Alright, so it took me a long while to figure out how I want this chapter to be written, but hopefully everyone enjoys it, sorry it took so long, I had to do it in segments just to write it.

The Brother Of Hercules

Chapter 30

Maelstrom and the Falling Stars

Phil's Training Ground

At the moment, the reincarnated ninja was terrified, he wasn't facing a horde of monsters, or his angry girlfriends, though he doesn't do anything but support them in whatever they want to do, but again, he wasn't scared of those things since they're easier to handle.

But what did make him terrified is one simple thing.

"I almost got it...!"

"Thud!"

His brother Hercules trying to learn archery, and felling in every sense of the word, with Phil trying to talk to him, "Kid, I don't think Archery is your strong suit, it might be best to leave that to your brother."

But Hercules wouldn't hear it, "No, no, I've got this, I mean, if Mael can do it, maybe I can too." He knew his brother was a pro at archery, though he was hoping that some of that part of Maelstrom might've helped him.

Hearing this, Maelstrom looked towards his brother, "Herc everybody's got at least one thing that they're weak against, mines being impatience when I'm not focusing on training, missions and other things, and it's kinda obvious that archery is yours."

Though Hercules wouldn't hear it, "But Mael I can do this, just one more shot!"

With that the arrow went flying, though it missed the target altogether, rebounding off of different things until.

"Whip!"

It sliced off Phil's beard, which set Phil off, "THAT'S IT! Take as many shots as ya want kid, I'm taking cover!" With that Phil walked off.

Though Maelstrom wants to support his brother, even he knew it was a much safer bet to stay out of the area for now, "Listen Herc, you know for a fact that I both trust and believe in you, but I think for the safety of my health, I'm gonna head off for some Speedy Pita."

As he was walking away, Hercules yelled out, "Oh come on, I'm not that bad, watch!"

With that he took another aim, only this time, he accidentally hit Pegasus's nest in a tree, "Whoops, sorry Pegasus!" With the winged horse grabbing the arrow in it's mouth and threw it to the ground below in a huff.

With Maelstrom rubbing the back of his neck, "Ye~ah, and that's my cue to leave while I don't have any holes in me!" With that the blond demigod made his exit.

Though Hercules is slightly frustrated at his brother ditching him, he can't deny that his brother made a fair point, but also even Hercules himself agreed that it might be safer until he gets the hang of it.

"Come on, I can do this, Mael's a pro at this so surely some of his skill is the same as me, I mean, we're twins right, we should at least be good at some of the same things."

With that Hercules continued practising, while Mael visited Icarus and his girls, with Tempest and Cerea making a full recovery and Kurama and Rachnera came out of hiding, so the group had a nice time chatting and hanging out, though on occasion Icarus would do something "Icarus" like and caused the group to call it a day, with Cassandra heading for home and Tempest heading for her dorm, since both girls had enjoyed themselves today and wanted to relax at their place of residence, with Cassandra not wanting to worry her parents, though nothing seems to worry them considering their positive out look.

With the group not knowing what Hercules is up to.

Next Day

Maelstrom was sitting next to Cassandra during astronomy class, with the teacher explaining how the cosmos was to stay in perfect balance and harmony, though asking the students why they were there, that is until Icarus jumps up, "I'M HERE TA GET MY CHART READ! Hey teach! Am I ever gonna find a girlfriend, or will Maelstrom be taking them all!"

Once Maelstrom and his girls heard that question, Tempest and Cerea looked away with heavy blushes, with the centaur's ears flapping, Cassandra and Rachnera just smirked with a light dusting of pink on their cheeks, with the spider-girl resting her arms and chest on the back of Maelstrom's head and shoulders, loving the fact that she's teasing Maelstrom with everyone's eyes on them.

Maelstrom just clears his throat, "Um, I-Icarus, this is astronomy, not astrology, also I don't take all the girls, I just respect them as equals." When he said that the girls around him just smile and move closer to him, causing him to blush slightly at the action and look away from the glaring in jealousy-boys.

Deciding to move on from the interruption, the teacher began explaining about the cosmos again, unfortunately he was interrupted by the booming footsteps of the constellation, Orion moving towards them, walking with Hercules, while it caused a shock for the teacher, Maelstrom just couldn't help but slap his forehead, knowing that his brother had done something foolish again.

With the teacher asking to see Hercules after class, with Maelstrom knowing that things will be going down hill soon.

Cafeterium

Soon everyone was happily sitting around and chatting, though thankfully Mael and the girls had brought their own lunch, since the school lunches were just plain awful, that is unless you're Icarus.

Since both Hercules and Orion sat down, Hercules introduced Orion to his brother and friends, with Icarus being himself and being loud about meeting a heavenly body.

