Here is the third chapter.
The Normandy had continued its course to Omega, reaching their destination in an hour. Naruto and Sakura looked out of a window to see the massive station that was built into an even more massive asteroid.
"Wow, big roid." Sakura commented. "So this is omega. A place with no law and restrictions huh?….I want in."
At this Naruto chuckled. "We'll see if Shepard would allow it. If he does, you're free to hack and get any info you like since chances are most of the information would have been stolen anyway." Naruto said causing Sakura to beam.
"Ahhhhh Naruto I love you I love you!" Sakura say while embracing him…..tightly.
"Sakura I can't breeeeath" Naruto managed to get out.
"Oh sorry. Heh heh heh."
"Just be sure to cover your tracks even if it's useless info."
At this Sakura rolled her eyes. "Please I hacked "the most advanced system" in the galaxy with no effort, what makes you think I'd get caught?" She asked arrogantly.
"For one thing, that smug, arrogant attitude of yours." Naruto answered, earning a glare from his nanoroid creation. "And the fact that you get so excited when you find something juicy you just violently burst into the system to find more info on it."
"Why are you being so liberal about me hacking?" Sakura asked, hoping to change the subject.
"You know me; I like to think about the long term. Naruto answered. The less we know about their tech the more they have on us should the Gellente chose to enter talks of technology trades. By having as much info as possible we can avoid accepting tech that is common here in the Milky Way but rare in new Eden."
"Oh I get it. Knowledge is power after all." Sakura said. "Although you and I both know you're just itching to get info for your self so you can tinker with new possibilities." Sakura said with a smirk.
"Maybe." Naruto answered with a smirk of his own.
"Anything in particular you would be interesting in?"
"More detailed info on biotics would b nice." Naruto began. "Along with any info you can find on their weapons, spaceships and history. Oh but above all else, find a list of all the minerals and alloys and their properties used in this galaxy. As an inventor, this information is vital, can't make anything if I don't know what minerals I can use, and we sure as hell can't fix the cyno generator without making new parts, can't make new parts if we don't know what to make them with."
"Gotcha. I'll put that on the top of my list." Sakura said.
"Now I'll ask Shepard if we can tag along. Get a few guns out for us just in case." Naruto said while he left.
"Sure thing."
A few minutes later, Naruto found Shepard along with Miranda and Jacob in the briefing room prepping to go on shore.
"Naruto, can I help you?" Shepard asked.
"Yes. I would like to go with you." Naruto said.
"Out of the question." Miranda said.
"I agree with Miranda." Shepard said. "This is omega, a lawless place that would eat anyone alive if they aren't careful. You who know very little about this galaxy could end up in trouble."
"You make it sound as though I'm going alone. I am simply tagging along with you. If this place is as lawless as you say, and a fight breaks out, with you being a Specter, you would be out numbered and out gunned. I would think having a few extra hands would appeal to you." Naruto said.
"He has a point commander." Jacob admitted.
"In the event we get separated, we'll immediately head back to the ship and wait for you if it makes you feel better." Naruto added.
Shepard paused to think for a moment. "Alright Naruto you win. But just don't cause trouble."
"We'd never dream of it."
"We?" Miranda asked.
"Sakura's coming to."
"Alright then, we'll be leaving shortly. You have any weapons?" Shepard asked.
"Yes Sakura is getting them ready now she should be-" Naruto was interrupted by the door opening, revealing Sakura with several guns and ammo.
"You've got to be joking." Jacob stated. "What are you two planning to do with those relics?"
"Huh?"
"Those guns. They use bullets?"
"Yes of course." Naruto answered. "What else should they use?"
"At this Jacob shook his head. "Those guns won't even damage even the most basic shields."
"Then would you let us borrow some of your weapons?" Sakura asked.
"Follow me, I'll have you fully equipped in no time." Jacob said as he left, Naruto and Sakura following close behind.
As they made their way to the armory, Sakura spoke.
"So you guys actually have personal shields?" she asked. And the weapons we have can't get though them?"
"That's right." Jacob answered. "I'm surprised you guy use those…antiques considering how advanced your ship looked."
"At this Naruto chuckled. "Well that would most likely be due to the fact that our battles are fought mostly in space, not on foot." He said. "Most of our time was spent researching space combat, after all, it would be kind of stupid to send soldiers on a planet to engage a full blown war when the one who has orbital superiority can just bomb the hell outta any opposition."
"I can understand that." Jacob said.
