Here's the next chapter, I hope everyone enjoys it.
Though I must admit that it's surprising that there aren't more Naruto/Disney Hercules Crossover, I thought that this story would've gotten the ball rolling for other Writers to do their own stories of it.
The Brother Of Hercules
Chapter 21
Maelstrom And The Argonauts
Phil's Island
It's been a few days after Maelstrom's trip to the island of the amazons, since then the girls have been content with everything, even Rachnera who made the roof level of Maelstrom's house her room, which Maelstrom had no problems with, seeing as it was just empty space, unfortunately, the day after they returned a certain goddess of marriage was not amused.
Though luckily, Maelstrom managed to calm her down, unluckily as punishment he had to do some jobs for the next couple of days, mostly, mother and son stuff, which Maelstrom found annoying and embarrassing, but he couldn't say no to his mother, especially after she somehow found out about what happened between him and the four girls on the island, though he asked her who told her, she didn't mention a thing, though a certain pink skinned goddess was giggling in amusement at the interaction of the pair, Hera had to admit, it was enjoyable to spend one day with one of her sons, planning on spending another day with Hercules on her next day off, but she would never tell Maelstrom that she enjoyed it, since it was suppose to be a punishment for him.
Also to help Maelstrom and the girls out, she blessed them to not be able to have children yet, since she believes that they are too young to have them, but when they're ready and she believes that they're ready, then she'll remove the blessing, but until then, she does NOT want to hear that Maelstrom had anymore "late night" activities.
Now here Maelstrom was, next to Phil, looking at Hercules, who was sitting on a broken sword statue, looking out on the setting sun. The trainer and the second student looks towards each other, "Nimbus!" Maelstrom calls out, having the little cloud flying towards the two.
Once arriving, before Maelstrom could do anything, Phil had hopped onto the little cloud, "WHOA!" Unfortunately, Phil wasn't pure-of-heart, seeing as he chases after nymphs on his days off, meaning the satyr ended up falling through the cloud and landed on his backside.
With a grumble from Phil, Maelstrom picked Phil up and the two rides on Nimbus to Hercules, once arriving the two walked on the statue, seeing as Nimbus was in-line with the statue, Phil began talking, "Hey Rookie, shouldn't ya be training, come on already-!" Unfortunately, Maelstrom interrupted him by placing his hand over Phil's mouth, 'Easy Phil, I think Herc's having one of those, "impatient-days", wanting to be a hero as soon as possible type-a days, ya know.' Maelstrom whispered to Phil.
Getting a nod from the trainer, 'Listen, let me talk to him for a bit, I'm sure I can calm him down.' Maelstrom whispered again, Phil nods, 'Alright kid, I'll leave ya to it, though if things don't work out I'll arrange something for tomorrow-AAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" Unfortunately, Phil forgot something important, Nimbus couldn't carry him, which caused the goat-man to fall to ground level.
When Phil landed, it caused Maelstrom to wince in sympathy, though at the moment, he couldn't really help Phil, moving next to his sitting brother, Maelstrom knocks his shoulder into his brother's, gaining his brother's attention, with the two having that bond that only twins have, Hercules knew right away what his brother was asking, "Yeah, I know I'm being impatient and all, but it feels like I'm not getting anywhere in my training."
Maelstrom releases a sigh, "I can understand that, you see when we were kids, I felt like that, but for some reason, I knew that if I wasn't careful, I may end up accidentally hurting someone, possibly a loved one, which is why I continued and stuck to it, not wanting to be the cause for someone to get hurt."
Hercules didn't know about that from his brother, he always thought that Maelstrom just enjoyed training, he didn't think there was a deep meaning behind it, Maelstrom placed his arm over his brother, "Listen Herc, if ya feeling stuck Phil has something to show ya tomorrow, hopefully it'll help ya get out of your funk, alright!"
Giving a sigh, Hercules replied, "Ye~ah, I guess."
Hearing this Maelstrom says back, "Oh, 'you guess' huh!? You guess right," Then a smile appeared on Maelstrom's face, before Hercules knew it he was in a headlock, with his brother repeating the words over and over again, which ends up causing the two to get in a slight wrestling match, but at the end the two just laughed and it helped brighten Hercules's mood a little, since it was brotherly-bonding at it's best. (A.N. Figured Mael and Herc has to have some moments as brothers.)
