All right everyone, here it is. My experiments' going pretty damn well right now. It turns out people who read crossovers are less likely to review, reserving them until they deem the fic worthy. On the other hand, people who read Narutoverse stories, while more likely to review, are less likely to favorite or follow.

Well, let's see how the story, and the experiment, progress. Enjoy!

"Ke nu'jurkadir sha Mando'ade…"

-Kal Skirata to Qibbu,

Don't mess with Mandalorians.

"Oya oya!" and with that, they jumped into the fray.

Thirty clones poured out from a hole up above onto the shocked battle droids. Even for being droids they were still shocked. So much so that Naruto had already thrown 3 EMPs at the Droidekas before they responded.

In less than ten seconds the indestructible droidekas were reduced to cannon fodder as their shields were taken down. The clones made quick work of them, before turning to deal with the other, now more dangerous, droids.

But Naruto had already turned to them, vibroknuckler out and slashing. "Let's go troopers!" he yelled to them before putting the muzzle of his Deece up to an SBDs chest and filling it full of laser bolts. Naruto's clones roared as they rushed the seemingly shocked battle droids.

The besieged clones looked at each other before joining the fray. "Let's go men!" Sasuke yelled, leading the ragtag team of troopers to go and assist his commando brother. Neji and Shikamaru stay back, so that Shikamaru can treat Neji's wound.

Sasuke ran through the droids until he reached Naruto, who had just finished stabbing a SBD.

"Naruto, where the hell have you been?" Sasuke yelled to him over the comms.

"Not getting shot at!" Naruto replied as he ducked so that Sasuke could spray into the mass of droids. "You?"

"Smartass! I met up with Neji and Shikamaru 5 minutes ago. Then we found this bunch. It'd explain why you haven't lost anyone yet. They were all focused on us!"

"Yep that's what I was thinking."

Naruto and Sasuke sprinted through the droids, slashing and shooting at anything in their path. It was over in a moment. When they turned around they saw what they had done. In their wake were multiple Battle Droids and Super Battle Droids lying on the ground, deactivated or incapacitated.

They looked at each other and then to the carnage. Then fist bumped. "Hell yeah, that's how ya do it!" Naruto shouted, almost jumping in his excitement.

"Naruto, shut up. Sasuke, help Neji. He should be good in a few minutes but I don't want him exerting himself too much," Shikamaru told them, handing the limping Neji off to Sasuke. "We need to get to the control room as quickly as we can. We've spent too much time here. Naruto take rear. I got point."

"Yes sir!" came Naruto and Sasuke's replies.

Naruto called out to Fi, "Fi, up here with me!" three troopers turned to look at him. "Uh, um, CT-8714" Fi jogged over to him.

"Yes sir?" Fi asked as Naruto turned and started walking away to the back of the mass of troopers.

"Come with me. I have to take rear and I want some company." He told the trooper who jogged after him.

They walked in silence for a while before Fi turned to Naruto. "Um, Naruto sir?" Naruto grunted in response, "What's it like to be a commando, sir?"

Naruto looked at him for a moment before replying, "What's it like to be a trooper?"

"What?" Fi asked, confused.

"Well, asking me what being a commando is like is like me asking you what being a trooper is like. Now, give me an answer."

Fi thought about it for a moment, "I don't know how to answer that. It's just life I guess."

Naruto nodded, smiling behind his helmet. "Exactly. It's all you've ever known so you don't know what anything else is like. And so, you can't tell me what separates it from anything else. Right?"

Fi nodded. "Okay then, ask me another question ner vod."

"Ner vod? What's that mean?"

Naruto stopped and stared at Fi who also stopped. "What do you mean? How do you not know what that means? It's Mando'a."

Fi continued to look at him. "I don't know what that is."

Naruto finally noticed how far they were away from the others and jogged to catch up. "Well there ya go. I was raised as a Mandalorian. You weren't. There's something we can discuss when we're done with this mission."

"What do you mean?" Fi asked, looking at Naruto once more.

"What? Did you expect me to never talk to you again? Why wouldn't I?"

"Well, because, you're a, you're a commando." He responded hesitantly.

Naruto laughs, "So what? You're my brother and my friend. Just because I'm a commando doesn't mean anything."

Fi stares at the commando and smiles behind his helmet. They walk in companionable silence, checking behind them regularly for enemies, when Shikamaru calls over the comms, "Naruto, I need you up here."

"Roger that Shikamaru," Naruto replies then motions for Fi to follow, "Come on Fi, you want to see commandoes at work?"

"Yes sir!" Fi replies eagerly and together they jog up to the other three commandoes. "Hey Fi, no more of that 'Yes sir!' stuff ok? Call me Naruto."

Fi once again stares at Naruto before near shouting "Got it Naruto!"

They come upon the other commandoes, where Shikamaru and Sasuke were watching Neji, who was looking at the wall with a white goggle looking contraption attached to his visor. The goggle-like objects were actually a specialized type of compact macrobinoculars. With them, Neji could literally see through walls. And, with his updated motion sensors, he basically had eyes in the back of his head.

Unfortunately, the macrobinoculars were still in their beta stage. So Neji was having problems with it.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Naruto asked as he walked up, Deece hanging limply from his hand.