"If you don't mind me asking, just what makes your weapons more powerful than our own?" Naruto asked.
"Our guns use mass accelerators." Jacob started. "Sort of like an old-fashioned rail gun, only portable, and much more powerful. With it, the smallest materials can impact with massive force. In fact, the bullets themselves in our guns are only slightly bigger than a grin of sand. These bullets are normally built into the gun and can last for quite a while."
"Damn that sounds impressive. So you can just fire none stop?"
"No. a few years back, we had to pause every so often to prevent the weapon from overheating. Now a days we use thermal clips, basically thermal clips are heat sinks and with them we can keep a more sustained rate of fire on our targets, something that is pretty important in an age where you have to punch through regulative barriers." Jacob explained. "Here we are. Time to get you two suited up. You'll need armor to."
15 minutes later…
Naruto and Sakura were fitted with standard armor which came with decent shields. Naruto was surprised at how comfortable the armor felt. It felt more like a second skin more than anything did. Then there were the weapons. Naruto chose an assault rifle, SMG, and a pistol for his weapon where as Sakura chose a shotgun, assault rifle and pistol.
Nice chose of weapons." Jacob commented.
"Thanks, so shall we get going?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah we're all set. Let meet up with the commander."
They made their way back to the briefing room to meet up with Commander Shepard and Miranda. "Now we can get started." the commander said. "Lets get moving."
The party left the ship and was immediately confronted by a Batarian. "Commander Shepard. Aria wants to see you. Met her at afterlife, now." The alien stated forcefully.
"Why?" the commander asked.
"Things have a habit of blowing up around you Shepard, after life, now."
"I understand we'll meet up with her shortly." Shepard said, prompting the Batarian to leave.
"Things blow up around you?" Naruto asked.
"It's a long story something we don't have time for. Let's meet up with Aria she may have info on archangel and Mordin." Shepard said as he led the way.
It didn't take long to find afterlife. It was easily one of the biggest, most active places in the area. The party was allowed in and were immediately hit with a barrage of deafening music. It was truly a swinging club. People dancing and enjoying themselves anyway they saw fit. Naruto would have been fooled into thinking this was just a place where people party and not an outlaw station were it not for the ones carrying guns, who didn't seem the least bit apprehensive about using them, having shot someone for starting up an argument. They worked their way through the crowd to the other side of the room and up a few stairs where a private lounge was located. Once there, Shepard was allowed to continue farther while the others were held back. They watched as one of aria's men scanned Shepard before allowing him to sit down. Their conversation couldn't be heard due to the loud music and the fact that they were a few yards away from him so they waited…..and waited. After a half hour of discussion, Shepard finally came back.
"I found out where archangel and Mordin are." He said. "We're going after arch angel first since he is in more immediate danger."
"Understood commander." Miranda and Jacob said.
"I found us a ticket to get near arch angel, follow me." Shepard said as he led the way. Right after exiting Aria's booth Shepard went down a flight of stairs where people seemed to be signing up for something. "We'll join the mercs that are trying to kill arch angel." Shepard explained. "When we see our chance we'll rescue him."
"Well sounds like you got the entering part figured out." Naruto began. "So how do we get out?"
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to It." The commander answered.
Now finally at the application desk, they were met by a Batarian. "Alright here's the deal you get your money when you kill archangel, not a minute sooner." He began. "One last thing, by signing up here, you are in no way affiliated with the blue suns, eclipse, or blood pack. As such you need to bring your on gear."
"We're already well prepared." Shepard said, causing the Batarian to nod in agreement.
"Just take the shuttle. It's to the left as you enter omega." Shepard nodded in acknowledgement before turning around to leave.
The shuttle wasn't very far from the afterlife club, taking only a few minutes to get there. Upon reaching, they were met but another Batarian. "You guys here for archangel?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"Well then, hop onboard. I wish you luck. The bastard been killing everything that moves down there." The alien said as he moved out of the way.
They boarded the shuttle and left. As they flew to their destination, Naruto spoke. "So any ideas about the layout of the area and what the enemy have planed?" hHe asked.
"No clue, we're flying in completely blind." The spectre answered.
"I see you're the gung ho type of guy." Naruto commented.
"Not by a long shot. If I can plan for all of my engagements then I would. However my line of work often has me flying in with little to no Intel, making planning impossible."
"Hmmmm Sakura?" Naruto called.
"Right." Sakura answered, knowing exactly what Naruto wanted. She closed her eyes and few moments later reopened them.
