Sorry it took so long, my family was hit by the Christmas Flu, myself included, so it took sometime to get past that, as well as help out with a "late" Christmas Dinner, again sorry, but it couldn't be helped.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 28

Maelstrom & The Big Games

Prometheus Academy

Maelstrom, Hercules, Cassandra and Icarus were sitting in the stands, watching the "training" of the Prometheus Students, though training is putting it extremely mild, with Maelstrom having a deadpan look on his face at how pathetic the team was, at first he wanted to go and hang out with ether Tempest or one of the other girls, but each one had something to do, since Tempest and Cerea had ended up injured from training too much, so they were stuck in bed until they healed, Cathyl volunteered to keep an eye on the two and help them heal, since she had the strength to keep them from training.

Rachnera had vanished, along with Kurama, after their latest prank and needed to lay-low for sometime, until the heat dies down, so he ended up having to watch the pathetic sight of teens trying to train.

Without looking at his brother, Maelstrom asked, "Herc, remind me again why we're here watching these poor excuse of athletes "try" to compete with Sparta!?"

All the while missing the angry smirk from Cassandra, since she and Icarus hated jocks with a passion, though Hercules answered anyway.

"Oh come on Mael, don't you feel sorry for them, they lost 12 games in a row, and besides, shouldn't we be supporting our team!"

All the while a pole vaulter ended up crashing into the vault and was sent flying through the air yelling for his mummy.

Hercules suddenly had an idea, "Hey, maybe I could help out!"

Though suddenly Icarus was by his side, trying to change his mind, with Cassandra joining him in agreement, causing Maelstrom to look towards Cassandra when she said, "Winning personality." In her usual monotone voice, missing a slight smirk from her boyfriend.

Maelstrom slid up next to her, snaked his arm around Cassandra's side, then before she knew it, she let out a girl-y "EEP!" When he ended up picking her up and she found herself on his lap, causing him to chuckle at such a response, which in turn made her glare at him and gave his chest a slap, which caused him to chuckle some more.

Though while that was happening, Hercules was in dream land, "Yeah, but they're the ones with the cheerleaders~"

Hearing his brother, Maelstrom smiled, "Oh, so that's why you truly want to help them out, huh(?)" He said in a teasing tone.

Realising where the conversation was going, Hercules quickly got up with a slight blush and changed the subject, "W-Well, I got a training session with- OOMPH!"

As it turned out, Hercules was sent flying by a stray discus into the stairs, though it didn't hurt the red-head it did take him by surprise, getting up and grabbing the discus, "H-Here you go!" Hercules threw it back, though he ended up sending three students into a archery bulls-eye, "Oops, sorry!"

Maelstrom got up, while placing Cassandra on his back, since she was comfortable, and looked towards the scene, "Not bad Herc, usually you'd have sent them and the target into the wall, but it looks like the training is starting to pay off."

Hercules just rubs the back of his head in embarrassment, since it was true, but as it turned out, the school coach saw everything, "Oh don't apologise for who you are," Walking towards Hercules, "Who are you again!?" The man couldn't help but ask, when Maelstrom heard that question it made him wonder if the man was injured earlier or something.

As it turned out, the coach managed to talk Hercules into trying out, this caused Icarus to explode with his over the top dramatics, while both Maelstrorm and Cassandra left him alone, with Maelstrom telling the girl on his back, "Well, I figured at one point he'd be drawn into the whole "jock" world."

Cassandra looks towards her boyfriend, while still on his back, "And what about you, aren't you interested in joining the team?"

Though Maelstrom just laughed at that, "Are you kidding, I don't want to compete in such a thing when I know my demigod strength is basically cheating, even when I can hold back."

Hearing her boyfriend explain how he doesn't like to cheat made her happy, since she didn't want a jock as a boyfriend, just a kind and understanding guy like Maelstrom, which she was all too happy about.

Zeus's Temple

After dropping of Cassandra, the two brothers made their way to the temple, explaining to their father how Hercules joined the varsity team, with Zeus being thrilled at such a thing, along with going down his own memory lane of being a jock himself, after that Hercules left the temple in order to train for the games, leaving Zeus and his brother alone, "Maelstrom, why didn't you join the team?"

Maelstrom just rubs the back of his neck nervously, "Well, don't get me wrong, I'll support the team in my own way, but with our godly strength, it just feels like cheating to me."

Hearing what his son's explanation, Zeus rubbed his chin, "I suppose that's true, seeing as you and Hercules will be up against mortals, but why didn't you explain that to your brother?"

