Author Note: So I decided since in some renditions of Touma's childhood he travels, a lot is decided by the fans what works, that it wasn't impossible for him and Bloom to have met as children, and so this is the start of that and will branch into the main fiction Warrior's Spirit and Fairy's Heart.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronin Warriors or Winx Club

Warning: Absolutely nothing for this chapter but later chapters may be more adult hence the M rating.

Chapter 1) A little story

It'd been exciting to have started school, even more to be out on a playground with so many kids around her age. Bloom had her short red hair in two pigtails with little bows. She was laughing as she played with the other kids running around as they all chased a small ball. Yet as they all ran after the shiny blue ball Bloom slowed down and stopped. There was a boy staring at them before he shuffled his feet. He was holding a book in his hands and he looked sad as he sat down by a tree alone with his book.

Bloom looked back at everyone else but decided to go see the strange boy. He had blue hair and he had opened the book beginning to read it. She watched him mouth the words quietly and smiled as she walked up to him. When her shadow over took the book he looked up.

"Hi, you want to come play with us?" Bloom asked waving to him. He blinked at her for a moment and then smiled. He opened his mouth to say something but some other kids squealed and Bloom looked back at them.

"Ew. What are you doing, he's got cooties!"

"He's strange."

"I'm not playing if he is."

Bloom wanted to huff and put her hands on her hips like her mom did when she scolded her. She wanted to tell them that wasn't nice, but before she could the boy had gotten up and was walking away quickly. The other kids were laughing and teasing him. Bloom didn't understand why, but she knew the ones making the most fuss were older than her.

"Come on Bloom come play with us." A kid from her class called but Bloom just shook her head and went after the blue haired boy. Bloom followed him and watched as he kicked a pebble hard. he had a big frown on his face and he looked like he was going to throw his book but then he didn't.

"Hi…" Bloom said quietly causing the boy to jump and stare at her.

"You're following me." He stated though his speech was weird. "What do you want." He stated almost sadly and had a look on his face that wasn't happy.

"I wanted you to join us… Why do you have a book." Bloom switched her question and walked closer as he looked down at the book in his hands.

"Cause I like reading it."

"If you put the book down you could play with us." Bloom argued but she saw the boy just frown more.

"No I couldn't. They won't let me. They think I'm weird."

"I don't. I'm Bloom." Bloom smiled to the blue haired boy. He answered her smile with a timid one of his own.

"I'm Touma… I'm seven how old are you." Touma asked going over to a bench near the playground and sitting on it.

"I'm five." Bloom smiled holding up all five fingers. She followed Touma over to the old paint cracked bench. She hopped up next to him and watched as he opened his book again. "What are you reading?"

"Um… Well it's a myth. I can read it to you." Touma offered his smile becoming more confident.

"Okay." Bloom scooted closer and looked at the pages. The writing on them was strange but there were some pictures sometimes. "But it's all scribbles."

"No, its Japanese." Touma argue pouting as Bloom accused the book of being scribbles. The fact it was Japanese was part of the reason the other kids teased him. They also didn't like him cause he was smart, the teachers sometimes liked him but often would just stare at him. "It's a different language." Touma stated when Bloom gave him a confused look. He expected her to run away but she didn't she just looked at him and smiled.

"So are you smart?" Bloom asked and Touma shrugged his shoulders. "Well if it isn't scribbled then read it. Read it." She laughed tugging on his arm and he smiled.

"Okay." Touma smiled before he started reading the story and to his surprise Bloom stayed and listened. She only stopped him once to ask a question about the story and he did his best to explain. Touma smiled liking her questions and how her face lit up with the mystical magical part of the story. For the first time Touma was sad to see recess end and watched Bloom run off with her class.

"Bye Touma." She called and waved as she ran off. Her friends willing to gather round her now that he was not near. Her smile never fade as she went off and it made him smile.

"Bye…" Touma answered waving as he watched her leave. He looked at the book in his hands and shut it before making his way back to his class. Class was boring until he was aloud to read on his own. He knew everything they were telling the other kids anyways. One thing Touma did know was that he wanted to talk with Bloom again. She'd been so nice to him, and he hoped it would stay that way.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Present day at Alfea)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Touma sighed and shut the well worn book he had in his lap. He wasn't to interested in reading after thinking about the past. He leaned back against the pillar that was connected to the stone half wall he was sitting on. His eyes were taking the scene of the courtyard people talking to each other but his attention was on the feel of the cover of the book. His callous fingers gliding over every indentation for each letter of the title. His mind was working on so many things but mostly he was thinking about Bloom.

