Author's note: So here is the second chapter, and one I had to rewrite twice before I was happy with it. Also I'm making changes to the first chapter for the scene breaks as what I normally do isn't showing up. Also because I have two chapters that I'm doing the last bit of self editing and a third one in the works of writing. I'm putting up a second chapter this week.

Disclaimer: Same as Chapter 1. I don't own either Ronin Warriors or Winx Club, and I make no money from either.

Additional Note: I'm sure some don't like the break up of the Winx and the Specialist but I never felt like the Specialist did anything other than give the Winx a boyfriend, and give them someone to save sometimes. Having said that I am half planning pairings but more seeing where the writing takes the characters. If you know Ronin Warriors and Winx and have opinions I would love to hear them.

Chapter 2) Trust

Tecna sighed as for the second time she had trying she gone Musa's voice mail. Each one of them had tried calling Musa each leave a message the first time. At first it was easy to believe Musa had either gotten distracted or she wasn't ready to join them just yet. Yet was the time went on they all began to worry.

"Well at least we have your tracking spell on her phone Tecna. Let's start following it, and I'm sure we'll find her." Bloom said trying to keep everyone from believe the worst. The what if Musa had run into the trix alone. There was a strong fear that tried to break Bloom's spirit as the thought darted by her mind, but she refused to believe the worst.

"You're right. Let's see, it looks like… Musa's that way, and still moving?" Tecna stated out loud as she studied her own phone watching the map on the screen. The other's huddled close to her looking at the screen in confusion and worry.

"If she's just ignoring us I'm soo not going to be pleased!" Stella huffed folding her arms and cocking her hip.

"I'm sure there's a reason Stella… We should just find her, and ask." Flora offered softly but she flinched and looked away as Stella huffed. Tecna knew the only reason they were fighting was because of the heart ache they all felt. It was worst because Tecna knew that Stella in someway had blamed Musa and Riven. Even Tecna had wondered if Riven had not walked off if the other specialist would have stayed with them. She missed Timmy so much.

"Well, come on guys we should get going." Bloom said trying again to move them and motivate them.

"Actually Bloom, I think we should wait till the tracker stops moving." Tecna offered. "If I overlay the program with a local map it looks like she's going down a road and rather quickly." Tecna stated and Bloom hummed. Tecna could see that Bloom was trying to figure out what they should do. "I know with our Zoomix we can catch Musa, though we don't know why she's moving so far from our meeting spot." Tecna said and the other three began to wonder as well.

"Okay so we will give Musa two hours to call us back if we hear nothing than Tecna, we'll go after her whether or not the tracker has stopped." Bloom stated and the other's nodded. With that the four girls slipped into a never by cafe to warm up from the chilly fall day.

As drinks were brought to them Tecna sighed stirring her drink and hoping her best friend was okay. She wouldn't be able to handle it if both her best friend was hurt and her boyfriend had left. Tecna looked up as she felt a hand cover hers. Flora was offering a sad but reassuring smile.

"I'm sure she's okay." Flora offered as Stella and Bloom continued to talk. Though they both fell silent and looked to Tecna realizing how upset the technology fairy was.

"Yeah, she'll be fine… And I'm sorry if I was harsh earlier. I just still can't believe…" Stella faded off not wanting to say the words. None of them did, even if those words were true.

"I know, thank you girls." Tecna managed a smile as Flora gentle squeezed her hand and Bloom leaned against her to reassure her.

"We so need a group hug once Musa gets here!" Stella declared and the three other's laughed.

Ryo sat on the couch with Shin, still unsure what to think about what Shin told them. If it had come from anyone else Ryo knew none of them would believe it but this was Shin. Shin, the warrior of Torrent with trust as his guiding virtue, and he would never lie to them not even in as a prank, which meant that the woman upstairs had to be a fairy like he said. It was an idea that had floored all the ronins. Not that it should have after all they had fought the essence of the evil in humanity when Arago tried to take over the mortal realm. Still fairies were from childrens stories and not something any of them had thought real.

"Um Ryo?"