Maelstrom released a sigh, "I didn't explain it to him because I know how he is, when he gets something in his head, it's extremely difficult to change his mind, he needs to learn it by experiencing it himself."

Though Zeus didn't like the idea of Hercules learning in such a way, "Well, I suppose it'll help him in the long run, just, try and go easy on him next time, brothers should look out for one another you know."

Maelstrom nods his head, "I know father, I'm just supporting him, I'm not trying to hurt him, but I guess he gets his stubbornness from you." He finishes with a cheeky smile.

Zeus unconsciously nods his head at the supporting part, but when his son pointed out his stubbornness, "HEY, I'll have you know that I've mellowed out after you two were born," This caused the father and son duo to laugh at their bonding, "Though I suppose you get your cunning from Hera." Wanting to at least get a one-up on his son.

Though Maelstrom looks towards his father with the same smirk that Hera is known for, "Why father, I have no idea what you mean!" With that said and done, the two said their farewells and went back to their businesses.

Day Of The Sport

As it turned out, Zeus made it where instead of War, it'll be War Games, a competition between Athens and Sparta on the athletic field instead of killing each other, even though Aries was against it, a thunderbolt soon changed his tune.

So now, with everyone in the stadium, cheering their teams on, along with the gods in their own personal luxury box to watch the mortals compete.

On the field the coach was making the teens "stretch," wanting to get them ready for the competition, though Phil and Maelstrom had other ideas, with Phil pointing out, "Is that guy training them for the game, or getting them ready for bikini season!?"

Maelstrom just chuckled, "Tell me about it Phil, I think the reason why the team loses is because they don't have the right coach to push them to the proper limits, like you do for me and Herc."

Hearing this Phil waves it off, "Aw! Come on kid, ya embarrassing me." This caused the two to laugh.

Though Hercules explained that the guy was the gym teacher, but that didn't stop Phil and Maelstrom to point out that the guy was far too flimsy to actually coach, with Phil pointing out that he was their coach, though Hercules went to greet their friends.

Maelstrom placed a hand on Phil's shoulder, "Relax Phil, this is just a phase he's going through, besides, a gym coach can't beat a hero coach." With that Maelstrom patted Phil's shoulder and went to talk with the others, lifting Phil's spirits up a little.

Though Maelstrom heard Icarus talk about Hercules turning from being a geek, though Maelstrom just shock his head, though after hearing Phil asking about the javelin and the reward, he just ignored it, looked up to Cassandra, with the girl catching his eye, Maelstrom just holds his arms out, allowing Cassandra to know what he was asking, she hopped over the baloney and safely landed in her boyfriend's arms, happy to just relax in his arms.

As for his other girls they were still busy from before, with Tempest and Cerea still weak from overexertion, with Cathyl still looking after them, after getting milked from Maelstrom earlier that day, along with Rachnera and Kurama still in hiding.

Soon the stadium was filled with cheers from both sides, though the Athenians were relaxing, eating and drinking to cheer their team on, the Spartans weren't as expressive as them with their military background.

Half Way Through The Games

As it turns out, Maelstrom had called it, Hercules's demigod blood allowed him to pretty much dominate the games, with Hercules leading the team 20-00 against Sparta.

With the cheerleaders spelling out Hercules's name, though as it turns out, the life of a jock was starting to corrupt Hercules, with Cassandra having a vision of Hercules's blood, as it turned out the officials needed to do a blood test on Hercules, with Aries quoting Zeus about how only humans can compete in the games, meaning that due to Hercules being half mortal the wins he did now only count as half, along with being disqualified from the games.

Due to flunking his blood test, Hercules was now upset, Maelstrom was about to try and cheer him up, but saw their father Zeus appear to talk to his brother, so Maelstrom decided to just leave them be for the time being.

While Sparta made a comeback, with it now being a draw, suddenly four different monsters ended up crashing the games, seeing this Maelstrom quickly went into the changing rooms and changed into his hero gear, "I guess it pays to be prepared for anything." He says to himself with a smirk.

Once changed, Maelstrom came rushing back out and saw Phil cheering Hercules into taking the monsters out, seeing this, Maelstrom got himself read as well, "NIMBUS!" With the little cloud shooting towards Maelstrom, with the demigod jumping onto it, along with a flash of light as Glenda appeared in his hand as well.

Soon both brothers began rushing onto the field, with the announcer, announcing the comeback of Hercules, but also the fact that his brother Maelstrom were now on the field, getting ready to fight the monsters.

Maelstrom looks towards his brother, "Let's do this Hercules, no more games, just you and me kicking monster butt!" He finishes with a smirk at the end.

