Chapter 116 - Jack the Marine

Once Soren and his group had appeared around 300m away from the docking bay of Sabaody Archipelago, Soren could see pirates running around and fleeing from the island. And as Soren took a closer look he saw the Marines swarming around all the pirates that they could catch, it was also at this point that Soren remembered that he let some random pirate he had saw when walking around take the fall for killing a Celestial Dragon, he then thought that they must be looking for that pirate while killing or capturing any other pirate along the way. Soren then worried for Luffy and his crew as there was 2 days left until their ship would be finished and ready to sail to Fishman Island, and as Soren sent his Observation Haki out to search for them, he found the Straw Hat crew held up in Shakky's Bar while hiding from the Marines.

[Looks like they will be safe for now… But I need to go get my Dragon Balls back, I guess drawing attention to me for raiding Marine HQ will help out Luffy and his crew]: soren

Soren then sailed his boat to the docking bay, after docking, Soren, Misha, Haku and now Hancock all teleported with the help of Soren's Spatial Travel skill; to Shakky's Bar surprising everyone who was hiding out in the bar. Soren then brought Misha, Haku and Hancock over towards Luffy and his crew to introduce Hancock as his new wife, but when Luffy saw Hancock he spoke up.

[Hey Hancock! What are you doing here? Are you with Soren Sensei?]: luffy

Sanji took a look at Hancock and felt his lust try to show itself while saying deep down to himself "You gotta control yourself Sanji… This is what you have trained for, you can't bust a blood vessel now!" The hearts started to pop up into his eyes and soon disappeared as he gave a cough to distract his mind. Soren was proud of Sanji deep down and wanted to give him a thumbs up for suppressing his lust towards beautiful women, but held himself back due to the fact that Hancock would try and kill him for playing along in a perverts game. Soren then let out a cough as everyone was questioning Luffy for on how he knows Hancock but it was too late as Luffy spoke without thinking.

[Well I saw her naked when I broke through her roof when she was taking a bath]: luffy

'Luffy you idiot…': soren

All the Straw Hats yelled in unison as Sanji couldn't hold himself as blood shot out of his nose while shooting himself into the air.

[WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!!!]: straw hats

Nami was the first to strike as she clobbered Luffy over the head with her closed fist, her eyes became pure white while her teeth had that of a Razor Sharp look. Robin just took her head out if her book while giving Luffy a promiscuous look as he have off a "Hmm" sound, Chopper was quick to rush over to the dying Sanji, while Soren threw Chopper a Senzu Bean and told him to feed it to Sanji, after that Sanji got up like nothing happened which surprised Chopper as he had never seen a type of medicine that could instantly heal others from any kind of injuries.

[Hey Soren… Can I have a few of these Beans? They seem to be magical and I would like to study them]: chopper

Soren just nodded and took out a small empty bag and loaded it with 50 Senzu Beans and handed them to Chopper. Taking the bag he was surprised to see Soren hand him so many, Chopper then put the bag in his pocket and joined back with the crew that were questioning Luffy while Nami was still beating him on the head. It was also at this time that the White Knight Sanji spoke up while reprimanding Luffy about what he had done.

[Luffy you idiot!... Now you need to marry her so she can feel pure again. If you don't I will beat you up and never feed you again…]: sanji

Before Sanji could finish Soren sent a bit of killing intent towards him to get him to shut up, once everyone was quiet he spoke.

[There's no need for Luffy to marry my new Wife as she belongs to me now… And Sanji… It seems you are trying to marry off a married woman. Should I punish you?]: soren

Sanji quickly shut his mouth and started to sweat before he apologized and ran off towards the back of the crowd. Luffy gave Soren a smile as he knew Soren was half joking when he spoke to Sanji, and knew that Soren wouldn't go out of his way to punish someone for words, he knew if Soren was going to do something about it Soren would kill instead as it was much easier. After everyone calmed down Soren told the Straw Hats what he planned to do next, as they protested Soren's idea he just told them there was no choice.

