Sorry that I haven't updated in a long while. -grins sheepishly-

I just had so many ideas floating around in my head for other stories that this one kinda took back seat.

However I shall update this for all my loyal readers to look at while I'm away for a week.

Also this is the part where the council does what it does best, ignores a problem.

Also I plan on expanding on the background of the two "Super Soldiers" and further explain why Naruto and Hinata were taken.

SO on with the gunfire, explosions, and spaceships that make Mass Effect so great.

-eyes a lawyer-

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR MASS EFFECT

-a Reaper falls right on top of the lawyer-

NOW ON WITH THE SHOW!

Chapter 4: Failed attempts and history on the Super Soldier project...

Amy looked at the data on her omnitool a little closer, wondering if it was a mistake, but no matter how many times she refreshed the page she was on nothing changed. According to the omnitool Rawlings had been the name of a young private to serve in Korea just before the outbreak of the Second Korea War, had later volunteered for a joint branch operation between the US Army, US Air force, US Marine Corps, and the US Navy to take the capital of North Korea, but it was already too late as the North Koreans had taken a vast majority of the Korean peninsula, and began moving out ward, conquering a small portion of China and pushing inward into Japan. Around this time he volunteered for a military project to turn a regular soldier into a "Super Soldier", though the information on it was shockingly well classified to this day. After that occurred he partnered up with a Japan national and two self-proclaimed "ninja" to push the North Koreans back. Afterwords they had realized that the entire world was now at war, and not like WW1 and WW2, countries were trying to conquer each other, with the USA getting bombarded by China while trying to defend itself from a surprisingly well armed Mexican army and strong Canadian forces. However what she noticed was that halfway through the war both super soldiers and ninja just vanished, like someone had wiped them from existence.

It was then she heard a massive pounding on her door, opening it she saw one of her friends trying to catch her breath. The friend standing in the door was a Quarian female, though she never quit knew what her friend looked like underneath.

"Amy come quick there's a fight going down," her friend said, trying to catch her breath.

"Wow there Nila who's fighting," Amy asked, trying to get her quarian friend to calm down.

"A human is fighting a Krogan," Nila answered, causing Amy to run in the direction Nila came from. The fight wasn't hard to find, as a Krogan slid to a halt in front of her.

Looking up she saw Rawlings glaring at the downed Krogan, before turning to walk away. It was then she felt a push and she saw she was being pushed into a ring of some kind, surrounded by every species the galaxy had to offer. Noticing her stepping into the ring the turian off to the side smirked.

"Our next challenger Amy Sinclair," the turian announced, sending the crowd into a uproar. Turning she saw that Rawlings just sighed and shook his head before getting into a basic Tae Kwon Do stance with his right foot shoulder width apart from his left, his left hand protecting his face, and his right hand ready to strike. Gulping she got into a stance that she had learned from watching old kung fu movies, which was pretty much like her opponents except she bounced on the balls of her feet. It was then she charged at her opponent, who threw a straight punch with his right hand when she got close. Grabbing his wrist she kicked him in the face before bringing her foot back for a heel kick, for some odd reason causing him to grin. When she went back for another kick he caught her foot, knocked her other foot out from under her, and then he got her in a leg lock. Grimacing in pain, she manged to turn herself onto her back, and palm strike her opponent on the head. He immediately clamped a hand on his head and glared at her. Smirking Amy threw tried to do a spinning back hand to her opponents face, only for it to be caught and she felt a elbow being rammed into her ribs. Falling to the ground she did a spinning kick, knocking the man off his feet, going into a mount she had one palm reared back for a strike when the "ref" called the match.

With a grin on his face the man got up and walked off.

"I'm looking forward to another match," he said in a excited voice, before turning a corner and disappearing.

With Shepard and co...

Shepard was in the meeting room for the council, and the situation was looking grim in deed. Once again, in spite of the real time footage from earth, the council was trying to deny any existence of the Reapers. Sighing underneath his new N7 armor, Shepard was about to start shouting and issuing threats toward the council when he remembered just how much they owed him.

"Shepard," Ashley called out, but noticed he wasn't paying her any kind of attention. Sighing in defeat she was about to try and hit him on the head, when the council's holoprojections appeared.

"Commander Shepard," the asari councilor called out, "we must respectfully decline your request for aid for Earth."

"Why," Shepard asked, saying through his teeth, and his anger was spiking when he saw the turian councilor smirking.

"There is no proof that Earth is being attacked by these so called Reapers," the turian councilor said pompously. Causing Shepard to slam his hand into the panel in front of him.

"I've showed you footage, I have told the story time and time again," Shepard shouted, before pointing behind him to Ashley and Naruto, "i even brought two witnesses who testified to what they saw and still you deny the Reapers exist?"

"Hardly compelling proof," the turian council scoffed, "more than likely you doctored the videos and convinced these two to play along."

Grinding his teeth, Shepard wished he had something other than saving their worthless lives on them. Sighing he left and was about to blast the console, when he looked up and saw Tali standing there with her arms crossed over her chest. Smiling Shepard went and embraced his wife, having missed her since she left to finish brokering a peace between the Geth and the Quarian. Smiling under her mask Tali embraced her husband, and gently rubbed his back. Smiling Shepard called into the Normandy, and found that Rawlings had gone missing, right as he heard Naruto sigh.

"If we wanna find him then we better find a underground fight club," Naruto said, rubbing his hand across his head.