Hercules nods his head with his own smirk, "Right, a hero doesn't play games, he helps those in need."

As it turned out, a certain four-armed monster ended up devouring the officials, though Hercules managed to give the monster a gut-check, making the beast burp out the people, before Hercules could continue Maelstrom stopped him, "I got this guy, you deal with the others." Getting a nod from his brother.

Hercules rushes off to deal with Chimera, while Maelstrom looks towards the four-armed ape with a finger on his chin, "Haven't we met before!?"

The ape monster looks towards Maelstrom, then roars in recognition, "ME KNOW YOU, YOU PUNY MAN HIT ME WITH MAGIC ARROW, SENT ME FAR, ME DESTROY YOU THEN EAT YOUUUUUU!" The monster roars while banging his chest.

Maelstrom just smiles, "Oh yeah, I remember you now, not too smart are ya!" With that, Maelstrom began charging an arrow to send the monster flying again, while keeping out of reach this time, dodging the monster completely until he vanished from the monster's sight, with the monster having no idea where the blond demigod was, not knowing that Maelstrom was quietly hovering behind him.

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

That is until Maelstrom shot an arrow up the monster's behind, sending it flying while holding his ass, though while that happened Maelstrom couldn't help but say, "Why does that give me a sense of deja vu!? And why do I feel like calling it A Thousand Years Of Death!?"

For some reason he just couldn't put his finger on the reason and just shrugs it off, though he soon saw that Hercules had managed to finish off the other monsters, "Huh! I guess next time I shouldn't fool around!"

With that Hercules and Maelstrom walked up to each other, both then gave each other a high-five, all the while the announcer continued narrating what was happening, while calling them the "demi-twins" making the brothers look to each other and chuckle at the name.

That is until a certain Mother Of All Monsters made her appearance, catching the two off guard as well as catching them, with Maelstrom yelling in her hand, "WE'RE GONNA DIE! WE'RE GONNA DIEEEEEE!" Then Echidna began swinging them around, "I'M GONNA THROW UP! AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

With Hercules yelling along, "NOT ON ME YA NOT!" (A.N. I couldn't resist putting this reference in. lol)

All the while Phil tried helping with his advises, but nothing was working.

God's Balcony

Suddenly Athena shot up from her seat, "She's going to eat my Athenians!" While also thinking, "Not to mention my chess player!" Since it turns out her and Maelstrom have been enjoying a nice game of chess, but that's only when Rachnera wasn't around, for obvious reasons.

Ares also jumped from his seat, exclaiming, "And my Spartans!" This allowed the two to look at each other.

With the both of them agreeing on something, to work together to stop the mother of all monsters, which they did perfectly, sending the monster flying back to wherever she came from.

Along with the gym coach yelling happily that no-one lost on account of the monster attack, so the games pretty much ended in a tie, with both brothers thanking the gods for the help.

Though Maelstrom called, "Oh Athena, how about we finish the game tonight, since it's a full moon and the girls will be in bed for it?"

Being the Goddess of Wisdom, she understood what Maelstrom was talking about, "Of Course Maelstrom, I'm looking forward to finishing it." Since she didn't have to worry about a certain arachnid interfering.

As the gods walked away, Ares asked his sister out of curiosity, "What was that all about!?"

With Athena answering, "Oh me and Maelstrom have been playing a game of chess together, I have to say, I find his strategy very unpredictable, I've never had such fun before."

Ares on the other hand waved it off, "Bah! A couple of eggheads trying to beat each other without hurting each other, what a load of nonsense."

Hearing this Athena replied, "Actually brother, Maelstrom is quite a strategist, if I have to guess, if you played him he'll beat you easily."

As the the siblings began arguing again, Hercules and Maelstrom went back to their friends, with Maelstrom apologising about not stopping Hercules, but Hercules waved it off explaining that it was a good experience and he felt wiser for it as well, especially after speaking with their father.

Also Maelstrom ended up playing against Athena that night, but what was surprising was that Ares ended up joining them, after learning the rules of the game, unfortunately, Maelstrom ended up beating Ares without any problem, though it didn't stop the god from throwing a tantrum, with Maelstrom apologising for it.

To Be Continued.

While I'm glad to be writing again, I just wasn't feeling it, so again, sorry for taking so long, but hopefully I'll be able to get back into the swing of things again.

Also sorry that there wasn't much interaction with Maelstrom's girls, or the actual games, but since I'm not much of a sports fan I pretty much ended up cutting a lot of the story out of this chapter.

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.