New Story ^^ you guys review and I write; let me know if I should just focus on the ones I'm writing on

This story is based slightly on Rosemary & Thyme, a British murder mystery T.V show. Mostly the only idea I got from it was the gardening, but other than that, not much.

This isn't yuri, but and InuYasha/Kagome and Sesshomaru/Rin story, sorry to confuse those of you who thought otherwise.

Read and Review please dearies ^^

AN - I do not own InuYasha, not matter how much I wish I did.

"That's the-ung- last of it," Rin yelled as she heaved a large box of tools into the back of their jeep, calling to her partner who remained inside the house, thanking their former client.

"I'm coming," Kagome yelled, turning back to Mr. Sho, thanking him for the opportunity and wishing him and his garden the best of luck in the future.

"Once again, thank you for this wonderful opportunity, and I hope that you and your wife enjoy the new garden to its fullest," Kagome said with a smile, shaking the man's hands.

"Oh no! Thank you my dears, we thoroughly enjoyed your company and your hard work on our garden, and it looks simply marvelous! My wife and I will finally be able to enjoy hosting an outdoor dinner party thanks to you lovely ladies!"

Kagome smiled at him, bowing at him and waving before leaving the house through the wide double doors and marching out to the old jeep the two girls drove, the gravel crunching under her feet as she stepped quickly to the vehicle. Unlocking the driver's side door, Kagome stepped into the jeep and turned the keys, the car starting to life after a few turns.

"Did you ever think of getting a new car?" Rin asked as the jeep was shifted into gear with effort from Kagome, who in turn scowled.

"My baby has brought us to hell and back honey, and I'm here with her till she dies," Kagome announced proudly, patting the steering wheel with tenderness, while her partner sighed in the passenger seat.

"Whatever, how'd the goodbyes go?"

"Perfect!" Kagome gloated, "he said that he loved our company and that we did a fantastic job on the garden."

"We?" Rin reiterated, "I'll remember that next time I'm hauling three hundred bags of top soil for a design that I made and had carefully selected every single flower for the patio while you are sipping ice tea with the client."

"Hey, he invited me, and you didn't complain either." Kagome said pointedly, turning off the private road and heading towards the highway.

"What was I supposed to say!" Rin exclaimed, looking at the driver, "Oh, hey Kagome, wanna get off your ass and do some work and stop flirting with the client?"

"I was not flirting," Kagome snapped, "he was."

"Yeah, sure," Rin replied, leaning back into her seat, sighing. Kagome always got the guys, regardless of where they were; Rin knew it wasn't her fault people found her to be really pretty, but it did get a little irritating at times, especially when they had a job to do.

"In any case, where to next," Rin asked, breaking the moments of silence had beheld them, "home, or the new job?"

"Job," Kagome replied, glancing at Rin as the other girl's shoulders drooped in relaxation. Kagome smiled slightly, she knew exactly why Rin didn't want to go back to their shared living quarters, and it was mostly to do with her ex-boyfriend Kohaku.

Kohaku and Rin had been going steady since senior year of high school, but had recently broken up due to Rin's job and the fact that Rin didn't feel the same way for him as she used to. Since their break-up, Kohaku had been relentless in trying to get back together, going so far as to bug her whenever she had arrived home.

"Did Kaede give you the directions?" Rin asked.

"Yep," Kagome said, smirking proudly, waving the piece paper in Rin's face.

"From our place or from the last client's?"

"Uh…" Kagome stuttered, paling as she arrived at a stop sign. "Damn," she muttered, peeling open the paper.

"Give it here," Rin said laughing, holding out her hand to which Kagome begrudgingly handed over the instructions to.

After about an hour and a half of screamed directions, bantering, and laughs at their slip-ups, Kagome and Rin finally found their way onto the highway where their next client awaited.

"All I'm saying," Kagome said, chewing on a piece of chicken that she had picked out of her salad, "is that is it so hard to find a man who isn't gay or married?"

"That's the thing, Kagome," Rin said, spooning her penne, "all the good ones are taken because they're so good."

"But they must be there in the first place."

"True, but you don't know that till you look."

"Yeah, but even then they're not that good," Kagome grumbled, spearing a leaf of lettuce angrily.

"Kagome," Rin sighed, "I know I've been saying this for ages, and I do love you, but it happened six months ago. Get. Over. It." Rin said through gritted teeth.

"I caught them in our bed, Rin," Kagome clipped, "how am I supposed to get over it?"

