Author's Note: Here is another chapter. As a warning ahead of time I've started to design new attacks for the witches, the winx will come later. Also I will be linking some images from my deviantart account once I have them done... Please do not laugh at my drawing its not bad but its not greatly skilled either.

Disclaimer: Like every chapter before this one, I don't own the Winx club or Ronin Warriors.

Chapter 5) Fire and Ice.

Two weeks had passed and the fairies hadn't been able to find or track down any moment from the witches. Even worse no one in Magix seemed to be able to shed any light on what the dynasty was, and there was a pressure being put on Faragonda to send the specialist. Thankfully the specialist weren't being sent yet.

Bloom didn't like the idea of the specialist being sent to help them trace the witches, especially after how much heart they'd gone through. With no sign of the witches the girls had decided to go back to the occasional single person patrol, looking for the witches trying to feel out the dark energies at hand. Bloom dug through her purse and pulled out her phone texting the girls that she'd seen nothing yet. It seemed that it was going to be another quiet day till she bumped into someone. Bloom heard the splash of something before she'd even finished looking up from her phone.

"I'm so sorry." Bloom apologized shoving her phone in her purse and pulling out a napkin for the person. She felt horrible seeing the puddle of coffee, and the small bit on his shirt. The man just smiled as he took the napkin and started to dab his shirt then wipe of his hands.

"It's okay, I was distracted." He said looking at her with dark blue eyes which were contrasted by his bright blue hair. He then tucked the used napkin into the cup he still had in his hands.

"Can I get you another one? Please." Bloom asked wanting to at least make up for knocking into the man. It was then Bloom realized she was looking up at him, and he was taller than the locals.

"Sure I won't argue." He smiled and the two of them walked over to a small cafe where he'd just come from. "So what is your name?" He asked as he stood next to Bloom in line.

"I'm Bloom, and you are?" Bloom asked as they moved with the line.

"Hashiba, Touma." He said holding out a hand and Bloom shook it. His name sounded familiar to her but she wasn't sure why. "Are you touring the area?" Touma asked making polite conversation.

"Well kind of. Its more a favor for someone that brought me here." Bloom said, thinking back to how Faragonda asked them to look into the Trix's escape. It had been hard for her to ask them this with their personal troubles having just started but Bloom had gladly accepted, and now she was very glad they did. The trix were definitely up to no good.

"We're next." Bloom gasped at Touma's voice. He had a bit of a smile on his face before looking to the opened space between Bloom and the counter.

"Right." Bloom chuckled nervously as she moved up. "Hi can I get um…" Bloom looked over the listed items and was unsure what to get.

Touma smiled and just stepped up next to Bloom. Even if he hadn't already guessed she was a tourist the hesitation here spoke volumes. He placed his hand on the counter and then spoke up order for both himself and Bloom. One coffee, and one Caramel Latte, and a sweet cake. While Bloom was stunned he paid for it, Touma had figured that she would be better conserving what money she had for her trip.

"Think of it as some local hospitality." Touma said when he saw Bloom open her mouth to argue.

"Thank you, you didn't have to." Bloom answered with a smile. It was always nice to meet someone kind and generous.

"Don't worry about it. It can be hard traveling, and being a stranger among the locals." Touma smiled to her as their drinks were handed to them. When the sweets were brought he gave them to Bloom.

"Have you traveled?" Bloom asked as she accepted the sweet cake. It would have been rude of her to just leave now, especially since this was suppose to be her treat.

"Yeah, to a lot of places as a kid. My father was a scientist that spoke at many conferences and expos. My mother was a journalist so we traveled." Touma explained. Bloom listened and nodded her head. It was then it hit her as Touma was putting sugar in his coffee. He had been the quiet boy always reading books! She did know him. Yet before she could say anything there was a scream outside the cafe.

Bloom watched as a girl darted down across the street, but it was the ice that covered the windows and sidewalk that made Bloom gasp. "Icy. I have to go!" Bloom set down the drink and cake and ran out of the cafe before the boy haired boy even had time to ask her to wait. Bloom weaved through the people trying to find Icy either in the crowd or sky, but didn't see the witch yet. Needing to get a better view Bloom ran down an alley while the public was starting to stir in a hesitant panic at the weird weather that had struck. "Let's go Mythix!" Bloom called out transforming and swiftly flying up into the sky.

"Icy!" Bloom nearly growled as she spotted the witch flying swiftly over the city. Bloom gave chase trying to catch up to the leader of the Trix.