Ryo snapped out of his thoughts and glanced to Shin. Shin was giving in a strange look somewhere between concern and uncertainty.

"You okay? You've been on the select screen for a while now." Shin pointed out and Ryo turned his gaze back to the t.v. His cursor was still hovering over Taki from Soul Calibur 2. He had wanted to play the game to kill some time instead of hovering for the young woman to wake up and get answers. Seiji and Shin had both scolded him for that earlier.

"Yeah I'm good. Just wondering about the girl upstairs again." Ryo answered.

"Dude we all are, but pick someone already I want to kick your ass!" Shu interjected. He was sitting on the floor his cheek resting on the back of his hand and the control in his lap. He had been being patient but he wasn't willing to wait forever.

"Sorry, and you're the one going to get beat Shu." Ryo stated before grinning. He selected Taki and the game begin.

Shin sighed and left the couch as the two were too competitive for his liking. He wasn't even to the kitchen when the arguing started. He smiled as Touma and Seiji nodded to greet him and Natsumi smiled to him as he entered the kitchen, Natsumi was sitting at the table while Seiji stood and Touma leaned against a counter.

"Getting away from the headache before it starts?" Touma asked teasingly.

"I still don't understand why it's such a big deal. It's a game." Shin sighed as he started to make some chai tea. He figured he would check on their guest hoping that she would be awake soon. There were many questions they all had, and he wanted to catch her first so he could brace her for that.

"It's pride." Touma shrugged and Shin smiled at the answer.

"Touma, you're one to talk. I've seen you get just as bad as Shu and Ryo at those things." Nasuti scolded stirring her tea idly. "Shin? Do you want me to cook tonight?" Nasuti asked as he finished pouring the steaming tea.

"Yes could you? I'm going to be upstairs if you need help or anything." Shin smiled as Nasuti nodded. He knew that Seiji and Touma knew he was planning on staying upstair with their guest. He wanted to make sure that she would awake to a face that was at least a little familiar. As he approached the guest Shin heard a soft moan. He knocked softly on the door before pushing it opened further to see the young woman was stirring. Her hand was pressed against her forehead moving her dark hair away from her soft and beautiful face. She was very beautiful, it was something all five of them had agreed on and Shu took the chance to immediately tease him about.

"Hello, how are you feeling?" Shin asked as her eyes fluttered open. He watched the flicker of emotions through them, confusion was the first, then surprise, and worry.

"Where am I? What's going on?" Musa rushed through her words sitting up quickly and feeling instantly dizzy. Before she tipped over the man who'd saved her from the truck was steadying her again.

"Easy. What's important is you are safe. How do you feel? Nothing hurts?" Shin asked again gently pressing the question. He wanted to make sure they had addressed any injuries first.

Musa blinked at him, and as she realized she was feeling perfectly fine she remembered the fight how she'd hit her head and the pain that had been in her ankle. It was gone and subconsciously she touched the back of her head. There wasn't even a bump on her head.

"Yes, but how?" Musa asked looking at him.

"I will answer that in a moment. Your phone was ringing quite a bit earlier, so why don't you take care of that, and I'll check on you again in a moment? This is for you as well it's just chai tea." Shin smiled and set the teacup down on the end table. "Again I'm glad you are alright." He smiled and left the room shutting the door gently.

Musa was left blinking taking everything in and her head swimming with thoughts. Had he seen her as a fairy? Why wasn't she hurt? Where had the blue warrior gone? Yet all of that could wait as Musa saw the time on her phone and then the amount of missed calls. She didn't even look who's number it was she just called the last missed call and cradled the phone to her ear.

Stella jumped as her phone went off and all eyes turned to her. Pulling it out Stella's face lit up at the name. She didn't need to look at her friends to know how hopeful they were. The tense was high enough that it was staggering.

"It's Musa!" Stella announced before opening her phone. She was pulling on giving Musa a piece of her mind as well as voice her concern but Musa didn't give the fairy of the sun the chance.

"Hey, I found the trix… Or I had."

