cute she looked, since her face became bright red and her ears were flapping up and down at how happy she was, even her tail started moving faster, causing Maelstrom to smile at her innocent reaction.

After having such a nice day together, the two made their way to Maelstrom's place, where they came upon the remodelled home, with the contractor explaining where everything was, along with Cerea's bedroom, which she liked, seeing as the bed was large enough and strong enough to hold her.

The two then decided to just relax and get use to the new home, with both snacking on a couple of carrot-sticks that Cerea chopped up for them, with Maelstrom enjoying a few as well, since he didn't want to insult Cerea in anyway.

Maelstrom then stretched out his arms and groaned in exhaustion, "Well, I think I'm gonna go have a quick soak in the Hotspring and then call it a night."

As it turned out, Maelstrom got the place for a steal, but unknown to the land owner, during one of his workouts, Maelstrom ended up finding a hotspring near the back of his house, where he quickly asked Hermes to fetch Hephaestus and asked the god if he'd be willing to build a small bath-house for him, with the god asking what he'd get in return, with Maelstrom replying a first shot at relaxing in a natural hotspring, after hearing that, the god of the forge was all for it, since it had been a long time since he relaxed, it'll allow the god to have a little break from working in the forge all the time.

After that, Maelstrom kept his word and the god had a relaxing soak, along with showing Maelstrom how to stop the water so the water doesn't get wasted.

A few times Cassandra and Tempest dropped by to visit him, and have a dip in the spring to relax, as well as just being themselves around each other, without anyone knowing about the sharing idea that the group were in.

Anyway, right now, Maelstrom was just enjoying a soak, his muscular body glistening by the steam and sweat, next to him was a wooden bowl, floating in the water with a cool drink in it, since Hephaestus made it and blessed it to float and keep drinks cold, allowing Maelstrom to just relax.

Looking up Maelstrom looked out through the skylight, which Hephaestus made for him, along with blessing it so people can look out but no-one can see in, with the outside part looking like a normal roof.

"Hmm, oh, would you look at that, it's a full moon tonight, seems as though there's not a cloud in the sky to obscure it as well, perfect for a relaxing bath, yeah~ a relaxing bath under the moonlight, what could be better~"

As he was talking to himself, what he doesn't know was the bath-house door was opening quietly, but what got his attention were the quiet clacking of hooves against the marble floor.

Making him turn around and ended up falling arse over head at what he saw, for standing before him was a naked Cerea with nothing but a towel covering her giant breasts.

Popping his head out of the water, Maelstrom looked towards Cerea with widened eyes, "C-C-Cerea!? W-W-What're you doing here!? I t-t-told you I was in the bath!?"

Cerea's face was blushing red, "I-I know Master, but after everything you've done for me, a-allowing me to enter the academy, showing me around, letting me meet your girlfriends Lady Cassandra and Lady Tempest, w-w-with the two explaining your relationship to me, even remodelling your own home to allow me to stay close with you, after everything, I just couldn't be more grateful towards you Master, yet I managed to gain this courage to thank you because of the full moon outside, all I ask is that you permit me to wash your b-b-back in gratitude for your kindness."

Once hearing what she was asking, Maelstrom wanted to say no, but with her face being bright red and her moving her body innocently, he just couldn't say it, it was like trying to say no to an adorable little puppy, or in this case an adorable little pony.

So with great reluctance, Naruto grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist before getting out of the bath, parking himself on a stool with his back to her, with Cerea's flapping up and down in happiness.

While she began scrubbing Maelstrom's back, he had a curious question to ask her, "Say Cerea, when you said, the full moon gave you courage, what did you mean by that?"

Hearing the question, Cerea became a blushing mess, "W-Well, you see, the full moon on me and my race, makes us lower our self-control and release our c-carnal desires and become "in heat", but some of us learned how to control it." Her breathing was getting heavier the more she washes Maelstrom's back.

Maelstrom relaxed after hearing that, "Oh, does that include the other centaurs that are around these parts?" Since it seems Cerea was in control of herself slightly he just let her continue washing his back.

Without Maelstrom noticing, Cerea had dropped her towel, but continued answering with swills in her eyes, "N-No, those c-centaurs are more in-tuned with their animal-side, so they have more control over themselves, but because of that they become quick to anger." Her breasts were so close to Maelstrom's back.

Maelstrom released a sigh, happy he didn't have to worry about rampaging horny centaurs running around, "Well that's good, I don't think everyone would like the idea of them running around on a full moon-!"

"CRASH!"

Finding himself laying on his back, wincing from the pain, Maelstrom looks up and spots a pair of breasts in front of his face, making his face turn bright red and eyes widen.

Looking up more, Maelstrom noticed a red faced heavy breathing Cerea, holding him down by her body, before he could say anything, Cerea quickly grabbed his head and pushed his mouth onto the nipple of her breast, "OH MASTER~ I just can't handle it anymore~ please~ let me services you like a servant should~~" She finishes in a sultry moan.

