An: Hey, it's me! Here is another fanfic with yet another of my OC's in the sort of spotlight. Cause carpe diem right? So I'm going to be using the English words for jutsu. Only the Kages and suffixes will be in Japanese because reading them in English would be kind of awkward. Read and review!

A seven year old boy sat in the back of his Academy classroom. He had tanned skin, short silver hair that spiked upwards, and bored green eyes with a slight golden hue to them. A dark blue scarf covered the lower half of the boy's face. He was dressed in a simple black t-shirt, faded grey cargo shorts with slightly frayed hems, and a pair of blue open toed ninja sandals. This boy was Ryu Hayabusa, son of the Hayabusa clan Matriarch and next in line to be the clan head. After reaching the proper age of course.

The Hayabusa clan is a highly respected clan in Konoha and have a spot on the Ninja Council. The clan came to prominence around the Warring States Period and were steadfast allies of the Senju clan. The Hayabusa helped the Uchiha and Senju clans create the village of Konoha. It is unknown when, but eventually the Hayabusa Clan developed a tradition of naming the clan heir Ryu. After some time, members of the Uchiha Clan began marrying into the Hayabusa Clan, and thus giving future generations of the clan the ability to develop the Sharingan. Overtime, the Sharingan in the clan created a new bloodline limit, dubbed "Falcon Sight" which granted users the ability to see an x-ray image of their enemies. This allowed users to accurately target an enemy's internal organs, turning the clan into even more efficient killers. In very rare cases, some Hayabusa members have developed the Sharingan in addition to the Falcon Sight.

The door to classroom opened with a slow creak and a brown haired man dressed in a jounin uniform walked in, closed the door behind him, and sat down at the desk at the front of the classroom. The man heaved a heavy sigh and rubbed his temples. "I really do not want this job." the man groaned. He looked up at Ryu and smiled, allowing him to get a good look at the man. He had shaggy hair that hung in front of his blue eyes and a stubble coated face. A few small scars lined the left side of the man's jaw. "I'm your teacher this year, Hayabusa-san. You can call me Yuki-sensei."

"Nice to meet-" Ryu was cut off by the door being wrenched open and excited children streamed into the room, shouting and laughing all the while. Ryu, annoyed, rolled his eyes at how childish the children were being. He was taught by his mother and his late father to be polite and well mannered at all times, this would have been unacceptable. He was usually scolded and punished if he was not acting appropriately. The rare cases when he was allowed such antics was his birthday and times of celebration, New Years for example. "Wonderful." he sighed.

"Move it, losers!" a girl cried as she pushed and shoved her way into the classroom. She was going to sit at the front, but upon catching Ryu's eye, marched to the back of the room and plopped down in the seat next to him.

"Wow. She's really pretty." Ryu gulped. The girl had a round face and pretty shoulder length red hair with a few strands that framed her face. She wore a sleeveless kimono-style blouse that was yellow in color and held closed with a green sash over a short-sleeved mesh shirt with a pair of dark blue shorts and brown ninja sandals.

"Hi!" The girl chirped with a huge grin splitting her face.

"H-Hi."

"I'm Kushina. Kushina Uzumaki."

"That's a pretty name," The girl blushed in response. "I'm Ryu Hayabusa."

"Oh my gosh! Really!? You're a Hayabusa? You must be super strong then!"

Ryu rubbed the back of his head. "Um well. My parents have been teaching me advanced jutsu that the Academy won't teach us and chakra control. The latter came first obviously."

Kushina giggled. "Wow. That's so cool. My very first friend is a Hayabusa."

"Maa. We're not that great."

"Are you kidding? Everyone in your clan became a ninja and was renowned for their battlefield prowess. Most, if not all, are in ANBU and most of your clan ends up surviving long enough to retire. How is that "not that great"? Seriously your clan has the lowest casualty rate I've heard of in my life."

"Okay, maybe we're a little great. But it's all just a focus on increasing our speed and agility. We want to be able to eliminate our target and move on before we are in danger."

"Yeah but-"

"Good morning class." Yuki-sensei said, rising from his desk. "I'm going to be your teacher this year. You can all call me Yuki-sensei. I will call each of you one by one to come stand in front of the classroom and introduce yourself. I want you to state your name, likes, dislikes, and your dreams for the future."

