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Another chapter. This one just deals with how they got together. it�s a flashback chapter that can be afforded to be skipped.

Pairing: Hercules/Iolaus at the start. Could end up either Herc/Iolaus or Ares/Iolaus.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hercules: TLJ or make money from this fic.

Rating: NC-17

Beta: Myself

Warnings: Mpreg, Violence, Slash, Lemons.

Timeline: Takes place after 'Old Ares had a farm' in Xenaverse. Also Takes place 'Full Circle' in Hercules.

Really big A/N: I have just realised I have made a big timeline plot hole. 'Old Ares had a farm' was set 25 years later in the Xenaverse world. Lets pretend Ares gave u his godhood 25 years earlier to protect baby Eve, who will be in this fic. I may edit chap 1 and 2 to include her

"Talking� �Thinking�

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2 months earlier��
Hercules and Iolaus said there farewells as they left the village of Lerna. They had helped vacate the town of a pack of Bone dryad�s ( 1 ) that had been let loose from the underworld by the Alcyonean lake and were feasting on Lerna�s innocent villagers during the night while they slept. Hercules had to go personally down into the underworld and visit his stubborn uncle to call them off. They continued treading down a fairly travelled path towards Hercules� mothers house where Jason now lived alone and tended to get fairly lonely. Iolaus adjusted the pack and bow on his shoulder and turned to look at Hercules.
�I didn�t think you would of got to Hades in time Herc. One had me in a choke hold and I was starting to see my life flash before my eyes. By the way do you remember a time back in the academy when we got a bum who looked like Ares to play him so we could distract Discord and Strife while Jas went to a peace meeting?� ( 2 )
Hercules frowned in concentration and then suddenly smiled and chuckled and said �Oh yea. They must have been so blind not to know he was a fake Ares. I mean he was a terrible actor and why would Ares suddenly decide I was his favourite brother. They were so gullible.�
�Yea. May Strifes soul rest in peace. Well I�d mean it if he was nice to us once in a while or if he even had a soul be begin with anyway.�
They walked on trailing through the small forest and past rocky plains and hills until Helios finally decided to rest for the day and dusk started settling its way all over Greece. They had just reached another small forest and decided to make camp for the night.
Iolaus caught and prepared two plump pheasants he managed to catch in a pitfall trap. He had plucked and beheaded them and now had them roasting over a fire with a stick through them dug into the ground. Hercules had made the fire while Iolaus was out catching dinner.
Checking to see if they were ready Iolaus casually said. �Do you think we will ever settle down again?� Seeing the pheasant were done he gave on them to Hercules who started nibbling on it.
�Well to be honest Iolaus, we have never really settled down before. I kept getting villagers asking for help and you kept tagging along.�
�Tagging along? Well if you think I�m such a pest then I may as well return to Thebes and leave you to your own pleasant company� Iolaus said jokingly. He knew how much his buddy hated travelling with only himself for company and even Iolaus never did like it that much either. Finishing the pheasant and casting the carcass into a nearby hedge Iolaus jumped up, dusted his but and went over to his pack to retrieve his and Hercules� bedrolls. Getting the light blankets he threw Hercules� over to its owner and carefully laid his down next to the fire and settled himself down on it so he was facing Hercules leaning on one elbow.
�When will we reach Jason�s?� He asked. He tended to avoid using Alcmene�s name whenever he could around Herc as his eyes would glaze over with a touch a melancholy and would become distant and often unpredictable in his moods for a while. Not that he blamed him though, he himself felt surly whenever someone mentions Skorous to him. Even though they didn�t have the best father/son relationship Iolaus still missed him at times.
�If we keep to the path, don�t get called to help a village, or get attacked by bandits, we should reach there tomorrow afternoon.�
�Great, I cant wait for a soft bed at night, a roaring fire, nice and warm bread in the morning, an actual roof over our heads, tavern ale, and just general male bonding between us three guys. Hay, the three of us should travel together for a while. And you know, visit the academy, no. We should take a holiday. Maybe the East. I would show you and Jas the sights. You could meet my mentors and try all the food over there, some of its weird but you get used to it. Wait, the East is to far away. By the time we got there and back Greece would be in pandemonium. Actually, thinking about it, I would like to visit Egypt again because I didn�t get to see the tomb of� �
�Goodnight Iolaus!� Hercules interrupted sounding fatigued. He had finished his dinner, laid down his bedroll on the other side of the fire and closed his eyes only to have Iolaus� voice invade his ears non-stop. He heared Iolaus huff but lay down. He glanced over to see Iolaus with his back to him. He continued to watch him until he heard Iolaus� breathing even out and become slower. He sighed as he realized he had lost out on a lot of sleep in the past few weeks just watching his partner as he slept. Even when he did sleep his dreams involved Iolaus. Iolaus had pointed out on a few occasions before that he had developed bags under his eyes and his movement in battle has gotten more sluggish. He sighed once again into the moonless night as his mind went and drifted to the thoughts that have been going over his head each night they settled down and went to sleep.
�Why do I just lay here doing this to myself. The reason I have been thinking about him differently recently is because I am lonely and he is there. It just a infatuation. Yea an infatuation I have had basically all of my adult life.� He had tried over the past weeks to fool himself into believing that his feelings for Iolaus have come back because �He has nearly lost him to many times.� or �His lonely heart reaching to the nearest person near him.� In truth he had always thought of Iolaus as more than a friend, even at the academy Iolaus had been the main source and participant in most of his wet-dreams when he had first reached puberty. He laid there trying to get rid of his feelings by trying just to focus on Iolaus� bad habits.
�He never shuts up. He has to short of a temper. He�s loud and noisy. He has a amazing list of experiences with bad luck. He is a shame less flirt. He never considers my feelings when he leaves a tavern with some random woman or when he comes back a few hours later with his eyes misted over his fringe sticking to his forehead. His ability to exaggerate our adventures to complete strangers. The way eyes shine as he accounts the stories to the strangers. His dazzling smile whenever he laughs at one his own stupid jokes. The way his hair�ah Tartarus.�
Hercules could feel himself growing hot and quietly stood up, with a wistful last glance at Iolaus he left the camp-site. He walked for a couple of minutes through the thicket until he came a small lake. The clouds had finally given way and the moon was shining down glinting off the surface of the water and casting the whole sparkling lake into view. Hercules threw himself onto a log facing the lake as he heaved a sigh and put his head in his hands. �I am in love, face it Hercules. You love Iolaus.�
�I love Iolaus.� He declared out aloud looking at the peaceful lake.
�Way to go bro.� chirped a voice to his left. Hercules head shot up to see Aphrodite appear in a mixture of gold sparks and pink and red hearts. She had her hair up in a bun and was wearing a pink pyjama set with fluffy pink slippers. Her face was lit up in a huge smile.
�Aphrodite? What are you doing here?� Hercules questioned with barely contained irritation. He hated it when one of his relatives was watching him while invisible.
Aphrodite just squealed and zipped up to Hercules. Grabbing his hands she pulled in to his feet and hugged him tightly. Still squealing she said �I am like so proud of you big bro. You totally admitted it out loud. Finally.�
Gently pushing his ecstatic sister away from him and held her shoulders at arms length he looked at her directly in the eye. �Am I right to guess you are behind this?�
Smiling brightly the Goddess of love nodded her head vigorously. Hercules sighed sadly and let go of her and walked solemnly towards the lake and gazed emotionlessly onto the shimmering surface. Aphrodite�s smile was replaced with a worried look and she followed him to the edge of the lake. Placing a comforting hand on his shoulder she asked tenderly. �Your in love big bro. Why are you so sad?�
Glancing at his sister he said spitefully. �I though my feelings for Iolaus were real. Now I found out all my life I was a pawn in one of your sick love games. I know you play with peoples minds Dite. I just never thought you would play with mine.�
Shaking her head in denial she said �Your love for Iolaus is real. You have loved him since the academy, I know, trust me. Anyway after the academy you locked your heart away, you kept denying your feelings so much that you even fooled yourself. And since Deianeira and Serena�s death there has been a gap in your heart. I wanted so much to fill that gap and so I decided to unlock your heart.�
�What did you do?�
�It was so totally easy, I like, just convinced Morpheus to let me influence your dreams.�
�And do I even want to know how you convinced him?�
Aphrodite lowered her eyes and poked Hercules in his chest and shrilled �Don�t you accuse me of cheating on my Hephy. Because I didn�t. Anyway, its not a big deal, all I did was show him the girls and he was putty mud in my hands. And don�t worry about sweet cheeks not returning your feelings, because he does. He has sent prayers to me thinking I wasn�t listening. He is just good at hiding his emotions. But I�m telling you bro he is just a puppy with a bone. A nice big juicy��
�I get it. Ok, I�m going to tell him and if he doesn�t return my feelings-�
�He will. You gotta trust me on this bro. I gotta go, Hephy likes midnight nookie. Laters.� Waving she disappeared in the same fashion she showed up. Hercules twisted around to head back to camp when he stooped in his tracks to see Iolaus emerging from the trees. Their eyes met and Iolaus started making his way towards him. Letting out a long unsteady breath he walked up to Iolaus and met him half way.
�Hey.� Iolaus started. �I woke up and you were gone again. I got worried so I followed your trail. Whats up?�
�I have just been doing some serious rethinking lately. Iolaus� Gulping, he reached for Iolaus hands and took them in his own. Rubbing the back of the hands with his thumbs he said �I am just going to say this plain and strait. I love you, I have loved you since the academy. I haven�t been able to sleep much these last few weeks because all I can think about it you.� �Please don�t hate me.� he silently pleaded. Hercules saw Iolaus� face change from worried to confusion to shock. Then to Hercules� complete horror, he started laughing. Feeling like he had eaten a whole cartful of falafel�s food Hercules let go of Iolaus hands and looked away.
Iolaus had realized laughing was a horrendous mistake was when Hercules� face turned green and he let go of his hands. Realizing Hercules meant it, Iolaus was stunned and started gaping like a fish.

