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Chapter 3

Burning Passion

After Atlas Flame melted the ice covering the Sun Village, optimizing the last of his strength, his soul finally moving on after being dead for so long, Team Natsu and Flare found themselves celebrating with their hosts the giants. It was the least they could do after the humans fought off bandits, dark mages from Succubus Eye, and helped to reignite the Eternal Flame, thus defrosting their home. As if it were Fairy Tail itself, everyone was enjoying the festivities and having the time of their lives. Even the normally timid and reserved Flare Corona was cheerfully dancing with her former caretakers and even members of Team Natsu. Seeing the usually shy female with such a large and genuine smile took some getting used to for Team Natsu as they were accustomed to seeing her look either deranged or nervous but they couldn't help to admit that she looked good looking so happy and full of energy. It warmed their hearts, as well as the giants, to see her open up to everyone after being welcomed back into the village after being away from it for so long. It reminded them of when they would return to Fairy Tail, when they would return to their beloved home.

For the majority of the party, Flare was conversing with either the giants or the females of Team Natsu. Although he was a nice guy in her opinion, Gray's stripping habit had all but turned her off from him once he was down to his underwear in the middle of their conversation. With Natsu however, things were different. It wasn't as if she was scared to talk to him, but it was more that her nerves would not allow her too without her heart wanting to burst from chest. Whenever she caught sight of him, Flare felt her heart beat erratically, her face become flushed, and a surging heat in her loins. Seeing his smile would cause her knees to become weak and her palms moist and on the numerous instances when their eyes met and he smiled at her, she would become momentarily paralyzed before turning away from his gaze, though her eyes would subtly dart back to him. She did not know what she was feeling for the mage seeing as this was the first time in her life she ever felt this sort of longing and attraction to the opposite sex. Though she would be fooling herself if she said that she did not find the sensations she felt when near him were the least bit titillating.

As the party continued until well into the early morning, Natsu felt the call of nature. Feeling the need, he regretted drinking from a cup the size of one's own body. In retrospect, he should have known that it was going to bite him the ass eventually.

"Yo! I'll be right back! I gotta take a leak!" he publicized loudly, heading towards the woods in a hurry. His older teammates grimaced while the ever-shy Wendy sweat dropped at the fire mage's lack of couth. However, the same could not be said for the giants as his statement drew thunderous laughter from each of them.

As he disappeared into the foliage, a certain red haired beauty watched his figure with sharp red eyes. For a few seconds, but what felt like days for her, she contemplated whether to follow him or let him be. With a shake of her head and a fire in her eye, Flare followed Natsu, careful not to give her presence away to him or the others. As she slipped away, Flare's paranoia made her wonder on whether this was a good idea but a confident nod and grunt from her quelled those negative thoughts as she disappeared into the woods.

"Aah, thank God! I've been holding this in forever~!" Natsu drawled in bliss as he relieved himself on a bush. With a few shakes for good measures, Natsu pulled his shorts up and stepped away from the bush, ready to return to the party. Before he took two steps however, the wind had picked up and he caught a peculiar scent of cherries and soap. The best he could identify the second scent was that it was some kind of shampoo considering he smelt a similar scent from Lucy, Erza, Wendy, and the other females in Fairy Tail.

"Who's there?" he called out, fists clenching at his side in case he needed to fight an aggressor. Sniffing the air, he turned to his left and saw Flare partially hidden behind a tree, a look of intrigue and timidity across her features. The busty female raised a fist to her mouth in shock at him finding her so easily.

"Oh hey Flare! What's up?" Natsu asked cheerfully, his infamous grin dancing across his face. Hearing him greet her so casually and with such a large smile as well, Flare felt her nerves begin to calm down. Responding with a smile of her own, she stepped away from the tree and into the moonlight, its radiant light shining through the leaves of the forest canopy. Places the tips of her fingers together, Flare coyly turned her head away from Natsu, only looking at him from the corners of her eyes. Noticing that she was not talking, Natsu scratched at the back of his head and put his other hand in his pocket, his body weight leaning on his right leg.

"You, uh, need something Flare? Or are you just a pervert who likes watching guys piss," he stated bluntly. His following statement had the effect of Flare's cheeks turning just as red as her braided hair.

