A/N:READ!B4 reading...Loop hole alert...I'll explain briefly.See,in Beyond A Different Horizon (my last ADJL story) Laoshi gained a special ability,time-travel from his future wife (an Asian witch) Rhea.Anyways,he saw a glimpse into a future six years prior to telling Jake of what happened when he and the Dark Dragon first thought.Well,he told Jake in last ch. of Beyond A Different Horizon that the Dark Dragon had Time-Travel abilities too and so did Jake.So after Laoshi passed,Jake knew he had to go back to the past.Here's the catch,Laoshi described seeing Jake saving the world when everything was on the verge of the end of the world and the human race was about to be destroyed.Low and behold,I've decided to do something a little different in this chapter...

Continuing...

Jake was still feeling uneasy as he and Rose scaled the Mountains together,occasionally Rose would start in on what they should probably do to make all they were planning come through but Jake himself was caught up in his own realm of thought.Something's gonna happen...he kept predicting over-and-over again,the tight voice in his head was nagging at him and a strange feeling that eyes bore onto his back,made the usually laid-back Asian-American Teen inveterately turn his charcoal-brown eyes over one shoulder just enough to be able to make sure they weren't being followed,

"Are you even listening to me?"Rose's voice intruded on his current cycle of on-edge idiosyncrasies,her arms where crossed over her chest and she appeared to be waiting for him to have an explanation the moment he turned his eyes to her."Jake,you haven't heard a word I said...hav-uh,Jake,what is it?"she probed concernedly,when he turned abruptly to started walking the other way with his head tilted up a bit to examine some cliffs behind him."What are you so worked up about?"

"Someone's spying on us."Jake finally told her in a low,forthright tone,his narrowed as he called 'Eye Of The Dragon' to begin viewing the peaks of the Mountains more closely."I'm not sure what it is but I've been feeling this way all Morning,"he whispered to her apprehensively,snapping out of his Dragon sense and taking hold of Rose wrist,started to move forward hurriedly,"If we hurry we can cut them-"

"No."She told him brusquely,retracting back her arm still within Jake's grasp and turning him to face her."If there was one thing I was taught never to do,it was to back down from a fight..."her words now came out slightly more encouraging,as her face lightened."Whatever it is Jake,were in this together."

Jake grinned at her inducement."You're right,Rose.We can't just..."suddenly though his eyes shrunk in size,as a whirlwind of thoughts and memories poured into him at that moment,which were those of the next ten years,his relationship growing with Rose,Haley finding them and then them all defeating the Dark Dragon's Grandson,his Daughter and Rose becoming his wife,all of it came instantly to his mind like someone had slapped him."Oh shoot...I-I remember!That means this is the...Rose,get down!"

A blitz of black energy-based blast shot right about their heads,as Jake leaped forward and fell atop of her just in time to make a clean miss,everything was rushing at the speed of light as Jake felt his Twenty-two-year-old self starting to merge with his Thirteen-year-old self.Yet,as Rose was protesting under him and his head was still spinning rapidly,he managed to glare out angrily towards a smug-appearing Dark Dragon.The corners of his mouth were brought back inbelligerent grin,eagerness flooding his eyes as he gazed upon his second chance at defeating Jake.Suddenly though,Jake felt a jab in his side,not hard enough to injure or hurt him but enough to make him fall back onto his knees.

"What is the matter with you Jake!"Rose demanded instantly,now on her feet and with her hands on her hips as she was growing more impatient."Unless you had a good reason for that,I..."

A cruel,bellowing laughter made her freeze up."So...judging by the slightly differing look on you're face American Dragon,I would say you are surprised to realize that the time teleportation powers you attained from Laoshi have sent you back to what appears to be the very beginning of this fight,"his words pierced through the air and cut through Jake,who was still caught off-guard from the fact that his Grandfather had been somewhat off about foreseeing the past,so the Dark Dragon continued on with wicked amusement,"And yes...I now know all the tricks you and the former Huntsgirl will pull.I have been keeping a close eye on all you're little happenings,Dragon.From you're raising Phoenixes,to when you're sister slayed my Grandson,to when you had you're own child and so on and so forth..."

"You don't have any business bein'in the past 'or' present!"Jake shouted out to him boldly,although he saw Rose staring at him in confusion from the corner of his eye,he persisted the Dark Dragon as if he didn't know what he was talking about."Havin' alot of big things to say is only a piece of the puzzle,Dork Dragon."the line of his mouth stretched into smirk,as he finished jeeringly."As for what it all means...well,they say those who seem think mighty of themselves have mighty tiny self-esteems."

