Marco was walking in the streets in a calm way, not caring that he was somewhat late for the meeting he had at his father's company. Some of his brothers might be there, he was sure, but he didn't like running and woke up late today. He was passing in front of a coffee shop when his phone rang.

"Hello yoi?" asked him.

"You are really late this time, stupid bird. Come here quickly, even Tatch have been here for half an hour" said Izo, a little bit angry. The blond just rolled his eyes and watched his watch… yes, he was pretty late. "Haven't you heard, get your ass here now!"

"Calm down, I'm not that far away. If I run I would be there before those old farts tried to snatch the company away from us again yoi" with this, the man hanged and prepared himself to run. He had been doing so for a few second when he collided with someone that was getting out of the coffee shop with several cups of hot coffee. The collision caused that both males were showered with the hot liquid.

"Watch where you are walking, idiot!" shouted the freckled boy, looking at the spilled coffee. Now he was going to have to pay for that and he wasn't rich. In fact, he had very limited recourses… well, limited by his grandfather and the little thing he won in the work. "Great, now I would have to explain to my boss that I was hit by a man that looked like a walking pineapple and threw all the things…"

"Hey, don't worry" said Marco, taking a few hundredths out of his wallet and giving them to the boy. "I'm sorry, but I have to go. See you" he ran away. The other stood up and felt his phone vibrating on his pocket. He picked it up and answered.

"Hey, Sabo"

"Hey, Ace" he heard the blond. "Are you doing well at job? It's like the fifth you have this year and it won't be funny if they fired you again"

"No, don't worry, not's gonna happen"

"Then, do you remember to come home at six o'clock today, no? Dragon is making everything ready for our family night and… you remember what he and ji-chan thinks about following the few traditions the family has, Firefist"

"Like anarchy? Or others? Don't worry, I have everything under control. Bye, Dragon Claw" with this Portgas D. Ace walked right inside the shop again to pay for the damages and continue working. "Some days I wonder why the clan gave up using their method of fighting to win money, that would be great for me"

-Some time later-

"You see? Everything was okay" said the oldest adopted son of Edward Newgate, owner of the Moby Dick enterprises. Marco Newgate, as everyone known him, was very happy with himself after making some of those stuck up members of the Directory look like fools. At his side Tatch, one of his brothers, started laughing like a fool.

"Yeah, the looks on their faces when you said showed the statistics and the methods they were foolishly trying to use to steal the company, that was brilliant, bro" the chef, because that was what he studied, patted him on the back. "You know, maybe that's the reason Pops wanted you to take over the company when he retires"

"Not something that is going to happen soon, Tatchy-boy" talked Whitebeard from behind, ruffling his hair. "I'm still as good as ever."

"No doubts, Pops" smiled the pineapple head. "Now, if you excuse me, I want a coffee. See you later at home yoi"

"Did you see that?" said Vista, rubbing his mustache with his hand. "I think Marco finally found something that caught his attention"

"Or maybe someone" complemented Izo and curiously followed his blond brother to a coffee shop near the building. He entered and watched the birdie, as all in the family called him, trying to chat with a certain, and pretty hostile, freckled employee that seemed a little older than the others. "He needs classes about how to pick up men"

"You say that again" commented Tatch, sitting by his side with Namur, that followed too. "I can teach him if he just come out with me more…"

"Picking up boys is not like picking up girls, stupid" said the crossdresser, frowning at his brother. "You need a completely different technique. It's much like a job for me"

"As you say, little bro" they focused on Marco again only to see the raven getting out of the shop, apparently his shift was over. Then the blond talked to another employee, who was more than willing to speak with him. The girl even flirted a bit, but the other was not interested. He turned around and went to sit with his brother. "You knew we were here?"

"It was impossible for you not to yoi" answered the pineapple.

"Then, what did that chick said?"