"Did you find anything?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah I did." She said as she took out a small pad and connected a thin cable from the back of her neck to the device. Soon after a three dimensional holographic image appeared for everyone to see. "This is a map of the area where the fighting is taking place." Sakura explained. "The map may be slightly off due to the mercs changing the layout of the area with barricades. But we can still get a good idea on what's going on."
"Where exactly did you get all this info?" Miranda asked.
"The mercs have a database here, and they were keen on mapping the place out so they could plan more effectively." Sakura answered before getting back to her explanation. "Now archangel is hold up in a defensive position in a building across a bridge. It's a very well thought out spot. It funnels his attackers, making them easy targets. There are a few things we should look out for. First, the mercs known as the eclipse have a heavy mech. Although that won't be an issue. I tinkered with its friend or foe coding, when it is activated, it will attack the mercs. The second problem is a gunship that is being repaired. They plan to use it as soon as it's operable. And finally down in the basement of the building where archangel is held up, the blood pack are planning to blast their way in from three areas however, there seems to be a shutter system that we can use to stop them from entering further. That's all I got."
"Good Intel." Shepard commented. "Now we know what to expect. Miranda, Naruto, Sakura. I want you 3 to get down in the basement and close those shutters Jacob and I will stay with archangel."
"Understood." They acknowledged.
"It looks like we've arrived." Miranda said.
"Alright let's move out."
Upon exiting, they were met but another Batarian. "Well you lot look like you can do some damage." he commented.
"We're here to take down archangel." Shepard said.
"You and the 90 other guys that are pushing' up daisies." The blue suns merc stated. "Arch angel's hold up in a building across the bridge. We can't get near the place without a bullet in the head. The next assault is going to happen soon. You better get to the others." He finished as he gave Shepard the location to the staging area of the assault. "Good luck, you're going to need it."
"Thanks."
Shepard and party made their way to the staging area, making sure to keep an eye on anything that could give them an edge. It didn't take long for them to find the gunship that Sakura spoke of in her Intel. They met a blue suns merc repairing it, something that just would not do. Shepard snuck behind the poor fool and stabbed in in the back with an electric wielder, knocking the merc out completely. "That should take care of that." he commented.
"Not yet." Sakura said as she found her way into the gunship's cockpit.
"What is she doing?" Miranda asked.
"Sakura get back here we're pressed for time." Naruto said.
"Hold on I'm trying to upload a virus into this thing. It may not be fully repaired but it's still fully capable of flying and using its guns." The pink haired nanoroid said.
"Just hurry up before someone comes." Shepard said.
Not long after Sakura hoped out of the ship. "Done. When they get in that they gonna be in for a surprise."
"Let's get moving. The assault is about to start." Jacob said.
It didn't take them long to get to the staging area from where the gunship was stored. They made it just in time to catch the first wave. Immediately after Shepard jumped down from the barricade he was shot square in the chest by archangel. "Damn let's get moving. That guy means business." He said.
They moved quickly and efficiently from cover to cover, unlike the other hired guns who just charged down the bridge and to their deaths. They finally made it inside the building. Naruto Miranda and Sakura broke off from Shepard and Jacob and went down to the basement while the others went upstairs to meet archangel. Shepard and Jacob carefully made their way up the stairs, not knowing how archangel would receive them. Carefully working their way into the room where archangel was, they made their presence known.
"Archangel?" Shepard called.
Shepard was surprised when archangel responded with a calm wave of the hand, signaling them to "give him a minute". Not long afterwards, archangel fired another shot, killing the merc that foolishly moved out of cover. After killing the merc archangel sat down and took off his helmet, who was behind it took Shepard by surprise.
"Garrus?" He asked in disbelieve.
Meanwhile down in the basement….
Naruto and his two comrades were making their way to the first of three shutters. The blood pack will be surprised to find that their planning will hit a snag. The shutters will hold them up for at least and additional 2 hours, more than enough time for them to make their escape. Naruto and Sakura were both ahead leading the way with Miranda trailing behind them a bit. Miranda was in deep thought. Most of wish was on the blonde enigma ahead of her. She had been given orders by the illusive man…..
Flashback, in transit to Omega.
After finding Naruto and company, Miranda secretly met with the illusive man in the briefing room. There was indeed much to discuss.
"Miranda? You've barely left the station what could you have to report?" The illusive man said while taking a drag from his cigarette.
"Sir, we picked up someone who was stranded out in space." Miranda said.
"I'm sure you have more to tell me than that."