The Next Day
The two in their hero attire, with Maelstrom wearing the gift from Aladdin and Jasmine, with Glenda and his guitar case on his back, were walking with Phil down a pier, with Maelstrom's girls tagging along to see what was happening, where everyone came upon a boat, where Hercules was having a "Hero-worship" moment, since the person they were meeting was Jason and his Argonauts, though Maelstrom was happy that his brother was meeting another well-known hero, that is until Jason invited Hercules to join in the voyage for the Golden Fleece, once hearing that, the blond was talking to his girls, "Listen girls, I'm gonna be joining Jason on his adventure, so me and Glenda will be travelling with them to help keep Herc out of just enough trouble."
Cerea asked the question that the girls were curious about, "Master, why did you say "just enough", shouldn't you help him if he does get in trouble!?"
After their night on the island, Maelstrom became close with the girls, placing his palm on Cerea's cheek, causing the "innocent" centaur to blush at the interaction out in public, "Because, I'm not gonna help him all the time, this is more of a learning experience for my brother than it is for me, cause you girls know how I always keep my promises no matter what, and I'm keeping my promise to our father Zeus to become a true hero, so I don't really have any problem taking my time in becoming a hero, after all, we're just teenagers, I think me and Herc will become real heroes when we're real adults."
The girls were happy at Maelstrom's answer, he has never gone back on his promises to them, so they believe he'll do the impossible and become a true hero like he said, with that said, the girls gave him a goodbye kiss each, with Tempest grabbing the collar of his outfit, "telling" him that she'd hunt him down if he doesn't return then gave him a kiss, with Rachnera giving Maelstrom a steamy kiss, telling him it was a "preview" of when he gets back, leaving him and some of the girls blushing, though he shook it off and told Rachnera NOT to cause much trouble while he was away, which she reluctantly agreed to.
Once the two brothers were on the boat, with Phil giving his blessings, making his way down the boardwalk, Hercules's clumsiness came up, which caused the boat to start sailing, causing the board that Phil was walking on to fall, which in-turn made Phil fall into the sea as well, though Maelstrom felt sorry for Phil, he was busy waving bye to the girls.
Though Jason seemed to be impressed that Hercules wanted to set sail right away, calling Hercules an Argonaut, which Hercules was nerding out about, though Maelstrom knocks his shoulder into Hercules again, which Hercules saw that his brother was telling him to calm down a little, which Hercules rubs the back of his neck awkwardly since he realised what he was doing.
With that out of the way, Jason began introducing his crew, or what was left of them, though when Jason finished and left for his quarters, the crew showed the two brothers their real colours, wanting to give up and quit, but they ended up signing a long term contract, though Maelstrom and Hercules didn't believed them at first.
While that was happening, Maelstrom had his guitar out, gaining the crews attention, since the teen began playing a song for the voyage.
I Do Not Own Shotgun
The crew began listening to the blessed guitar as Maelstrom began to sing, with Glenda quietly singing with him, though it was hardly noticeable.
"Homegrown alligator, see you later,
Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road,
The sun it changed in the atmosphere,
Architecture unfamiliar,
I can get used to this,"
The crew began to regain their spirits a little, but it wasn't much since they were on the voyage for 30 years, but that didn't mean they didn't enjoy the song.
"Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Stick around and you'll see what I mean,
There's a mountaintop that I'm dreaming of,
If you need me you know were I'll be,"
"I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,
I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,"
"The south of the equator, navigate it,
Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road,
Deep-sea diving 'round the clock, bikini bottoms, wine tops,
I could get used to this,"
"Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Stick around and you'll see what I mean,
There's a mountaintop that I'm dreaming of,
If you need me you know were I'll be,"
"I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,
I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,"
"We got two in the front,
Two in the back,
Sailing along,
And we don't look back,"
"Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Stick around and you'll see what I mean,
There's a mountaintop that I'm dreaming of,
If you need me you know were I'll be,"
"I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,
I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,
I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone,
I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun,
Feeling like a someone, a someone, a someone, someone,"
The song then began to finish off, everyone was happy at such an uplifting, yet ironic song that Maelstrom played, but it certainly made the crew amused, that is until Jason came back up on deck telling the crew that he had an idea of Hercules taking the helm, hearing this, the brothers were quick to try and deny it, with the crew agreeing with the brothers, though Jason wouldn't hear of it.
