Her shadow resembled Takaya. They were the same right? Whatever he did to get to his goals involved using his friends, had she not been the same? When she denied it, when she lost her cool, that's when it happened and her's took the shape of a queen chess piece with mist covering her body, rapiers for hands, a single wheel for feet and her long hair almost resembled Takaya's.

Before she fainted, a part of her yelled to stand and fight. She was always taught to hold her ground and stay cool but never to love. Not until she took care of the others and now, they were taking care of her.

Fuuka, she demanded they join her in her personal fight to end the legacy her grandfather left behind.

Yukiko, whom she "bribed" to rejoin the team full time. She was fighting someone else's issues and although it didn't look like it, it seemed to be the outlet she needed. They were similar after all, she just had a best friend to talk thing out through.

Ken, she yelled at him at first and then she sobbed that he left to kill himself. He didn't deserve the fate he did and yet he was here helping and trying to talk to her other self.

Nanako, another person EXACTLY like her but with a close family who loved her dearly. She was envious and when her shadow admitted to this, Nanako held on to the real Mitsuru's hand and gripped it tight before she fainted. It wasn't fair to make another child soldier and yet here she was in the sheer cold of battle trying to hang on and talk to her shadow.

"Naoto" the girl who was similar to her in many ways. Lost parents, cold and trying to make sure no one gets close but she still had her brother and instead of her being there with him, she was her with her and to make it worse she knew herself, she didn't trust her because while she, Mitsuru covered the truth, Naoto tried to uncover it.

So when the blaze from Yukiko's fans met with the icy rapiers and dissolved, Ken took this opportunity to use his lighting rod technique to stun the shadow. Nanako used some wind spell to make the mist scatter and Himiko stabbed at the hair. It shot out and tried to hurt everyone but they all knew this attack from Fuuka's shadow except Himiko who got a few cuts but was ok. Naoto buffed everyone up with some spells and knew her gun was useless since the shadow could deflect bullets.

Eventually with their distractions, Yukiko had used an Armageddon on her and she was finished.

Mitsuru had to accept responsiblity instead of buying out people or pushing them towards her goal, like with Yukiko. She had to accept that her father and mother loved her despite the lack of time for her and she needed to help people now more than ever besides live in the past of her family's name, especially Minato whos future was lost because of his sacrifice all those years ago.