So apparently it's Karai week. *cracks knuckles* Bring it on. This is for the queen.
Disclaimer: I am not Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, or anyone over at Nickelodeon studios. Therefore, I do not claim to own the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or any related characters. I also do not claim to own Flyleaf or the band's song "Fire, Fire", which I listened to while writing this first piece and which helped inspire the title.
Day 1: Tokyo
The city at night is one of her favorite things about New York City. It reminds her, in small ways, of Tokyo.
It can never compare, of course, but Karai finds comfort in these small similarities. It helps her to push through, to forget that this is not her homeland, that her father is...changing, that things aren't quite right.
Of course, she misses the food of Tokyo, and the way the people talk. She misses the way it was just so Japanese, so sophisticated in that way, as opposed to the eccentric hustle and bustle of America's City That Never Sleeps.
She misses the closeness to her mother.
But she never says a word. She can't, because Oroku Saki - the Shredder - he is her father, her leader, and she cannot question what he says. Besides, she, too, was excited by the idea of revenge when he announced they would be moving to the Big Apple, the place where Hamato Yoshi was hiding.
She never questioned him, not in Tokyo, not as a little girl loyal to her father.
But she's starting to question him now.