A/N: For YukimuraShuusukeGirl and Whispering Kage, seeing as how they got me hooked back on OUAT (abbreviated the title since it's too damn long lol). Oh yeah, might have tiny spoilers in some chapters for Season 2. If you guys haven't watch the whole thing yet (and don't want any spoilers), then I suggest you not read. But take a gander and leave a review. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor Once Upon A Time.

Chapter One – Rumpelstiltskin / Mr. Gold x Belle!Kagome

He watched with amused eyes as his only china set suddenly crashed to the ground. Belle practically lunged for most of the falling pieces, managing to save most except one.

His favorite one.

"I-I I'm sorry! I didn't mean to drop it – "

Her tanned face went completely pale as she stared down at the rolling tea cup that stopped shy of her covered soles. Midnight curls spilled across her bare shoulders as she quickly bent down to pick up the precious china tea cup, blue eyes widening when she noticed it was now chipped. Crap. He was so gonna kill her now. 'I'm dead, so dead'.

"I-I I'll fix it!...somehow..."

She dropped her head when she realized that the chipped part of the tea cup literally disappeared. And upon further inspection of the cup, she realized once again what a complete kluz she was. She bent down again, pulling her dirty ragged dress above her knees in order to further search for the tiny chna glass.

Suddenly his hand was grasping hers, scaly fingers holding her tiny palms within his. "My dear," He spoke so smoothly, charming really. Belle lifted her blue gaze up and was surprised by the soft look that had entered Rumpel's normally dark eyes. "It's quite alright. I'll just get a new one – a better one." His fingers hovered across her bleeding palm, something she hadn't even noticed until now, and in an instant her cut was healed and gone.

She smiled softly, quite surprised at this side of "The Dark One". Perhaps he wasn't such a cold, murderous man.

A faint smile appeared on his face as he recalled the fond memory, brown eyes creasing as he held the old tea cup within his hand. His thumb rubbed circles along the decorated designs as his fingers twisted and turned it every which way.

That had been one of his most precious memories. One he didn't share with a single soul – not even Cora. Belle would always hold a special place in his heart. Always.

Despite the many lovers he had in the past, she was one he'd never let go. He would find her, attain her in some way. And then they would leave this town, go somewhere far away where Regina and her blasphemes mother wouldn't find them.

If only he could find her.

Gold sighed before shaking his bed of light brown locks, placing the tea cup back onto the mahogany shelf before shutting it close. He gripped his black cane firmly and was about to walk out of the shop when the bell rang, signaling a customer (or Emma and her 'happily reunited family') had come in.

And if Regina thought he was going to save her from the mob of angry townspeople, she was sorely mistaken.

"I'm sorry, but – "

Just as he passed through the transparent glass shelf, he was stopped mid-sentence when he saw the person standing by the doorway. His eyes widen and he actually felt his heart stop when he recognized just who the person.

"B-belle? My Belle?"

"Rumpel?"

Her midnight curls were dirty and harshly combed through, blue eyes hazy and dimmed with sorrow. She was wearing an oversized coat and what looked to be a hospital gown with only a pair of socks covering her feet. Even after all this time, she still looked beautiful.

"Belle! Oh my god, Belle..." His cane dropped to the wooden floor and he practically lunged forward when he realized this wasn't a dream. Her petite body pressed against his and he wrapped his arms further around her, melding their bodies together in an effort to make up for all the years he hadn't been able to see her.

She was here, of all places she was actually here.

When her slender arms wound around his tanned neck, he nearly cried in joy to find she remembered and came back to him. "Actually, it's Kagome now. But I guess you could still call me Belle." He pulled back and cupped her face within his big palms, brown eyes watering again when her dazzling smile shot back at him.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you, my dear."

"I've been lost for a long time but, I've finally found my way back home."

"Kagome..."

Her foreign name spilled from his lips as he pulled her in for another bruising hug, chocolate eyes closing in contentment. It had been so long since he'd felt her soft, warm body against his own. And he relished in the feel of her curly midnight locks breezing through his fingers.

Her head lolled to the side, stopping just above his cold heart.

This was where she belonged, where she knew she would always belong. Despite the things he did, the things he'd done, all that mattered was that she continued to love him. Always.

And he'd kill anyone who took her away from him again.

A/N: edited 5/14/13