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Yo! What's up? Here's chapter eleven! Well... here it is.
Chapter 11: Quest Start! {Durotar Arc}
The next day...
"Man. We've been travelling for two days straight. How long before we arrive?" Jiraiya complained, looking out the window. The main room has been where they've been doing most of their training. Jiraiya was getting a little impatient. The lack of change in scenery didn't help that much. It was all clouds and water.
"Well. I think the pilot said it can take up to five days before we arrive." Castle told him.
"Five days!?" Jiraiya almost yelled. "Ask the pilot again! That's too long!"
Castle shook his head. "Asking wouldn't make much of a change."
"Pay him more."
"Excuse me?"
"Pay him more to speed this thing up. There's gotta be something." Jiraiya repeated.
"Jiraiya, you already owe me quite a lot. I'm not paying him more just to speed this thing up." Castle said firmly.
"Nope." The other man replied. The paladin looked at him confusedly. "You actually owe me."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Jiraiya affirmed. "The technique i'm currently teaching you is an invaluable technique. The least you can do is to speed this thing up."
There was silence for a few moments before Castle gave out an exasperated sigh. "Fine." He stood up from his seat and walked to the cockpit. Just before he was about to enter, he looked at Jiraiya. "I'm only doing this because I want to get home earlier." And he entered the room.
"Yeah right..."
A few minutes later...
Castle finally walked out of the cockpit. Jiraiya smiled at him. "How did it go?"
"Well, they're gonna speed it up a little. We'll arrive to Dalaran tomorrow morning." He informed.
"Great!" He yelled triumphantly. "Now... back to training." He stood up and did two Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone). Two clones appeared next to him.
"Two? Why do you need two?" Castle inquired.
"Well. If we are going up against a powerful foe, it would be better if I had something else up my sleeve." He explained.
"Well. I guess i'll train alongside you." Castle took a balloon from the bag.
"Let's give it all we got eh Castle?" Jiraiya put his fist up in the air.
'Where did this enthusiasm of his come from...?' He thought to himself. But he can't help but smile. "Yeah I guess."
"Come on! Cheer up." Jiraiya said.
And so... the two started their training.
"Ha! I got it!" Jiraiya was holding a Katon: Rasengan on each of his hands.
"I'm not gonna lose to you!" Castle yelled. Putting more effort into what he was doing. He was still unable to master the Rasengan. The ball popped after a few moments. "Argh!" He took another one and did the same thing.
"Ha! Too bad kid! It'll take a hundred years before you win against me!" Jiraiya boasted.
"I can't wait a hundred years! I'll need this power to protect my home." Castle said.
'This kid...' Jiraiya thought, looking at the young man. He almost saw Naruto in his place. 'His determination is almost on par with Naruto.' He thought to himself, smiling.
"Ha! I got it!" Castle's voice pulled Jiraiya out of his train of thoughts. In Castle's hand was a Rasengan... A yellow, shining Rasengan.
'It's so bright... and full of hope.' Jiraiya commented as he stared at the Rasengan. "Say Castle. Let's call it... Hope Rasengan." He suggested.
"Not bad old man." Castle told him with a laugh. He let the Rasengan dissipate and smiled to himself. "Well. I finally got it." He sighed.
"Come... Let's try something."
The next morning...
"Dalaran is in sight. Please be ready to land and start fixing your belongings. Thank you." The pilot announced.
"You heard that? Let's start packing." Castle told Jiraiya. They stood up from the couch and went to their rooms.
Moments later... they heard the zeppelin land. They opened the door and set foot on the floating city of Dalaran.
"Finally!" Jiraiya exclaimed. "Solid ground."
Castle thanked the pilots and walked towards Jiraiya. "Let's go. I think that tower has a portal to Northrend." He told him, pointing to one of the towers.
"But first... let's get something to eat." Jiraiya interjected.
"Okay. I know a place."
The duo walked around Dalaran. After minutes of walking, they found a tavern of sorts. Castle, of course, paid for the food. They proceeded towards the tower. They climbed the stairs and once they found the mage who "runs" the portal, they asked her to create the portal. Of course... Castle paid again.
"Let's go?" Jiraiya asked. They stood in front of the portal.
"The portal should take you straight to the northwestern shore of Daggercap Bay." The mage told the both of them.
"Yeah." Castle affirmed. They both stepped through at the same time.
On Daggercap Bay...
The duo stepped through the portal and found themselves... as the mage said, at the northwestern shore of Daggercap Bay. But near them stood Jaina and five knights.
"You shall not go beyond this point!" Jaina ordered.
"Lady Jaina? What are you doing here?" Castle asked. "And why did you bring knights?"
"You two are going on a suicide mission! There's no way you'd be able to make it through the quest!" Jaina reasoned.
"I thought you had more hope for me than that Jaina." Jiraiya said firmly, he had a serious expression on.
"I'm just worried about you!" She replied.
"So you admit it?" Jiraiya's serious face turned to flirtatious.
"Did you just... Argh! Let's go back to Orgrimmar, i'll give you a ride there." Jaina frustratedly said.
"No."
"What?"
"You heard me. No." Jiraiya repeated.
"What? It's too dangerous!"
"That's what your knights are here for right?" He said, looking at the knights.
"Wha-... No!" Jaina quickly replied.
"I can see right through you." He told her. "Come on, let's find a place to stay." Castle reluctantly came with him.