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When the screams had come Touma had looked just like everyone else. His heart had stopped when he saw the long black blue haired woman fleeing across the street. Her name was stuck on his lips but as Bloom took off out of the shop the words changed.

"Wait! Bloom!" Touma yelled he'd moved to follow but glanced at the cup in his hand. Without a second thought he set it down and sprinted out after Bloom and Kayura. While he may have lost Bloom he could feel Kayura's energy and began chasing that down. Who ever was after her was going to pay. Yet as he was running Touma noticed to shadows, one even had fairy wings.

"Huh?" Touma looked up to the sky and saw the pale blue haired woman throwing ice towards Kayura, and a red haired fairy. ~So there are at least three.~ Touma thought to himself but his gaze had quickly shifted back to the pale blue haired woman. If she even came close to hurting Kayura he was sure he'd give her hell. Still as he watched Kayura easily dodge another icy blast he smirked. She was still as agile as she'd been when she kicked their asses.

"Kayura!" Touma called out and she saw his old flame, and now friend glance back to him. He watched felt a strong wave of worry drag through him at the look in her eyes. As he ran through the crowds people yelled at him, and Kayura but he didn't listen only ran as fast as he could. Yet the longer he chased Kayura the more he noticed the screaming getting louder and the people fleeing in the opposite way.

~No!~ Touma wasn't sure if it had been his thought or his brother's in arms as they all felt the dynasty's presence suddenly. Touma's eyes went wide at the large red gate that was standing in the middle of an empty street. Mindless Soldiers were pouring out of it, and there was a woman laughing as lightning and wind churned around her. His heart pounded as he saw Kayura get cut off and Bloom was suddenly by her!

"Armor of Strata!" Touma cried out dawning his armor before lining up a shot. "Kayura get down!" Touma ordered before loosening his arrow straight into the heavens. The golden arrow had turned to many raining down on the dynasty soldiers and Kayura pulled the fairy over to safety.

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"Icy!" Bloom yelled as she gained on the witch. She could see that the witch was chasing some poor girl. "Leave her alone! Dragon Blast!" Bloom demanded firing a spell towards Icy.

"What? BLOOM!" Icy snarled less than pleased to see the leader of the winx. The last thing Icy needed was to deal with this annoying brat. She needed to get the orb containing the armor of Spring from the troublesome Lady of the Ancient one clan. "Icicle Blast!" Icy called back throwing her arms out to the side as Icy shard raced forth. Thick steam rose from the clash of their attack and Icy quickly turned back to Lady Kayura.

"Where do you think your going!" Icy demanded swiftly catching up to the lady. Yet the smirk on the girls face brought a growl from Icy. She was smug like she was still in control. Icy reached out to grab her and the woman jumped out of her reach. Icy stared completely stunned by the acrobatics as the Lady pushed off a street sign and nimbling twirled missing the people that were running in the opposite direction. Icy glanced back at Bloom who was now coming after her again. This wasn't going according to her plan! With another growl Icy took off again after Lady Kayura.

Bloom was also surprised by the mystery woman's agility but she didn't let that slow her down she needed to help that girl against Icy, that much she knew. Nothing good would come if Icy caught her. "Oh no!" Bloom whispered as she saw the soldiers and Stormy now cutting off the woman's escape. At least there were no people around to get hurt. The woman had pulled to weapons out and was starting to fight the soldiers easily taking each one down, but Icy was lined up for a shot.

"Icicle Rampage!" "Dark Lightning!" Icy and Stormy yelled aiming their attacks at the blue haired girl who looked shocked.

"Look out! Dragon Shield!" Bloom rushed over and barely finished the fiery shield as the two attack hit. There were a few icicles around their feet but neither of them were hurt. Bloom could see the curiosity in the lady's eyes as the shield dropped. Bloom turned her attention to both Stormy and Icy, noting how angry both were at failing in their attack. "I need the girls…" Bloom mumbled magically conjuring her phone but before she could send a message her wrist was grabbed.

"This way! Hurry!" Lady Kayura snapped her two toned voice was surprising to Bloom. She'd never heard anything like it. Yet as they stopped the woman smirked as the arrows took out the weak soulless soldiers. "My, my Strata always playing the hero. I hope you didn't have to try to hard." Kayura taunted, and Bloom looked over pass Icy to see the dark blue armored man. It seemed he'd also caught the attention of the witches too. "Help him and I'll take care of her." Kayura ordered to Bloom before leaping towards Stormy. Her blue way began to sway as the wind picked up.