"I do. He claims to be from New Eden." She said, catching the illusive man's interest. "I'm sure you've heard of it."
"I have. It was found millennia ago but was cut off. Contact was never re-established and the people that were stranded there were assumed to have died. Are you saying they in fact survived?" The illusive man asked. "I find this hard to believe he must have some mental issues."
"Sir, the ship we found him in didn't match anything we have on record." Miranda said. "It was strange looking, and he was able to interface with it, effectively becoming its operating systems."
"Interface? How so?"
"He is able to connect to a module on the ship that allowed him to assess the ship's data, and according to his a.I, he could pilot the ship by himself because of it. Which may be true since there were no other crew to be found on the ship."
"Hmmmm this is most interesting. What became of the ship?" the Cerberus leader asked.
"He self destructed it. He was very protective of its systems and inner workings."
"That is unfortunate." The illusive man said. "I believe you mentioned an a.I…."
"Yes that is harder evidence than his ship. The a.I by-passed the Normandy's security measures effortlessly, and no matter what EDI did, the a.I called Sakura could not be removed from the ship's systems."
"An A.I that by-passed EDI? I think I'm stating to believe you." The illusive man stated.
"There's more. The A.I actually has a body. Something that is unlike anything our current level of tech can make." Miranda began, having the illusive man's full attention. "The A.I's body is claimed to me made up entirely of nano bots that act in a similar manner as cells in a living organism. So much so that the a.I needs to eat every so often."
"How can you be so sure that isn't just another person?"
"The A.I that hacked the Normandy projected itself as a teen girl with pink hair, when we opened a container we found a body that looked exactly like the projection of the a.I, what's more, even though we just woke her up, she knew everything the a.I knew that alone is a good indicator that both of them are one in the same. But all doubt was crushed when we saw it move things that no human could possibly move on his own, and doing so with seemingly minimal effort."
The illusive man sat down in deep thought. Miranda was his top agent, one who rarely if ever jumps the gun. She wouldn't just report to him unless it was something she knew was extremely important. "See if you can get any more detailed information from him we can't be too careful, for all we know he may be working for the reapers, however unlikely that may be. If he isn't, then without a doubt he would be an asset in securing human dominance throughout the galaxy."
"He doesn't seem like the type that would help with our cause." Miranda said.
"We have ways of convincing people to contribute to our cause." The illusive man said, leaving the statement hanging for a bit. "Find out what you can about him, I will also monitor him personally with the hidden surveillance equipment on-board the Normandy."
"Understood." Miranda said, closing off the comm link.
FLASHBACK END
Miranda knew her orders; however, she was trying to figure out the best way to carry it out. Naruto appeared to be an odd mix of an intellectual and a hardened soldier, not exactly a good combination if you want to try to get someone to open up to you. She considered several options but shot them all down. First was trying to seduce him, however that idea was brushed aside when she heard Sakura commented about how Naruto was one of the most sought after men in the federation yet he never showed interest in any the woman who tried to make a pass at him. The second idea was to hire agents to attack and kidnap him where she could later interrogate him, however, if such an action was taken, and Shepard found out, which was always a possibility, it would only make it harder if he felt that Cerberus would attack at any given time.
'This is getting me no where.' she thought to herself. 'I'll just come out and ask him about new eve and see just how far he's willing to go giving up information.'
BACK WITH SHEPARD.
Garrus sat down on the couch, clearly having seen better days. It was obvious he was suffering from a lack of sleep. "Shepard." he began. "I thought you were dead."
"It's good to see you to." Shepard deadpanned.
"Sorry, I'm glad to see you. It's just that….. It's kind of sudden."
At this, Shepard smirked. "Well that's to be expected." He then rolled his head around. "You give me a good one down there."
"Concussive rounds, only would have taken your shields out. Needed to keep up appearances, didn't want the mercs to get suspicious." Garrus said.
"Riiiiiiiiight."
"If I wanted to do more I'd have done it…besides you were taking your sweet time, needed to get you moving." He added jokingly (A/N I like Garrus's form of humor and how he says it lol)
Shepard chuckled and shook his head. "So what did you do to piss of every major merc group on omega?" he asked.
"It wasn't easy. I really had to work at It." He said. "But we can talk about that later." He said while getting up and moving back to the balcony. "That bridge served me well in funneling those fools right down my scope but it works both ways. If we tried to make a run for it now, we would be cut down. I say we wait for a weakness to show itself, and then make a break for it. Not a great plan but better than staying here."
