Thanks for reading my sequel fanfiction! If you haven't read the first (Dark Kaiser: Awakening), I highly recommend it. You would most likely be lost trying to read this one.
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With a gentle hand, X shut the basement door behind him. The winter air hit him, but he barely felt it under the thick coat and face mask. He looked down at his watch to check the time, which read 5:40. On a weekday, the other's wouldn't be just yet. He looked over his shoulder one more time before departing to the woods.
Keeping a steady pace, X jogged uphill through the thick, snow-coated flora. The icy wind piercing his lungs with every breath, but he quickly got used to it. When he made his way far enough the hill, he made it to the back road he usually takes. Hitting the pavement, he picked up his pace.
At five in the morning, there usually aren't cars driving up and down the road. But this time, he came across one. Despite being masked, he still felt his throat tightened as the car passed by. Clear skies and the lack of falling snow made it easier to see where everything was, but also made it easier for the oncoming car to see him. But despite his fears, the car just passed by unflinching. X couldn't up to the hill until finding the dirt path that veered off the right.
Back into the woods, he tread onward like he's done it a thousand times. Twenty minutes into his run, he came across the clearing. Slowing down to a walk, he cleared snow off a protruding boulder and sat. Catching his breath, he gazed out of the looming, and in the distant, the city of Tokyo.
The bright lights and faint noises were like a distant speck. Being so far up, the wind drowned out the cars honking and sirens ringing. He sat, and watched through his black mask. Resting his elbows on his knees, his hands dropped between his legs. He stared out at the city, and beyond to slow sunrise. He could see the arch of the sky, to his left, the sun's rays starting to emit through the trees and starlit skies to his right. He watched the divided sky come to a close as the purple and orange aura spread. With precise timing, X stood and turned to tread back down his path. Knowing by the time he got back, the others would start to wake up.
Starting up his run again, he cut his time in half heading back down the hill. Finding the first clearing he passed by the branches and bushes with no issue. Running back to the basement door, the upstair lights were on. With a catch of his breath, he opened the door quietly and walked in to see no one had come to check on him, normally they don't.
Stripping his heavy outerwear and mask, he hung them back up his closet, next to his clean Xilien uniform. Taking off his sweat-stained clothes he slipping back into a t-shirt and loose pants. Once everything was taken care off, he looked at the clock to see 6:17, and a knock at his door at the top of the stairway.
"Come in," He called. The sound of footsteps stopped half-way on the stairway.
"Just making sure you were awake," Sam said. With his back turned, X was rearranging miscellaneous items on his desk.
"I know, I'm always up," He replied in a monotone voice. Sam just nodded and headed back up the stairs.
Like a routine, X got fully dressed and headed upstairs at 6:30, where the others were getting ready for work.
"Temporary living," X thought sarcastically, ignoring Ozaki and Miyuki's 'good mornings'. He sat at the table in silence, as his ears burned as they were still warming up.