A hatted raven haired boy watched from the top of a building, two rival gangs were making a ruckus in the grandline, creating massive property damage and scaring the citizens.

Usually the police would be here in a heartbeat to arrest them all up and do some posing shit in the face of society, but the man knew all too well no one was going to show.

The soulmate hunt has begun.

After some incident with the strawhat gang involving the police, a prison, and a soulmate, they immediately retaliated by taking on a mass search for soulmates, didn't matter who they were or what they did, if they were an officer's soulmate they were taken in.

Although this indeed made the police force more intimidating, many of the underground's big shots did not take this hands down, suddenly everybody from everywhere was dropping everything they were doing and were hunting down soulmates.

The rookie gang bosses, the mafia bosses, the mob bosses, even complete wild cards were on the move.

It was chaos.

For a number of days sirens have been going off like air horns, mass destruction has met many parts of the town, it was the closest thing to a civilized war it could get- if you could even call it civilized.

Sighing at all the mayhem being blown up all over town, the young man stood up and loosened his shoulders, "took you long enough, yoi" the man glared back at his companion, "rude, I was just thinking, ain't that right babe?" The jumpy female beside him twitched, "o-oh yeah" the two men just rolled their eyes.

"You really gotta work on that confidence there, yoi" she flushed red and looked away, "whatever let's just end this fast" the hatted male pulled his arm back, "fire fist!" The two rival gangs were soon sent packing.

"Jeez Luffy look at the mess you've made" muttering to himself, Ace wandered back to his home, with his soulmate and brother trailing behind him, "well he is your brother after all" the freckled boy gave Marco a discreet glare as they made it to the warehouse.

Though his mood soon took a more cheerful turn seeing his soulmate wander in front of him, "awe darling! Come give me a hug!" Launching himself onto her, the girl chattered in surprise, shifting into a deep red from his warm embrace.

"Gurararara! Welcome back my sons! Oh, and daughter of course, how did it go?" Marco shook his head, "just more gangs trying to make some trouble with their soulmates" the older man soon had a foul look on his face.

"Bah! What foolish brats, all of them! Going out searching for their soulmates for strength! What a joke! Soulmates hold so much more importance than that! Ain't that right Ace?!" The fire user nodded his head happily, making his grip tighter to the point it almost bordered a death choke.

"P-Pops? Have we ever had a mom?" Marco looked wide eyed back at the suffocating girl, and Ace finally released his lethal hold of her, both shocked to silence.

Whitebeard though, just laughed vigorously, "Gurararara! To think that you're the first one to ask that question, are my sons lacking curiosity, or spine?!" Both Marco and Ace looked betrayed, "wait we could have asked the whole time?! I thought there was some silent rule not to say anything?!" Ace pouted even more when his soulmate laughed at him.

"Okay ya little runts" the three of them fell quiet as Whitebeard got comfortable in his gigantic throne, "now this is the story, of how I met your mom" they all gasped excited.

"Now I was a young little runt at the time, I was still looking for all you scattered minnows...I've told you kids that all I ever wanted-" "was a family" Marco elbowed Ace in the side, "yes, that's all I ever wanted, anyway, back then I was still looking for you kids thinking I could never find my soulmate, but" the trio listened closely.

"One day, in this town I came across something else.." the three younger people felt anxious in place seeing their father figure lay back and stare up at the ceiling.

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The young gangster walked around the sidewalks, looking for anything that could catch his eye, he once paused seeing a daycare, feeling soft catching glimpses of the pure bundles of joy exploring the world inside.

Wandering on, he paused feeling a spark, just a moment of something special.

Suddenly feeling more desperate than before, Newgate began to move faster, nearly rushing past people and knocking them over as he went.

Before he even knew it, he stopped in front of a flower shop, many exotic flora were on display in beautiful arrangements, but his eyes were stuck on the lady staring him down in the front.

You were watering the flowers with a hose, and was wearing a floppy, wide sun hat that protected the entirety of your (S/C) face from the sun's rays, grimy gardening gloves were still on your hands, and you wore dirty overalls and rubber boots.

He marveled seeing your glistening (E/C) eyes study him- until you suddenly sprayed him with the hose.

"Eeeeek!" Rushing into your shop you slammed the door and shut the blinders, leaving the hose jerking around on the ground.