"N-no, not at all! I-I just wanted to t-talk to y-you that's all!" she stammered, her gloved arms waving in the air frantically. Natsu stared at her with a blank expression, waiting for her to start. "So, what do you want?"

"I-uh, I wanted to tell you th-thanks for saving my village and my family. After everything I put you and your friends through while at Raven Tail, I was surprised that you would do something like that, even with-"

"We didn't do it for you." Natsu interrupted his voice as emotionless as his expression. Flare's eyes widened at his statement, her heart beating frantically for a completely different reason as her eyes met his.

"Wha-"

"We didn't do it for you. We did it because it was our job and this village needed our help. Seeing so many people frozen in this village along with those bandits and dark mages running doing God knows what without any concern for those who live here, we had no choice but to save it. It's what Fairy Tail does and it would be an insult on our guild's name if we walked away and did nothing just because of some bad blood." His gaze never wavered from her own and his tone never changed. He was completely serious in what he was saying. Even though what Raven Tail did to Fairy Tail in the games was humiliating as well as infuriating, they had grown past that. Lucy had forgiven Flare for what she did and held no ill will and even though Natsu still felt some irritation with the red haired women, he could look past that. Hell, Gajeel had beaten Lucy half to death and the two seemed to be on good enough terms to count on each other in the field when the need arose, so he could give Flare a chance. As he gazed into Flare's dark red eyes, Natsu could see that she was truly sorry for what she did. He could also see the effect his words had on her and he could not help but be perplexed at seeing a glimpse of disappointment. With a heavy sigh, he continued, hoping his next words would make her feel at least a little better and bridge the gap between them.

"Although we would have saved this village regardless of it was your home or not, I can see where you're coming from. Moreover, you don't have to apologize for anything, that's all water under the bridge with what happened at the games. Lucy doesn't hold anything against you, and if she can forgive you…I guess I can too." he smiled warmly. Flare felt her cheeks burn at his kindness. This man who had earlier seemed livid to see her near his partner, was now saying that he had forgiven her, something that she did not think she deserved. She felt overwhelming happiness but at the same time a nagging feeling inside her felt the need to question him on how he could forgive her so easily after what she did to his friend.

"Why?" she whispered.

"Huh?"

"Why? Why are you forgiving me? How are you forgiving me?! I hurt Blonde, I threatened a child to keep her quiet, and I even agreed to ambush your other blonde friend to guarantee a win for my guild?! How can you forgive me for everything I have done?! I don't need your pity if you're just going to forgive me for Blonde's sake!" she cried, her hands covering her face so that he would not see her tears. It amazed Flare on how her emotions were flowing out of her. When she spoke with Lucy and the small blue haired girl, she did not feel near this amount of emotions coming out of her. Even when the giants welcomed her back into the village, welcoming her back home, she did not feel this emotional. As her cries racked her body, she felt a large hand place itself on her head and ruffled her hair. Looking up, she knew that her cheeks had to be the same color as his teammate's hair who could change armor as she saw the warmest expression she had ever seen on his hardened features.

"What kind of weird question is that? I'm not forgiving you because of Lucy, I'm doing it because everybody deserves a second chance and you deserve one." Flare gasped at reasons. 'A…a second…chance. I…deserve one?'

"Lucy told me how you ended up in Raven Tail. How you left your village to meet regular people but got scared because you didn't know how to talk to them. She said that you only joined Raven Tail to make some cash and I guess that son of a bitch Ivan must have brained washed you into hating Fairy Tail. You didn't know any better and you were just doing what you thought was normal. What happened to you could have happened to anyone. Hell the only reason I turned out this awesome was because Gramps found me at the right time. I, as well as most of the people in Fairy Tail, could have easily turned out just like you. We just happened to walk a different path. The one you were on was leading you towards darkness, but since you have the strength and courage to change, you deserve a second chance." He told her. Flare was rendered speechless at his words. Never before had somebody said something like that to her, almost excusing her behavior due to her own ignorance of the outside world and its ways.

