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Johnny Gambino smiled wide with his hands on his hips. "Today is a good day, wouldn't you say so my boy?"

Standing a short distance behind his imposing father, Gino fiddled with his tie. "Um. I guess so." Gino brushed back his hair only for it to fall back in his eyes. "Father? Why am I doing this? I mean...Is this even legal?"

The older man just laughed. "Gino, my boy. There comes a time in every sexy man's life where he just needs to step forward and marry four hundred people because it's the right thing to do!"

Gino bit back a snort. "Did you ever marry a Harem," Gino asked doubtfully.

"I uh...I was still making a name for myself back then. By the time I was the most powerful man in Gaia, I was married to your mother and she...Well, she was a greedy woman and refused to share me with a Harem. But you my boy, you are eighteen and aren't married to any scary strong willed women."

"Mother was scary?"

Gambino paled. "Look at the time! You better get out there and get married to that mob!" Gambino grabbed his son's head and tossed him out the window. "Hope you survive the honey moon!"

Like a graceful bird...or a football, Gino sailed through the air. His burgundy eyes were wide with fear and the small boy braced for impact only to be caught in the loving arms of his Harem down below.

Gino franticly tried to get his footing and several times he felt himself get pawed. A cold hand on Gino butt made him yelp. The Gambino heir turned to stare into the blank red eyes of Kid Tijid. The Grombie smiled meekly and raised a black twisted arm. "Evil hand."

"Everyone, please! Could you step back? Please? I'm...Uh, I'm claustrophobic." The swarming crowd stepped back leaving the rumbled boy in peace on the ground. "Thank you." Gino looked up and found himself dizzy looking at the sea of faces looming over him. "So...What's everyone been up too?"

The crowd erupted with cheerful Haremites trying to tell Gino about their lives. "I graduated this year!" "I flew 3000 miles to meet an online friend...She wasn't an axe murderer so I'm happy." "I caught a fish as big as you once." "I want to be a mongoose dog." "I got molested by aliens!" Gino tried to keep track of what everyone was saying, but his brain was quickly overloading. He probably should have also said not to all talk at once. "I tried to get a Wii, but they were all sold out."

"Oh! I have a one," Gino chirped. "You all can come over and play with my Wii any time you like!" The crowd instantly silenced. Gino sat smiling until ever so slowly he realized what he'd just said. The young heir opened his mouth to explain what he meant, but it was too late. The Harem converged as all the members made a move for the boy. "ACK! HELP!" Just before his vision of the outside world got swallowed up by his loving Harem, Gino reached pointlessly towards Sasha's shop.

The poorly highlighted shop keep poked her head out the door. "Did someone need help?"

A pink haired girl with cat ears shook her head wilding. "YOU HEARD NOTHING!"

"I didn't? Oh! Ok then." Sasha returned to her shop laughing to herself about hearing things. How silly of her.

Inside the pile Gino groaned. Sasha was an idiot.


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Becky leaned against the door frame of the Casino watching the display with amusement. "I feel sorry for the kid. Hey Lex, think we should help?"

The normally smug worker grinned at the idea of being a hero. Heroes always get in the paper. He ambled over to where Becky stood and looked out. There were a few guys in the giant pile trying to reach Gino, but it was mostly girls and Lex figured he could grope more then a few and claim to be trying to pull them off the youngest Gambino. Before the cocky man could answer, a head popped up in the Harem pile. A blonde coon tailed girl with ribbons in her hair and a Kiki in her arms stepped out of the pile. Though her eyes were covered by a elegant veil blind fold, Lex knew she was looking at him. Her finger snapped up pointing at him from across the courtyard.

"That kid is on his own." Lex darted away to hide under a table in the back room before Becky could protest.

"Jeez Lex, you're such a wuss. All she did was point like the scary monkey." Becky waved at the pointing girl. "Hi Evil." Evil waved cheerfully back. "I'm gonna help Gino now, ok?"

"Okkie dokie!" Evil dove back into the pile.

Becky slipped into the Prize and Joy to grab a weapon of choice. Finding the perfect item, she went back to the door. "Hey HAREM!" All the heads in the crowd popped up. "First person to beat Russell in Black Jack gets this crown for free to give as a wedding gift to Gino!"

Had anyone cared for Russell Ace or his sanity, one might have heard him begin to cry. However, since no one did, all they heard was Jinx laughing at him.

Gino lay limp on the ground where the Harem had left him. His clothes were rumbled and he had lipstick marks in places he'd rather not talk about. The little white ghost that was his soul swayed dramatically over him.

"Come on Gino, I just bought you some time. Aren't you going to run? It's not that hard to beat Russell!" As if on cue, a cheer voice rose in the air shouting, "I won!"

Becky smiled at the blue haired girl who had won. "Oh that's great! Come over here and I'll check you out." Becky looked back into the courtyard and Gino was no where to be seen. "So, would you like to buy anything with the tickets you won today?"

"No thank you! Just the crown." The girl's checks turned pink. "Oh he'll look even more like a prince then he normally does!" The Harem began squealing together at the thought.

"Well, would you like me to wrap it for you?" Becky asked? The girl nodded. "What name do I put on the card?"

The girl looked thoughtful. "Well, why not 'From your loving Harem?' That'd look nice, right?"

"No no! It needs to say 'From Rychi!' You won it fair and square!"

Becky grinned. She wasn't sure why, but the whole group had stayed to watch their leader get the gift. The blonde worker didn't mind since it was buying Gino more time, but it was still rather odd. "What about if I say it's from Rychi and the loving Harem?" She got an answer of cheers from the group.


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With the crown neatly laid in a box, the Harem made their way out of the casino. "OH MY LANZER! Gino's is GONE!" Shock and panic ran throughout the group. "He went missing again? OH COME ON!"

VO was walking by eating an ice cream cone despite the snowy weather. Kid shook a first at him. Evil promptly beat Kid with his own arm. Confused, VO moved to the other side of the street.

"We need to think about this guys...It's perfectly normal to get cold feet on your wedding day. Gino just went to clear his head." Mama N-finite smiled at the Harem and patted the small ones on the head. "Besides, marring a whole Harem must be scary."

Rychi nodded. "Well, there are a lot of us...and we did kind of dog pile him when he said we could play with his Wii." A few of the girls giggled and bounced.

Chiro chan huffed. "But we're already dressed!"

"I can't argue that logic."

"Me either."

"Alright then!" Rychi hopped up on the marketplace steps so she could be seen. "We'll just have to find him! Once Gino is found, we'll meet back at the Harem HQ in Barton and have the wedding."

The Harem cheered and one by one they all divided to hunt for their beloved.