When they were little and would play games together he foolishly told her he would be Romeo and she could be Juliet. Neither of them understood the story of Romeo and Juliet, so he didn't understand how foolish Romeo had been. Knowing the full story now he never wanted to be Romeo and he definitely didn't want Bloom to be Juliet. She deserved better than that. She also deserved not to be pulled into a fight with the dynasty. He didn't want her to see or feel that pain. He wanted to shield her, so she would never be harmed, but that was a foolish notion, and an impossible wish.

"Huh?" Touma was surprised as two hands suddenly covered his eyes. The slight size of the hands told him it wasn't any of the guys, and the hint of sweet exotic flowers and honey wasn't anything that Kayura or Nasuti would wear.

"Guess who." The statement was playful and the voice was one Touma would always know. Still he couldn't help but smile and want to play his own game with Bloom.

"The woman to good for the role of Juliet?" Touma asked smiling, and after a moment the hands lifted from his eyes. He turned his head and smiled at Bloom who was smiling as well. "Hey."

"Hey, you are strange sometimes you know that?" Bloom asked as she hopped up onto the wall next to him. She chuckled as Touma gave her a teasing smile and shrugged his shoulders. "How do you like Alphea?

"It's a nice place." Touma answered easily. He watched Bloom for a moment taking in her red hair and beautiful teal eyes.

"So people aren't being to mean? You aren't being bothered right?" Bloom asked and Touma looked at her with a wide eyed expression. Soon he recovered and gave a simple smile.

"It's fine Bloom. I'm been new to a place before, besides as far as I'm concerned the dynasty is more important than anything else." Touma answered but his gaze shifted away from Bloom and over the courtyard again. The thing was it did hurt if you were ignored, or mocked for being a stranger, but Touma was bothered by it less and less as he grew up because of how much it had happened. "And I have the guys, and I have you and your friends. That's enough for me." Touma said and Bloom nodded accepting that answer.

"I want to make sure. Alphea was such a wonderful place, I have great memories here, and I would like for you to as well." Bloom said and Touma bit back his first comment. Shu was so very right, he did like Bloom. A lot. But they were friends, and he was sure that was how she saw him. "Think of it as local hospitality." Bloom said.

"Oh, are you quoting me now?" Touma asked and Bloom giggled and shook her head. Yet Touma couldn't help but reach over and pull her closer, his long fingers purposely pressing into her sides. Touma grinned as Bloom started to laugh harder, she squirmed to get away but he held her still. "I think you are." Touma pressed the issue as Bloom laughed harder. It felt good to hear her laugh, and know that he was at least for right now taking away some of the stress they'd all been feeling. As he stopped Bloom continued to laugh leaning against him for support, and it gave him a moment to appreciate how nice she looked when she was smiling. How something so minor lit up her face and was undeniable infectious.

"Touma?"

"Huh?"

"You were staring." Bloom stated and Touma blushed a bit. "So what do you mean too good for Juliet? Is that some reference to my former relationship?" Bloom was trying to stay playful Touma could tell but it was clear that she was still quite bothered by what Sky had done to her.

"Actually I hadn't even thought about that." Touma admitted with a shrug.

"Then what did you mean I'm too good for a Juliet role?"

"Just that, I think you're too good for the Romeo and Juliet sort of thing." Touma stated and Bloom laughed.

"Touma, every girl wants to find their very own Romeo." Bloom smiled and Touma frowned. He didn't care about the story, or that it was misunderstood by so many. He cared that it was misunderstood by Bloom, that he cared because he didn't want her to ever get hurt, or be with some fool. Because he might actually care for her as more than a friend and didn't want her with some brash fool who didn't think.

"That's because they misunderstand the story. Romeno isn't romantic." Touma stated almost pouting.

"How can you say that. The two of them die for love." Bloom pointed out poking at Touma's arm. She saw him pouting and while she wondered why, she was more interested in listening to him talk about the story of Romeo and Juliet.

"That's just it! They died because Romeo is brash, and that brash nature leads to tragedy. That alone should stop the story from being romantic especially since there are many other love stories that are better." Touma ranted and he was fully expecting Bloom to brush him off.