"I doubt it's just because of your focus on speed." Kushina whispered.

"I really don't know what to tell you." Ryu whispered back. "My whole clan forces its members to work on their speed and agility as much as possible. Knowing how to use the environment to your advantage helps too I guess but I don't see how that helps all that much. We're just lucky I guess."

"I think there's more to it than that."

"If there is, I don't know about it. Sorry."

"It's fine. I'm just glad your family is going to be able to teach me how to reach old age." Kushina and Ryu laughed quietly at that.

Ryu heard his name being called and casually stood to walk to the front of the room, ignoring the conversations of his classmates as he went. He cleared his throat before saying, "My name is Ryu Hayabusa. Likes? I dunno. My mom I guess." Several kids jeered at him but he simply gave them the finger and continued on. "Dislikes? Um, sour foods? Sure, let's go with that. Dreams for the future? Be a good ninja I guess. I dunno, I haven't really given it much thought." He shrugged and walked back to his seat as Yuki-sensei dismissed him. He closed his eyes as he sat down. "I'm going to take a nap. Wake me when you go up." He said to Kushina, his new and only friend. With that, he fell asleep.

After what seemed to be only a couple seconds after closing his eyes, he was lightly shaken, and woken up. Kushina smiled at him as he glanced at her with one eye before walking to the front of the room. "My name is Kushina Uzumaki. I like pulling pranks, talking with my friends, salt ramen and cooking. I dislike bitter and sour food and coffee. I'm gonna be the first female Hokage!" This was followed by boos and laughter followed by mocking calls of 'Tomato' and 'You'll never be Hokage!'. Kushina's happy smile quickly fell and her eyes brimmed with tears.

"Hey shut up!" Ryu shouted and stood up, turning the room deathly quiet. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Kushina dried her eyes and smiled at him. "I happen to like tomatoes." he said, causing Kushina's smile to grow bigger. Growling, he continued, "How would you like it if everyone made fun of your dreams? If Kushina becomes Hokage what would you do then? Those of you who made fun of her today? You can't ignore the Hokage. Doing so gets you arrested or killed for insubordination. Go ahead and make fun of her dreams but have fun having one, no, two less people to watch your back when you get into trouble." Kushina walked over to where Ryu stood and gave him a big hug.

"Thank you for that." she said. He hugged her back and as they sat down, he wiped her tears away with his thumb.

"No problem." he said and looked at the silent kids. "What are you guys looking at me for? I'm not the ones being rude." He turned back to Kushina and was about to speak but was interrupted by someone bursting into the room.

"Sorry I'm late!" he shouted. He was a short blonde haired boy who Ryu thought looked girlish.

"He looks kinda girlish. Don't ya think?" he whispered to Kushina who giggled and nodded in response. Their teacher sighed and mumbled something under his breath.

"Please state your name, likes, dislikes and your dream for the future." he said with a tired sigh.

"Okay! My name is Minato Namikaze. I like reading and I dislike people who look down on others and my dream is to have the village acknowledge me and to become a great Hokage!"

"Great, great take a seat." their teacher said. Minato nodded and sat down in the front row. The next kid walked to the front of the room after his name was called.

"That Minato kid looks kinda unreliable to me." Kushina whispered. "He showed up late and he looks pretty weak."

"My thoughts exactly. Hey, before that kid ran in I was going to say that if you become Hokage then I would like to be part of your guard." Ryu whispered back. Kushina smiled.

"Okay. You can be my personal bodyguard." she replied.

"Also despite what others think, I think your hair is cool. It makes you look rather cute." Kushina blushed from Ryu's compliment and mumbled a 'thank you'. Ryu smiled and nodded. The rest of the day flew by until before either of them knew it, it was time to go home. "Do you wanna hangout at my house?" Ryu asked on their way out of the room.

"Sure!" Kushina beamed. "Maybe I can get your mom or dad to teach me to do what your clan can do."

"Maybe." Ryu chuckled. "My mom will have to talk to the Clan Council about it. But she's the Matriarch so if she thinks it's not necessary she can not bring it to the council and decide on a decision herself."

"You-Your mom is the Matriarch of the Hayabusa Clan?" Kushina gasped.

