Forenoon light splayed all into the kitchen as Jake entered the next day,a bit more upbeat now that he had talked out what was happening to him with Rose but still wary of what he did and who he talked with.He'd already indagated every inch of his house besides his parent's room just to make sure everything has been left undisturbed and yet as he entered the kitchen with some sanguine in tact to his disposition,the sight in return that greeted him was lesser of what he had anticipated that morning to find.

"Jake,"His mother approached him to where she had been fixing sausage and eggs,coming up to stand with her hands on hips,her voice and eyes both marked by imposition."What is the meaning of this this?I want some sort of explanation for why you'd even consider it."

Cringing a little under her infuriated eyes,he gingerly reached out his hand when she gave him a paper to read.The first thing that caught his eye was the title of the page and it made Jake wonder where she had found it,because he had left it in his room to finish it over the weekend when he wasn't busy training for his advanced dragon tests that would be very shortly Sunday but then the thing with Yang had come up and he'd forgotten all about his History report altogether that wasn't even due until Monday.But now,looking at the drawn on paper of what appeared to be a bad drawing of his history teacher Mr. Moseby in pink and rather girlish-looking undergarments and then at his grade,he wish he hadn't.

"An F-,"his facial features succiented in disbelief,staring at the sheet."How'd I get an-F?"

"That's what I would like to know."Susan added congruously,waiting for him to meet her eyes again."How on earth did you ever manage to fit such a ridiculous idea into that mind of yours that it was okay to draw something absurd and actually turn it in expecting to get credit?"a concerned look crossed her tawned visage."Are you feeling alright?You've been acting different lately.Listen,if becoming a lone dragon is too much pressure,then-"

"No!"Jake cut her off suddenly,his eyes widening but then placed a hand meant to calm on her right arm."No,Mom,I really want this."his tone fell normal again,tinged with reasoning as he went on."It is a little harder but I am going to do better.I'm just...you know,busy."

"I know you are,Jake.I know."She sighed in slight tension,massaging her temples briefly.

Giving the last few moments of surprise to wear off of him,he stared at the paper again and then it came to him...Yang Jake was forging his homework and turning it in.At the rate that he was going and since the two had yet to come face-to-face,person-to-person,there was no telling what else he could be doing.With a sinking feeling,Jake crunched up the piece of paper in hand much to his mother's protesting and grabbing a still steaming roll off the counter,was about to make a rush for the door when his mother interposed him.

"I want to know what's going on,Jacob."she told him in a renewed firm voice."You are not leaving until I get the whole truth and nothing but it.Something isn't right,I want to know."

He only glared back in frustration,for although he wanted to protect them all,he knew that the best thing he could do would be to find his evil self first.Jake had resisted telling Laoshi because he didn't want him to think he couldn't handle it but he knew the second Yang did anything that resulted in any act of violence towards anyone,he would tell him.But at the moment he wanted things kept on the down low,he wanted to prove that he could take on his own creation without any help whatsoever as he'd done before.So without giving it a second's thought,because otherwise he might not have attempted it,Jake morphed into his dragon self and soared out of the kitchen through the open window his mother had latched open to cool off rolls she had made and was off to school,determined and yet insecure.

Later that day...

Jake arrived to school that day to a very different setting then he was use to,nearly everyone seemed distant from him,;even if they were going about their regular activites.For some reason,though he was pretty sure they did not know,he just felt like he was on the outside looking in.As the long day wore on,he eventually found himself in the library for research in order to take advantage of them ake up report Mr. Moseby had given him to redo over again and have it due as prerequisited Monday in the first place.

"Here,take this."A familiar,gregarious voice spoke from behind him at the table he sat at.

Looking over his shoulder from writing,he smiled greetingly back at Rose."Hey there."his eyes moved down to what she was holding out to him and with a curious appearance crossing his visage,inquired."What's this thing for?"

"To help you sense if Yang Jake is nearby."She replied automatically,trying to steady some books in her right hand as she placed what looked like a small and silver-ish,metal ball in his hand."See,dragon's excrete a some sort of microbotic chemical from their scales that coat their entire body,"indicating an index finger to a small little knob on it,she continued a little more carefully as she apparently noticed the queasy expression he displayed."It's just some stuff that serves as a way out for not having to sun bath since dragons are cold-blooded.But anyways,this is called a D.S.C.S. Dragon Scale Cell Sensor.You hold it and turn the knob to the right,then frequency waves emit that detect a dragon for up to fifteen miles and in case you're just carrying it with you not using it,it'll go off if one is close by."

"But wouldn't it just pick up me by mistake?"He pointed out,his tone reflecting doubt.

At that,she smiled cleverly and added."The waves are generated outward from the user,whether dragon or not,it only detects those away from the person holding it.'

"You mean like a force field?"

"Exactly."

"That's awesome!"Jake exclaimed to her,immensely impressed and finally felt an edge over his elusive counterpart growing."With this thing,there's no chance Yang's gonna be able to pull a fast one on me now."

Nodding,Rose made a gesture at the door."Well,I better get back before they send out a search party to see if I even made it."her demeanor sobered."Becareful with that Jake,the Huntsman may have a few more of them but they're fairly rare antiques."