"Alright we'll go with that."
"Wait a minute. Weren't there more of you?" Garrus asked.
"Yeah we found out that the blood pack was going to blast their way in from the basement. I sent the others there to close the shutters to buy us some time." Shepard explained.
"Heh nice. Would have been a pain in the ass if they got -" *BOOOOOOOOM! "Well I guess that would be them now."
"Come in Miranda." Shepard called on his comm. "Give me a sitrep."
"We already closed 2 of the shutters but the blood pack got into the last area before we could sealed it off." The second in command answered. "We're working on it, it's not something we can't handle. We'll be there soon."
"Understood."
WITH NARUTO
Naruto, Sakura, and Miranda all pinned down by suppressing fire. The blood pack blasted their way in and stormed the place so fast they barely had any time to react.
"I'll draw their fire." Sakura said as she moved out of cover, immediately getting hit by several bullets. She aimed her gun at the vorcha gathering on the opposite end of the room and opened fire while moving to the cover. This action resulted in her shields being taken down and several bullets ripping though her.
"Sakura you alright?" Naruto asked.
"Of course, I'm not built like you squishy organics." Sakura said while spraying bullets at the blood pack.
Naruto and Miranda took advantage of the opening Sakura made and moved to different cover and opened fire. Miranda saw an group of enemies gathered closely together and sent a ball of energy in their direction, creating a singularity that left the targets floating in the air quickly she shot each of them before using her biotic powers again, this time on a charging krogan. Sending him into the air. Naruto continued firing his assault riffle while throwing grenades where enemies got concentrated. However, Miranda's abilities didn't go unnoticed. He found himself being fascinated by her use of "biotics". he couldn't wait to see what Sakura dug up on it.
After a short while the enemy numbers started to thin out, allowing them to advance to the shutter controls upon reaching the shutters and closing it. Naruto spoke. "Maybe we should sweep the area to make sure their all dead."
"A wise idea." Miranda agreed. As she went on her, own to look around the area, signaling Naruto and Sakura to do the same.
Miranda carfully moved though the room. The countless containers made it easy for someone to hide in ambush. She heard a hiss from a nearby vorcha. She quickly put several bullets in its head, knowing full well how fast they can heal. Every of often she could hear shots being fired from Naruto and Sakura's direction. "You two alright over there?" She shouted.
"Yeah we're fine."
A simple show of concern. Miranda had decided to try to befriend Naruto see if she could get close enough to him to get more information from him. What better way to make a good impression that in the battlefield right? As Miranda made her way back to the entrance, a few light green splatters on the wall caught her attention. 'What's this?' She wondered when something in her mind clicked. 'Wait a minute. This is where Sakura was shot. Could this be her "blood"?' Quickly seeing the implications, she scooped some up in a test tube and covered it up with a plug and put it away. 'This should yield some interesting results.' Just as she finished that train of thought, Naruto and Sakura appeared from around a few containers.
"Looks like the area's clear now." he said.
"Right. Let's get back to Shepard." She said as she led the way.
While this was happening, Shepard, Garrus and Jacob continued to defend against the assault. The heavy mech was deployed and to the surprise of the mercs, it opened fire on them. Then the blood pack managed to get in the building, they managed to repel them however. During all this, they killed the leaders of the omega branch of the eclipse and blood pack mercs, something that gave Garrus a great deal of satisfaction. After the blood pack was beaten, the attacks subsided, and Naruto and the others regrouped. THey thought they could take a small breather but that was proven wrong when the blue sun's gunship flew in front of the balcony.
"Archangel! You think you can screw with the blue suns?" the merc shouted over the gunship's comms before spraying the room with bullets.
Quickly, everyone ducked for cover and readied their weapons as blue suns mercs all repelled off the walls of the building and in through the windows. "Damn I thought I took care of that gunship!" Garrus cursed.
"It's not really a factor." Sakura said. Soon after a loud crash was heard. "see? Aren't you glad I uploaded that virus into that gunship now?" she asked while opening fire on the merc working their way upstairs.
"Less talking more shooting." Naruto said as he throws a grenade at a group of mercs that repelled in from the window in the room they were in.
Soon the numbers of the mercs thinned out until they stopped coming al together. "I think they're done." Jacob said.
"Then lets get the hell outtalk here before they change their minds." Garrus said.
"Agreed."
"Alright let's get back to the Normandy be on your guard along the way." Shepard said.