While sailing through the jagged rocks, Maelstrom knew he could just call Nimbus, but even he doubted that the little cloud could carry everyone on it.
Unfortunately, with Hercules inexperience, he ended up breaking the helm and the crew became even more scared, though they then ended up losing the sail as well. (A.N. I'm not a sailor so I don't know any boat terminology.)
But because of that, the ship was now heading for a whirlpool, though Jason just laughed it off, soon the ship hit the floor of the whirlpool, causing it to break apart, with the crew abandoning the ship and having the whirlpool closing in on them until it washed them away.
Luckily the crew managed to survive and made it to an island, with most of the crew angry at Hercules, that is until a group of nymphs began singing and started treating them like royalty, with a couple of them feeling Maelstrom's muscles, causing him to get slightly uncomfortable.
Though Jason wasn't having any of it, since he wanted to continue with his quest for the Golden Fleece, though the crew "tried" to deny the quest, but with Hercules's help, they got their ship back, though it was damaged, but the crew didn't anything to do with the quest anymore, with each one explaining that they want to quit.
Though Jason tried to give an ultimatum, the crew went for the Nymphs, with Maelstrom leaning towards his brother, whispering, 'Saw that one coming(!)' Though Hercules tried to deny it, he couldn't really blame the crew since it was a 30 year quest, it was bound to cause the crew to crack and find an escape.
Though Jason tried to deny the crews desertion from the quest, Maelstrom couldn't help but agree that the Nymphs were possibly up to something, considering one of the girls were massaging the helmsmen's feet, causing Maelstrom to cringe at the sight.
Jason continued, "Those Nymphs are up to something, but the question is, What!?"
"Look underneath, the underneath."
Jason looks towards Maelstrom, "I'm sorry my boy, what was it you said!?"
Rubbing his head slightly in confusion, Maelstrom replied, "I'm not sure, it just kinda popped in my head, "Look Underneath, the underneath." Not sure what it means."
Jason thought for a while, "Ah, it must mean that not everything is as it seems, just a more cryptic version of it, it really makes you think and try to see ALL the angles."
Figuring it was one of Phil's lessons but he just forgot since there were thousands of them, Maelstrom left it alone, not really knowing the true reason behind the line.
The group of three made their way to a higher vantage point, where they spotted Gaggenus, a four-armed yeti-like monster, which Jason replied that the Nymphs feed the monster sailors and not get eaten themselves, though Hercules blames himself for them landing on such an island, Maelstrom was busy eyeing the monster, since it was pretty much holding the Nymphs as slaves.
"Crack! BOOOM!"
Unfortunately, Hercules knocked Maelstrom out of his musing when he accidentally knocked a boulder down from the mountain, blushing at his clumsiness.
The three began running, since the monster ended up jumping on the mountain, causing the ledge to crumble, but luckily the three found a small cave, unfortunately the cave was dark, causing the three to fall and get knocked out.
Later
The three woke up, though Jason ended up causing Hercules to explode, with Jason explaining how he knew for a while that the crew wanted to quit, as it turned out, the amulet that Jason had began to glow, with that the three rushed to where the Golden Fleece was being held.
While this was happening Maelstrom was thinking of other things.
Once they found the Fleece, Jason tried to make it do the things in legend, but they were just false rumours, but then it began to fly, making Jason's spirit lift up, until Hercules and Maelstrom explained their own means of flying, causing the man to become downtrodden.
Hercules tried to cheer the man up, but it was difficult, "Actually, didn't the legend say that the Golden Fleece can heal all wounds, so, maybe, it can fly and possibly heal someone that's been injured by a weapon or something."
When Jason heard this, he brightened up, "OF COURSE! The healing power of The Fleece, that's part of the legend as well, I'm not gonna try it out my injuring someone myself, that would go against everything a hero stands for, but when we're out of here and safe from that monster, I see if it's true by going to that doctor I heard about, best to have a healer in case it doesn't work."