"Besides, Lucy also told me about how you were treated at Raven Tail." Feeling her flinch under his palm, Natsu knew he hit the nail on the head. "I remember the same thing happened to another girl at the games. I went to her guild and taught those assholes that it's never ok to treat their nakama like that, even if they lost. Shit, if I had known that the same thing was happening to you, I probably would have gone to Raven Tail and bust their shit. I had enough reason to anyway. Now that I think about it, why didn't I?" As Natsu pondered on why he didn't make a separate trip to Raven Tail to knock them on their asses, Flare felt tears in her eyes. Hearing that he would have fought for her made her insides squirm but in a good way. She giggled at his declaration to kick Raven Tail's ass and soon her giggles grew to exuberant laughter as her tears trailed down her porcelain features. Seeing her tears, Natsu freaked, wondering what he had said to make the older woman cry. 'I thought I was doing a good job?! What the hell happened' he panicked inwardly.

"Hey, uh, Flare don't cry! I'm sorry for whatever I said! Just please stop crying! Please!" he pleaded, hoping beyond hope that neither Lucy nor Erza learned that he brought their newfound friend to tears.

Wiping her cheeks and eyes with the back of her hand, Flare calmed enough to speak.

"I'm fine, really. I've never felt better actually," she confessed with a smile, her hands clasped in front of her buxom chest.

"Uh, alright but why were you just crying?" he questioned. For an answer, Natsu felt Flare throw herself at him as her arms wrapped around his back and her large chest press into his own. With the large cut of her cut leaving most of her skin exposed and his one sleeved vest left open, Natsu blushed slightly at the skin on skin contact.

"Uh, why are you hugging me?" Natsu asked, not sure with what to do with his hands.

"Ufufu, because I'm happy."

"You're…happy?"

"Yes, I'm happy. The happiest I have been in a long time. Nobody has ever said that he would fight for me. Even though I was a member of Raven Tail, I always felt alone. Unwanted and unneeded unless Ivan asked me to do a mission for him. I always thought that I would be alone because of what I had done but I see that isn't the case. Blondie's forgiven me, that cute little girl with the blue hair is so sweet to me, the scary lady is nice, and even the stripper is friendly. I'm also happy because…I think…I've found something I thought I would never be able to experience in my life." She lifted her head and gave Natsu a beaming smile, which caused him to blush intensely at how beautiful she looked.

"O-oh yeah, what's that?" he questioned. Standing on the tips of her toes, Flare took her arms from around Natsu's back and put them behind his head.

"Love." Without the slightest hesitation, Flare pulled Natsu into a searing kiss, taking full advantage of his slightly open mouth as her tongue probed the inside. Natsu was shocked to say the least. Just a few hours ago, she was as timid and scared as a puppy. Now she was very literally raping his mouth with her tongue. However, despite her sexual attack, Natsu felt his common sense slipping away from him and his instincts take over. His hands, which had been frozen at his sides, had wrapped themselves around her narrow waist and pulled her flush against him. Hearing a small yelp from Flare, Natsu took the initiative and began to kiss her back.

Flare's eyes grew wide at the feeling of Natsu's tongue entering her mouth and fighting it for dominance. It filled her with glee that he was reciprocating her actions. It would have left her extremely embarrassed and defeated if he did not respond. Closing her eyes and reveling in the euphoria of their connected lips, Flare placed a hand on Natsu's cheek and her other on his chest. Natsu found the full lips of the red haired women intoxicating and the inside of her mouth was just as addictive. His hands travelled from her waist, to her toned stomach, to the underside of her boobs that brought a pleasurable sigh from the former Raven Tail beauty as he caressed them. From her boobs, Natsu's hands went to her taut and supple backside hidden within the confines of her skintight dress. Not wanting to be a selfish lover, Flare dipped her hand into Natsu's shorts and took hold of the throbbing member that had been poking her inner thigh. Although she could not show it, Flare was impressed at his girth and length as her fingers were barely touching as she held him in her palm. When she slowly began to pump his dick, Flare would have smiled after hearing the lust filled moans coming from Natsu. Flare's speed soon became faster and Natsu's breathe became more ragged, even breaking off from their kiss.

"Aw shit. Flare, I'm g-gonna …" he groaned, eyes shut and teeth grinding against each other as he was losing himself to the pleasure. Flare knew what he was trying to say and stopped her handjob immediately, which caused Natsu to groan in frustration and disappointment. However when Flare pulled his shorts down along with his boxers, all venom that emerged at her ceased actions instantly turned to surprise when Flare to his dick into her mouth up until the hilt.