While Icarus was having his "fan" moment, the girls and Mael all looked to each other, knowing that things are no doubt gonna get real messy soon, that is until Cassandra had one of her visions, "I see the stars, falling, falling, falling!"

Which told the girls and Mael that it's a certain that trouble will be on the way, though Icarus wasn't too bothered by such a thing.

Unfortunately while that was happening Orion made his way to the next floor in curiosity, with Hercules trying to stop him, with Mael looking towards Rachnera, "Say Rachnee, do you think you can give us a lift to see what the big guy is gonna do to Adonis."

Hearing the request made a big fanged smile appear on the arachnid's face, "Coming right up, Honey~" With that, she shot up onto the ceiling and used her webbing to bring the others up as well, wanting a "front row seat" to Adonis stick his foot in his mouth, and they weren't disappointed.

For you see, before their eyes, Adonis was running backwards on the red carpet that was yanked by Orion, with the group enjoying the sight of the baby-prince being put in his place, that is until the end of the carpet came along and caused Adonis to fall backwards, with his goblet hitting his head causing everyone to laugh at the sight.

Though after the laughter was finished with, Mael noticed that Orion was telling Hercules something, but just shrugged it off and the group was lowered back to ground level, though they didn't notice Helen was watching Mael with a slight glint in her eye.

With Mael and the others still laughing at the sight of Adonis, "Alright, alright, I think we've had enough for the day, how about we go and call it a night, also I think it's time for me to help Cathyl out."

Though Icarus thought he meant working for her, the girls knew what he was really talking about and everyone carried on with their day.

Gyro World

Once Mael had finished with Cathyl's "health check" along with some "fun" because of it, the blond demigod met up with both Icarus and Cassandra, since unfortunately tonight was a full moon and the demi-humans needed to sleep during such a time, otherwise Naruto would be both injured and happy at the same time the next day.

Tempest also decided to have an early night, since she and Mael will be training the next day.

Everything was going on just fine, until Orion took the shawarma spit from the food stall, with Hercules trying to tell the constellation off, but Orion just brushed it off.

During this the other constellations broke through the hole in the sky, causing Helen to scream, "AAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! THE SKY IS FALLING!"

Though Mael managed to grab her and try to comfort her by bring her into a hug (which she secretly enjoyed), yet Cassandra had a smirk on her face and "marked" a point for her vision coming true, though the teacher screamed in horror at such a thing to happen, knowing that it was Hercules's fault, with the teen trying to apologise, but Orion stopped him.

While the constellation and red headed demigod went on the hunt for the other constellations, Mael was still holding a slightly frazzled Helen, "Hey listen guys, I'm gonna take Helen home, she's still pretty scared about what happened."

Hearing this Helen quickly grabbed Mael by his toga, "P-P-Please Mael, d-d-don't l-l-leave me a-alone!" Seeing this reaction the trio couldn't help but agree that Mael needs to look after her for a while, yet something about her stuttering felt slightly familiar to Mael, but he just can't think about it at the moment since he needs to be there for Helen.

Maelstrom pulled her in for another comforting hug, "It'll be alright Helen, you can spend the night at my place until Hercules and Orion can sort it all out." He then looks towards Cassandra and Icarus, who had concerned looks, "Listen guys, you two better get to your folks place for now, at least until Herc has cleaned up his mess."

Ircarus then yelled out, "But aren't ya gonna help them!?"

Maelstrom looked towards the brain-fried boy, "I would, but not while Helen is in this state, it just wouldn't be right to just leave her like this, just go home and make sure your parents are alright, wouldn't want anything bad happening to them."

With that, the pair made their exit, with Cassandra giving Mael a quick kiss on the cheek, while whispering something into Helen's ear, causing the startled girl to blush and hide her face in Mael's chest (while secretly taking a whiff of his scent), "Alright, let's go, NIMBUS!" Mael's voice knocked Helen out of her thoughts of the handsome blond that was holding her.

With the little cloud making it's appearance next to them, Mael quickly picked up Helen like a bride, causing her to blush some more at being in the strong arms of her crush, Mael soon hopped onto the cloud while still holding the girl, since she's never rode a cloud before so he didn't want to scare her and took it slow.

Maelstrom's Home

Once the two landed, with Nimbus shooting off again, Mael carried Helen into his house and set her on the settee, trying to calm her down, "It'll be okay Helen, just take deep breathes and try to calm down."

Helen couldn't help but smile at such a caring person helping her, Adonis the chicken had just ran away and left her while the constellations were falling, but she followed his instructions to take deep breaths.

Maelstrom was trying to think of something to help her relax, that is until, "Wait here a second, I'll be right back, I promise."

With that he was gone, but before she could worry again, he was back, "Listen, how about you borrow this set of bikini that Cassandra had and we have a dip in my hotspring, that should help calm you down, what do you think."