Sometime later, on the Normandy…
Everyone had made it back safely and Garrus was now being brought up to speed with their situation.
"So basically you're asking me to follow you into hell….again." Garrus asked. "Well it's better than cleaning up trash in omega. Although I'm worried that you're working with Cerberus Shepard." He finished with concern.
"That's why I want you with me Garrus. I want someone I know I can trust at my back. I fully expect them to stab us in the back somewhere down the line."
"Of course I'll follow you Shepard. It'll be like old times."
"Glad to have you aboard. Garrus." Shepard said as he gave his turian friend a strong pat on the back. "We'll be going back out to omega as soon as we re-supply. We need to find a doctor Mordin to come up with a counter for the seeker swarms the collectors use."
"So you want me to come along?"
"No you stay here. Mordin is in the area of omega that's been infected by a virus that harms everyone but humans."
"Understood commander."
"I'll see you around then." Shepard said as he parted ways with Garrus.
Meanwhile down in the cargo bay Naruto and Sakura were taking a break.
"Your gunshot wounds healed properly?" Naruto asked.
"Of course why wouldn't they?" Sakura asked.
"Well it's not like I made your body with weapons like they use here in mind. Normal bullets fired by an explosive material; that is what I designed your nanoroid body to withstand. I am just making sure everything is in order. Never know what these new weapons can do to you."
"Awwww how caring of you." Sakura teased.
"Anyways were you able to get any useful information?" Naruto asked.
"Of course I got roughly about 2 terabytes of information, although chances are only a few gigs would be of any interest to you. Everything you asked for, bitoics, a list of local materials and their properties and the history of this galaxy." she answered. "I'll upload everything I got onto your terminal. You really should try to get one of those nifty Omni-tools. They seem to be very convenient." She added.
"I intend to." He said as he got his equipment ready for Sakura to upload. As he was doing so, Shepard entered the cargo bay. "Ahhhhh commander." Naruto greeted.
"How's everything?" Shepard asked.
"Great. I'm still excited by everything I saw in that place." Naruto said. "I had Sakura download as much data as she could find."
"I don't recall seeing her at any terminals."
"Oh I can download remotely and I can do it at a fast rate." Sakura explained.
"That was omega. All sorts of underhanded dealings happen there. If you happen had downloaded anything that could endanger the galactic community-"
"I would of course hand it to you personally." Naruto interjected.
"Great." Shepard said. "Well I have to say I'm impressed with how you handled yourself on the field." He commented.
"Like I said, I'm a ranking officer in the federation. You don't get to be a captain if you don't know all aspects of warfare, whither it's in space, or on surface."
"It's pretty impressive for someone so young."
At this, Naruto and Sakura looked at each other and chuckled.
"What's so funny?" Shepard asked curiously.
"Hehe nothing don't let looks fool you, I'm a little bit older than I look." He chuckled.
"Well I'll take your work for it. I came down to tell you we're going back out for Mordin. If you want you can come."
"Hell yeah." Naruto said.
"I'll sit this one out." Sakura said. It will take time to sift through all the data I collected. I'll do that while you're away."
"Alright then, when will we be leaving commander?" Naruto asked.
"As soon as we restock our supplies, shouldn't be too long so start getting ready."
"Alright then I'll get back to the armory and re-equip." Naruto said while turning to Sakura. "Stay out of trouble." He warned.
"Of course." She said innocently.
Naruto only shook his head and left with Commander Shepard. 'I get the feeling things are going to be a lot more interesting with you around Naruto' Shepard thought to himself.
Meanwhile at the Cerberus headquarters…..
The illusive man had gotten a report from Miranda which included a rudimentary analysis of the sample of nanoroid "blood" she collected. 'this is most interesting.' he thought to himself. He opened up a comm to the head of his research division.
"What can I do for you sir?" The scientist asked.
"We've just acquired an interesting simple of nano tech. I want you to perform an in-depth analysis on it when it arrives."
"Understood sir we'll begin as soon as it gets here." The scientist said.
The illusive man cut off the comm and lit a new cigarette. Taking a long drag before exhaling he spoke. "now Mr. Uzumaki, you have piqued my interest
A/N you'll find that my story for now, sticks closely with the mass effect storyline. However Naruto's presence will change things up. The fact that Garrus didn't get turned to mince meat from the gunship guns is just a teeny tiny example of this. Naruto will eventually have a big impact on the mass effect storyline but for the next 3-6 chapters (I really can't say) you'll only see minor differences from the mass effect storyline