"What the…!" Natsu yelled, baffled at her audaciousness. While deepthroating him, Flare looked to him and gave a playful and seductive wink before she started sucking. As if a velvet covered vice had been placed on his little soldier, Natsu fell into euphoria. For a split second, Natsu thought that Flare's mouth must have been magic because he had never felt so great in his life. Even the hottest, most delicious fire on Earthland could not compare to the sheer pleasure he was feeling at this moment. Pulling back to relieve her throat, Flare began to bob her head on Natsu's member, taking him in until he brushed against the back of her throat. Occasionally she would take him out and tease the head of his penis with her surprisingly skillful tongue, teasingly dancing over his sensitive slit. After a while, Natsu felt a stirring in his balls and his knees becoming weak.

"F-Flare, I'm coming! I'm about to explode!" he yelled.

"Do it where ever you want to Cherry-kun!" Flare encouraged before she took him back into her mouth. Her eyes shot to the size of tennis balls when she felt Natsu's hands on the back of her head push her head forward so that she would deepthroat him again. She felt her throat become sore at rough actions but chose to endure it to bring him to orgasm. To bring him to release, Flare sucked intensely on his manhood and began to hum as well. The tight encasing of her mouth as well as the vibrations from her humming was just enough to cause Natsu to go over the edge. With a violent growl Natsu released down Flare's throat, coating her esophagus with his white seed. Like a champion, Flare did not waste a drop of his semen as she gulped each mouthful down. When he felt that he could give no more, Natsu let his legs collapse underneath him, his dick sliding out of Flare's mouth with an audible pop. Feeling a dollop of his semen on her plump lips, Flare licked it cleaned and shivered at the warm feeling she felt as it slid down her throat. Looking forward she felt pride at seeing the usually energetic dragonslayer look so exhausted but with a small smile on his face.

"D-did you enjoy it...C-Cherry-kun?" she asked bashfully.

"Ehehe, yeah. That felt…that felt fucking amazing! I had no idea there were rewards like that. Best one I've ever been given me in my life so far!" he proclaimed with a wide smile. Flare blushed at his statement and gave a shy smile as her response. Deciding it was time, Flare stood up from her spot on the ground and removed her long sleeved gloves before moving the straps of her dress off her shoulders and letting the material pool around her wide hips. Natsu followed every movement she made, as she did not stop at just revealing her upper body. Putting her thumbs under the material, she shook her hips to get the dress to drop to the forest floor, fully exposing herself to him. It would safe to assume that Natsu was mildly shocked at finding out that she was not wearing any underwear as he could faintly make out her small patch of red pubic hair as she stood under the moonlight. Using her magic, her hair undid itself from its twin braids and fell around her bodacious form. Like a crimson curtain, it hid her large breasts from his sight while she crossed her legs tightly without falling over on herself. Standing before him in only her red pumps was a porcelain goddess, bathed in the light of the moon. Flare took a few steps towards him until she stood over his legs, slowly dropped to her knees and finally straddled his lap with his still exposed dick under her aroused pussy.

"F-Flare, what…" Silencing him with her index finger, Flare gave him a gentle smile and wrapped her arms around his neck. Standing on her knees so that his eyes were at the same level as her large rack, Flare kissed touched his forehead with her own.

"I love you, Cherry-kun." Floored was the best way to describe Natsu. She loved him. Why and since when? Also, where were his eyes supposed to look?

"I-I know this seems sudden," 'You could say that again!' Natsu thought, "but I know what I feel for you isn't just a measly crush. S-seeing you fight for my people, protect our village, and restore the Eternal Flame, as well as the kindness you have shown to me today, I see how great a person you are. You're the first person outside of this village to show me such kindness other than Blonde and I'll never forget it or you." She lovingly rubbed his cheek with her palm while taking into delight how red his cheeks were. With the confidence she had now, she decided to make her move.

"I've wanted to ask you this for a while now. You said that this is your job right, so I can assume that you have a reward from that person waiting for you and your team?" Flare asked. A nod from her pink haired lover confirmed her assumption. "W-well then, c-consider what I've already done and about to do my reward to you for helping my village and giving me the happiness that I longed for." Flare gave Natsu a kiss and took her arms from around his neck to take his hands into her own. Placing one hand on her breast and the other between her thighs, Flare pulled away from the kiss to give Natsu a longing look.