[I will do this either way, I just need you to make sure no Marine tries to hurt or take Misha, Hancock or Haku… Haku will mostly protect himself as can both Misha and Hancock, but I'd rather not have them battle with an Admiral… I will go to the Marine HQ to collect something that belongs to me and be right back]: soren

Before anyone could say anything else, Soren had teleported on top of the Grand Line where the Marine HQ was located. Soren could see that there were a few guards that guarded the doors of the HQ, Soren just bulldozed his way through the front door paying attention not to kill them just yet, as he still needed them to inform the higher up and have them call all troops back to base. Soren used his Devil Fruits and mixed them making a Black Lightning that started to cover his body and destroy anything and everything that stood in his way, as the Marines attacked Soren with their Swords and Guns they were blasted back with Lightning while Armament Haki deflected their attacks. Soren then used his Ki to amplify his voice while talking in a cold tone.

[You all have something that belongs to me… I'm here to take it back now]: soren

As Soren spoke the walls and floor started to quake. Soren's voice reverberated throughout the whole HQ, some of the closer Marines had gone deaf due to how loud the voice was. Somewhere in a dark room a group of Admirals sat discussing the attack on Sabaody, but when they heard the booming voice and what it said, the marines in the room started to feel a impending doom deep in their hearts. Sengoku what was the most calm throughout the voice then felt a bit of dread, he knew deep down that those Crystal Balls were not accidentally left by the pirate, and even after a couple of hours of trying to summon the dragon there was no reaction. This was also the best time for the pirate to come try and take back the wish orbs as they could make him tell them how to summon the wish granting Dragon, Sengoku had then noticed that one of the long time Admiral's that was a trusted friend of his had disappeared from the room. Soren on the other hand was still making his way towards a room that he felt a connection towards, after 15 minutes of walking through the maze like hallways Soren arrived to a grand door that looked around 25m in height. Pushing open the giant doors with no problem, Soren then entered the spacious Dark room that had a pedestal in the center with a dish that held 7 Dark Purple Crystals Balls with Black Stars inside them that ranged between 1-7 stars inside them. Soren then had a smile grow on his face, but felt it was strange that there were no guards inside of the room, and as Soren was around 2m from his Dragon Balls, the smell of blood entered his nose, he quickly turned to face the direction where the source of the smell came from only to see 10 Marine Captains with their heads detached from their bodies. Soren then felt a killing intent directed towards him, and as Soren turned to grab the Dragon Balls and leave he was struck in the stomach and sent flying back smashing into the wall, Soren looked up to see a man who wore a Marine Admirals outfit. Soren looked through his memory and couldn't remember an Admiral who looked like this guy, the man before him was around 197cm tall with a bodybuilder type body, his hair was Black with White tips that reached down to his shoulders in length. He had a Black beard with a scar in the shape of a cross over his left eye, and wore a Sword on his waist that radiates a Holy Aura that reminded Soren of Karin's Family Sword. Soren then pulled himself out of the wall he was embedded in and coughed up some blood while taking a look at the Apex List.

-Apex Listing-

1: Kaido (Four Emperor's)

2: IM (Marine HQ Leader)

3: Jack (Marine Admiral)

4: Soren (Blue Reaper)

5: Whitebeard (Four Emperor's)

{System Note: Places 2 & 3 are tied in Strength}

Soren had never really felt the need to look at the rankings, because he felt that he was on par with Kaido the King of Beasts, but it was obvious that there was room for improvement. Soren then looked at the man before him and guessed his name was Jack, Soren was also surprised to know that Jack and the infamous IM are tied in Strength, and while Soren was thinking up a plan for battling this opponent Jack spoke for the first time.

[I'm sure you already figured it out as you are a child of the famous Zoldyck Family, so I'll make this short… Tell me how to activate the Dragon Balls]: jack

When Soren heard Jack his jaw almost hit the floor, but before that happened he caught himself and started thinking about this opponent.

