Self-inserts...

They are fucking ridiculous.

Because I didn't get any goddamn CYOA when I got dumped in this goddamn fire.

I had to get out of here.

I had to survive.

I didn't know how long I had been here.

I forced my overworked muscles to move, the blistering heat around me burning my skin.

I knew this fire.

Yet at the same time, I was in denial.

This couldn't be real.

This had to be fake.

Maybe it was a dream.

But if it was then this was one horrible dream.

But I knew one thing.

What if this was real?

If so I couldn't take any chances.

I would survive this.

But.

I would not give up any part of who I was to the fire like he did, as much as I admired him that is something I refuse to do.

I shall leave this fiery inferno under my own power, no matter what.

Gritting my teeth and stealing my resolve I continued trudging on trying to walk through the path smartly rather than just trudging forward.

Finding the path with the least difficulty.

The least heat.

And move through that.

I had long discarded my shirt.

If I hadn't it might have burnt itself onto my skin...

It is strange.

Even as this fire burnt I had noticed that there wasn't any smoke...

Of course, why not...

It was goddamn magic after all.

Heh.

You know all these monologuing really helps me keep my mind off of the blistering heat.

I bet he never did that...

Huh... The fires were dying down... No... They had become smaller but the still burnt strong as ever...

I heard footsteps from my right as I stepped forward...

Turning my head to take a look I see a man.

A black haired man crying.

Crying with happiness that he had found someone is this hell.

I stood proud.

Even as the embers around me still burnt, I hadn't given up. And I hadn't left behind a single part of me.

Pride fills my being.

I beat you.

Fucking Angra Mainyu.

I had beaten the fire created by All The Mankind's Evil and came out ALIVE.

Seeing the man run towards me I knew I was in safe hands...

Finally. I could rest...

I was tired. It wouldn't hurt to sleep.

Just rest my eyes nothing more...

Darkness...