It was never mentioned before, nor was it made public, but a decade ago, 2 alliance recruit took the academy by storm. The first; the known scion from the famous Shepard family, and the second; an ophan from earth nobody have heard of showing everyone up with his rare show of biotics and unorthodox tactics. There was a third as well; a survivor from a colony raid whom displayed superb tech skills along with his biotics, but the main hot topic that is talked until this day was the rivalry between the spacer and the earthborn.

These two would stick out from the rest of the recruits, being both exceptional soldiers and great individuals. There was no one as skilled or as determined as the two.

"It's sad to say that I was swept under the radar because of those two." Jared started, "But I was another topic altogether." He took the mixer and poured what was left of Traynor's mix. The green cocktail shined as he swirl it around.

Traynor waited for him to continue, but he felled silent as he stared, mesmerized by the green liquid in his glass.

"Um...Admiral?"

"Don't bother, when he's at that state, no one could snapped him out." Kaidan cut in. He walked into the bar and took a seat. He turned himself towards the would-be confrontation between two N7 legends.

"What do you mean by that?" Traynor asked, slightly feeling frustrated with all the vague responds.

"He tends to go blank when he remembers the past," Kaidan answered, "We used to call him spaced out Red back at Grissom academy."

"Okay, but how does that have anything to do with that?" She pushed again, know pointing at the two Shepards.

"I've heard it from an N7 graduate a while back. Those two would throw so much shit at each other it's not even funny...well, some of them anyways." Kaidan added.

"You can't be serious?"

"Afraid so."

"But, they're friends..aren't they?"

"They are, no doubts about that," Kaidan reassured, "But look at how those two were brought up."

Traynor thought for a bit. She knew about the Shepard military family. All of them were specialist when it comes to tactics and strategies, famous for several battles during the First Contact War which turned the tide of the conflict. Then there was her Commander. An orphan with a sketchy past who had all the abilities any soldier would envy. Somehow, she could she how a spark would start between the two. And not the chemistry kind of spark, but the sparks you get when two blades clashed together.

"Here is a kid from the slums showing up to one of the most well known military family the Alliance had ever seen and you don't think there would be no qualms?" Kaidan continued, "Pride is something the Shepard holds high and this earthborn somehow steal their spotlight with his devil may cry personality and magnetic charisma."

"And.."

"I'll just cut it straight to the point, Jane got jealous and used her people skills we know the commander too shared."

"That's still pretty vague.""

"Jane...-"

"Likes to gossip." Jared cut in, coming back from his spaced out trance, "And that usually involves divulging sensitive information about a certain someone."

"-and the whole ship smelled all the way home!" Jane finished. Tali just cover her mouth, disgust and amusement painted her face behind the mask. A truly embarrassing story of her beloved.

"He got in so much troubled, they had to do regular check-up on his suit if it was still functioning." She started laughing heartily. A smirk graced the Justicar's face. Although she heard worst stories, the tales that relate to her commander were quite amusing.

It was that moment, the man himself entered the scene, his face showing an uncharacteristic rage and tone which match this unusual Shepard, "ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING!" he began, "You told her that story?" The sound of Shepard's shout echoed throughout the apartment room. All was silent and all were observing the oddly angry Commander, besides little Johnny who rested neatly against Samara..(Lucky Bastard).

"What's wrong with that? All I'm doing is sharing some stories to your girlfriend her. I believe she at least have the right to know," She said, feigning innocent behind her fake smile.

Tali stayed stunned by her boyfriend's sudden outburst. The only time she'd ever seen him this angry were all related to the war and other serious matters, but this was just old memories. Embarrassing as it was, she too have told him some of her top 5 cringing moments.

"You know damn well what you're doing."

"Oh, what am I doing?"

Shepard clenched his fist he looked down and mumbled something.

"What was that?" Jane asked condescendingly.

"I said...I Challenge you," Shepard answered. Then with a grin, he added the one thing he knew would get her ticked, "Marty..."

And she took the bait. Her smugness disappeared and anger mixed with annoyance replaced it. "What...did..you say?"

"You heard me," Shepard announced again, "I challenge you, MARTY!"

"I told you..NEVER TO CALL ME THAT!" she was totally hooked into Shepard's ploy. It was easy. After all these years, he knew her enough that she hated the nickname. It was comprised from her middle name, Martha. But some time during the academy days, some seniors decided to call her Marty, which irked the girl. It was stupid, if one thinks about it. She was better than that but names are something to be proud of, yet there were some people tarnishing her name and as a Shepard, you don't let anyone get away with anything.

"Fine," She seethed through her gritted teeth.

Shepard smiled. He lean back and crossed his arms, "Same punishment?"

"Loser gets the Swing until he pukes." she stated. The swing was basically an old wrestling move where by the person grabs the victim's legs and starts twirling around until one let's go. It was a double-edge move as the twirler himself would get dizzy. This was something as a side challenge Jane and Shepard thought of as a way to prove one's dominance against each other.

"You mean she."

"We'll see about that."

"Challenge?"

Jane looked around. Drinking contest? Nope. Staring contest? That's stupid. Dancing? Out of the question. It was then when see looked around, she found her answer.

"Vega." she called out.

"YES MADAM, uh Sir, uh Councilor!" He responded quickly. This was due to the fact that he knew about the infamous rivalry and seen the videos of what Jane was capable of. After all, she is a Shepard.

"What's your record?"

"Excuse me?"

"Your pull-up record. I heard it was quite the topic."

"Umm...182, Madam." He answered with a hint of pride. A few oohs and aahs could be heard.

"That would do," Jane turned to her rival and grinned, "So, you game?"

"You're on." The audience gave a bigger ovation to the challenge. They were about to witness one of their legendary rivalry.

AN: Ello ello~ IT's-A-me. I'm trying to keep the ball rolling by updating this.

SO, did you think that they were all so chummy from day one? HA, dead wrong. I thought it made sense in way. Spacer Shepard came from a military background, hence the pride. So when someone show them up, you'd bound to get yourself on a rivalry. As for the gossiping part...call it..psychological warfare which was something you'd need to fight a war and since Shepards are always great with talking, why not that? Yes, I made fem shep a bit of a bitch, but she's a badass bitch, so why not?

Don't forget to R&R

Till next time!