"I want you out of my home! Star swords Scream!" Kayura demanded launching her own offensive. Bloom watched only for a moment as the attack left Stormy scrambling to dodge. It seemed she could handle herself. Bloom quickly flew out of the way as another blast of ice crashed against the street. She looked up to Icy and could see the rage.

"Why don't you just surrender." The warrior called Strata advised.

"Surrender?! I'm going to destroy you!" Icy roared clearly more pissed at the mere suggestion of the dark blue warrior. "Frozen soul!" Icy laughed as the winds turned to ice and surprised both Bloom and the warrior. Bloom gasped at the sharp cry of pain and saw an ice shard piercing the shoulder of the archer, and the ice was spreading.

"Hang on!" Bloom fought against the wind her wings beating hard trying to get close enough to help the warrior. This had to be what the woman meant, did she know this new attack of Icy's? "Dragon Shield!" Bloom shouted and raised her hand shielding both of them, the blue warrior fell to his knees with a grunt of pain. "Are you alright?"

"We.. We have to help Lady Kayura!" He groaned as he stood back up. His grip on the bow was weak.

"You can't fight like that." Bloom argued.

"I can and will!" Touma snapped back forcing his chilled fingers to grip the bow tighter. Pain lanced through his shoulder as he lifted the bow and knocked a new arrow. "Can you get me an opening?" Touma asked the fiery fairy hoping she could. "I can take her out with a clean shot." Touma added see the hesitation of the fairy.

"Yeah I can." The fairy nodded and shifted her grip on the wand in her hand. "Flame Storm Vortex Burst!" As the shield dropped the heat of the flame the fire fairy created raced through the air melting snow and ice before it could form. It was enough to give Touma a clear shot at the light blue haired woman.

"Arrow Shock Wave!" Touma invoked Strata's power and loosed the arrow yet he flinched at the last second from the pain. He clutched his shoulder eyes glancing to the ice sticking out of the armor and seeing his blood slowly oozing out around the ice.

Bloom watched as the spell caught Icy in the side enough to send her flying back against the pillar of the gate. Bloom was ready to lit up with a victory but the painful cry of the lady with the blue hair stunned both her and the warrior. It wasn't Stormy who'd attack the woman but a cruel looking spirits.

"Get away from her!" Bloom yelled rushing to help the woman.

"Kayura!" Touma yelled reaching out towards her but there was little he could do with his injury. He was watching the fairy praying she could help.

"Dragon heart." Bloom cast her spell and the spirits quickly fled as if they'd reached their goal.

"The armor of Spring! Don't let her-!"

"To late!" Stormy laughed holding the armor orb of Spring in one hand and letting Icy lean on her with her other hand wrapped around her sister's waist. "So long losers!" Stormy laughed fleeing into the dynasty gate and before Bloom or Kayura could follow the gate shut.

"No, I how could this happen…" Kayura murmured as Bloom stared at the gate watching it vanish into thin air. This wasn't something Flora or Musa had mentioned. Bloom was hovering next to the woman when a heavy thud pulled both of their attention back to the dark blue warrior. "Strata!" Kayura gasped his armor was fading in and out till finally it was gone and he was in his street clothes the icicle still stock in his shoulder.

Bloom blinked as the armor vanished to reveal the boy from the cafe, Touma. Bloom wasn't sure when she'd made it to his side with the dark blue haired lady, her mind was still stuck on the fact he was the nice boy from the cafe.

"You're right. Come on or are you in too much pain to stand?" Kayura teased but her humor died quickly from the look on the fairies face.

"Don't be so mean, he's help you out." Bloom stated, and Kayura and Touma just blinked at her. Kayura laughed and even Touma chuckled.

"Don't worry, we do this all the time." Touma assured as he stood shaking. He was cold and his left hand was numb. It wasn't long before both women were steadying him and giving him worried looks. "Don't worry I'm sure I'll be fine till Halo gets here."

"You better be. It'd be troublesome to find a new Strata now." Kayura snapped as she and the fairy moved Touma out of sight of the public. Once they were out of sight Kayura let the fairy help Touma down to the ground. "Now who are you." Kayura demanded, her hand resting on one of her star sais.

Bloom glanced to Touma and then back to the woman. She knew the warriors had met two of her friends, and at this point she was convinced they had to work together. "I'm Bloom, fairy of the Dragon Flame." Bloom told them and she saw the smile dancing on Touma's lips.

