The Flame and the Sea
By Wusai, the Dark Phantasy
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King. Sadly.
Claimer: I own my ideas...
A/N: I will finish my other fics, I will finish my other fics, I will finish my other fics...
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I add more wood to the raging fire. It's quite amazing how it doesn't jump out of that ring of rocks and rage across the land. Not yet, at least.
I'm lost in the colors. Look at all the pretty colors! Seriously.
The finger of flame licks at the sky. I snicker. And they thought Horo Horo had a big appetite. There is nothing with a bigger appetite than fire. Maybe the sea can compare. I've never tried contrasting the two.
I stick my hand into the fire. Its fingers caress me. It took years of pain and burns to earn the fire's trust. Now I know that the fire isn't hot. I just have to keep that in mind. Endure the 'heat'.
I toss another log into the fire. The finger of flame touches the wood, and finds that it tastes good. It opens its fiery mouth, biting into the wood. Crackle. There goes the last of the wood. All there is now is just a pile of ashes. Purified ashes.
The sea is all that, and more.
Where have I heard that? It sounds so familiar. How can the sea be all that the flame is, and more? The sea is naught but water filling up a crevice. Nothing more.
The sea is all that, and more.
The sea is so slow. It takes hundreds of years for it to devour a rock. A flame just has to be heated just right, and it will devour the rock in mere hours.
The sea is all that, and more.
Well, it is quite amazing how the sea can take huge bites out of the land. Though I do believe that if you replace the calm waters with a raging fire, the land will be gone in, hm, a few months. Maybe a few years. The flame is so much faster than the sea.
The sea is all that, and more.
Tell me, how can the sea be more than that?
Crossing three waters is Cathbad's method of attracting luck.
So it attracts luck. Fire does, too. Water's not the only purifying element. Why can't anyone see that?
It is much easier to cross water than to cross fire.
What makes you think that? I could easily cross fire. The only reason others cannot do that is because they cannot achieve the mental state of believing that fire is not hot.
Water has depth.
Is that really all so special? Water doesn't give off light. Water doesn't give off warmth. Water isn't mesmerizing.
Water is the blood of the Earth.
Well.... that is true.
Fire can destroy that blood. Fire can destroy the Earth.
What makes you think water doesn't destroy the Earth?!
Water both destroys and constructs the Earth.
Fire can do that, as well. Something as pathetic as water shouldn't be considered a purifying element. Only fire has such authority.
One can easily cleanse oneself with water. One must go through pain to cleanse oneself through fire.
What makes you think that? I can cleanse myself with fire. I don't feel any pain.
Water is a symbol of tranquillity. Fire is only a symbol of pain and war.
Oh really? What about all those people who lose their homes and lives to tsunamis? Hurricanes? Typhoons?
Water both destroys and constructs the Earth.
Fire is all that, and more.
Fire doesn't give life by quenching the thirst of the crying plants. Fire doesn't give life by flowing through the Earth's veins. Fire doesn't share. Fire is greedy.
That's where you're wrong. The flame shares its warmth and light, thus giving life.
Fire can only share to few. Water is everywhere. Fire cannot be everywhere.
Well, I must admit, that's true...
Water is gentle. That's why it's slow. It doesn't use brutal force, like the flame. It doesn't rush. It knows it has time, so its patient. A flame can be put out by the wind, or by the water.
That's also true, I suppose... Ow! The fire burned me!! I quickly take my hand out of the fire. How could it burn me?! I am Asakura Hao, the strongest Fire Shaman, and the flame burned me! I shall never listen to that voice within, speaking of the water. Idiot voice makes me lose my self-control. It burned me... the fire burned me...
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A/N: The following lines were taken from The Hounds of the Mórrígan by Pat O'Shea:
1. The sea is all that, and more.
2. Crossing three waters is Cathbad's method of attracting luck.
3. It is much easier to cross water than to cross fire.
The rest are all my quotes. Kee, I forgot to mention that I don't own The Hounds of the Mórrígan... I do love that novel...