"Well, first off, I needed another miko to teach me. Grandma Kaede was the one who taught me everything I know. Which was herbs and their medicinal purposes, basic first aid, archery, meditation and certain basic prayer and rituals."
Pepper and Tony continued to listen to what Kagome had learned under the tutelage of this aged miko Kagome had met at the very beginning of her travels.
They were shocked to hear that basic survival in nature was a part of that. Hunting, fishing, foraging, tracking... they weren't quite sure how that pertained to miko training, especially since she lived on a shrine in the middle of Tokyo.
She then went on how she became interested in learning from a monk friend she had met. Staff fighting? Martial arts?
The more she shared with them, the harder it was to put the big picture together. But then she got to the reason why her mother thought it best that she move here. After her training was done, she lost all contact with her friends and had grown into a depression.
"Didn't you try getting back in contact with them at all after all that?" Pepper's voice was layered with concern.
"Almost every day without any results."
AN: ...exhausted after today. Read, enjoy, and review!