While she was blushing at the thought of bathing with Maelstrom in his hotspring, she can't deny that she had dreams about such a thing, so with a silent nod the two entered the baths together, though she was slightly upset that Maelstrom was wearing a bathing robe, the fact that they were together made her happy and the water was so relaxing and soothing.

Though during the soak, she asked, "Um, Mael, c-can I ask a favour, c-could you p-please help me wash my back." She was a blushing mess after asking such a request.

Mael himself couldn't keep the blush of his face ether, but he knows that the bath is helping her, "A-Alright, I-I guess I can help out."

With that Mael began helping Helen wash her back, with the girl blushing and not believing how good it felt to have Mael help her out, though during this Mael became worried about his brother, "I certainly hope Hercules is alright, I know I shouldn't have left him with Orion, but the way Helen was, I just couldn't leave her."

Though while he was in his own thoughts, Helen was happy, Maelstrom was such a kind and caring man, his back washes were amazing for her, in her happy state, Helen ended up leaning backwards more, not realising that Mael's thoughts were on his brother, until.

"EPPP!? Ummmm~!"

Due to his wondering mind, Maelstrom didn't take into account that Helen was leaning backwards, that is until his hands were holding and massaging what he thought was Helen's back, but because of her leaning, he accidentally grabbed something else.

"U-Um! Mael,(UM~!) Y-Y-you're hands are(Ah~!) grabbing them(UMMM~!)"

Quickly coming back to reality, Maelstrom looked towards Helen, hearing her erotic moans and groans, and seeing why, since his hands were rubbing and messaging her breasts, with quick speed, he pulled his hands away, "S-Sorry, m-my mind was thinking about my brother, I just hope he's alright with Orion, I swear I never meant for that to happen!"

While she was glad it was by accident, she can't deny that she felt a slight thrill and heat of Maelstrom's "massage" in such a place, with red cheeks she quickly replied, "I-I-I-It's alright Mael, i-i-i-it was just an accident."

With that they quickly got out and began relaxing on the settee, though they were blushing they kept averting their eyes away from each other, with a quick clear of his throat, "H-How about we call it a night, you're more than welcome to borrow Cassandra's bed for the night if you want."

Helen was still looking away, "U-Um I'm s-still not settled, even after the bath, c-can you stay with me please."

Hearing the request, Maelstrom couldn't really deny such a thing, since the stars did actually fell, "Um, I guess it's fine."

With that, Maelstrom walked her to his room, seeing as he bed was larger, since the girls mostly slept in his bed, along with certain "activities" that they did as well.

But during which, Maelstrom was wide awake, since Helen wanted to use his chest as a pillow, with her softly breathing in his scent, she was soon fast asleep listening to his heartbeat, though soon, Maelstrom's own eyes became heavy and he fell asleep as well, all the while unconsciously wrapping his arms around Helen's waist.

Next Day

Slowly Helen's eyes began to open, at first she didn't know where she was until she remembered last night and how scared she was about the sky falling, but with Maelstrom helping her out, she couldn't help but think how silly it was to act in such a way now, which was all thanks to Maelstrom who was, at this moment, still asleep and still holding her close to him.

Though now, she also realised just "how close" they were, with her feeling something against her leg, she tried to move her leg away, while wondering what it could be in her half asleep mind, until she heard Maelstrom's soft groan, along with "feeling" the object twitch and slowly start to move, making her wake up even more, "Is that Mael's...!?"

She didn't need to finish that thought when all of a sudden the "object" was now resting between her cheeks, she tried biting her lip to hold off on the erotic moan from such a thing, though it was really difficult for her, "How has he been hiding such a "thing" under his toga!?" She couldn't help but think to herself, asking the same question that each of the girls Mael has ever been with.

Though at the moment she was trying to move it away from her with her legs, seeing as Maelstrom had his arms wrapped around her waist and arms, along with seeing him have such a cute sleeping face, she just couldn't bring herself to wake him up, not that she would considering their embarrassing predicament.

She tried moving her legs over the appendage without moving her upper body too much since she didn't want to wake Mael up, but (un)fortunately, all this did was cause her to "rub" against the appendage, causing another moan to try and come out of her.

Her actions while unwarranted, caused her to realise a shudder up her spine, she just couldn't help but slowly succumb to such a feeling, oh she tried so hard not to, but her teenage hormones and the thrill of possibly being caught, she just couldn't resist.

Few Hours Later

The door to Maelstrom's room opened, with Mael walking out without so much as saying a word, minus a quick "Morning." To his roommates, which the three found odd, but noticed the slight blush on his cheeks, with Rachnera having a knowing smirk, but decided to keep quiet, since there would be plenty of time to tease him about it later, considering what she saw early was anything to go by.