Looking back up to Iolaus Hercules started rambling in a shaky voice �Im sorry, please tell me we can still be friends. Even if we stop travelling together I wouldn�t mind as long as I knew you didn�t hate me. I care to much for our�� Hercules was silence as he felt lips ascend onto his own. He tried to pull away and noticed that Iolaus had wrapped his arms around his neck. Letting go of Hercules lips some time later Iolaus looked into Hercules� eyes lovingly and declared. �I love you to big guy. I was laughing that it was actually you who admitted it so I wont have to go the rest of my life thinking I was chasing after a dream.
�Why were you going to wait for me to make the first move?�
�Easy. If I told you I love you and you sent me away I wouldn�t be able to live. It would just have been easier loving you from afar than loving you and not being able to go near you at all.�
Pulling Iolaus closer to him he whispered �I love you so much and I will never stop.�
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Hercules remembered they had made love for the very first time that night and they have had many nights like that afterwards aswell. It is usually how they finish most nights and start most mornings.

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(1) Bone dryads - An undead creature that looks like a humanoid skeleton with wings and a tail. It was in a Xena episode. I forget which one though.
(2) - From a young Hercules episode called �Con Ares.� What Iolaus said was basically a summery of the episode. It was quite funny though.
Yet another chapter coming in a few mins.
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