"Neji has found a bunch of enemies behind the door." Shikamaru replied, commando helmet turning away from Neji.

"How many?"

This time Neji responded, "No idea. A lot. These damn things can't tell me much more than that."

Naruto turned back to Shikamaru. "So, standard insertion procedure?"

"Normally I'd go with that, but no matter how many grenades we through there's still gonna be a lot in there. Whoever goes in first is almost certain to die," Shikamaru said dejectedly. "So that leaves us with the question of who's entering, because if we don't enter immediately we'll lose momentum and it will take too long to enter."

The commandoes go silent as they contemplate which one of them is going to die for the others. As Naruto is about to volunteer a voice surprises them.

"I'll do it," Fi volunteers, stepping forward.

"What?" Shikamaru asks shock evident in his normally calm voice.

"I said I'll do it. I'll be first to go in."

Before he's even finishes Naruto is shaking his head. "I can't let you do that Fi. I said I wouldn't let any of you die. And you will if you go through that door first."

"So what Naruto? Are you gonna send someone else through?"

"No, of course not. I'm going to go in."

"No," Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru and Fi say at the same time. They look at each other before Fi turns back to Naruto. "You're a commando. This war will need you. I'm just a trooper, I'm expendable."

"That's not true!" Naruto protests, but Fi has already turned to the other commandoes.

"All right, I need you all to take out as many as you can with grenades before I go in. It'll make me more useful." The commandoes nodded and Neji got to opening the door. Sasuke went to the left of the door and took a grenade out of his belt. Shikamaru laid down to the right of the door, sniper ready to blast. Naruto got the other clone troopers ready to storm the room.

"All right everyone, after Fi goes through you all follow behind us. We'll be able to take most of 'em but we'll need you all to get the ones we miss. Got it?" he asked, to which he got a chorus of yes sir. "All right then, let's get ready."

With that the 57 troopers got behind the four commandoes and Fi. Naruto turned to Fi one last time, "You sure about this Fi?"

Fi nodded the determination evident in his voice. "Yes Naruto, I'm sure. If I can find a way to help out besides being cannon fodder, then I'll do it. Now let's get started."

At that Neji opened the door to reveal dozens of battle droids ready to kill the troopers. Until Sasuke threw his grenade in and killed all the ones closest to the door. Then the fun began. As planned, Fi was first through the door, his DC-15S firing as soon as he stepped through the door. Naruto went right after Fi, determined to keep him alive.

The other commandoes followed after, except Shikamaru, who stayed back with his Deece's sniper attachment, picking off all droids who got too close to Fi. By unspoken agreement, they had decided to keep the courageous clone trooper alive.

And lastly came the 57 troopers, a sea of white that rushed the brown and grey control room, DC-15A's and S's blasting the droids still left standing in the commandoes wake. It was over in moments. In less than 30 seconds the obviously ragtag team of BDs was dealt with. Battle droids Geonosian-like heads lay scattered on the ground. The droids' tan colored bodies lay smoking on the ground, blaster bolt holes littering their bodies. Fi survived.

A few clones looked over the carnage and high-fived, congratulating each other on a job well done. Shikamaru let them have their moment before taking command once again. "All right troopers, once Neji's done shutting down this facility, you all are to take up defensive positions at both doors. Let's move troopers!"

As the troopers moved to secure the room, the commandoes moved to the glass wall overlooking the now stopped factory. Fi joined them when Naruto motioned for him to come over. "Nice job Fi, you did good." Shikamaru told him, patting his armored back.

Fi smiled inside his helmet, elated at the praise. "I barely did anything sir. I noticed the sniper blasts. Thank you for that sir."

Shikamaru just nodded and Sasuke stepped forward, "Yeah, thanks trooper," he points to Naruto, "This idiot would've died the second he stepped through the door."

"Aw, c'mon Sasuke!" Naruto complained, "Give me more credit than that." The commandoes laugh and, after a second, Fi joins them. They continue to laugh and joke for a minute before Naruto turns to Fi.

"Well Fi, we gotta go. The battle outside is almost done and they've recalled most commando squads. I'll see you up above all right?"

"Got it Naruto. I'll see you up above ner vod." Fi said, adding the Mandalorian phrase a little hesitantly.

Naruto laughs, "Well it looks like you learned at least something today brother. Maybe I'll teach you some more when you're done here."

"I'd like that Naruto. Well, thanks again sir. It's been an honor."

Likewise trooper. I'll be glad to have you with me anytime." Naruto starts to walk away with his commandoes before turning around, "And you don't have to thank me. I told you I'd get you out of here alive."

And just as Fi is about to reply, a red blaster bolt breaks through the glass, shattering it as it hits Fi in the head.

Hours later, the autopsy would reveal that he had died a quick painless death, dying before he even hit the ground.

Well, what'd you think? This is a pretty long chapter, if I do say so myself. Well, I'm gonna spare you the scene after Fi's death for now. As you can tell, Naruto's gonna be pissed. Anyway, if you have any thoughts or suggestions or just wanna comment on how horrible this story is go ahead.

I'm joking of courses, don't you dare. But I do want your reviews, so don't be shy now!

Signing off, the Captain