The Pursuit of Pie by MomoDesu

The Pursuit of Pie

A/N: Written for Smittee's Ultimate Nummy Challenge. A challenge about pie, Momo is so in!

Also, the recipe for said pie follows the story, for those who are interested.

Momo

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It was two in the morning. The house was dark and all of it's inhabitants snug in bed.

Except for one.

Sesshoumaru tiptoed down the stairs of his girlfriend's mother's home with one thing on his mind: pie. Sweet, delicious pie. Mrs. Higurashi was the Master of the Pie. The Lord of the Pie. The Grand Poohbah of the Pie. Never in his life had he ever met a woman that could make a confectionary treat like his girlfriend's mother could. Apple pie, cherry pie, even boysenberry, the woman worked magic in the kitchen.

Of all of the pies she had created, there was one that he had his sights on: Mrs. Higurashi's neighborhood famous Million Dollar Pie. It was a simple recipe of only six ingredients. Six ingredients of perfection.

He stopped halfway down the stairs. One of the steps creaked, and he couldn't remember which one. Silently, he cursed. One false move and Mrs. Higurashi, the Grand Poohbah of the Pie and the lightest sleeper in Tokyo, would be out of bed in an instant wanting to know why he was headed downstairs. He couldn't exactly say he was raiding the pie she made for his birthday dinner. It was his pie, so why shouldn't he be able to eat it early? As of midnight, he was officially the birthday boy.

To try and avoid the creaky step, Sesshoumaru lightly hopped down the last four steps, landing at the foot of the stairs with a light ‘thud'. He quickly stopped moving and trained his ears for Mrs. Higurashi's door opening. After about a minute of waiting on the edge of his proverbial seat there was no door opening; he was in the clear! Like a man possessed he dashed into the kitchen, the taste of pie already on his tongue when -

"What are you doing out of bed, young man?"

Sesshoumaru stopped dead in his tracks. The Grand Poohbah of the Pie herself sat at the kitchen table, as if she had been waiting on his arrival.

He cocked his head to the side. "What are you doing out of bed?" he countered.

Mrs. Higurashi narrowed her eyes. "Kagome warned me about you, Mr. Sneaky. Now back up to bed with you," she said, waving him away. "That pie is for tomorrow's dinner."

Dejected, Sesshoumaru turned around and slowly walked back up the stairs to the room he was sharing with Kagome during their stay. His stomach rumbled, clearly unhappy with it's promise of pie being broken. 'Later,' he promised it, 'you just wait.'

As he crawled under the covers and snuggled up to his girlfriend he grinned to himself. The woman had to go to sleep sometime.

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Recipe for Million Dollar Pie

1 can Eagle Brand milk
1/3 c. lemon juice
1 lg. can sliced peaches
1 sm. can chunk pineapple
1 (8 oz.) Cool Whip
2 graham cracker crusts

Combine milk and lemon juice and stir until thick. Add Cool Whip and drain all juice from fruit and cut peaches in pieces and stir in the fruit. Pour in graham cracker crusts and refrigerate.

Not my recipe - something I dug out of my mom's recipe box.