"Find a new man?" Rin responded, "have a one night stand, take up a hobby, something, anything so long as you get over it!"

Kagome huffed, crunching crouton in frustration. Rin was right, she knew that, but it still stung, watching the man whom she had given everything to pleasure another.

"In any case," Rin said, sipping her wine, "where's the new job again?"

"Western Estate; it's supposedly the richest manor in the area of rich manors."

"Mm," Rin said, sipping more of her drink while nodding, "so where's Eastern Estate?"

Kagome laughed, swallowing her own drink before continuing, "they are having some sort of party in about five weeks and want the old garden redone, complete with a running waterfall."

"What?" Rin coughed, "they want us to make a running waterfall? In five weeks?"

"No, no," Kagome corrected, "they have an old garden that was constructed years ago and the waterfall was installed then, but it has since stopped for some reason and they want us to have a look at things. The person who sent us the instructions said he'd tell us more when we get there."

"Ah," Rin said, pushing her food away from herself, "that makes more sense."

Kagome smiled at her partner, replacing her wine glass on the table top.

"Shall we get going to bed?" Kagome asked, "we have an early morning and you and I need to be fresh for the clients."

The rusted red Jeep turned up the winding road, the trees framing the picturesque drive as the early morning sun dappled through the leaves. Kagome rubbed her eyes as she focused on the road and the signs.

"Where the hell is it?" Kagome muttered, frustration beginning to grow evident in her body language.

Rin just laughed, and looked at the road, searching for the same road sign Kagome was.

"Oh, There, stop!" Rin exclaimed as Kagome slammed on her brakes and both girls rammed against their seat belts.

"OW," Rin coughed, after having gained her breath back, her hand rubbing her sore shoulder, "take it easy Kagome."

"Sorry," Kagome muttered, shifting the car into reverse and backing up to the drive, turning back to the next path up to their final destination.

The car then slowed as the girls saw the stone drive, blocked by wrought iron gates and a large fence; the beautiful stone sign proudly displaying Western Estate.

"This it?" Rin asked in awe, craning her neck to see if she could spot the manor.

"Uh huh," Kagome replied, turning their trusted vehicle up to the gates, rolling down the window and leaning over to press the intercom button and announcing their arrival.

"What?" came a curt and obviously irritated voice, gruff even through the intercom.

"Um, we're Kagome and Rin? We're here for the garden…" Kagome trailed off, hoping that she sounded convincing enough to be let past.

"Oh, right," came the voice, obviously embarrassed at the rudeness from before, "come on up."

A loud buzzing was heard, followed swiftly by the creak of the gates as they swung open. Gunning up the car, Kagome pressed the accelerator and sped up the road. The gravel crunched lightly under the tires of the Jeep as the girls ascended the driveway, revealing the manor and lawn to the two girls.

Rin felt her jaw drop at the sight of the place, it was enormous, the large brick building sat gloriously atop a sloping lawn, its winding gravel road beautifully complimenting it. Turning to her partner, Rin was almost pleased to see her partner held the same expression.

"It's, um, big," Rin commented on the first thing she thought of.

"Yeah," Kagome muttered, turning her car into its parking place off to the side, pulling up the emergency brake and opening the car door. "Let's go meet our new clients, shall we?"

Rin giggled, stepping from her side of the car, "sure thing."

Rin came to Kagome's side, her tote bag slung over her body and her hands in her pockets as they watched a bearded old man walk quickly down the steps to meet them, grinning broadly.

"Welcome to Western Estate my dears, my name is Totosai, I'm one of the servants of this household. Unfortunately, the two brothers are busy with work and party planning so they can't come down to meet you I'm afraid. Now, let me see," Totosai said, putting his finger to his lips, "you must be Rin and you must be Kagome," he said, shaking their hands as he spoke.

"Close," Rin giggled, "I'm Rin, and she's Kagome, it's wonderful to meet you Totosai."

"Ah, well, at my age, at least I got the name's right, eh?" Totosai said grinning, "now, would you like something to eat or drink after your travels?"

"Actually," Rin said, interrupting Kagome before she could accept the offer, "we'd rather see the garden first before we do anything, would that be alright?"

"Yes yes of course," Totosai nodded, gesturing for the girls to follow him as he walked wound the house.

"Now," he said clapping his hands, "we want the garden returned to its original state that the previous master had it in."

"The previous Master?" Kagome asked, eyeing Rin questioningly.