Cerea was too busy sharpening her sword, though she did spare a glance now and again, wondering why her master was acting in such a way, thoughshe understands that Mael sometimes have his own secrets that he'll possibly share later once he's ready.

Cathyl on the other hand was still in a slight state of euphoria after Maelstrom's "healing" hands, so at the moment she was on cloud nine.

Soon Mael quietly made himself a large breakfast, "I'm going to eat in my room today." He tells them out loud in a monotone voice, which the girls know means he's hiding something, but until he tells them what he's hiding they leave it be since they respect him enough not to ask, though Rachnera already knows, but she'll let him wriggle a little since it was always cute and amusing for her to witness such a thing.

Maelstrom's Room

Sitting in bed was a dishevelled Helen, her hair was a mess, she had a bashful smile on her face and she was holding the bed sheets to her chest, all the while thinking while Mael went to grab some food for after what they did, "I can't believe I just did that, it's so unbecoming of me to let my hair down like that, but by the gods, he was soo~ amazing! Just WOW! I-I can't even feel my legs after what happened~."

While trying to get her head around her "experience" she couldn't help but feel more attracted towards Maelstrom, he was everything that Adonis wasn't, kind, sweet, caring, he had just the biggest heart than anyone she knows, "Not to mention a big-!" She quickly shook her head of such thoughts, though it does raise the question of 'what now.'

Maelstrom soon entered his room, making sure to close the door completely so no-one can peek inside.

Quickly and carefully, Maelstrom placed the tray of food on the bedside table, "(Ahem!) So~ I-I hope you had a g-good night and h-have calmed d-down now." He couldn't keep the stuttering from his voice, along with a slight blush at his double meaning.

Which wasn't lost to the princess ether, "O-Oh, n-no, I-I've calmed down n-now, I-I can't believe h-how silly it was of me to become hysterical like that."

Soon the two began talking in a more calmer manner, with Maelstrom explaining how he understood what she was talking about and how it was a perfectly natural reaction to such a scene.

Soon the talk began to quiet down, since they were slowly coming to what had happened between the two this morning, "Um, Mael, um, I k-know that w-what we did this m-morning wasn't really "planned" but, um, I can honestly say, I d-did enjoy it."

Mael was blushing and rubbing the back of his neck in both embarrassment and nervousness, "O-Oh, well, I'm glad you l-liked it Helen." He really didn't know what to say.

Helen began poking her fingers together, "A-actually, I-I was told that y-your's and C-Cassandra had a v-very "unique" r-relationship, d-do you m-mind if I b-become a-apart of it as well!"

Hearing the question, Maelstrom's eyes widen, "W-WAIT!? W-Who told you about that!?"

Helen averted her eyes, "Um, well..."

Living Room

"RACHNERA!"

Hearing the yell, the arachnid couldn't keep the smile from her face, "Well now~ sounds like honey~ heard about Helen wanting to join the family~"

Cerea looked towards the pranking-arachnid in question, "While I can understand Helen wanting to be with Master, how did she find out about our f-family in such a way." She couldn't help the cute blush and ears flap after the meaning behind their family relationship.

Yet all she got was a "Fu fufufufu~!" In response after the eight-legged girl made her escape to hide from Honey for a while, at least until he's calmed down.

Mael's Room

Helen was rubbing a hunched over maelstrom's back, trying to help him understand that she wasn't ashamed about what happened, though she was glad that he took her thoughts into consideration, once he managed to calm down, the two began talking, with Maelstrom explaining the details about his relationship between the girls he's with, though Helen did blush at Mael telling her the "special" treatment Cathyl has to go through, along with drinking the milk herself, but she can't deny that it is tasty.

Soon things had calmed down and they've finished eating, "Um, Mael, w-would it be a-alright if I stayed in bed, I-I, um, c-can't feel my legs!" She finishes in a whisper, causing Mael to blush at such a thing as well.

"O-Oh, y-yeah, s-sure, i-if ya n-need anything j-just l-let me know!" With that he made his exit, with the exhausted Helen laying back down with a happy smile on her face, though she did feel a slight "ache" when she moved, but it was an "enjoyable" one.

Though she can't help but wonder what Mael will do to Rachnera once he gets his hands on the arachnid, though for now, she'll just rest and think about it later.

The End.

And I've finished this chapter, sorry it took so long, I was trying to figure out a filler for this chapter, since I doubt Maelstrom would want anything to do with Orion and Hercules, considering what happened at Gyro World, along with Orion's saying, so he'd want to stay as far away from them as possible.

Also I figured that it was time that I brought Helen into the "fold" since it feels like her yelling sounded hysterical to me and no doubt Maelstrom would want to help her out, with both Icarus and Cassandra agreeing, though the question of if Cassandra allowed Helen to join the "group" or not is the question that no-one will ever know. lol

I Do Not Own Naruto Or Hercules.