"So you are the girl from the cafe." Touma was happy that he'd been able to deduce that but there was something more to Bloom, she still seemed familiar from somewhere else. Yet that was a puzzle for another time. "Kayura why are you here? We haven't been able to reach any of you and now?" Touma asked turning his attention to the Lady of the Dynasty. He knew she was giving him a look even as she stared out towards the streets making sure no one came close to finding them.

"We couldn't reach you either… Someone is reviving Arago. Those women plus one more have been trying to steal the armor of Spring and now they have it. They've kept us busy with waving of demons and monsters. The last attack Naaza gave me an opening to come here to find you. But I failed at keeping the armor safe." Kayura sighed but with the heavy clank above them looked up in hope. She couldn't help but smile as both Wildfire and Halo jumped down.

Bloom listened to the story and felt that she should have done more. If someone had been more vigilant with the Legendarium then maybe the witches would be causing this trouble. A hiss from Touma pulled Bloom out of her thoughts as she looked over in time to see the man in green armor pulled out the icicle while the red warrior held Touma still. He was bleeding badly and Bloom felt worried for Touma. Sure the winx and the specialist had been hurt in battles but something didn't feel right, and it seemed Icy's aim was better. Bloom moved closer as the green warriors hand started to glow and slowly the wound Icy inflicted began to heal. Yet even as it healed Touma still shivered and his skin was nearly ice blue around where the wound had been.

"Somethings not right." The green armored man said his voice holding a hint of something but Bloom couldn't place it.

"He's freezing." The red warrior stated with a touch of shock.

"There's still a negative energy around him Wildfire, like the magic of the nether spirits." Lady Kayura said moving up next to Bloom. She looked very worried as the two warriors seemed at a lost of what to do. It was with that statement Bloom had an idea. The fairy dust the winx had gotten with their enchantix form maybe could help him. Icy did know curses after all.

"Wait may I try something?" Bloom asked and the three looked to her. She could see a harsh stare from the green warrior and his violet eyes made her uncomfortable. The red one was staring at her with wide blue eyes and placed a hand on the shoulder of the green one.

"He'd want us to trust her… Can you help?" The red warrior asked as he stood up. Bloom could nearly see a goodness in his heart that was being reflected in his blue eyes.

"I think I can." Bloom said hovering up and concentrating on drawing on powers she'd learned earlier. She could feel the magic from when she'd gotten her enchantix flowing in her with the powers of mythix, and more. Her wings started to glow and as they fluttered dust broke away falling over Touma. When Bloom opened her eyes she could see that her magic was curing the last of Icy's attack. "It was the negative energy of the spell, it was acting like a curse." Bloom explained as the green warrior stared at her.

"Hey, easy there buddy." Touma said as he saw Seiji open his mouth to respond. "Thank you Bloom… So there are at least three of you fairies right?" Touma asked taking Seiji's hand and standing up. With Bloom hovering like she was they were eye to eye unlike at the cafe.

"There's five of us here." Bloom answered and Touma nodded.

"I think the wisest thing would be to come together. You seemed to know about those women and we know the dynasty." Touma explained and Bloom looked down. Techna and Musa would hate the idea but there was no denying that it was the smartest. Yet Bloom could never force her friends to do something that they didn't want to.

"I… I don't know. I have to talk with the others." Bloom said and she saw the change in the looks. The red warrior looked mostly disappointed, the green warrior was a cold neutral, the Lady Kayura seemed almost annoyed, and Touma just sighed.

"Well here. If you change your mind Bloom. Give me a call, we'll arrange a meet up." Touma said offering Bloom a card he'd scribbled on.

Bloom didn't trust her voice to stay even so she just nodded and flew off feeling the eyes of the four of them on her. She would have to tell the girls about this. Looking at the card Bloom gasped at the note, and knew that Touma also remembered her.

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Touma knew if Bloom wasn't who he thought of the message he'd scribbled on the card would mean nothing, but maybe just maybe it would be a way in. He smiled to Kayura as she moved over to him and checked out his healed wound. Seiji and Ryo had dismissed their armors before Ryo put a hand on Touma's shoulder.

"This isn't going to be an easy fight huh?" Seiji spoke first and everyone looked down.

"I need to speak with all the Ronin." Kayura said her voice somber and it made both Ryo and Seiji exchange worried glances. "The warlords and I have lost control of the Dynasty."