Kussi Ruiz

Kussi Ruiz, a strong headed individual who is currently the 1IC of the Peacekeepers. He is a long time member, one of the few of this school years original members left.
==Appearance==
Kussi is a medium leaned built young Latino man, he stands at 5'10" and can often been seen dawning bandages and bruises across his face from the amount of fights he's always actively in. He doesn't seem to catch a break around campus. He wears an unusual jacket compared to most Peacekeepers, however long time members of the clique know exactly who's jacket it is. It originally belonged to an old Quartermaster, Cole. Since Cole left and Kussi looked up to him greatly, he wears Cole's jacket in honor of him.
==Characteristics==
Kussi is extremely loyal to those he considers friends or more, like a partner. He rather's loyalty over love and will do anything he can for a friend. This has found him in some tight situations however everything works out in the end, whether it's for the better or for the worse, some things are just out of his control. He's a realist at heart, sometimes being straight up about something or being rather cold about it. Due to this, he has been able to take matters into his own hands when people would hesitate, he would be there to take over situations and handle them.
==Character Background==
Kussi was born in Mexico, where he was there only for four years of his life until his family made the “great” move to America. They settled down in New Mexico for some time, before moving once more five years later. Kussi and his sister Maria kept close to one another, relying on each other plenty of times as both of their parents the older they got they became more unreliable. This led to Kussi needing to make money earlier in life than he wanted to. When he was 14 he was in school during the day and on the streets at night, slinging drugs for a local Hispanic gang that he grew tight with due to connections he made at his school. One of the boys spotted him out during class and they immediately became friends, which is how he got introduced to the gang. Kussi was in and out of his house a lot, as he got a bit older and more involved in the gang the less he was seen at home, often at times being gone for up to two weeks at a time. He had been reported missing a few times from his parents, who would worry about him when he was gone, however when he was back home would go right back to treating him like shit. His father was an abusive alcoholic chain smoker, his mother was blinded by his fathers actions, being easily manipulated by him and more or less forced to stay with him and do nothing to help her two kids.
Kussi had a hard time not being home, cause he worried about his sister dearly, however he knew he needed to make a break through with this hard life on the streets, selling what he could when he could, trying to rise himself in the ranks of the local gang. However before he could do anything, in the summer of 2007, just before turning 17, he would get arrested. He was caught peddling weed on a corner, the cops had staked him out for some time before pouncing and making their move. They had an undercover officer approach Kussi to buy off him, and after Kussi sold him the weed that’s when a few minutes later he was grabbed by the officers. Thankfully in the end, he would not face time, he faced barely any punishment other than being on house arrest until the end of summer. Since he was a minor and managed to convince the officers he was forced to do things for the gang he got himself out of deep trouble. Though they knew he could not stay in the town anymore after what he told them. That’s when he was transferred to Thirlcrest Academy at the end of summer, he was legally required to attend the Academy to reform himself.  Kussi still has a tattoo he hides on his arm that shows his gang affiliation, something of his past now.
Upon getting to the school Kussi would eventually take interest in the Prefectorial program, inspiring to be a Prefect one day, however that was short lived. After impressing Neville, the Head Prefect at the time, he was made a monitor, where he remained with them for some time. However, due to seeing a large amount of corruption from the group, and the way they treated innocent students he couldn't take that anymore. The unwarranted beatings he had given out was not worth it in the long run. After leaving the Prefectorial program he would take up arms with The Peacekeepers, joining not too long after leaving the program. Kussi has since made plenty of friends and enemies, spending a long time with the clique, going through many tough times and many battles of all sorts. Only time will tell what else the school has planned for him.
==Relationships==
===Gloria "Hailey" Garcia | Ex Girlfriend ===
"A nightmare I wanna wake up from."
Kussi and Gloria met one another through the Outdoors Club, where they became great friends, fighting alongside one another and hanging out with their mutual friends. After some time Kussi developed an interest for her, however she was on and off with a guy at the time so he put it off to the side till they broke up, and after giving it some time for her to heal he would approach her and ask her to come to one of the schools dances with him. Afterwards, that more or less secured it with the two of them, they hit things off and it was great. However, as time went on Gloria suddenly vanished from the school without a trace. This left Kussi lost and confused about it, till she eventually came back some time later, where Kussi spoke to her since he had the issue to address. After making up they decided to continue their relationship, which went on for some time again till the Spring of 2008. Kussi and Gloria after going through an odd patch, it seemingly became a one-sided relationship on Kussi's side, that's how he felt and explained it to a friend. Wanting to talk to Gloria he was standing by a group of her now cheer friends, over hearing what they had said regarding Gloria and another jock, that's what pushed Kussi to breaking up with Gloria. Kussi still considers her a friend, however he has no interest in making an effort towards keeping that friendship as tight as he once did.
=== Niklas Reed | Bestfriend ===
"Dude, next time buy your own muffin."
Kussi and Nik became friends very quick after they both joined The Peacekeepers are very close times, however between the two Nik would be the one who would be promoted before Kussi every time. That didn't get in the way of their friendship though, they've been through thick and thin with one another, always willing to help the other with whatever they need. The fights they had gotten in against other students on campus molded their bond further, and being in the same clique assisted that. Kussi considers Nik to be his only close friends, he has many others he considers friends but Nik is a step above them all.