"Their father, and my previous master, InuTaisho," Totosai said sadly, "he passed away when InuYasha was born unfortunately, but the garden was his pride and joy while he was alive and since this company is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, the ball will be held in his garden in his honour."

"How lovely," Rin murmured, noticing Kagome smirk; Rin was quite the hopeless romantic.

"It will be, provided you two can get it up and running in time," Totosai nodded in agreement, "we're pinning all our hopes on you two."

"No pressure then," Kagome whispered to her partner.

"None at all," Totosai said grinning, "but we also want the waterfall up and running too, word is that you two can work miracles and we need that now more than ever if we want to impress the executives attending the ball."

"Depending on the damage done on the falls, we may not be able to get it up and running in time, what happens if we can't?" Rin asked nervously, honestly flowing out of her before she could stop it.

"Then could you find some way to make it pleasing to the eyes?" Totosai asked, "I understand that it might be impossible in the timeframe with everything else you've got to do."

"Of course" Kagome answered, eyeing Rin as she could see the wheels already turning in her head as she was figuring out ways to perfect the garden.

"Now," Totosai said, clapping his hands, "we also want the garden restored to its original state for the party, every plant and tree exactly as he had done it."

"No problem," Rin said happily, "are there any plans or pictures of the old place?"

"Ah, well" Totosai explained, apologetically, "that's going to be a problem see, he was very secretive about the garden, so the only ones who saw it are his second wife and eldest son, but he was only four at the time and honestly doesn't remember all that much of it. As for plans, I don't know where he put them; he could have hidden them in his bedroom for all I know."

"Well, what about the second wife?" Kagome asked politely, "maybe she can help us out."

"She, um, can't" came the mumbled reply, "Lady Izaoi is no longer with us, she passed away when her son was four."

"Oh how terrible," Kagome gasped, "we're so sorry to hear that."

"No need to apologize, you ladies didn't know so it's quite alright around me, but I wouldn't bring it up around InuYasha."

"Why not?" Kagome asked.

"Well," Totosai stammered, "InuYasha is…touchy when it comes to topic of his mother, gets very defensive and protective over her."

"Ah, that's understandable," Rin said quietly, following both her partner and Totosai through an extravagant garden, eyeing all the flowers and plants with interest. "The garden out here is beautiful, if you don't mind me asking, why not hold the party out here?"

"Because we want the centennial anniversary to be special, and holding it in the garden that was created by the man that brought the company to its peak within thirty years seemed extremely fitting," Totosai explained, "but unfortunately, it needs a bit of work before that can happen."

"Well, we'll try our best," Kagome said confidently, patting Rin on the shoulder as they both giggled.

"Excellent!" Totosai said, stepping off the path and towards an overgrown hedge and wooden gate locked by a padlock.

Flipping through his many keys and stopping at one that was as large and as rusted as the lock. Turning the key, the lock creaked before snapping open and allowing Totosai to remove the large metal object off the double doors.

"Now we plan on removing the gates for the party seeing as they've become quite rotted and rusted and we want the garden nice and open for the party," Totosai said, pushing the doors open and revealing what remained of the garden.

"Oh my," Kagome said, holding a hand to her mouth at the sight of the garden.

It was a mess, overgrown weeds had occupied most if not all of the garden and there were many dead branches littered from one of the dying trees. The pathway was cracked and tiles that made the winding pathway had several missing, overgrown with clumps of grass. Near the far end on the garden, a mass of rocks and basin made up the old waterfall, small but quite charming in the space provided.

Stepping over the mass of weeds and overgrowth, Rin came to kneel by the small pond, eyeing the small bridge joining one end from the pond to the other. Her eyes came to see the large cherry tree at the corner of the garden, grinning when she saw tin buds growing on it.

"Well?" Totosai asked timidly, "how bad are the damages?"

Kagome laughed, "if I know Rin, and I do, judging by the look on her face, we can make this work."

"Hopefully," Rin added, standing up, "depending on whether or not we can find the plans."

"And the budget," Kagome finished looking at Totosai, "now, about that-"

"That you'll have to discuss with the owners I'm afraid, while I am allowed to bring you up to speed and tell you the plans, I am not given permission to talk about money, Sesshomaru was vehemently against it."

"Sesshomaru?"

"The eldest son, from his first marriage; he and InuYasha are only half-brothers but they don't even like being called that. If I may be blunt, they despise one another and are constantly at each other's throats, sometimes literally," Totosai said sighing, "Sesshomaru hates InuYasha as he blames him for the his parent's divorce and since he can't stand humans, he hates that he shares his bloodline with someone who has human in him, and InuYasha resents Sesshomaru for always looking down at him."