"Hey! Wait!" Jaina called out. She muttered something under her breath before she mounted her own horse and followed the two.
They soon found an inn and decided to turn in for the day.
"I'm gonna find where the dreadlord and his Risen resides. You all stay here. I'll be right back." Jiraiya told them all.
Jaina opened her mouth to protest but he was gone before she even had a chance to say something.
"Lady Jaina?" Castle called out. Jaina raised an eyebrow. "Let's go outside, to the shore. I'm gonna show you something."
And so, the two went outside.
"What was it that you wanted to show me?" Jaina asked curiously. Castle held out his hand... and did the Hope Rasengan. Jaina's eyes widened when she saw the technique. "H-how? How are you able to master the Rasengan? And you even added Light into it!" She exclaimed.
"You see. Mana can't materialize outside. It will dissipate after some time and is really hard to control. You have to convert the mana into something else to be able to do the Rasengan. In my case, I converted it into Light, and the result is the Hope Rasengan." He let the Rasengan disappear. "Try it for yourself milady."
Jaina nodded and summoned her "chakra hands". "Here we go..."
"Lady Jaina, i've been meaning to ask this. How do you do those hands?" He pointed at the chakra hands.
"Ah. These? They are the result of my arcane mastery and training over the years." She explained.
"Oh, so it's an arcane-type magic." Castle deduced.
"Precisely." She affirmed.
Five days later...
"I finally know where the Risen are." Jiraiya informed everyone. "After a bunch of false leads, I finally found them. They reside in huge underground place called Azjol-Nerub."
"Azjol-Nerub? No wonder people couldn't find them." Castle commented.
"Are you sure?" Jaina asked.
"Of course. There were a mix of demons, undead, and even large spiders." Jiraiya explained.
"Nerubians?" Castle put down his cup of tea. "Did Balnazzar manage to corrupt them?"
"That might be the case." Jaina affirmed. She stood up from her seat. "Let's go."
"Whoah. You seem to be in a hurry." Jiraiya said, sitting near Castle.
"The sooner we leave here, the better." She simply said, her face had no expression on it. But Jiraiya noticed a hint of sadness on her. It was the sadness... when you lose someone dear to you.
'I'm going to have to ask Castle about that.' He thought. "Okay. Assemble the knights Castle."
"They are not just simple knights. They were Knights of the Silver Hand. Which led me to think that Lord Tirion may have known about this and sent these men." Castle explained.
"Well, let's get going. Let's finish that dreadlord."
Hours later...
They finally arrived at the entrance of Azjol-Nerub. And there stood five doomguards and some large nerubians, guarding the entrance. The nerubians had some unusual red eyes.
"Looks like it was true. They were corrupted by Balnazzar himself." Castle pointed out. "What should we do? Should we sneak past them?"
"And how would we do that genius? There's no way we can sneak past them. They're too many." Jiraiya noticed something from above. "Scatter!" He suddenly yelled. Everyone jumped away just in time. A meteor fell from the sky, and it came alive.
"Infernal!" One of the paladins yelled.
"Infernal?" Jiraiya asked.
"They are basically living rocks. Strong living rocks." Castle explained.
"I'll take on the infernal. Looks like we've already been noticed." Jaina threw several frost bolts, all hitting the infernal's "face".
There were other demons, undead and nerubians pouring out of the cave too. The five paladins took on the first creatures that came charging at them, easily killing them.
A large concentration of undead came charging out of the cave. Jiraiya quickly did some hand seals. "Katon: Endan! (Flame Release: Flame Bullet!)" A large fireball came out of Jiraiya's mouth and took out the forsaken undead.
"We are very outnumbered right now!" Castle yelled, slashing one of the nerubian's foot off and stabbing it to the face to finish him.
"Okay. Jaina!" Jiraiya called out.
"What!?" She called back. "Argh! Eat this!" She formed a Rasengan on her right hand, blinked just behind the infernal's head. "Arcane Rasengan!" She yelled, shoving the technique behind the head of her opponent. The jutsu let out an explosion of arcane magic and killed the infernal. She looked around and found Jiraiya looking at her. She blinked quickly towards him. "What is it?"
"So, you managed to master the Rasengan after all." He commented.
"You think... i'll let myself... be beaten by you?" She replied, panting.
"Well, protect me for a moment." He told her as he sat still on the ground.
"Okay. I understand." She killed each and every Risen that got close to them. After thee minutes of sitting still, Jiraiya stood up. He is now in Sage Mode.
"We will wipe them out with a single attack." He did a Kage Bunshin.
"We?" Jaina asked.
"Let out a strong gust of wind the moment I let out my flame." He told her. He started getting ready.
"Wait! How strong?"
"Strong enough to create a tidal wave. Can you do it?" He asked, looking at her, a serious look was on his face again.
"I th-think so." She began to prepare herself.
"Everyone! Get behind us!" Jiraiya called out. Castle and the five knights ran back and did as they were told.
"What're you gonna do?" One of the knights asked, worried.
"Just don't go in front of us. We're gonna wipe them all out." He explained. "Ready?"
"Yeah."
"Now!" Jiraiya yelled. "Senpō: Goemon! (Sage Art: Bath of Boiling Oil!)" The clone spit out very large amounts of oil, while Jiraiya let out a stream of flame which lit the oil. Jaina blew a powerful gust of wind, creating a huge burning tidal wave.
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And we're gonna end it there! Sorry for the wait. But, I hope you guys are satisfied with the story.
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