"What?! Musa are you okay? What happened?" Stella asked trying not to show her panic and concern.

"It was just Stormy, but she had these weird soldiers with her. I was saved by some guy in blue armor. I'm not sure where I am but I'm pretty sure I'm safe… Or so I've been told. I'm okay too surprisingly since I blacked out."

Stella wanted to interrupt Musa many times but didn't. She showed how much she'd grown just by that simple fact. "Okay well can we come get you? Should we?" Stella asked and smiled at the sighs of relief.

"Yeah I think so. I don't know if he saw me as a fairy."

"He?"

"It's a guy who was here when I woke up. I will tell you all about it when you get here Stella."

"Okay but I want to know if he's cute." Stella said acting a bit like her old self before the heartache and everyone groaned.

"If I tell you he is, will that be enough for now?"

"Yes, now she you soon doll!" Stella chirped happy with the answer. Maybe they could turn their luck around. After all with all the worry over Musa, Stella had realized that they shouldn't let the specialist get them down. Yes it hurt, and yes she was angry but they had each other and last time when they'd been on earth there were all sorts of cute boys. They needed to pick themselves up.

"Okay girls Musa's safe but found Stormy earlier. She didn't really say what happened but we should get to her." Stella explained and Tecna nodded.

"We should get to her as soon as possible." Bloom stated agreeing with what Stella was saying. Leaving the cafe the four girls went looking for a quiet spot to transform so they could find Musa.

Musa sighed as she hung up the phone. She needed answers as much as her friends would. Looking over to the tea Musa decided it was a good idea to at least have a little. She sipped it gingerly and smiled at the warm rush, and the soothing taste. She'd just finished the glass of tea when a knock came at the door again. "Come in." Musa called setting down the teacup and swinging her legs over the side of the bed.

When the door opened Musa was surprised to see two guys. The first was the one she knew but the second was a blond man taller than the first with a strong gaze. The first smiled at her and approached first.

"I know I haven't had the best manners, my name is Shin, and this is my friend Seiji. He wanted to check on you and make sure you weren't hurt." Shin explained and Seiji stepped forward.

"Are you a doctor?" Musa asked trying to figure out what was going on here.

"Well…" Shin glanced to Seiji before looking back at Musa. "First I want to clarify are you a fairy? Who were you fighting?"

Musa bit her lip and knew it was probably pointless to lie. "Yeah, I am. The witch that I fought is really bad news, though I don't know what her new toys are." Musa said watching the two men. The way the glanced at each other was like there was a conversation going on but not a word was said. Musa knew she'd missed something when Seiji nodded and Shin smiled.

"They were dynasty soldiers, called here from the nether realm. My friends and I are sworn to protect people from them and we've made both allies and have a long standing enemy because of this. My friend Seiji can heal injuries so he just going to double check to make sure he got everything the first time." Shin explained and Musa felt confused.

"Wait so your warlocks, or wizards?" Musa questioned. The last thing they needed were warlocks but Nabu had been a wizard and had been very nice.

"Um, no. It's hard to explain and might be better when everyone is here." Shin said glancing at Seiji who nodded and stepped closer to Musa.

"Hold still for a moment." Seiji instructed as he placed his hand at the back of her head. He tapped into the power of Halo letting its strength flow through him to this young woman. After a few moments Seiji stepped back and nodded to Shin. "It seems you are fine. I would take a few more moments to rest, everyone has questions and is most likely going to be seeking answers soon." Seiji stated, giving Musa the second hint that there were more around.

"I can't stay, I've worried my friends enough and I need to get to them." Musa stated standing up so she wasn't looking up at Shin and Seiji constantly.

"I'm sorry but we need to ask you questions, if the dynasty is returning we need to know so we can protect the people here." Seiji stated bluntly before Shin could speak.

"Seiji please, maybe I can talk with her?" Shin stated he hadn't wanted to push her into giving her name but it seemed he would need to request it. Seiji gave him a stern look and Shin returned it. "Seiji, please." Shin stated only this time his gentle tone was a bit more forceful. With a sigh Seiji nodded and left. Shin watched him leave and Musa watched both of them. "Do you mind coming with me?" Shin asked and Musa nodded in agreement.