"That would certainly cause a rift between the two," Kagome commented as Rin approached the two, "never the less, we need to talk to them in any case, considering that this is their garden were redoing."

"Very well, come this way," Totosai said, guiding the girls out and locking the garden gates behind him, "here's the key," he said handing it to Kagome, "don't lose it and lock it up when you're done, don't want any paparazzi getting a shot now do we?"

"No Sir," Rin replied smiling, taking the key out of Kagome's hand; Kagome was notorious for losing things.

"Right, this way then," Totosai said, leading the girls towards the imposing manor, holding open the back door for them and closing it behind them.

Totosai beckoned them to follow but was interrupted by a bouncing chubby man running towards Totosai at full tilt, a worried look plastered on his face.

"Totosai, we need your help!" He exclaimed, fretting and fidgeting.

"Now?"

"Now!"

Totosai sighed, massaging his temples with his long thin fingers.

"Um, the Masters are just up the stairs and in the office, that's the fourth door on the right when you turn left up the stairs," Totosai said, an apologetic look crossing his face as he turned to the girls.

"We'll find our way, don't you worry," Kagome said, turning to the stairs followed closely by Rin.

"Just follow the sounds of an argument, you'll find them, if you need me I'll be in the downstairs office," Totosai called over his shoulder, hurrying after the needle-nosed man as the girls ascended the stairs.

"An argument?" Rin asked, "how bad can it be?"

Kagome shrugged her shoulders, and turned left up the stairs, following Totosai's directions as they came to a large hallway. Stepping down the corridor, Rin and Kagome looked interestedly at their surroundings, careful not to touch anything that looked vastly expensive.

"Shut up filthy half-breed!"

A potted plant came soaring out of an open door and would have surely hit the girls had Rin not pushed Kagome down and out of the way. Crashing against the wall, the dirt stained the wall while the plant itself feel to the ground.

"Don't tell me to shut up you pathetic dog!" A second gruffer voice came, equally as angry.

Rin and Kagome glanced at each other, gaining their nerves before they pushed open the door and gently announced their arrival.

"Um, excuse us?" Rin asked timidly from behind Kagome, Trying to avoid the dispute between the two brothers.

"What!" They both growled, turning to glare at their new arrivals, fury etched onto their faces.

The half demon stood in the center of the room, his hands curled into fists as he fought his brother who was now standing over the desk with his clawed hand's on the desk, his eyes flickering from the beautiful amber his brother shared, to a deadly blood red.

"Um, we're here about the garden?" Kagome asked, hoping she sounded braver than she felt at the moment.

"Oh, right," came the half-demon in the center of the room in the same embarrassed voice he had used over the intercom when he let them up.

Straightening up, the elder of the two walked around the desk to introduce himself, "my name is Sesshomaru and this disgrace is InuYasha, what is it you two want?" Sesshomaru asked, his eyes narrowing at the girls.

"Um, Totosai sent us up here to smooth over a few details, but if we can come back at a better time…" Rin trailed off, stepping from behind Kagome.

"No, now's a good as time as any," InuYasha grumbled as his brother moved back to the desk and bent over to pull out a file.

"Here's your budget, I take it that's what you're here for," Sesshomaru said coolly, handing the file over his desk, where Rin gently took it with slender hands.

"Thank You Sir," Rin said with a small bow to Sesshomaru as she handed the file to Kagome could look over the finances.

"Before I forget, are there any plans or old photographs of the garden? If you want a complete restoration of the garden I would need those," Rin asked, swallowing her fear of setting off the imposing demon in front of her.

"No," Sesshomaru responded curtly, "my father was very secretive of his garden and he never took any pictures of it nor did he have any plans of it."

"Are you sure?" Kagome interjected, peering around InuYasha to look at his brother.

"Quite," Sesshomaru said flickering his steely gaze at Kagome, making her duck behind InuYasha.

"Would you mind terribly if I had a look through old plans of the house and gardens? They might be in there," Rin asked, hoping that she could still salvage their reputation.

Sesshomaru just turned his gave back to Rin, pushing his elbows off his desk and standing to his full height before looking down at Rin.

"Very well, you may look through the plans, but only through the house plans, nothing more. They're in a cabinet in the library, Totosai can show you where if you so desire."

"Thank You, we'll stop wasting your time and start weeding the garden," Rin said with a short bow as she pushed Kagome out of the room and down the flight of stairs to start their new job.

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