Later
While the crew tried not to get eaten, a yell went out from Hercules, catching the monster's attention, with the Argonaut ship flying thanks to the Golden Fleece, with Maelstrom flying next to the ship on Nimbus with Glenda in his hands.
Keeping an eye on the monster, Maelstrom calls out to his brother, "REMEMBER THE PLAN HERC, I DISTRACT THE MONSTER WHILE YOU RESCUE THE CREW!"
Hercules agreeing with it, though the ship crashed into the monster, sending the crew flying into Jason and knocking him overboard, but luckily Maelstrom managed to catch him, "Listen Jason, I'm gonna do something about that monster, since it's pretty much using the Nymphs as slaves I can't really do nothing but try to help them, maybe this way no more sailors will get eaten."
Jason, though not liking the idea, replied, "Alright lad, you do what you have to do, we'll try and support you anyway we can."
With that, Maelstrom managed to get Jason on the ship, once that was done, he then flew back towards Gaggenus, the monster tried to catch Maelstrom, but because of his size and speed, it was difficult for the dumb monster to catch him.
Getting an idea, Maelstrom began flying around Gaggenus head, making the monster follow to try and catch him again, but due to the speed, Gaggenus became extremely dizzy.
Just as the monster was about to fall forward, Maelstrom on Nimbus, with Glanda in hand, pulled the bow back and powered up a powerful energy arrow, when it was ready, Maelstrom let the arrow fly, before the arrow connects to the monster's stomach, due to it's dizziness it was waving it's arms about, which sent Maelstrom flying towards the mountain wall, knocking him out.
But thankfully, the energy arrow was powerful enough to send Gaggenus flying else where on another island with no-one there.
Glenda tried to wake Maelstrom up, but he just groaned, before long, his body gave-way and he fell to the floor, where the Nymphs were confused at what just happened, they wanted to ask the teen questions about what happened, but unfortunately, he was too injured to talk.
The Argonauts landed the ship, with Hercules being the first to rush to his brother, "MAEL!? MAEL!? COME ON BROTHER DON'T DO THIS TO ME!?"
Jason, taking the Golden Fleece off the sail, quickly rushes over, "Quickly Hercules, the Fleece, I only hope to all the gods that this part of the legend is true."
Quickly the two covered Maelstrom with the Golden Fleece, one of the Nymphs walks over to them, "Can one of you tell us what's going on, what happened to Gaggenus!?"
Hercules was busy keeping an eye on his brother to answer, so Jason answered for them, "Maelstrom here realised that you Nymphs were being held as hostages/slaves to that monster, so he did the one thing any hero would do, stop the monster from hurting innocent people."
Hearing this the Nymphs became downtrodden, "B-But, we aren't innocent, w-we fed hundreds of sailors to Gaggenus."
Suddenly a familiar voice was heard, "Not by your own choice, you were gonna feed that monster sailors or he was gonna eat you, I wouldn't want anyone to end up like that!"
The group looks towards the person, seeing Maelstrom standing up holding the Fleece with a smile, "I'm so glad that the healing properties wasn't a rumour."
Everyone cheered at this, Maelstrom was completely healed thanks to the Fleece, the crew was safe from being eaten, and the Nymphs didn't have to feed or be eaten by an monster, so everyone had a nice celebration, though a couple of the Nymphs were "really" thankful to Maelstrom for rescuing them by "accidentally" giving him wine with a high alcohol volume in it, causing him to get completely drunk and woke up the next day with the whole group of the Nymphs laying around him completely naked, making him completely confused about what happened. (A.N. Think Mouse Episode 12 since that ending was funny.)
Afterwards, the Argonauts and the two brothers flew the ship back home, with Maelstrom not saying a thing about what happened, since it turned out the Nymphs ended up drugging the others with sleep-grass, not letting them know what happened on the island, but a certain goddess knows.
The End.
I figured that Gaggenus was the true villain that needed to go, since the Nymphs were just trying to survive the monster, also I figured it'd be funny if the Nymphs show Maelstrom their gratitude by drugging the whole crew and having their ways with a drunken Maelstrom.
I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.