Musa followed him as he took her out of the room and down the hall and into a large room with two beds, one orange and one blue, and there was a set of balcony doors. He opened the doors and let Musa walk out first before following.

"So lets start over again. My name is Mouri Shin, you may call me Shin." Shin smiled to Musa.

"I'm Musa." Musa smiled back feeling a bit giddy from the warmth in his smile.

"I know it must seem absurd what we are asking, for you to trust us so openly. It's possibly frightening, and I can tell when we first met you are hurting from something else." Shin stated leaving Musa shocked and ready to defend herself but he held up a hand. "Please, if you want I can tell you the address here, and your friends can come here to get you. I know its a lot to ask but we need to know what's going on. We mean you no harm, and you have my word no one will hurt you." Shin said feeling the warmth of his kanji and surge of trust through him.

Musa narrowed her eyes at the glowing symbol on Shin's forehead. His bangs only covered it a small bit. Thanks to the translation spell she could read the foreign symbol, trust. "What is that?" Musa asked wanting to reach up and touch the symbol glowing a soft light blue.

"It's my kanji, a guiding virtue of myself, and something I can't turn away from. Its connected to the armor you saw me in earlier."

"... You're the blue warrior?" Musa asked remembering how they saved her from Stormy's new minions. "You saved me, from Stormy."

"And the dynasty soldiers. But yes that's me, Shin warrior of Torrent with trust as my virtue." Shin smiled as he leaned against the railing. "It must be a lot to take in." He said glancing at her.

"Kind of, but its not that bad. I'm the guardian fairy of Music. Stormy is a witch and a member of the Trix, with her sisters Darcy and Icy. We thought they were trapped in the Legendarium but somehow they got out. We were hoping to stop them before the started causing trouble." Musa sighed leaning against the railing as well. Musa knew she should trust Shin but she was still pulling away.

"I see." Shin stared out at the water in the distance. She wasn't ready to ask for help or even to open up to anyone. "Well do you need a lift to your friends?" Shin asked surprising Musa.

"But I thought your friend, uh, Seiji wanted to talk." Musa stated.

"He does, but you're not ready to. If the dynasty is involved we'll meet again, and maybe then you will trust me, and by extension my friends. Right now though, you're closed off and not ready. I'm not going to push you." Shin smiled as he straightened up. "You just be careful okay?" Shin said wanting to touch her, but he didn't. He gave her a smile that was understanding if not a little sad as he left.

"... Thanks." Musa whispered just before he exited the room that the balcony was connected to. He was so different from Riven, and yet he saved her like the specialist would have, like Riven would have. Musa quickly transformed and started flying to meet up with her friends. "It's better if they don't get involved." Musa whispered to herself and yet part of her wanted Shin to get involved to help her again.

Shin walked down and no one dared asked him about the fairy. They could tell by his solemn expression they weren't going to get their answers. It was Shu, the broadest of the group, with blackish blue hair that approached Shin and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey man what's up?" Shu asked casually but he was concerned.

"Nothing that we can affect. She isn't willing to trust me, let alone anyone else." Shin stated and they all understood. "I just hope she'll be safe."

"Hey we'll feel the energy from the dynasty so if those goons try anything we'll be there." Ryo smiled trying to lift Shin's spirit. It was rather plain to the rest of the ronin that Shin found the young woman beautiful. Ryo watched as Shin sat next to him on the couch and Shu leaned against the back of the couch.

"Ryo's right Shin, though none of us like it we need to wait." Touma said looking up from his book. The blue haired ronin of the sky was sure that Shin already knew they had to be patient but that never made it easy. He also was sure the thought that this girl wasn't a stranger to the mystic forces also played into Shin's attraction. He couldn't blame him either, explaining that they controlled mystical armor forged from evil and tamed by the virtues of humanity wasn't something many were willing to believe.