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"She rejected you?!" Marco slammed his foot onto Ace's, causing the flame man to howl out in pain, "ow! What the hell?!" Before they could begin to argue, they were suddenly interrupted by their laughing father.

"Well she did at first, but that's not the whole story" the two went silent, "oh, it's not?" He shook his head to his daughter, "no, it's not" he continued with the story.

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The next day, Newgate confronted the shop again, this time gently knocking on the front door, waiting patiently for the door to open, and when it did he wasn't surprised to see blushing cheeks and anxious (E/C) eyes.

"Y-You again? L-Look I'm sorry but I'm not interested in getting a soulmate, I have plenty on my plate already" Newgate smiled at the boldface lie, "your expression doesn't exactly match your words miss?" You blushed angrily at his words, "n-no it doesn't! And I'm (Y/N)!" He felt a smile pull itself onto his face on it's own.

"(Y/N), what a lovely name" you turned as red as a tomato at his sweet talk, you were ready to slam the door in on his face when he suddenly handed out a small bouquet, "ah! Before you go please take this bouquet, I picked it out just for you" huffing at the action, you scowled but still took the bundle of huddled flora.

Slamming him out and walking away from the door, you brushed a hand through your (H/C) hair, about to throw the bouquet aside only for the variation of flowers catch your eyes.

Soon you turned into a red mess and collapsed onto the table, you really didn't expect to see red carnations and gloxinias.

Damn he was good.

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"Flowers?" Ace muttered, "flowers" Whitebeard confirmed, the flame user's soulmate chuckled seeing the befuddled expression on his face, "let me get this straight, you courted her, with flowers- like she didn't even try to like- you know? Run away?" The old man just nodded his head.

"Heh, back in my day, soulmates took less effort than what you youngsters have to go through today, quite extreme now if you ask me" the three were shocked into silence.

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Once again Newgate knocked on the door, finding your face to pop out of the house faster than last time, catching glimpse of a certain bouquet resting on your windowsill much to your annoyance.

"I see you liked them" you shook her head in denial, already burning red, "I just felt like they were too good to throw away" Newgate smiled gently, "then I hope you feel the same with this" you felt helpless as he revealed a white camellia.

Feeling a vein pop on your head feeling it as an insult, you snatched the flower from his hands and blew a raspberry at him, "oh you think you're so smart do you now?!" Marching back into your shop you scanned through your variations before finding one suitable bouquet.

"Take this!" Tossing a bouquet of striped carnations right into his face, you slammed the door violently with a blush.

At first Newgate was slightly dissuaded as he backed away from the shop, but suddenly a different color caught his eye, and when he dug through the bouquet, he grinned stupidly.

Finding a single jonquil.

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Knocking once again, you opened the door quite quickly this time, trying to keep yourself from smiling, "and here I thought my flowers would get the message through your skull" Newgate brushed away a stray hair and grinned, "oh I did get the message alright, and here's one from me, to you" he pulled out a small pot, with a small orchid growing out of it.

You gasped and smiled, finally moving away from behind the door and cupping your hands over his own to admire the plant, "orchids, one of the only flowers I don't have here" you loved his smile, studying him and the flower until something hit you, "means beauty, love, refinement, beautiful woman..." you looked up at him sadly, "and many children" you frowned.

Seeing your change in mood he cupped your cheek in worry, "whatever's wrong?" You looked away in embarrassment and shame, "I-I don't" you stared him in the eye, "I'm sorry, I physically can't have children" he blinked in surprise, allowing a soft smile.

"That's alright" bringing you slightly closer, he had you cradle the orchid close and pull something out from his pocket, "I've already expressed plenty for you to know I want more than just that" you didn't have enough time to be embarrassed when he dipped down to steal your first kiss.

It was mistletoe.

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"And that's how I met your mom" the three blinked in confusion, "what? Yoi" the water user beside him nodded frantically, "yeah what? Wait what happened to her? Where is she now? Are you two married?" Whitebeard suddenly stood up and began to walk away.

"Ah, I think I can smell Thatchy boy's cooking, let's go eat" Ace began to scream for him to stop, but Marco already gave up on interrogating him, "wait I need answers!" The two fire users dashed after the girl in an attempt to catch up with their father.