[accidental voice post]

[rasenganparty]

[Konohamaru is clearly crying]

I can do this, Sasuke always does these s-s-stupid things...

Galatea sucks
What a dumb jerk that I hate
Stupid looking hair

[a big sniffle] Sasuke's stupid, these hay-kus don't work at all. This is so lame.

I CAN MAKE UP A DUMB POEM!

I'm the G-great K-k-kono [a hiccup] hamaru Saru-

Ugh, I HATE HER!

Comments

[Voice]

[battle_in_bloom]

[Sakura sounds definitely surprised and a little concerned]

Konohamaru? What did she do?

Re: [Voice]

[rasenganparty]

[He's still crying, but sounds incredibly defensive]

NOTHING! I'M FINE SAKURA! SHE-

SHE'S STUPID ANYWAYS!!

Re: [Voice]

[battle_in_bloom]

[She's changed her tone so that it's less concerned for the sake of his ego]

You're right, she is stupid. Try to ignore what she says, okay? She says awful things to people because it makes her feel better about herself, you don't need to pay attention to her.

Re: [Voice]

[rasenganparty]

Yeah! You're right! SHE'S TOTALLY STUPID! SHE'S JUST A MEAN, UGLY, JERK AND I'M NOT GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO HER AT AL-

...

...

...she was right though, Sakura nee-chan.

Re: [Voice]

[battle_in_bloom]

When it comes to Galatea, not paying attention to what she says is generally the best way of dealing with her.

Right about what, Konohamaru-kun?

[Voice, Private to Nee-Chan]

[rasenganparty]

She said I was a coll...collolsa...collala- a big disappointment. And I didn't help rescue anyone during the library and I'm doing really bad at school stuff and I haven't won any fights recently and I'm letting my grandpa down because I'm supposed to be the Great Konohamaru but I don't-

I DON'T FEEL SO GREAT.

[Voice, Private to Kono]

[battle_in_bloom]

You are not a disappointment. Not even a little one, and not to anyone. As for the the Library...I know you don't want to hear this, but you're only twelve years old. It really sucks, but there are some things that you just won't be able to do until you're older, because you haven't learnt them yet. What you're doing now is preparing to be able to learn those things later.

Did you notice that everyone who was helping out was all from the senior school? That's because we've learnt the magic to be able to do that, and we learnt that magic by learning the stuff you are now. It's not anything you can change, and if anyone expects you to be going around rescuing people, they need to get their head checked. The fact that you managed to stay calm and not freak out when you got injured - and it was an awful injury, Konohamaru, I couldn't even fix it on my own - was so brave in itself. I don't know too many twelve year olds who could have held it together like you did, and I know plenty of people my age who couldn't have. That is the sort of

Re: [Voice, Private to Kono]

[rasenganparty]

I...I KNOW! But I just, I DON'T LIKE FEELING WEAK, SAKURA-CHAN! AND LATELY I'VE JUST BEEN FEELING WEAK ALL THE TIME!! And- and sometimes I think I'm not as cool as I should be about stuff. I mean, I try I try really hard all the time, but I still feel really lame and...and not good enough.

You're-you're proud of me? Really? You're not just saying that?

And...yeah. I know. I just- it's really easy for me to get distracted from homework and stuff.

Y-you think so? Because he yells at me all the time...

Re: [Voice, Private to Kono]

[battle_in_bloom]

There's more than one way of being strong or weak, Konohamaru. You're definitely strong in some areas, and in some other areas you might need some work. But that's okay - everyone's like that. You just need to have more confidence in your own strengths, and if you're feeling weak in one area - or more than one area - you can work on those until you don't any more.

And Konohamaru? You are good enough. You're more than good enough, okay? You have to hold onto that and believe it, otherwise you could be the strongest guy in the world and not even know.

Would I just say something like that and not mean it? I'm definitely proud of you.

It helps to set yourself goals that are easy to reach, so when you get them, you feel good about what you've done and can go onto the next one. Before you know it, everything's done!

I know so! After all, I yell at you all the time too, that doesn't mean you're a disappointment to me.

Hey Konohamaru, want to come see something cool?

1/3? [Voice, Private to Kono]

[rasenganparty]

2/3 [Voice, Private to Kono]

[rasenganparty]

Y-you're really smart, Sakura nee-chan.

3/4! I lied! [Voice, Private to Kono] bawww he's still sad ;_;

[rasenganparty]

I'm...I'm going to try and be like you said!

I-I WON'T LET HER STOP ME!

AND IF I SUCK, WELL, WELL I GUESS I'M GOING TO KEEP TRYING UNTIL I DON'T SUCK ANYMORE!
I WON'T LET ANYONE DOWN EVER AGAIN!!!

4/4!

[rasenganparty]

S-s-something cool?

Still voice~

[battle_in_bloom]

That's the spirit! If anyone can do it, Konohamaru-kun, you can!

Sort of like an example of what you can do if you put your mind to it?