Lemon Collection

For every Yin, there is a Yang.

For without darkness, there is no light.

Without the cold, there would be no warmth.

October, 12. Konohagakure, it was a village at the edge of the world.

It was a general peaceful village, or so it would seem.

For the last couple of days, the town inhabitants have been doing a sort of witch hunt.

"There they are!" a spotter shouted and indicated at the couple who was running through the street.

The mob quickly turned their attention to the fugitive and gave chase.

"Why? How can they be so naïve?" A slender, feminine built, fair skin, violet eyes, fiery red hair said.

She was holding a small bundle next to her c.h.e.s.t, and gently rocking it as she dashed alongside her husband through the empty street.

"I don't know, Kushina. For Naruto's future, we must get out of this village, and as far away as possible…" A fairly tall, fair skinned man said.

"That's enough Minato, Kushina!" A light-skinned man of below-average statue with grey spiked hair called out.

He was moving from his hidden spot and blocked the couple's path.

A few of his bodyguard was standing behind him.

The villagers finally caught up to the couple from the direction they came from.

"Hiruzen-jiji… Please let my family go. I will accept any punishment, but my child is innocent."

Minato begged the third leader of the village while standing in front of his wife and child, shielding them from view with his body.

"I'm afraid not, you know the prophecy and who said it. That person has never been wrong before!" Hiruzen replied.

He had long past his prime and wanted to pass the mantle of leadership to Minato, but unfortunately, that option was no longer possible.

Minato's and Kushina's son was born on that day, and as such, that child must not be allowed to live, or it will bring down the village.

She could feel the slight warmth emanating from the small bundle of joy.

His birth was difficult for her, but it was one of the happiest days of her life.

It marked the beginning of her family.

Sadly, the entire village was against them and tried to destroy her dream.

Her grips around Naruto tightened while the said child looked at his mother with his bright blue eyes, and not uttering a single sound.

"I know the prophecy, but you can't be serious! Killing every male child who was born on that day is insane no matter how much you try to justify it!"

Minato shouted at the leader as the villagers moved closer to the couple and pushing them into a corner.

It was idiocy.

Children were rare in the village and now its inhabitants have gone completely insane, committing atrocity based on a prophecy.

"A son will be born on 10th of October; he will bring destruction to this village, as it had been foretold," Hiruzen said, hinting the first line of the prophecy. He had substituted the word "son" for "sun", believing it was a mistake when someone had written down the dying seer's words.

The seer had passed away afterward so he couldn't really check if that was a mistake or not.

"I will take my son and wife away from this village, never to return. Then there is no way for my son to carry out the prophecy," Minato argued as his body pushed against Kushina, who in turn had her back on the wall.

There was no space left for either of them to move back any further.

"I'm afraid I can't take that chance. Now move out the way, as I do not want to harm you," Hiruzen ordered Minato.

He refused to obey.

The elderly man quickly commanded the villagers to pull Minato away.

"Over my dead body!" Minato shouted in anger and started pushing away several aggressive town folks.

A sharp pain in his abdomen broke him out of his rage.