"Cherry-kun, my body is your reward. For saving my people and giving me true happiness, you can do what you want with me. I am your reward. I will not stop you, rather…I encourage you because I want you," she stated, her tone unwavering unlike it usually was. Dark grey eyes roamed over Flare's figure, from her long toned legs, her wide and inviting hips, her toned stomach and abdominals, to her large perky breasts with her dark brown tips, to her flawless face. He drank in her skin that was as white as milk and looked at her with a questioning look. Before he could open his mouth, Flare nodded almost as if she already knew what he was going to ask. Not wanting to disappoint, Natsu used his left hand to fondle her right tit before placing his mouth on her erect bud. Flare gave a cute yelp but maintained her composure as Natsu ravished her body. The hand between her legs rubbed at her labia until the folds became slick with her juices as it dripped onto the ground. Natsu switched from one breast to the other, his hot mouth causing Flare to become aroused quicker than she thought. He teased her erect nipples by flicking his tongue and lightly biting and pulling on them, taking solace in the fact that he was actually good at what he was doing if her moans of delight were anything to go on.

Pulling away from her bosom, Natsu stared at the mark on her right breast that formerly had the emblem of Raven Tail on it. Placing his thumb on her breast, he used the pad of his thumb to brush against the symbol, but his thumb only touched her soft, smooth skin. Feeling her fingers play with the hair on the nape of his neck, Natsu looked up to see Flare with a demure smile on her face. As if an unspoken link was established, Natsu gave her his widest grin and placed a gentle kiss on the mark causing her to giggle perversely.

"Cherry-kun, I think it's time that I give you your reward in full," she said huskily as she stood on her knees. Taking his now erect dick into her hands, Flare pressed her pussy against his member with her nether lips spread apart letting her juices coat his dick as a lubricant. Feeling that she was wet enough and he was well lubricated with her juices, Flare pressed his engorged mushroom tip against her opening. Before she could go any further, she felt his large hand grab the bicep of the arm that held his member.

"Are you sure about this Flare? I mean, I've never…done this sort of thing before so…I don't know how good I would be. Besides, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. I'm already getting a reward for saving your village and I don't want to force my friends into something they're not comfortable with." At those words, seven members of Fairy Tail sneezed at the same time and felt the sudden urge to punch Natsu for blasphemy.

"Also Flare I…I appreciate your feelings for me and all but I can't…" A pair of luscious lips silenced him. Placing a delicate hand on his cheek Flare leaned away from him with a deep blush on her face.

"I already know, but I don't care. Even if you never will love me back, I will always be grateful to you for showing me such kindness, compassion, and warmth. Just for now, accept what I have to offer you as a token of my thanks and my love…would you do that for me, please," she pleaded, her eyes wavering with a multitude of emotions. Natsu felt a lump form in the back of his throat. Usually he was a man of many words, never to bite his tongue and shun away from speaking his mind. However now was not the case, he was literally speechless. Never before had someone given their heart to him, even after being rejected, so he had no words to respond to her with. Natsu felt terrible for denying her something that she truly craved but the look in her eye pulled at his heartstrings. Though he would never love her, he knew that she was determined to make up for what she had done in her past and he respected her for that. Tonight he would think that they had become friends, so as her nakama, he would help her out when she needed him most. Tonight he would give her what she wanted.

"Alright Flare, I'll accept your reward," he smiled. With her own smile, Flare kissed him again and began to descend on his pole until his head split her labia. As he entered her, Flare groaned at how thick he was and she was sure that it would probably be difficult to take him all in at once. Deciding to go slowly so that she could get used to him inside her, she dropped herself at a slow pace and groaned at how full he was making her feel. When he was nearly half way in, Flare felt him grab at her waist rather roughly causing her to stop. She looked to him to question his reasoning but she received his finger over his lips to signal for her to be silent. Doing as she said, she heard a high-pitched voice yelling in the distance. She did not know who it was, so she looked to him for confirmation. Sighing in frustration Natsu's head fell to his chest.

"It's Happy. The others must have sent him out here to look for us since we haven't come back yet. Shit, and just when things were getting good too!" he sulked after having probably the best time of his life interrupted. Giggling at his childishness, Flare rose from her spot on his lap, both groaning at their separation, and went to put on her dress.