Shin glanced around the room and saw even Seiji seemed to be okay with waiting. He sighed and nodded to what they had said but still wondered if he really would see Musa again. Would she get hurt between now and then? Also what happened that she was so withdrawn from trusting.

It didn't take long for Musa to see her friends in the sky flying towards her as she flew towards them. She smiled at the chorus of her name and quickly embraced her friends. As they parted the group landed on the ground softly their wings stilling behind them.

"Oh Musa we were so worried!" Tecna exclaimed her relief at Musa's safety was plainly on her face. Tecna had grown much closer to her best friends in the time since the break up with Timmy. The worst part though was she could still see him scratching the back of his head and looking down to the ground as he spoke those horrid words. Tecna felt her eyes burn but pushed it back down, everyone else was holding up so she would too.

"Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I didn't mean to make you worry." Musa said looking around her friends but pausing on Tecna and Stella for a moment longer. "The trix are definitely here girls. Stormy was casting some spell but I interrupted her. They are not going to wait to continue this either." Musa stated. She didn't want to talk about Shin, he'd been too kind to her. He was so different from Riven and she was scared of going back to him.

"I agree Musa but I think we should find a hotel and get some rest first." Bloom said and though Musa didn't want to admit it Bloom was right. There wasn't a word said as they silently flew back to the city. It was easy to find a secluded area to change back and finding a hotel was a snap compared to the rest of the day. They had gotten two rooms at the hotel, with Bloom and Stella sharing one and Tecna, Musa and Flora in the other.

The girls opened the doors between their rooms and were currently in one room lounging on the beds and floor. They'd all listened to Musa's story about her day, from meeting Shin to the blue warrior to learning that Shin was the blue warrior.

"So I guess the obvious question is, is he cuter than Riven? And how's his friend?" Stella asked at the end of the story and Tecna smacked Stella's back with a pillow. "What? It's an important question! I know I could use a distraction." Stella defended herself.

"Well, actually Shin was cute, well more like handsome. He was nice too. But that doesn't matter Stella." Musa said blushing a bit as she admitted Shin was attractive. The Red Fountain boys had been cute, but they weren't like Shin and Seiji. Both of them carried themselves differently from the heroes, and there was something deeper in their eyes too.

"And the other one?" Stella pushed only to get smacked again but this time she retaliated by swinging her own pillow at Tecna. Everyone paused after the exchange and burst out laughing. It was something they all needed. They laughed and Musa couldn't help but pick up her pillow and smack Bloom. Soon it was an all out war with laughter and when they finally settled their spirits were lifted and they were feeling better than they had in a long time. They had all piled on one bed pillow in the laps or arms as the mood was higher but the pain wasn't forgotten.

"So going to answer my question?" Stella pressed her chin resting in both her hands.

"I guess Seiji was handsome, he was rather standoffish though. He definitely has some form of magic. Shin told me he healed and then I felt it when he checked me over." Musa stated. Thinking about the energy the blonde man had put off she realized it was warm and gentle like the first light of the day. "It was like light was flowing through me."

"Well as much as Stella may want to drill you on them we really should get to sleep." Bloom smiled and stood up. "Musa I am glad you are safe." Bloom smiled before heading to the other room with Stella.

"Night my darling!" Stella waved being her normal dramatic self.

"Do you think we'll see these two Musa?" Flora asked softly as she turned down the covers. The beds were big enough that Musa and Flora had decided to share one for the first night than Musa and Tecna would share the following night, and so on.

"I don't know. Plus I don't know if I want to see them." Musa admitted as she turned off the light. Yet even in the dark she could feel Tecna and Flora staring at her.

"Why not?" Tecna asked. "It seems logical if what they told you is true that we will see them."

"I… I don't want to be attempted. Riven could be nice but lets face it, they all broke our hearts." Musa stated and Flora and Tecna looked down.

"I know sweetie, but I think we'll find someone again. There has to be someone for all of us." Flora said trying to sooth the pain of her friends. She knew how it hurt, after all she had thought Helia and she would last forever but it hadn't been that way at all. Yet she wouldn't give up on her romantic ideals for her friends.