"Why there," Ashley asked, somewhat curious.

"I don't know that's usually where he goes to blow off steam," Naruto answered. Heading to the slums of the Citadel they found many fight clubs, but no one claimed to have seen him. About to give up the tried a fight club named Dead or Alive, that was in a warehouse. When they talked around everyone got excited when they mentioned him, claiming that he had fought ten fights straight and had only been beaten once. They immediately asked where he went, but no one knew. Sighing they went into a bar, on the grounds Shepard "needed a drink", where they found Rawlings chatting with a blonde haired human girl. Looking at the bar they found six shot glasses lining Rawlings's side of the bar, just before he downed his seventh shot of a dark green liquid. He said something that caused the girl to laugh and then he downed another shot.

"Alright bud that's enough for you," Naruto said, trying to pull Rawlings away from the bar, only to be knocked aside.

"Nope," Rawlings responded before looking at the female, "I'm enjoying the company too much."

This caused the girl to get a tinge of pink on her cheeks and look away, to try and hide it. Smiling he reached out to her, but fell out of his seat and hit his face on the floor, and then they heard him snoring loudly. Sighing Shepard picked him up and headed back to the Normandy. Laying Rawlings on a bed in the crew quarters. Turning he saw Matsumoto glaring down at her male counterpart, though he picked up a hint of worry in her eyes.

"Why does he go to fight clubs," Shepard asked, not knowing why he did. Matsumoto sighed before she sat down in on the foot of the bed.

"He goes there to vent his anger," Matsumoto answered, before putting a locket in Rawlings's hand, "he first went when he proposed to his girlfriend, she shot him down and that same night he found out she had been cheating on him with his best friend for about six months, that was the first time he went to a fight club. The second time was when his father died, he found the guy that killed his dad and nearly killed him in the fight. Third time he went was when the state nearly split up his younger brother and sister, just before he took them in."

Nodding Shepard walked away, leaving the two super soldiers alone for the time being. A hour later Rawlings groaned, and felt a weight on his chest, looking down he saw Matsumoto laying there with her head on his chest. Looking somewhat curious as to why she would be doing that, Rawlings began to go over everything that had happened in the last five hours, only to find nothing that would cause her to do that. Shaking his head he just laid there and let her use him as a pillow, hoping she'd wake up soon.

With Naruto...

Naruto was sitting on the edge of his bed thinking over everything that had caused him to leave his kids behind in the care of their Aunt Hanabi.

Flashback no Jutsu...

Naruto had just gotten a new mission to prevent outsiders from discovering the elemental nations, before they got dragged into another world war. Right as he was about to leave he was met at the gate by his wife Hinata. They had gotten married shortly after the end of the Fourth Great Shinobi War and had three kids, though they all looked more like Hinata than him. Sighing he was gonna try and convince her to stay with the kids, only to see a fierce look of determination in her eyes.

"What about the kids," Naruto asked, hoping her maternal instinct would override all else.

"They are with their aunt," Hinata answered.

Flashback end...

It wasn't until they had been gone for three years that he received a letter that from Hanabi, telling them how much the kids hated that they weren't there, and that at this point they wished their parents never returned. After that they were knocked out and woke up on board the Normandy. Sighing Naruto was about to lay down, when he looked at the calendar on his omni-tool he bolted up right and began scrambling to get the room ready, for today was his and Hinata's wedding anniversary.

Grumbling Naruto quickly got dressed in a suit he had borrowed from Shepard, and smiled as he took his wife out for there 10th wedding anniversary.

Meanwhile with Shepard and Tali...

What Naruto didn't know was that there was another married couple Shepard was currently slow dancing with his wife Tali, while listening to a old song that had a very distinctive country twang to it. (A/N: I DO NOT OWN THIS SONG...if I did i'd be George Strait himself.)

Baby all I got's this beat up leather bag

And I all I own don't fill up half.

But don't you worry bout how I pack

All I care about is getting back real soon.

Shepard smiled as he realized how perfectly the song fit him and Tali, as everything that he truly owned he could fit into half his closet, if that.

A goodbye kiss all I need from you.

I'm carrying your love with me.

From West Virginia down to Tennessee

I'll be moving with the good Lord's speed.

Shepard didn't know about that part, but he knew that he would probably be very far away from her, and that no matter what he would try and be back as soon as he possibly could.

Carrying your love with me,

It's my strength for holding on.

Every minute that I have to be gone.

I'll every thing i'll ever need,

Carrying your love with me.

Again he was awestruck about right the song was, for as long as Tali stood beside him then he had all the reason he'd ever need to keep on fighting.

On a lonely highway stuck out in the rain,

darlin' all I have to do is speak your name.

The clouds roll back and the waters part,

the sun's still shinin' in my heart for you.

After that he was sure she had gotten the message on how much she meant to him, so he cut the music off and just held her close. Smiling Shepard admired the strong woman he held in his arms. Though he had only seen underneath her mask once, the image was forever ingrained into his mind. For under that mask was a beautiful woman with amber eyes, pale skin from living in the suit her whole life, and what humans would call platinum blonde hair that ended at the base of her neck. Smiling Shepard rested his head against Tali's visor and smiled as he they enjoyed these few precious moments together.

So how do you like it?

Hopefully I clarified somethings for you good people.

If I didn't oh well I try and explain it better some other time

Till Next time my good readers

Ja Ne