"Yeah. You're acting like it's a big deal." Ryu drawled, quirking a brow.

"It's not a big deal per se, but on my first day at the Academy I made friends with a soon to be renowned Hayabusa Clan member and found out that his mother is the Matriarch of said clan. You're practically royalty."

"You're really caught up on the fact that my clan is well known."

"Well known!? They're feared in every nation. Even the Land of Whirlpools, and we're allies."

"How do you know more about this than I do?"

"I may have a slight obsession with them."

"Why?"

"Why not? Everything about them makes them one of the most feared clans ever. Being able to see your enemy's important internal bits? Having the lowest casualty rate ever? Everyone in your clan being known and feared for their combat abilities? How could you not?"

"I think I see your point."

Eventually the two reached the Hayabusa Clan compound. "Don't expect anything too elaborate." Ryu cautioned. "Despite being well known and highly respected in the village. We Hayabusa prefer to keep things mundane in comparison to the Senju and Uchiha compounds. Expect to see a lot of simple houses and such. The most elaborate building is probably the Council's meeting hall, and even that is just a large empty room in a slightly larger than normal one room building. The thing that makes it more elaborate that the other buildings is the wallpaper in the room and the floor and mats being better quality than everywhere else in the compound."

"Don't worry. I've done my research."

"Jeez. Is there anything you don't know about us?"

Kushina laughed. "Not really."

Ryu hadn't been lying when he said that the buildings were simple. Every building was built in the traditional style: Built out of wood, elevated slightly off the ground, with thatched roofs, and sliding doors instead of walls. Every building looked the same with little to no distinction between them. The only thing separating one house from another was a small black banner hanging from the roof with the clan symbol in white, the property owner's first name, and a number to identify the lot the house was built on.

"This my house." Ryu chuckled, pointing to a small house that looked exactly like every other house on the street. The only defining characteristic was the small garden in the front of the house and the banner was white with a black symbol.

Opening the door, Ryu called, "Mom, I'm home! And I brought a friend!"

The sound of someone running was heard and a figure came sliding into view from a hallway on the right. It was a woman with waist length brown hair that framed her face and made her green eyes more pronounced, and a huge grin on her face. She was dressed in a simple pink dress, overtop of which was a clean white apron, and white calf high socks with the Hayabusa symbol in black on the sides. In the woman's arms was a large basket filled to the brim with a multitude of clothes and socks. "Ryu-kun! Welcome home!" She cried. Dropping her basket of clothes she rushed forwards and engulfed Ryu in a bone crushing hug. "How was your first day of school?"

"Boring. It was more introduction to each other than anything else." Ryu replied into his mother's breasts.

"Oh! This must be your friend." the woman gasped, eyeing Kushina. "She's cute."

"I know." Ryu drawled, eliciting a blush from Kushina.

"I'm Aiko." the woman, Aiko, said.

"I'm Kushina Uzumaki."

"Wow! An Uzumaki! Looks like your day was more interesting than you led me to believe, Ryu-kun."

Ryu grunted. Kushina giggled at her friend before blushing. "Um, Aiko-san. I was wondering if you could tell me how your clan got to be so strong and able to live to retirement and if you could teach me how to do that"

"Again with this?" Ryu mumbled. "She's been going on about our clan since we met. She's obsessed."

Kushina blushed harder. "It's really rather simple." Aiko replied easily. "I'd be happy to teach you."

"Don't enable her obsession, Mom." Ryu groaned. Aiko laughed at her son.

Four Years Later

Eleven year old Ryu and Kushina sat together in the back of the classroom. Today was their Academy graduation exams, both kids were feeling rather confident thanks to their extra training. Their teacher stood in the front of the room and addressed the class. "I hope you all studied. If you fail you can't try again till next year. So yeah, good luck and stuff." he said. "So uh, let's go outside for the shuriken, kunai and taijutsu portions." Kids ran out of the classroom. Some pushed, some shoved, and others tripped on their way to the door. All wanted to be the first ones to the field. Ryu sighed and walked to one of the large windows. He opened it and motioned for Kushina to go out. "After you Kushi-chan." he said.

"Thank you." she said and kissed his masked cheek. Ryu stiffened and blushed underneath his scarf. He followed Kushina out the window and then closed it behind him. The other kids entered the target practice area soon after them. Their teacher body flickered next to them.