By now the Dark Dragon was look a bit offended and Rose was fuming from being left out in the dark.And Jake didn't blame her either,he would too if he didn't know what was going on and was being thrown into a very unpredictable situtation.Because now that their plan for Jake to return to the past seemed to be a flop,the Dark Dragon had been aware that his rival's knew of his blast-to-the-past scheme and with Rose breathing down his neck for answers didn't make it any easier for him.Though it suddenly occurred to Jake that although there had been a mishap,this was actually pretty perfect.He had caught the Dark Dragon before he had succeeded with even beginning his reign for total world domination and extermination of the Human race.Now all he had to do was convince Rose of this and ward of the Dark Dragon,before anything else was decided about the course of his life.

"You have to trust me Rose..."Jake told her slowly,shifting his vision on her and taking her in features in as though he wanted to get a good picture of exactly how he remembered her,"You have to trust me enough to know that though we've already made some errors in the past,it's not everyday we get a second chance,"he enclosed her fair-skinned,delicate hands in his,never letting his eyes slip away from hers even though he could clearly sense the Dark Dragon behind him,"A chance that I want us to take together...cause even though we already started,I want to do the right thing and the best thing for not only mostly you but for the rest of my family too...do understand,Rose?I can prevent them from hurting,in more ways then one and I know we've already decided on this but...I need you're help.We're the world's only hope."

A few weeks later...

Y'know what...life is really messed up sometimes.Here I was thinkin' I was goin' to some past where everything would outta whack and disarray.But I guess I got back just in time,because now not only can I get back to the time period of the Twenty-10's but I'm also starting to forget fragments of me and Rose's life together raising Phoenix's.Though their being well tooken care of,I still feel worked up inside about not getting to see of Cassie was alright or not...as it turns out I think Sky will be born whether or not I was here to begin with yet that doesn't mean it's any easier keeping my future from my family.I told Rose and Gramps (yeah,G' wasn't suppose to be here in the past but I guess he was wrong again),speaking or Rose...she's doin' alright.I told her some about the future and I think she believes me.Yes,we defeated the Dark Dragon.Work as one,he brought him down.I don't know about Haley and her future threat and/or friend Alex...but I know I'll be there for her whatever happens.For some reason,I can't remember the last ten year of my life anymore.It even makes me teared up a bit knowing my little girl might not be born,because although I still love Rose,were sort of not as a close as we were before.She'll still be there if anything goes wrong but were not into the whole relationship much.I knew we were very in sync with one another over the last decade but that closeness isn't very keen anymore.Trurtfully,this is the way I want it.I want Rose and I to get an education now that we'll be in High School after this summer,I want my family and the Magical World to live without thinking I was some sort of low-down rogue.Also,I've noticed alot of my,uh,mature adult habits are kindin' slippin'.It's hard but I get by,usually these days I hang out with my friends or talk to Rose on the phone...she's out visiting her Grandparents in Paris for about a month this summer and she'll come back to live with her Aunt soon.But as for me remaining the American Dragon or not,even after all the trouble we've caused,the fact that there's already been two American Dragons (not many know though),after I and Rose have defeated both Huntsmen and the Dark Dragon (although I get a strange feeling about the Huntsmen still being around) and even though we willingly gave ourselves up...

Jake paused from typing his own personal memoir on the computer,Rose had suggested it after he had commented about a week afterwards when he'd mentioned it was though getting over all the time gaps in his life.Still,he hadn't told her of their Daughter and still thought it was the best idea for now...though he had to keep reminding himself every single day in order to keep her alive and looking at the picture Rose had given him so long ago when she had first seemingly transferred and the whole mess had began helped.Taking in and out a quick breath,he launched himself around a few spins and leaped off as his Mother was calling him for dinner,

"Comin' Mom,just give me a sec!"

He started to walk towards the door but something pulled him back to his seat at the computer.Something.Luring him to take a seat and keep typing.So he didn't resist and returned to it for only a few more seconds.Just long enough to smile at the fact that he had actually completed his compensation and confirmed to himself by trying...

No matter what happens,the American Dragon lives on forever...

The End.

Well,until the second season starts...BTW,if this was a little disappointing,I'm sorry.But I want to prep myself for a new project I'm going to be working on fairly soon.C yaz!

LP