"Its fine, Cherry-kun. We can just try again later." After pulling up his pants, Natsu watched as Flare put her dress back on. Watching her put the tight, revealing article of clothing back on had him mesmerized as it formed around her generous curves like a second skin. When she put her gloves back on, she had her hair go back into its twin tails and tie itself at the small of her back. Turning around she smiled shyly at Natsu and walked up to him.

"W-would you like t-to walk me back, Cherry-kun," she asked nervously. Natsu was shocked that she had become so timid like before but could not help but think of her being cuter this way.

"Ahaha, sure Flare." Wrapping his arm around her shoulder, causing the women the blush, Natsu called out for Happy. After a few minutest the three came out of the woods to find the others waiting for their arrival. The giants pestered Flare on where she was the same with Natsu's team. However Gray razzed Natsu on taking a shit rather than what he said he was doing which would make up for his long absence. Not taking that lying down, Natsu threw himself into another battle with Gray that forced Erza to break them apart (nearly breaking their skulls in the process). After having everything cleared up, Team Natsu thanked the giants for their hospitality and was ready to camp out for the night.

"Oh ho, we can't have our guest sleep in the forest! You will be staying in the village as how thanks for saving us and our home, and we won't take no for an answer!" the chief giant thundered, all of the other humongous figures nodding in agreement. Team Natsu, as well as Flare, looked shocked at their offer. Though Erza knew that her and her friends appreciated their offer, she had to address the colossal elephant in the room.

"Your generosity knows no bounds and we thank you but where would we reside. As you know, you giants are well…"

"Fucking huge!" Gray and Natsu finished off. Though they meant nothing by it, just telling the truth, their comment earned them a punch in the back of the head from Erza and Lucy respectively.

"Ah, this may be a village of giants my dear, but there still is one person who like the rest of you," he said looking at Flare who was standing by his foot. The red haired women looked up at him and wondered what he meant.

"Did you really think that we would leave our daughter's house in such poor condition until she returned? What kind of parents do you take us for?" The giants all laughed heartily with their chief. Flare was stunned to know that her home was still standing and could not help but let her joyous tears flow down her cheeks.

"Thank you! Thank you! I don't know how I can repay you!"

"You don't have to Flare, we're family! It is our job to take care of one another and to ensure each other's happiness. Doesn't matter if we're right by your side, or half way across the world, we will always be with you and we'll always be proud of you." Leaning on knee, the chief used his massive index finger to pat the young woman on her head gently. The Fairy Tail mages looked on with content smiles at the heart-warming scene. Well Nastu, Gray and Carla had smiles. Wendy had tears streaming down her eyes without even realizing it, Erza and Lucy had handkerchiefs out and were dabbing their eyes, and Happy was no better than Wendy as he had not only tears coming down his face but a snot bubble out his nose.

"Now then, why don't you show the humans your house? I'm sure they'll be surprised to see it!"

"Ok! I'll do it! Come on, I still know the way by heart!" Stepping away from the chief, Flare lead Team Natsu into the village and towards her home. Feeling a pair of eyes burn into her backside, she looked behind her to see Natsu in the back of the group with a heated gaze focused at her rump. Smiling to herself, Flare licked her lips sensually, knowing just how to complete what had been interrupted in the woods. If all went well, both would get little to no sleep while he stayed the night.

[A/N: Back from the dead assholes! Ah, I'm just kidding, and I apologize for taking so long to update. College classes happened, searching for a job, and some personal issues came up. However, I am back and I've got my head in the game! The next chapter for this story should be up in the next few days. Still taking polls on who you want Natsu to get with. In addition, Rub a Dub Dub is in the works and is nearly finished, same with Our Little Secret, and An Act of Kindness. A compilation story I am doing is nearly finished and with ideas being thrown at me left and right, it has taken a while to get my mind straight. In addition, I understand you people want me to update, but seriously, don't PM me about it on a weekly or daily basis. My stories don't have set times on when they will be updated, I'm just giving you guys and estimate on when I'll be finished. I will apologize for a later update but understand this; I got other shit to do! So like I said before, next chapter will be up by Wednesday the latest and Rub a Dub Dub and the others will be up some time mostly this week or next, depending on classes. Read, review, PM me if you want. Also, I'm not taking any more suggestions for stories at the moment. I'm sorry…sorta. Blaccdragon out!]