While Maelstrom could thankfully breath through his nose, he knows he could very easily move her off with his godly strength, but he didn't want to hurt her in his panicked state, what with his arms pinned to his sides and only wearing a towel, he couldn't help but think, "I SHOULD'VE KNOWN CEREA COULDN'T HANDLE THE FULL MOON, SHE'S ONLY MY AGE AFTER ALL, BUT SHE TRIES TO ACT ALL MATURE THAT I SOMETIMES FORGET, SHE'S STILL A GIRL AROUND MY AGE STILL LEARNING SUCH THINGS."

At one point Maelstrom unconsciously tried to move the nipple out of his mouth, though the act caused Cerea to moan more, quickly releasing him from her breast, which allowed Maelstrom to take in a gulp of air, but during that gulp Cerea took her chance and had brought Maelstrom into a deep kiss, making Maelstrom even more panicked, yet again, he doesn't want to hurt Cerea.

While her tongue was in his mouth, playing with his own, Maelstrom tried to think of something that could help him, since he didn't want to take advantage of Cerea, or the other way around, "Think Mael, think, Cerea said her people went through this sort of thing during a full moon, (Groan!) s-something about heat right, s-so (O-o-o-oh!) I need something to cool her down!"

Trying to think of something before he does something he'd regret, Maelstrom's eyes widened, quickly standing up, using his godly strength, he picks Cerea up like a bride, surprising Cerea that Maelstrom could have such strength, though in her "Moon-Driven" mind she remembers that Maelstrom had such strength.

Cerea quickly wraps her arms around his neck and began kissing him again.

Maelstrom, quickly using his feet to open the door, rushed to the only place he knows.

Quickly reaching the forest nearby, Maelstrom took a great leap, causing Cerea to yell in surprise and separating the two from the make-out.

"SPLASHHHHH!"

Where the two landed in a lake, which was cooled down by the night air.

The two quickly came up for air, with Cerea looking around in confusion, "W-What, what happened, why am I in a lake!?" Feeling a slight draft, Cerea looks down, her face becoming bright red, "EEEEEKKK!" Realising she was completely naked, she quickly ducks under the water to hide herself.

Looking towards the water's edge, she see's Maelstrom getting out of the water in only a towel, making here even more embarrassed, "M-M-Master, what on earth is happening, why are we in such a place and why are you in just a towel!?"

Maelstrom then began to explain, "W-Well Cerea, it turns out you don't have as much control of yourself during a full moon as you thought, but don't worry, nothing serious happened, I managed to get you to the lake a cooled you off before anything happened."

Hearing this Cerea nodded, "T-Thank you Master, if it weren't for you and your quick thinking, I may have lost something before I was ready."

With that, Maelstrom held his hand out towards her, "It's okay Cerea, let's just get back home and go to sleep before the coldness wears off, come on, you can duck down behind my back while we make our way home."

Just as Cerea got close to him, her hands covering her breasts, or trying to, Maelstrom's towel ended up falling, giving Cerea a full frontal view of Maelstrom complete nudity, making the proud centaur blush bright red.

Before Maelstrom could do anything, his face was connected to the back hoof of Cerea's leg, sending him crashing into a tree and knocking him out-cold.

"MASTER!"

Cerea couldn't believe she did that, but she couldn't really help it, after witnessing such a sight her innocent instincts kicked in, literally.

Quickly rushing towards Maelstrom, trying to keep her eyes away from his legs, she quickly checks to make sure he was okay, though thankfully all he has is a hoof-print on his face.

"(Sigh!) Thank the gods for Master's godly strength and training, any normal human would've more than likely end up in the river Styx after such a thing."

After that she realises something, something really important.

Next Day

A bandaged covered Maelstrom slowly rubbed his aching head, sitting up in his bed he looks around, "Hmm? How'd I get here?"

Getting up, he takes the bandages off and see's the mostly healed hoof print, "Oh yeah, Cerea lost control during the full moon last night and I had to rush her to a lake to cool down, but I ended up-!" Realising what happened last night, Maelstrom now remembers accidentally flashing Cerea his package, causing her to knock him out.

"Wait, if we were in the woods, then how did I get here!?"

Suddenly, Maelstrom looks down, seeing he was still naked, quickly looking around, he puts a clean toga on and goes to look for Cerea, his hoof print completely healed.

Once in the living room, Maelstrom noticed Cerea was sitting on the couch, her back legs over the edge. (A.N. It's an armless couch.)

"C-Cerea, are you alright?"

Hearing Maelstrom's voice, Cerea quickly turned her head around, seeing Maelstrom standing behind her, suddenly last night's "adventure" came back to her, minus the bathroom part, yet she still remembers feeling his naked body on her own as she carried him back home, but because of that she ended up not only "seeing" him, but during the "sneaking" back, she could "feel" it on her back, making her even more embarrassed.

Maelstrom wasn't any better, realising now what had happened, he began rubbing the back of his head nervously, "Um, h-how about, from now on, we go to bed early every full moon."

Figuring the best thing to do would be to just forget what happened last night, Cerea agreed wholeheartedly, though she couldn't really tell him that she had a good hard look of what he had last night before tucking him into bed.

The End.

There you have it, I had a bit of trouble trying to think of what to write, but then I remembered the Full Moon "problems" that Kimihito had, I thought why not have Maelstrom go through the same thing, along with explaining why the centaurs in that region don't have to worry about full moons, since each centaur race is different in different places.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules. (Or Monstergirls.)