"Okay, we will start with shuriken and kunai portion of the exam." their teacher began. " I will call you up one by one so pay attention. You get ten shuriken and kunai to throw." Ryu zoned out and mentally went through the steps to successfully throw an accurate shuriken and kunai. He faintly heard his name be called and walked forwards to start his exam. He picked up ten shuriken, five in each hand, and threw them rapidly one by one. All of them hit the bullseye of the target. Then he picked up ten kunai and rapidly threw them one after another. Like the shuriken, every kunai hit the bullseye. He sighed and walked back to where Kushina stood. Soon it was Kushina's turn.

"Good luck." Ryu whispered.

"Not that I need it." Kushina said with a confident smirk. Ryu chuckled.

"A little luck never hurts though." he said. Kushina shrugged and walked over to pick up her shuriken. She threw them one by one and nine of them hit the bullseye while the other one hit just outside of it. She picked up the kunai and threw them. This time all ten of them hit the bullseye on the target.

The taijutsu was nothing interesting, just Ryu and Kushina passing with flying colors using taijutsu taught to them by Ryu's mother and other Hayabusa clan members. Everyone went back into the classroom for the ninjutsu portion. The ninjutsu portion went by quickly with Ryu and Kushina being ranked as the top students of their class. The teacher called out the names of those who passed before ending the class. "Alright, good job students." their teacher said. "Tomorrow those of you who have passed will arrive in this classroom for your team placements. Dismissed." Kids streamed out of the classroom as soon as those words left his mouth. Ryu and Kushina walked calmly behind the writhing mass of kids in front of them.

As they arrived at the front of the Academy they were met by Ryu's overly excited mother, Aiko Hayabusa. She wore a simple gray t-shirt and gray pants with open toed ninja sandals. "My little Ryu-kun passed his genin exams!" she squealed as she hugged him to her chest.

"Mom, Kushi-chan passed too!" Ryu whined and pulled out of his mother's embrace. "Aren't you going to bug her about it?" Aiko cocked her her head to the right and grinned.

"Kushi-chan?" she asked inquisitively.

Ryu gulped. "Crap." He prepared himself for the teasing that he would no doubt get from his mother.

"Does my little Ryu-kun have a crush on little Kushina?" she questioned.

"You aren't getting any information out of me!" Ryu replied and tried to run away. Kushina attached herself to Ryu's arm, freezing him in his tracks. His face turned red from feeling her still developing, but rather well endowed for her age, breasts against his arm.

Aiko fought to keep from laughing out loud.

"Does Ryu-kun have a crush on lil' ole me?" she asked innocently. Ryu mumbled something unintelligible. "What was that? I didn't quite catch that."

"I said yes." Ryu mumbled a little louder.

"Yes!" Kushina shouted. "I knew it was mutual." A victorious smirk formed on her face.

"I can already see your kids now. Little silver and red haired babies with green and violet eyes. They'll be so cute." Aiko cooed.

"Can Kushi-chan come over for dinner, Mom?" Ryu asked.

"Sure. But right now she has to go home and we have to go visit your uncle." Aiko said.

"Okay." Ryu said. "I guess I'll see you tonight, Kushi-chan. I'll come pick you up around six."

Kushina smiled. "Okay. Bye, Ryu-kun." She turned and skipped off to her house.

Ryu followed after his mother as she too turned and left the Academy grounds.

"I feel like I made a terrible mistake." Ryu muttered.

Aiko laughed. "Your father said the same thing. Come on, I'll race you to Uncle Sakumo's house. If you win I'll teach you a new jutsu." As soon as those words left her mouth, Ryu began sprinting the rest of the way, with her not far behind.

An: I've had this typed up for a few years, I don't know why I didn't post it. It was pretty bad though, so much of it has been edited with the introduction of a ton of new dialogue. I don't know if Kushina is too obsessive over this new clan I made or not but I'll let it be. I don't know what it is with me and OC-centric stories, but I just can't stop writing them. I think it's pretty obvious where the inspiration for my OC and his family came from, expect a lot of material to be brought over from there. Well, I'm done writing this chapter. Don't forget to favorite the story, review the story, and follow to see chapters similar to this one. See ya.