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The Harem looked high and low for Gino. Every inch of the Isle De Gambino had been searched and the members were starting to get frantic. Where could Gino be?

The youngest member rested on a wooden fence as she searched the beach with Little Miss Momo. “What if Gino isn’t on the island anymore? We’ve looked everywhere and the boys have checked under Sasha’s skirt twice.”

“Blossom, if Gino is not here, then Momo thinks the Harem should look elsewhere.” The red head very delicately moved stepped into a boat.

“YEAH! To Barton!” The smaller girl jumped into the boat and gave it a push from dock.

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Edmund sat behind the counter in his store watching a new user trying on a G-lol gown. “Can I add this to my wishlist? Oh! It’s so pretty!”

“Of course! I’d be happy to do that for you, may I see the tag?” A knock sounded on the door. “Mail so soon? I’m very sorry, can you wait a moment?”

The girl blinked. “Huh? Oh sure. I have multiple windows open anyway.” She suddenly laughed. Edmund stared at her. “Oh sorry. Web comic.”

The older man groaned. “Users…” He opened the door to greet the mail lady. “Hello Rose. A bit early for shipments, don’t you think?”

A cheery looking blonde woman beamed at him. “Oh no. Not a shipment. I got a package for ya. It was on rush. Fragile, something from Isle De Gambino. Did you not order anything?” Rose handed the shop keep her clipboard for him to sign. “Whatever it is, it ain’t heavy.”

“Oh yes. Thank you Rose. Anything else?” The blonde shook her head. “Ah yes, well, tell the Doctor I said hello. My appointment is Tuesday, yes?”

“I’ll tell him. Have a nice day Mr. Edmund.”

As Edmund look upon the crate the mail lady had left for him, he began to wonder what it was. He hadn’t ordered anything nor could he think of anyone from the Isle that would be sending him a crate with Christmas so close. He had already been given gifts from his friends and Gambino’s flair for the dramatic would have the gift being delivered by Santa himself on Christmas day. So that left the question. What was in the crate?

“Edmund, aren’t you going to let me out?”

“GINO?” Edmund reached inside his coat and took out a crowbar. In a quick movement, he opened the crate. “Gino Gambino, what are you doing mailing yourself to me?”

The young heir grinned sheepishly at his father’s oldest and dearest friend. “Long story, but the short version is I got cold feet. Consider me a runaway groom.” He crawled out of the wooden cage and dusted the straw from his pants. Standing up straight Gino looked up at the taller man. “Do you think I can get a clean change of clothes?” Edmund nodded and retreated into the back. “Edmund…Why do you carry a crowbar in your coat?”

Edmund returned with an exact clean version of Gino’s clothes. “I have it for…Well, Master Gambino, I think you best hurry. It won’t take the wife long to figure out you left the Isle and once she figures out you left, she’ll come looking and this would be the best guess of anyone who knows the Gambino family.”

“Wife? You make it sounds like dad was making me marry just one.” Edmund helped the young Gambino into his new clothes. “Father had me marring the whole Harem.” With a small grin and a wave, Gino darted out the door. “Send the clothes bill to Father for me!”

The new user watched blond man leave. “D-did Gino Gambino just change clothes in front of me?”

“Yes dear, I believe he did.”

The girl grinned. “I think I’ll be joining that Harem of his.”

“Ah yes. I thought you’d say something like that.”



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Vino sat on the edge of a wall just outside Barton eating pancakes and minding his own business when they came. The girls came in waves with a few boys mixed in. At first they started to pass right by him, but one looked a little too hard. She pointed with a dropped jaw. Curious the others started to look a little hard and next thing Vino knew, the mob had gathered around him all pointing with slack jaws. “Um…Hello?”

“Gino Gambino! Why did you dye your hair?”

“What?”

Before the confused young man had any idea what was going on, he was lifted from his seat and carried away. Logan would later eat the rest of the pancakes.


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The Harem was in an up roar as they swarmed around a very confused young man. As the Harem fussed, the pieces started falling together. Ever so slowly, Vino began to grin. This large group of beautiful women thought he was the object of their affection. The real Gino had run from a mass wedding for reasons unknown and they believed he had dyed his hair to avoid them. Oh this was a dream come true. His own Harem and they wanted to marry him and love on him until death do they part? All those beautiful women was worth marring a few guys.

“Ladies, ladies. I didn’t run away due to any ill will towards any of you! I merely dyed my hair as revenge against my father. I still plan on marring you! All of you.”

