Against all odds, instead of tears came a smile.
After all, he wasn't going to cry all the time when things didn't go his way. Sure, he felt bad seeing his girl-self in his body being so distressed, but... he didn't do it. "It's okay, girl-me! I'll stay with you till things get back to how they're s'possed to be."

The shoulder he'd put a hand upon was so small... it gave him a whole new perspective on how others just might perceive him. So this was what they saw and dealt with all the time?
...looks could and would be so deceiving. He might be small, but he knew -and had been told- he could already do some pretty advanced things. All he needed was a larger chakra pool really, and he -could- be something to contend with.
Or so he would like to think. When a certain event came back to his mind, it reminded how powerless he could be, and how he wouldn't let something like that happen again if he could help it. That was what getting stronger was all about.

"We should go back in, yea?"