It had taken 5 months to get all the way to Zou and now Soren was heading home, this trip didn't bring him as many rewards as he thought it would but it still paid off just enough in the end. As Soren sailed through the ever changing seas he came across a ship that happened to be heading towards a whirlpool, Soren could hear a bunch of screams coming from the ship and when he put more focus on the ship it looked kinda familiar to him.

[Is that.. No.. But they are a bunch of idiots, better safe than sorry]: soren

Soren then left his boat which was far enough to not be disturbed by the whirlpools current and be dragged in. Soren then flew over to the ship that was being dragged down and noticed a few familiar faces, but the main one was a man with Red hair wearing a white button up long sleeve shirt that was open all the way down to his abs, he wore a black sweeping cape with a high collar over the white dress shirt and wore Brown baggy pants that were cut off at the shin with a Red sash around his waist. Soren could pick this man out of a crowd due to this choice of clothing, Soren then decided to save them, he flew to the back of the boat and placed his hands on it while covering the entire boat with Armament Haki and started pulling the boat out of the whirlpool while the people on board started freaking out about the ship turning black.

[Holy shit! This is hard to hold while covering it with Armament Haki]: soren

Soren was struggling to keep the ship covered while pulling it out of the whirlpools current, Soren was visibly starting to go pale in the face, he then thought of a last resort that could either kill him and the whole crew on board or, save everyone. Soren then started to focus his power on making his Ki explode into surges while making it rage throughout his entire body but focusing it into his muscles.

[HAAAAARRRGGGG!]: soren

Soren's Ki started to flare up and flow into his muscles, mini explosions oh Ki could be seen happening around Soren's body. Soren then gave it all of his strength and pulled, this last pull had yanked the boat out of the whirlpool and back into stable waters, some of the crew saw Soren pull off the feat in amazement but then saw as he started plummeting towards the sea.

[Captain!... I think I just saw Soren fall into the water, we need to save him]: crew member

[Haha! Silly guy, Soren wouldn't be here.. He was left back in Foosha Village with Luffy]: shanks

Shanks was drunk off his ass while he was walking around the ship with a bottle in his hand, he even fell down a couple of times, the crew saw this and one decided to jump in after Soren to save him. Soon both Soren and the crew member who saved him came up to the surface and got back on Shanks' ship, Soren's last words before he passed out were.

[My wife is over there]: soren

Soren pointed into the direction of his boat and told the crew, the guy that Soren fell on coming into the One Piece world named Rick looked towards where Soren pointed and stated.

[Over there guys.. That must be his ship, we better go get Misha for him]: rick

Soren was unconscious for about 2 months, the whole time Misha, Shanks, and his crew were all worried for him, even Haku went to sleep next to him every night. Once he woke up he saw Misha standing over him with tears in her eyes while shouting.

[Husband woke up!... Everyone, Husband is awake!]: misha

Soren was greeted by Haku on his side, Misha standing above him and Shanks in the corner with tears in his eyes and a bottle of booze in his hand. Then the door slammed open and people started piling into the room anxious about Soren's well being, Soren looked at everyone and felt that the time on Shanks' ship was not wasted, he felt that Shanks and his crew saw him as part of the family.

[How long was I out for?]: soren

[About 2 years..*Sigh*]: shanks

[WHAT!?]: soren

Misha quickly hit Shanks over the head and corrected him.

[Husband has only been asleep for 2 months]: misha

Soren felt relieved that he didn't just sleep 2 years away from his adventures in this world, but he was also upset that it wasn't 2 years due to the fact that Sakura would be back up.

'I really do rely on Sakura too much.. Even when she comes back, I will do my best to do most things on my own': soren

Soren then spent a couple of weeks catching Shanks and the crew up on what happened, Soren told them about his adventures and about Ace, Sabo and Luffy, after their catch up they had a party that lasted 6 days until they needed to restock, in which they begged Soren to buy all of it or for him to take out another fleet of ships. This brought back some of the very first memories of this world to Soren, soon after, Soren decided to just give Shanks some money to restock the booze and Mihawk had come to challenge Soren for the 6th time, Mihawk was upset that Soren kept beating him even if it was almost a draw and not overwhelming defeat. After another week Soren decided it was time for him, Misha and Haku to head back towards Paradise, Shanks sent them off with a goodbye party that lasted 2 days even though Soren left the first night.

[Those guys really will look for anything to throw a party that last a minimum of 4 days.. I will miss them when we leave this world]: soren

Soren had a tear in his eye as he continued to said back towards Paradise, and after 4 months Soren made it back to the Red Line.

[Luffy should be fighting in Impel Down right now.. should I help him out?]: soren

As Soren was thinking about what to do next he was caught off guard a big Ship that looked like a whale came up next to him, it has a solution that wrapped around it that Soren could remember was the bubble solution used to get to Fishman Island, but Soren had no idea how they got coated in it again, but then it hit him.

'Fishman Island has a device that can make those bubbles a lot quicker that coaters at Sabaody.. Whitebeard pirates are also the protectors of Fishman Island, I wonder if Whitebeard has a bigger version on the bubble maker installed on his ship for a faster way to Fishman Island?': soren

Soon Whitebeard's ship started sinking and Soren could hear the shouts of the Whitebeard crew saying "Save Ace!". Soren then made up his mind that he would save Ace when the time came, but right now he needed to make his way to Marineford and watch the battle happen. Soren then opened another portal and sailed into the portal coming out on the other side, he then started making his way towards the direction of Marineford, after about 3 hours of sailing Soren reached Marineford while staying a safe distance away as to not draw attention, Soren looked around to see Marines, World Government Officials and some news reporters hanging around an Execution Tower with a man shackled down with sea stone cuffs. The man was beaten and battered, but not as bad as in the Anime, Soren thought that even the World Laws couldn't suppress Ace's training that much. Ace was surrounded by Vice Admirals, Admirals and a Fleet Admiral. From the distance Soren could see Garp talking with Sengoku, it looked as if Garp was trying to reason with Sengoku, all Soren could guess, it was about Ace's time of Execution. Soren then could hear in the distance the chants he heard just a couple of hours ago.

[Save Ace! Save Ace! Save Ace!]: whitebeard crew

The Whitebeard pirates ship started sailing up to Soren's boat and soon passed it, and once the Marines spotted the Whitebeard's they rang the bell 3 times indicating an attack and thus the War of the Best was kicked off. As Whitebeard and his ships got to the distance they wanted Whitebeard made his appearance and used his Devil Fruit to crack the space and cause a gigantic Tsunami in which Aokiji used his Devil Fruit to freeze the oceans stopping the Tsunami. Soren who happened to be on the outer edge of the attacks only got the front of his boat encased in ice, he then made his way off the boat and walked up to the frozen Tsunami covered his hands in Armament Haki along with his Mixed Devil Fruit powers of Darkness and Lightning making a Black Lightning with a yellow glow wrap around his fist, Soren then sent a punch at the wall of frozen water and smashed it, the shockwave sent Black lightning coursing through the 100 meter tall Tsunami and shattered the whole thing, this caught everyone's attention, and as the frozen tsunami came crashing down a man of not even 2 meters was seen floating in the air as to not get crushed by the falling ice blocks.

[Who in the hell is that brat?]: whitebeard