"Then what other stories are there." Bloom asked and Touma was surprised. He looked off to the side a bit embarrassed over his hobby in reading romantic literature. Still he was drawn to the ideals in them, the loyalty, strength, devotion that was show through small acts, or even the grand scale myths were good from time to time.

"Well… There's stories like Psyche and Eros, also called The Three Tasks, and yes there is a bit of illogical actions on the parts of the characters, both work to get back to the other, and live in the end. Also there's Odysseus and Penelope if we just stick to greek mythology. He's away from his wife and tempted a few times away from her, but he stays true. Just as she stays faithful by fending off the suitors who believe Odysseus dead and want her for themselves. In the end they are reunited and live happily together." Touma summarized and Bloom nodded. "There are a lot of other stories too, almost every mythology has a love story, and classic literature. Sure there are some that are more tragedies than others, but there are many stories out there about love that are better ideas of love than Romeo and Juliet." As he finished Bloom couldn't help but laugh. She wasn't sure if she was laughing because Touma was so angry at the story of Romeo and Juliet, or if she was laughing because of how serious he was taking this topic.

Touma wanted to comment on Bloom laughing at the topic but instead he sighed and shook his head. He was aware that this technically was his opinion, but more importantly he was just glad to see Bloom laughing again. The sound made him smile and he was having a hard time not staring at her again. Yet as much as he could just keep watching Bloom, Touma could feel his attention being pulled away by the guys. He didn't want to leave Bloom but he could hear Shu and Ryo talking back and forth about something and his own curiosity was getting to him.

"Hey Bloom, do you mind if I catch you later?" Touma asked as she stopped laughing.

"Yeah sure, is there something you need to do?" Bloom asked wondering why he was leaving.

"Well, something's going on with the guys. I'm just-"

"You don't want to be left out?" Bloom finished.

"More I don't want to miss the show if things get out of hand." Touma smirked and Bloom giggled. It seemed there was mischief between the ronin and warlords but never the rivalries that the specialist had.

"Yeah sure. You can call me whenever." Bloom smiled and Touma nodded before leaving taking his book with him. Bloom watched him leave smiling as so many young fairies turned to watch her tall friend pass. Even if he wasn't a stranger, or had the rumors flying around about him and his friends Bloom was sure people would stare. Touma was attractive as Stella pointed out about all the ronin. Each in their own way, but Bloom found she couldn't disagree with Stella's points. Touma was tall, and his practice with a bow showed, in how he held himself and in his arms and torso. There also was something about the contrast between his skin hair and eyes that was cute… no maybe alluring but that wasn't right either. Bloom hummed as she thought about what Stella said on each of the ronin and warlords, and while she tried to figure out how she would have described Touma.

"Bloom?"

Bloom looked over and smiled as she saw Daphne heading her way. Her sister had some papers and books in her hands, probably from the class she taught. Bloom smiled at the passing thought of introducing Touma and Daphne, since she was sure Touma would love to hear what Daphne knew. He always seemed to enjoy listening to the knowledge others had, and using it to better himself. She'd since it when she was a child and didn't understand, until she'd seen it when he spoke with Tecna, Aisha, or even Stella.

"Hey Daphne. How are the classes going?" Bloom asked standing up and brushing herself off.

"They're going well, I have an interesting mix of students this year." Daphne said as she shifted her papers and books to one arm. "So who was that guy you were talking with? Is he one of those warriors from earth?" Daphne asked.

"That was Touma and yeah. He's one of the guys from earth, but he's also an old friend of mine." Bloom said and Daphne nodded.

"Well I'm glad. You've been smiling more since you came back, all of you girls have." Daphne pointed out and Bloom hummed. She hadn't thought about her mood but with Daphne pointing it out, it was true. Being around Touma lifted her worries, sorrow and fears. Even if Shin was someone you could tell anything to, Bloom knew she would confide in Touma first, he was still her closest friend out of the ronin.

"Yeah, maybe… But they've made it easy to smile." Bloom said and Daphne nodded.

"Easy or not, I'm just glad that you're getting over your heart break. Mom and Dad have also noticed." Daphne said.

"You think?" Bloom asked. She hadn't thought about the pain Sky put her through in a while. If any thoughts of him came to her they were tired thoughts about his attitude towards the ronin and how she didn't want to deal with him. Bloom couldn't help but smile as she told herself that she would have to thank Touma later, after all he was helping her along with his friends heal.