AN: Written originally for the lj iy-fic drabble contest, theme 'color'. Well, I wanted one like this sort of thing for my upcoming birthday, so of course the idea wouldn't leave me alone …
Disclaimer: Characters are Ms Takahashi's. Look, I didn't even dusty them up.
Really, it was all InuYasha's fault.
From the moment he'd first opened his eyes to hiss at her while still Sealed, Kagome realized that she'd never seen colors in that way before and she would never see them the same way again.
Yellow was amber when he looked at her.
Then of course came Sesshoumaru. Despite being scared out of her wits, be still a girl's heart! Amber became gold, then.
So of course Kagome began to pay closer attention, cataloguing each new set she saw, and expanding her definitions of color, of what was beautiful.
She had never really liked red all that much, until she had been taken captive by Manten and had first seen his brother Hiten. Red became ruby, and despite his actions towards her, ruby was favored.
Really, Hiten was handsome in a much more down to earth fashion than InuYasha or his brother. So was it any wonder she allowed herself to be secretly smitten? Well, at least until InuYasha took care of that little problem for her, after all there wasn't much future in being with a Thunder Brother even if she could see the Jewel Shards.
She supposed upon reflection that was what disgusted her so much about Naraku. Kagura's lovely eyes were an echo of the favored color, Naraku had tried too hard on his own set and ended up just being red. How disappointing of him, to come close to perfection in his incarnation and yet to fall short …