Blue Exorcist -Beyond the Snow Saga-

By the time I was aware of the world around me,

my mother was already gone.

I was raised by Hachiro.

Get up.

You must become strong, Tatsuko.

Reading what my ancestor, Tatsuko, wrote about the Kirigakure style.

Training with Hachiro.

That was my entire world.

I spent every day cold and angry.

I would go down the mountain under the guise of testing my sword

and did terrible things.

Thief!

Don't let her run away!

It's the yamanba!

Then, one day…

What's with this ashura-looking brat?

Let me go!

Is this the truth behind the Baba Yaga?

Who are you?

That girl is ours.

Hinoyagi Hayaonokami, God of Fire. I humbly beseech thee…

Drive away this evil god.

On that day, my world changed.

An immortal, huh?

I can't beat something like this.

What are you looking at, Ashura?

I love you!

Make me your wife!

For generations, the Kirigakure clan has borne children with powerful men!

Wait, you're a girl?

When I grow up, I'm gonna be pretty.

So come on, take me with you!

You dumb brat! Don't make me sick!

I hate kids.

Let go of me!

Hachiro, I wanna have a kid with this guy. Is that okay?

No, it's not!

You can't even have kids yet.

Very well. Return as soon as you have given birth.

-Okay! -You two don't listen, do you?

Hey, where are we going?

Are we going to live together?

How should I report this? What a pain.

I'll just come up with some kinda lie.

What's your name?

Kirigakure.

That's your last name.

What's your name?

Then let's go with Shura Kirigakure.

That's your name from now on.

Okay!

Hey, don't sleep on me.

Wake up.

Hachiro? Where am I?

You have healed, so we brought you here.

Tatsuko.

What's with those eyes?

My body…

We can control whatever we gaze upon.

We do not enjoy using this, for it dulls the wits.

But it is your fault for disobeying.

Now I get it.

I thought it was strange.

I understand the first Tatsuko,

but I always wondered how the others obeyed you.

I pity you, Hachiro.

You're sealed in this immortal body,

and have to stay on this lake alone for as long as you live.

You must be so lonely.

But as much as I may look like her, I'm not the woman you loved.

No.

You are Tatsuko.

I'm Shura Kirigakure.

I'm a different woman who has seen a different world.

Silence!

You belong to us.

This is bad.

I never knew he had this kind of trick up his sleeve.

I was careless.

I can't look away.

You will bear a child.

My head feels numb.

I can't speak.

Shura!

So you're Hachiro!

Rin!

Big Brother!

Yukio!

Who are you?

What are you to this woman?

Oh well. A human male has now come to us.

All we need now is for you to do as we say,

Tatsuko.

Let me go!

Damn it! It healed so quick!

That one isn't human.

And he seems powerful.

Let us start before he returns.

What are you talking about?

You shall be the breeding stallion.

I can't move my body.

He has hypnotic abilities.

Hachiro, stop!

Please! He's still a kid.

Then you move.

Do it.

Ms. Shura…

Ms. Shura!

Hey!

Wait… Hold on!

Stop!

Sorry.

No, it's fine.

What are these flames?

He is not human after all. What are you?

Satan Slash!

Give Shura back, you snake bastard!

That is our line!

-Tatsuko belongs to us! -So fast!

No matter where she does or goes,

as long as our pact remains, she cannot leave us!

Shura's going to live a long life and become an old lady!

So hurry up and release her!

Indeed, Tatsuko will live a long life.

Like a phoenix reborn from the ashes,

she will stay forever young,

living forever with us.

This is getting nowhere.

Time for plan B.

I'll just keep burning you with my flames till you can't regenerate anymore!

Big Brother, stop it! That won't--

That's enough!

I'm sorry, both of you.

Tatsuko!

This is no time for jokes!

-Shura! -Not a chance!

Big Brother, don't let her do anything reckless.

She can't die yet.

Hachirotaro.

Will you make a pact with me?

A pact, you say?

Yes.

One that is mutually beneficial.

If you continue forcing her, she's just going to commit suicide.

Is that what you want?

What are the conditions?

Free her from the Demon Sword pact and transfer it to me.

Along with the regeneration ability of your blood.

In exchange, you need not worry about a child.

Because I will do my utmost to impregnate her.

What are you talking about?

If you could have a child with Tatsuko yourself,

things would have been simpler.

But your true form is a Hydra, and that human body is just a facade.