Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Yami no Matsuei or anything affiliated with said show.

I have come to the realization that in order to heal someone, you must first see another die in the same way. By observing someone else's death, you are able to learn the reason their body is dying. In order to study this theory, I have decided to kill someone. Call it an experiment of sorts. Who I kill is irrelevant, at least for now, since I only wish to see the body as its life drains away. You may think I'm crazy, and perhaps I am, but I believe this is the only was to become a truly great healer. I may be breaking my oath, but advancement always requires some sacrifices.

I found a suitable specimen for my project, one of the janitors at the hospital. She's quiet and no one really notices her, so when she disappears in won't cause too many problems. I followed her around for several days to make sure she was healthy, and she was. It wouldn't do to have my notes inaccurate after all. Plus it gave me time to decide on how to kill her. I think this first time will be by blood loss, this way I can observe the time it takes and the different stages the body goes through during this type of death. Perhaps I'll make cuts at different depths and locations as well. That way I'll be able to make a thorough observation.

I have acquired the test subject and taken her to a secluded park. I need to have the correct environment factors as well. After making sure the subject was completely secure, it wouldn't do to have her running away on me, I pulled out my tools and started my experiment.

The first cut I made was on her arm, from just below the elbow to the wrist. This cut was fairly shallow so the blood was dripping out of it slowly. After five minutes the subject had only lost a small amount of blood. Other than the pain, and the fear of course, she was fine.

The second cut was on her leg. This one was about 2in. long and ran horizontally across her thigh. I made the depth of this cut much deeper though, it went down to the muscle. The blood poured out of this wound much faster, and in no time at all the ground around my subjects leg was covered in it.

My third cut was on the arch of her foot. This time it was more of a puncture as opposed to a cut. I stuck my blade in until it met bone before removing it in a sawing motion. It bled more than the first cut, but not nearly as much as the second. Though from the sounds my subject is making, this last one hurt the worst.

I decided to do the next three cuts on her back. One went vertically down her spine and was only 1/2cm deep. One went horizontally across her waist, right above her butt, and was about 1cm deep. And the last one went across the back of her neck, that one was the deepest at 1 1/2cm. Surprisingly, the cut on her waist bled the most, though it was a little hard to tell since the blood from the other two cuts had pooled at the base of her spine.

Unfortunately, the subject died before I could make any additional cuts. However, I got plenty of important notes from the experiment. Such as the time it takes for certain wounds to bleed out, how long it takes a person to fall unconscious from blood loss (She took 6 minutes), and how much blood it takes to cause that. The most valuable thing I got, I unfortunately can't record. It's the looks that crossed over the subjects face every time the blade touched her skin. Those faces were beautifully anguished and it's a shame I wasn't able to see more of those expressions. Well, there are always more test subjects to be found; perhaps another experiment is in order.

On a side note, did you know that it takes approximately 3 minutes for a person to scream themselves hoarse? Though I'm not sure which I enjoyed more, the painful screams or the pitiful hoarse cries.

Dr. Kazutaka Muraki