'He knows I come from the Zoldyck Family and about the Dragon Balls… He must be a reincarnated person as well… But when did he get here?': soren

Soren thought about all the possibilities and then it hit him. Soren remembered about the story that Karin's old man had told him back then. The story went as Karin's Great Great Great Grandfather or something like that; had saved the life of a traveling swordsmen who in gratitude gave his family one of his Swords, then the swordsmen disappeared. Soren then placed two and two together and decided that the man the Karin's Grandfather had saved was Jack, and Jack's sword was passed down in Karin's family. Soren then started to speak to Jack in a condescending tone as he tried to joke with Jack about the Dragon Balls.

[Did you try working the shaft?]: soren (TFS Reference)

Jack heard Soren and almost laughed as he knew what he was talking about, but not wanting to be friends with Soren because he chose the life of a pirate spoke angrily towards Soren instead.

[Enough bullshit Pirate!... No jokes, tell me how to summon your Dragon… Now!]: jack

Soren smiled as he saw Jack almost laugh at his joke, Soren then continued.

[I'm sorry to hear that… If you are having problems with our products please call 1-800 Eat A-]: soren

[I said Enough!...]: jack

Jack interrupted Soren's sentence and launched himself towards Soren to just kill him instead. Soren made moves to dodge but was hit instead, and thanks to Soren training his Haki, he could naturally use it without having to put thought into it. Soren was then launched across the room once more as his body was covered in tiny cuts, Soren then got up from the rubble holding his left arm with his right hand while Blood gushed from his body everywhere, Soren then popped a Senzu Bean and healed up.

[You don't need to get so mad at a joke… Also why are you mad at me? I hadn't done anything to you, yet you attack me like I killed your mother]: soren

Jack looked at Soren in hatred when Soren brought up "mother" before he calmed down and decided to explain to the pirate before him why he was mad at him and why he hated pirates.

[I am as you have guessed just like you in the part that I come from another world that has Anime… When I lived on earth I was an orphan who had nothing for himself. I was adopted by 4 different families who abused me and sent me back to the orphanage, all I loved in the world was Anime… I came back to the orphanage after school just to watch my favorite Anime, my favorite one's were One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Overlord and so on… But one day after school while I was on my way back to the orphanage I had heard screaming coming from an alleyway and ran towards it, there I saw a young woman being ra*ped by a group of thugs and found a metal pipe in the trash. While one of them was fucking the screaming girl the others were recording. I had snuck up behind them and whacked one on the head as hard as I could sending him to the ground dead, I wasn't so fast so the other ones held me down while the girl ran away and a thug pulled out a gun killing me there… I thought I was dead and gone only to wake up in a White room with a bright Golden figure who called herself a Goddess. The Goddess then told me how she watched my heroic deed and felt bad that I had to die without experiencing and joy in my life, I then got to choose any world of my choosing to reincarnate into with a cheat ability or cheat weapons… I chose to live in One Piece with a pair of Holy Swords, after reincarnation I grew up with a loving mother who did everything for me, and then I got a wife and my mother was now too old to work so my wife and I stayed with her to support her like she did me… Then one day a new group of pirates came to our island a few years after Gold Roger had set sail on the Grand Line, they Pillaged, Ra*ped and Killed everyone while I was gone looking for work as a bounty hunter. And when I got back I saw the scene of my dead wife with her legs spread open dripping cum… She was even pregnant with our child, while my mother had her head bashed in with brain matter everywhere, I lost my cool and tracked down the pirates who did that to my village only to find them and get beaten up by one if the first Devil Fruit users. Luckily I was saved by an aspiring Swordsmen and gave him one of my swords to give him luck on his journey as I planned to die killing these pirates… I was then recruited by a Marine known as IM who waa just a Captain at the time, and from there I have been killing pirates with no mercy ever since, and I only promised Garp to let Luffy go… Now that I found a Reincarnated person who has Dragon Balls I wanted to wish my Wife and Mother back but I can't access the damn things. So I will tell you once more… Tell me how to use them and I will let you live, I just want my Wife and Mother back]: jack

Soren felt that Jack only had good intentions with the Dragon Balls but didn't want to waste 2 wishes on someone he didn't even know, even if he felt bad for the guy. Soren felt torn between his choices, fight and kill this guy or let his use up the wishes and wait a year for them to gain enough energy.