"You got it."He promised with only slight briskness and placed the orb in his bag but feeling something once again amiss with her attitude,he called out to make sure before she exited."Hey,I'll see you tonight...right?"

She seemed to hesitate momentarily before turning and called back."That sounds like a good a idea.If you have any new information,I'll contact you and if you have any new information,then you to me.Sound all right then?"

"Yeah,sure."Jake anwsered in a unpretentious laugh."For those reasons."

After she had left without another word,he had had to fight the urge to go find out what was bothering her.She just wasn't herself nowadays and yet Jake had to admit he was acting a bit differently too.But after about another thirty minutes had passed,he felt he had finally gathered enough new information to rewrite a more decent paper,when someone pushed forward a laptop right across the oak table and hit the front one of his books enough to move it just a enough to get his attention to look up.When he did,however,he saw both of Trixie and Spud's glowering faces at him;which meant only one thing.

"Uh..."He began uncertainly on how to react,his charcoal eyes dropping to the blank screen."I'm guessing you guys have something to show me?"

"You should know,stupid."Spud shot at him in mild restraint to his anger.

Trixie put a hand up to silence him from continuing to insult Jake and then put it down onto table,fathoming him though through umber eyes indicated in very precise and clear ambivalence."Read these two e-mails."she told him with a very stone-faced appearace,scooting the laptop a bit closer to him."Carefully."

He gave her quizzical look and in turn she only crossed her arms,as if this was the most important thing in the world for them to find out something and it felt like that to Jake.This moment jumped out at him as if to say this was the deciding moment to them trusting him and he didn't want to deal with it.He wanted to shove this burden onto someone else and worry on matters that interested him the most,not his evil clone.But with a waivering groan,he pressed the button on the keyboard to remove the screen saver and then found to e-mails that were close together.One was addressed to Trixie and the other Spud,a bit reluctantly,he began reading them both.

To:SuperawesumSpudorama

From:PlayahDrag

Subject:You're a freak of nature,dude!

Yeah,what can I say?Well,I'm going2 steal Stacy away from u.I will date her and of course u-kno-who.I am a playah after all.Oh,and u better learn how to conjour up a magic spell to protect you're house or all you're stuff's gonna be gone.

Best wishes,

Jake.

To:Trixinmix87

From:PlayahDrag

Subject:Adoption an option

U kno,Trix.I've been thinking,you know how ur parents are never 2 gether anymore?Yeah,I heard ur precious daddy got shot out of the big,bad,blue sky.Ur mommy and grandma r fighting about whether they're gonna have enough 2 feed u after the funeral costs 4 daddy.

Best wishes,

Jake.

"It was my evil clone,"He told them immediately after reading the last letter and stared back up at them,resilient to their anger."He's come back some how and has been goin' around posing as me to try to ruin my life."

Spud's vexed expression seemed to lessen,as he acquired a curious note to what he asked next."You mean the one who snagged up all the other clones like old ladies in the discount sewing aisle at the mall and then almost did you too?"

"Right and I've been trying to find a way to stop him before..."

All of a sudden,he noticed that a strange purple radiance was coming from his backpack and furrowing his brow in wonderment,slipped a hand into it and brought out the metallic sphere Rose had given him.Jake was about to make an excuse to go off and find his double,when everything blacked out,making him gasp in shock and the last thing he did was drop the ball to put both his hands to his face to make sure he could still feel,when a second soul transfused inside of him and embodied himself once more in his Yin self.

"I hope you two like the new me."Yang spoke out to them in a low,even voice,gathering his things up and taking a leave."Because I just made all of that stuff up,I had to pretend to be myself for a while longer until I put my whole plan together.Truth is,I'm done with this hero stuff and all of the sheer crap I have to put up with.Yang Jake doesn't exist because I lied to you or are both of you so slow you can't understand that?"he paused at his rhetorical question and smirked at their completely gaping faces,then finished slyly."Don't be so surprised,guys.I was always considering going bad growing up but after I found I was a dragon,I wanted to get my Gramps to teach me all I now know and since I'm about to graduate;he's going to be splitsville and this cities going to be mine for the taking."

"Stop."Trixie chided at him,running up and grabbing him by the arm as he almost left."Me and Spud might not know what to believe right now but you're not about to leave here."

Yang chuckled with amusement arousing from his throat but kept it close to Jake's."And I suppose a weak little human like you is going to try and contend against a great and mighty flame-spewing,claw-shredding and bone-crushing dragon like me?"he inquired her slowly and wickedly,feeling satisfied when she recoiled in alarm,continued to make his way out in the filling halls of teens who were leaving a little before the bell."Yeah,I thought not."

He was gaining control over the views people held over Jake,he was getting control over Jake's life and he was getting control over Jake.Keeping all this in mind gratifyingly,he was about to turn into the boy's restroom before taking off on his next task,when he felt a jolt inside of him and was about to dismiss it when it came again this time harder.He thumped his fist to his chest and was about to command something,when Yang experienced what felt like bare hands grasping him from within and thrusted him up against the tile wall.

I'm getting out of here,A voice shouted out at him angrily.Then I'm taking you down!

To Be Continued...

A/N:Yep,the first huge struggle for control between the two is taking place.Wonder who'll win this match of who gets to control who.Also,possessing people is one of Yang's new powers which will be further explained how he obtained them,etc. later on.Until next time.

LP