Chapter 4: Waiting

Naruto sat quietly at the bar, 20 glasses of drink piled up to the side. He wasn't sure if the bartender was too lazy to get rid of the glasses, impressed with how many he had downed especially as the first glass had been some Ryncol, or just shock and disbelief that he was still alive.

It hadn't really slipped his notice that each drink had a little extra kick to it, specifically a poisonous kick, but a kick nether the less. Naruto hadn't said anything, only giving the bartender a bit of a bigger smile when he tasted it from the 4th drink onwards.

Should he do something, Naruto was still deciding.

But at the moment his mind was elsewhere, specifically he couldn't stop his impatience. "She should have been here already" The quite mumble under his breath was lost to all around as his eyes trailed the entrance to 'After Life'.

He had found out two years ago that they were attempting to bring a certain someone back to life; that alone would have peeked his interest, he hadn't seen people brought back to life in a loooong time, and even then he was eager to see if they could pull it off with just technology.

Other than that he also found out it was Shepard of all people, he couldn't fathom what 'they' were thinking with their history together, but as it was someone he had met before, a good drinking buddy no less, even better!... wait was it coming up to the big old '10' already, that could explain it…have they noticed already?... That was cause for another drink!

With another glass in hand Naruto downed nearly all of it as his eyes draped up and down the multiple scantily dressed Asari hanging around the bar, appreciating the work they were putting in to attract attention. 'I wonder how much they actually get paid?'

Over the years he had come to appreciate the Asari especially once he took into consideration that they at least looked human all the way back then, he probably interacted with their species more than anyone else for quite a while there. Long life spans, interesting mono gender and culture, the only thing that could have made it better was if they were orange instead of blue, but that was just wishful thinking on his part.

'Were they one of the first I found?'

His mind wandered for a few minutes lost in memories.

'Now where was I?'

His eyes trailed back to the entrance looking for his prey. Though he should really have infinite patience after all this time, after finding out 2 years ago... ok it was more like 1 year and 11 months, maybe he was getting a bit rusty, his network wasn't usually that slow on the uptake.

He digressed, after finding out 2 years ago, he had painstakingly avoided spoiling the surprise for when 'they' finally finished, sure he could have waited longer, but once it was all but confirmed she was up and walking he couldn't wait any longer!

He had even made the trip personally this time to confirm it with his own eyes. Though he sort of wished she hadn't picked Omega, not that he hated the place, he just avoided it, that little girl was a bit too intense for his tastes, she needed to relax more.

On that note he couldn't help but wonder how she had been running the place… she was just in the lounge not too far away with all the security and bouncers…Wow he had been letting himself slip, years ago he would have known instantly what was going on.

But then if he really thought about it, was it really his….She was here.

Naruto's eyes flickered and instantly locked onto Shepard as she stepped into 'After life', his eyes sparked as he looked at her, analyzing her, completely disregarding the 2 people standing to her side. She was stopped by the bouncer at the bottom of the stairs to the lounge as she tried to make her way up. A small commotion ensued before she finally made her way up alone.

Naruto nodded to himself before finishing his drink, standing up to make his way over.

I believe I messed up the grammatical 3rd and 1st person this chapter. Seriously I think I was a bit all over the place. But it is what it is.

I think I gave quite a bit of information about Naruto's past in this chapter, or at least hinted to it. I wonder if one of you guys will figure out why he interacted/appreciated the Asari so much. (No it isn't perverted!)