“Really?”

Vino nodded. “A guy would have to be mad to not want to marry such a great group of girls and guys.” A sly smile graced his face as he leaned in closer to the mass that had formed around him. “And if black hair bothers you all that much, I can dye it back. We can go right now if you girls want to.”

The Harem looked back and forth amongst them. Vino sighed happily as he once again found himself being carried away by the Harem. This was the life. Gino turned this down?


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“Thanks for hiding me, Moira. You have no idea how much this means.”

Moira laughed. “It’s not a problem. I love your Harem, some of my best people, but being forced to marry all of them at one time…It’s gotta be rough! I mean there’s gotta be like a million of them!”

The timid blond smiled. “Closer to four hundred, but yea. I could never marry them all. Isn’t that illegal? I’m pretty sure it’s illegal…And Father brought up a very good question. I don’t think I could survive the honeymoon.”

“Too much love for just one man? I don’t blame you for being scared.” Moira laughed and turned her eyes to the TV. “Cindy’s on. Want to watch?” Gino nodded and joined Moira on her couch. “I love this lady. I don’t think anyone ever bothers watching the other new channels.”

“There’s other channels?”

“Cindy Donovinh here with Gaia 9 news. We are reporting here live from Barton Town were Gino Gambino will be marring his entire Harem. Gaia’s admins and moderators are here to arrest Gino after the ceremony, but inside information says the only heir of the Gambino fortune will never see court because no judge would blame a teenaged boy for marring this many ready and willing people. Among the Harem is Barton’s own Ian. No information as to when or why Ian joined the Harem. Let’s get a word with him now.”

Durem’s early evening calm was split like a knife as Gino Gambino screamed. “AN IMPOSTER IS TRYING TO MARRY MY HAREM!” Gino threw on his vest. “Moira, fire up the motorcycle. We have a wedding to crash.”

“Awesome!”

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Captain Drunken stood on the fountain smiling at Vino on one side and all of the Harem on the other. “Dearly beloved, we gather here today so that I may get very drunk after the wedding! The dinner feast has been lovingly paid for by Johnny K. Gambino and it’s an open bar.” Rychi frowned. “Oh…Uh, we are here to join Gino to this large mob. Um. I’m not sure how the rest of that goes, so if there are any feel this boy should not live every man’s dream, speak now or I’ll hit you with this bottle of rum until you hold you peace.”

“I OBJECT!”

All eyes turned to the town’s gate where Gino stood with Moira. “OH MY GOD!” The Harem began to roar. “There’s two Ginos!” “It’s a dream come true!” “Let’s make them kiss.”

“No there’s not two Ginos. That’s an imposter. He’s trying to steal my Harem!”

“That would explain why he started out with black hair…” Kalos grabbed Vino’s belt and pulled. Much to the young man’s horror, Kalos looked down his pants. “Black is his natural hair color. So…so do we kill this one?”

“NO!” Kalos was then whacked on the head.

Gino and Vino glared at each other across the courtyard. “You aren’t taking this away from me.” Vino charged towards the real Gino. As he ran, he stole the flaming sword right off the back of one of the Harem. Started, Gino looked at Moira. With a sigh, she handed him another flaming sword.

The boys were alike in every way as they fought. Neither could seem to gain the upper hand. The Harem, no, all of Gaia watched with fearful eyes as the two fought. Who would win? Which was the real Gino? Was it shameless advertising to us a donation item in this fight?

Scared and rightfully so, Sasha shot into the air. “STOP!” She pointed the gun to the dueling boys. “I don’t know which one is which!” Tears streaked down her face. “I’ll shoot you both! That’s the only way to be sure.”

“WHAT? Who the hell gave you a gun?” The Harem was a river as they crushed Sasha and kicked her gun away.

Gino frowned. “Uh…Ok, Sasha is an idiot. I see that know. Lesson learned.”

“If that’s the kind of girl you attract, I think I’m happier not being you. Um, cheers and sorry for all this. Just liked the girls.”

“Yea, they’re a nice lot. I’m Gino.”

“Nice to meet you Gino. My name is Vino.”

The two boys shook and walked hand and hand into the sunset. The Harem watched, confused. “So…Are we getting married?”

“Don’t think so.”

Captain Drunken frowned. “So I can’t get the open bar?”

Rychi smiled. “It’s already paid for. Thanks for coming.” The hero gave her a hug before flying the twenty feet to the bartender.