"Nothing really. Apparently her coworker's name is Portgas D. Ace and I got here on a bad night. Apparently he requested to have a shorter shift tonight because of some family reunion or something of the sort yoi"

"Portgas D. Ace. Hum?" said Namur, taking out his laptop. "I can use some of our company's softwares to track him down and investigate him if you want"

"No, that's way too creepy yoi" answered Marco.

-At the D. household-

There were all of them. Monkey D. Garp was forcefully taking a break from his job to be with his family, while Monkey D. Dragon put away all the anarchic tendencies not to anger his father. Monkey D. Luffy was hugging Portgas D. Ace and Sabo while Trafalgar D. Water Law observed a little bit annoyed, being a D. being the only reason he was there and not with his grandfather Sengoku.

"Can we begin? I still have to go home and I don't want to be out late" said the doctor, holding his favorite weapon, his beloved nodachi.

"Why do you care if it's late? You can kill most if not all the bad guys in this city of you want" said Ace, finally getting himself free of his brother. Garp made a sound and all of them quiet down before he opened a hidden door. They went down the stairs to a really big old looking construction with a lot of kinds of weapons. Law kept his nodachi while the others get themselves into position. The surgeon walked towards Sabo, who was holding a large metal pole and bowed one to the other.

"Since the beginning the Ds wanted to be free from all. Conventions, society… that didn't mean anything to our beloved clan" begin talking Dragon in front of his oldest adopted son. "They were the nightmare of all kings and rulers, the best of fighters and a lot more… killers. They brought down civilizations! Now we, their descendants, maintain the tradition teaching our youngsters the fighting style, the Will of D. Ready? Now, fight!" Ace attacked with metal bars in each hand, which Dragon blocked with his own. Sabo blocked Law's sword and Luffy threw a punch that the old Marine blocked…

-Back at the cafe-

"So… what's next in our agenda yoi?" asked Marco after a session of questioning.

"We didn't have anything until next week, when the Particle accelerator is going to be activated in Central City" said Izo, clapping his hands. "It's going to be awesome and I have taken a look to Harrison Well's staff. There is a sexy looking man in there that I'm willing to meet"

"Stop there, little bro" said Namur, showing the others the screen of his laptop. "The cutie you have your eyes on is called Ronnie Raymond and he is getting married really soon"

"He is not married yet, he can change his opinion… and if I get to know him I will make sure he does" the geisha looking man licked his lips.

"Izo, you are such a home wrecker"

"As I already said, he is not married yet" smiled Izo. "But enough of my future conquers, what about Marco's hottie friend"

"Hey, yoi, I said nothing of searching his personal data in the web"

"Got it!" said Namur, showing them the screen. "Portgas D. Ace, son of Gol D. Roger and Portgas D. Rouge, a couple that died twenty years ago, murdered nobody knows why… he was adopted by some relatives, Monkey D. Garp and his son Monkey D. Dragon. He has two brothers, Sabo and Monkey D. Luffy… hum, this is great"

"What?"

"Apparently that guy is such an anarchist… like some of his family members. He loses jobs on a regular basis because of his tendency to disrespect authority"

"Well, that's not that bad, the only authority we have ever respected is Pops yoi"

"Yes"

-The following week-

"For the last time, no" said Ace to his blond stalker. He was late for the train ride that will take all of his family plus Law to Central City, to protest in front of STAR Labs. Marco decided it was enough humiliation for the day and he was late too for the ride that will take his family there too. Then he saw the ticket Ace had in his hand.

"Are you going to see the particle accelerator yoi? Because my father's company inverted a lot in that invention and I could help you to get front rows to…"

"I'm going to protest in front of that hellish machine that will bring disaster to the human beings. Now if you excuse me" he went away with his head high up. Marco sighed and went to the building where the helicopters were waiting for him. When he reached the port there was Tatch and Izo, the first with a girl.

"Marco, this is Bonney, my date for today and… seems that your plan didn't work" said the cook, grinning. "What happened? Acey boy wasn't interested in science?"

