A single drop interrupted the flow, causing an azure orb to appear in the darkness. It shifted before settling on a straight forward. With a click, lights flickered on and the owner of the orb was illuminated. A female of about 17 sighed, pushing her thick black hair aside she focused on the relaxing of her muscles.

I swear I hear something, she must be home. She thought as she continued with her bath.

"Satsuki, are you almost done in there?" The voice of a boy echoed from the hall. "Kagome is home and she really needs a bath."

"Sota!" Satsuki ignored the loud noise that followed a girl's cry and Sota. After a few minutes, she stood and grabbed a towel to dry off. Taking another tower for her hair, Satsuki picked up her clothes and exited the bath. Nobody was in the hall, so she made her way over to the room she shared with her cousin. Upon entering the room, noticing that the black haired teen she was expecting to be there, wasn't. Closing the door, she changed into her nightwear and started to pick up some objects and school work. Satsuki grimaced as she recollected the last time she left her things about in Kagome's room. The younger girl had chewed her out badly, and as someone who never raises her tone towards family, Satsuki had said nothing back.

Upon finsihing tidying the room, Satsuki laid out her futon and did not turn as the door opened to revel her cousin who had been gone for the past few weeks.

"How are you?" Satsuki said as she brushed out her long hair. Kagome sighed, pulling on her pajamas.

"I'm fine, just a little irritated because I had to fight Inuyasha to let me come back home for the week," Kagome said as she flopped onto her bed. Satsuki eyed her cousin as Kagome let out a big sigh.

It was an interesting turn of events when Satsuki and the rest of the Higurashi family learned of Kagome and the link to the past. Due to her being a reincarnation of a priestess, she had a scared jewel in her body that a bunch of demons wanted. Satsuki was always interested in learning about the new friends, enemies, events and occurrences that Kagome encountered in the Feudal Era. This is mainly to gauge the use of Kagome's friends to see if they can continue to protect her cousin. Even so, she had never come across Inuyasha, the half-demon that Kagome says that came come to their time.

"And right before we left, Inuyasha got injured by his older brother, Sesshomaru. I thought it would be easiest to leave him in Kaede's care," Kagome continued on. She started to rant about the brothers, not understanding why they can't get along.

"Well, if you would like me to, I could teach Inuyasha a lesson," Satsuki stood over Kagome who caught the dangerous glint in her eye and gulped at how serious Satsuki sounded. Waving her hands frantically, Kagome told her to ignore her. With a side glance, Satsuki turned off the light and settled down onto her futon. "My offer remains open," was the last thing she said before Satsuki became silent.

Kagome sighed, staring at her ceiling. She had come to love her dear cousin, but Satsuki had a tendency to be too serious at times. It didn't really surprise her though, given Satsuki's past. Turning to her side, Kagome watched as the moon's light shined upon Satsuki's face. Her brow furrowed, she had always seen Satsuki as beautiful. Even if she had heard many mean names thrown at her, she never understood when people called her ugly. Satsuki would just tell her that beauty is subjective, that the cliché is actually very true: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Therefore, she does not place any weight to the words that people tend to throw at her. It would make Kagome mad, yet there wasn't anything she could do about it. Sighing, she decided she needed some sleep before she goes back to school the next day.

In the morning, Satsuki awoke before Kagome. At least the one thing she could continuously keep clean was her bedding, to which she folded up and placed against the wall. Grabbing a few things, she headed to the bathroom where everyone got ready in the morning. After brushing her teeth and brushing her hair, Satsuki went back to the room and found Kagome still asleep. Changing into her school uniform which consisted of a white button up, red bow, and a high waisted black skirt that reached her knees. She shook Kagome awake, who trudged out of bed.

"Good morning Satsuki, Kagome." Kagome's mother, Tomoko said with a smile on her face. Satsuki nodded and returned with a small smile while Kagome let out a yawn. They both sat at the table that was spread with sausages, tamagoyaki, rice and miso. Sota was already there, as well at grandfather. Although he was not related to Satsuki by blood, he had her call him grandfather.

The family ate and listened to Sota talk about a school festival they were suppose to have soon. Kagome yawned constantly and almost fell asleep.

"Bye mom!" Sota yelled as he sped out of the shrine. Satsuki watched as Kagome slugged along and waved to her aunt.

"Have a good day," Tomoko yelled.

"Are you sure you're okay Kagome?" Satsuki asked. She wouldn't be able to escort Kagome completely to school, due to her being older and going to a private girls school. Kagome turned her attention to Satsuki, who stared at her. She really thought burgundy was a nice color on Satsuki, as it was the color of the school's blazer.

Waving her off, Kagome got onto the bus while Satsuki continued down the road. Upon reaching her bus stop, Satsuki waited and snapped her gaze to a few other girls who went to her school. She was lucky that most girls at the private school were either feared her or admired her. Nobody talked to her and annoyed her, she didn't like gossip.

School had always been easy for Satsuki because she didn't spend her time with friends because she had none. Instead, she studied and worked hard to keep at the top of her class.

During lunch, she would sit in the classroom, enjoying the food her aunt had prepared for her. She never acknowledged the fan group that would corner in the room and watch her. It was too strange for her.

Soon school ended and she took part in cleaning the class room, as it was her turn that day. She had to rush to the cooking club and then to sewing club that was held later due to the majority of cooking club being in sewing club. It wasn't until almost 8 that Satsuki arrived back at Higurashi Shrine. Her aunt greeted her upon returning and they ate supper. Kagome seemed exasperated and flustered at the same time, as her mind seemed to bounce around. Satsuki threw a look at her red face.

"You aren't thinking about him again?" Satsuki had noticed that there was a guy at school who liked Kagome, but she also knew that Kagome had hinted at feelings for Inuyasha. So whenever she would think about it, she would get flustered.

"NO! I'm not thinking about that idiot," she cried out, as she slammed her palms on her desk. They had been doing their homework in silence until Kagome had started tapping her pencil against the desk. Once they were done, they got ready for bed and Satsuki watched as Kagome finally rested in her bed.

I wonder if it is really worth it for her to go to the past? Satsuki thought. Shrugging her shoulders, she settled down in her futon, closing her eyes to sleep.

So I know this is a very common stance to take on it. I'm not sure how many people though have had it where their character is knowledgeable in Kagome's adventure.

I hope you all like Satsuki. She may not seem like the best thing ever, but I've gotten the point in my old lady life that I don't care. So... this is probably going to be a SesshomaruxOc story. Let me know what you think