[SI/OC Third Shinobi War]
Well fought and well done. All of us fight as one. It took me three years to be able to properly read the faded out kanji of the flimsy poster that I keep in my back pocket. The illustration is colourful, bright reds and yellows. Colours that would definitely catch the attention of a child. The poster was carefully placed along the walls and fences of my village, level with the height of a four year old. I thought enlisting to become a Shinobi was a heroic deed, something I needed to do to save my family from poverty and to serve my country at the cusp of war. Then I graduated early to be deployed to the front lines.
I am sadly and sorely mistaken.

Warnings:
Slow-burn
NO OP-NESS
Romance? What romance? It'll take at least 40 chapters or more before anything romantic happens.
Realistic depictions of War from a child's perspective
Blood and gore
Child Soldiers
PTSD
Realistic character development
Tragedy. A lot of tragedy.

Critiques much appreciated!