"Worse, he is going to the protest in front of the labs yoi"

"Tough luck, birdie" said Izo before laughing. "Now get into the helicopter, we are the last ones"

The Whitebeard family reunited near the installations of STAR labs to wait for the night. When it came, Marco search through the windows to see if his freckled boyfriend prospect had come. Outside the whole Ds were there, two not really amused by being there, two very concentrated in the cause and two who had no idea what they were doing.

"Explain to me again why I have to accompany you here, Dragon-ya" said Law, crossing his arms. He had to give his adoptive grandfather a shitty explanation to be able to be there and was not looking forward to come back home.

"Because we enjoy every kind of anarchy" answered the man lifting his sign. Law sighed, telling himself to enjoy the chaos while it lasted, because once he got home he will be trapped behind a desk in his cardiology consult. Not that he didn't enjoy his work or wasn't good at that, because he was, but… he got bored easily. He looked around him and saw a group of punks that were there too. He knew that redhead.

"So you came here for the science, Eustass-ya?" he greeted the man, who stared back at him. "I know you sent your curriculum to this place after we finished college. Was it that bad for the prodigy engineer to be rejected in this big project?"

"As it was for the prodigy doctor to be rejected in the best hospitals in the city, Trafalagar" answered the redhead. The raven pouted. "Well, we are even. Let's see the fireworks and other people get the glory we will never have before thanks to some people I was reduced to fixing motors and you to listen to some sick persons wailing about imaginary hearth diseases"

"If we can have some alcohol while we do that, I will be happy" said the D and was soon given a glass of whisky by Killer. "Then cheers"

"Cheers"

-Inside the labs-

"I have to say this, doctor Wells, this surely is a huge achievement" said Edward before the scientist walked into the Cortex to start the machine. Marco sighed and saw Tatch flirting with more girls while Bonney ate like a caveman and a rejected Izo was weeping near Namur. He spent a few minutes alone before the alarm went off. He ran towards his family and was lucky enough to sent some of his brothers to the helicopters when the place started being evacuated, but he stayed behind to find his father with Jozu, Rakuyo and Namur. They found Whitebeard, but in that moment the particle accelerator exploded and they were caught in the explosion.

Outside the labs, people was running away… except for some of them. Law was desperately trying to get to his family (he considered them as such despite their irritating personalities) and Kid followed him with his friends, not really thinking what they were doing. For his part, Dragon was trying to find a way out for his sons and father, but the people was so scared that it was getting difficult.

"Where can we go away?" asked Luffy.

"I don't know, Lu!" answered Ace.

"Mugiwara-ya!" called Law, finally finding them thanks to the straw hat the teen always wore. In that moment there was a flash of light and they were hit by some kind of energy. Kid, who was just behind the doctor, was hit seconds later…

The result of the accident with the particle accelerator was a lot of people hurt or killed. The immediate victims were translated to the hospitals until they were stable. Izo and his brothers took turns to ne near their father or their brother's bed, but they were still in a coma after the month passed… just like the girl Tatch brought.

"It's my fault, she wouldn't have been like that if I didn't invite her" he said, guilty.

"It's not your fault, Tatch" he tried to calm him down. "You couldn't predict this, just like we couldn't predict that Pops was going to get hurt this way. The only thing we can do for now is be by his side and prevent those old fools from taking over the company"

"I don't know how are we going to do that without Marco"

"We need to resist" stated Vista, coming for his shift. "They are strong, they will recover"

"Of course" said the youngest one, taking a watch out of his pocket. "An let's talk about something else, like… do you know Marco's sweetheart id in this hospital too? Apparently he was hit by the explosion too and is in a coma"

"Might be destiny"

"Yeah"

While the brothers talked, a glasses wearing Marine was sitting near his only grandson's bed, apologizing to a ghost for not taking good care of him. He knew that Law needed more time with his biological family, because for some reason they understand him more than he did, but the doctor should have told him that he was going to do something like that.

Unknown to him, there was another couple unconscious in that hospital that he knew well, along with some of their subordinates… Donquixote Doflamingo, the man that killed his adoptive son, and Crocodile.