An: Hmm another update, a bit of foreshadowing
Jade frowned another school war was on the horizon, the Brandon incident was playing hard on her mind. To be fair to him she probably should have attempted to be more diplomatic with Xavier's school, but Kenny was an idiot, and she had a policy for making deals with idiots. That and her deals with idiots generally came back to bite her in the ass. Besides Kenny was an aberration, the only male amongst the captains. She pulled out a cigarette and looked at her watch, before glancing around for Bloom. If she could sign a treaty with Lucy and Roxy then Kenny might back down, but he was stupid so that was unlikely.
"Jade Halva, have you gone insane, building alliances and trying to alienate Xavier's will only cause tensions to rise."
Jade froze, her cigarette halfway to her mouth, "Out of all the Captains I didn't think you'd show your face, you hate these meetings. Besides aren't you neutral?"
"You of all people should realize what you're doing by entering into agreements with Lucy and Roxy, you put me in a difficult position and you know it. We barely managed to stay out of the wars last time, had the Trix not put a stop to it we would have had to pick a side."
Jade paused and took a drag of her cigarette, "I was in Juvie when the war happened, even still I was in Junior High I wasn't around to actually know what happened. I know what I'm doing, I'm going to make sure that I'm going to be that Alfea comes out on top again. There will be another war but I will not take the first shot, that I can promise you."
"Have you ever read the Iliad?"
"Homer's classic? Of course I have."
"Romeo and Juliet?"
"Hated it but yes, you're not telling me someone was stupid enough to actually start this whole thing because they fell in love and got burned?"
"More or less, there is a reason we frown against interschool romances. I can tell you that Kenny will strike you hard and I can tell you that you will be the one to declare war not him. You will not see it coming because quite frankly you underestimate him. Yet you know better than to underestimate anyone."
Jade shrugged, and noticed Bloom walking towards her and looked at the Atlatus School Captain, "Bloom meet Lockette the Captain of Atlatus School of Higher Learning, I think you already know each other don't you? Now if you'll excuse me I have a meeting with the rest of the Captains, it's time for you cousins to reconnect don't you think?" Jade said flicking her cigarette away and crushing it before she walked away.
"You're a Captain?" Bloom said staring at her younger cousin.
"Yes Bloom and before you start on me I'm not part of some criminal organization, I don't partake in some illicit activities. I'm student body president, I organize dances and such. I represent my school and that is important to me," Lockette said as she hugged her cousin.
"But then why are you here?"
"To see if I can stop this mess before it happens, these things are nothing to sneeze at Bloom they are messy, and people die. I tried to convince the most normal of the captains to rethink her position, she ignored my advice."
"Jade's the most normal?" Bloom questioned disbelief in her voice.
Lockette smiled, "I hate the other schools Bloom all the infighting and the politics, but Jade is probably the most honest there. Probably because Alfea holds the most weight and is one of the more stronger schools."
Bloom nodded, "You've got to meet my friends Lockette, it's really been a long time, and I haven't even seen you at my house as of late."
Lockette grinned, "I think that would be great we could meet each other's friends, we could turn it into a party or something a small one. My mom was telling me how you got a boyfriend; you've got to tell me all about it."
Bloom's face broke out into an identical grin, "He's amazing really he is, I mean at first he was with this terrible girl named Diasporo but then she cheated on him so he broke up with her. I don't think he really liked her anyway I mean his parents set him up with her. But he's totally amazing and funny and I think I may you know actually love him. But what about you, anyone?"
"Are you kidding me? You know what my father's like, I think I'm doing most guys a favour by staying away you know how easy it is for me cry after all, my dad would shoot first and ask questions later, even if they were tears of joy. Though Amore thinks that I'll eventually find someone who won't mind taking the risk for me."
Bloom smiled, "She sounds like the person who would be good for my best friend Stella, she's been depressed lately cause her boyfriend dumped her a year ago, I don't think she's gotten over him completely."
"Maybe we could meet up this weekend at my house."
"That would be awesome."
"Where is she Timmy?" Riven said slamming the smaller man into the locker.
"Hey leave him alone Riven," Sky said grabbing his arm and trying to pull him off Timmy.
Riven snarled angrily and shoved Sky away, "Get your hands off me! Timmy where the fuck is she?"
"I know what she's doing but even I don't know where she is, I have her number you can call her though, I mean I suppose I could track her by her phone but she'd probably kill you for interrupting a Captains meeting... I mean honestly..."
Riven's grip tightened on Timmy's shoulders, "I don't give a damn, I need to talk to her now."
"Calm down, she'll be back soon I can make sure she talks to you..."
"You don't understand Musa was raped and I want the address of the bastards who did it to her," Riven snarled at him.
"What?" Sky and Timmy said simultaneously as they looked at Riven.
Timmy regained his senses first, "I have Jade's contacts list and it's huge, just give me a name. We've got your back Riven, Musa is our friend. We will have Jade's blessing for this, this pretty serious stuff."
"Kage Hirohisha, I want him and his perverted friends dead."
"Kenneth West is a problem to us all..." Jade began.