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UltimateTitan6 wrote: Well...yeah. You kind of just paraphrased what I said, except for the aking her family for help soon part.

And yes, I guess we can assume that considering the next episode will be about Leo teaming up with Karai. But still, we don't know if it will be permanent. It will probably be another one of those things where she just calls Leo when she can't handle something by herself. Wether she joins the Turtles/Hamato Clan still isn't set in stone. Yes, but the fact that she refused her famly's help when Splinter offered it, and she states she can do things her own way, despite the fact she just called them less then an hour before, just makes her a hypocrite. She's says she's grown up, but she's only 16. Sure, she's an excellent Kunoichi and she's a mutant, but she's young, has a lot to learn, and isn't ready for the war she just started.

Actually, now that I think about it, maybe she's doing this to prove she's worthy of her family's love and presence. Think about it, when she ignored Splinter's wisdom about revenge, she went through 5 months of pain, misery, and regret, while knowing she abandoned her brothers and her true father for nothing more then revenge. She thinks her father is ashamed of her and she believes the only way to make it right with him is to take Shredder down on her own. She knows her father is already proud of her, but maybe she's just doing this to cleanse her mind of the doubt that she's not worthy of his love.