Jake and Yang commeced in a stare down,neither one making any sudden movements,neither one turning to look elsewhere.It was as if time and all the rest of macrocosm had simply frozen,leaving only the two dragons to go about their businesses.The feeling was a bit unnerving to Jake but at the same time he loved being able to send this creature the message that he hated him,outside in the physical world instead of inside.

"Everyone else is gone,it's the middle of the night and here we both just happen to be at your home."Yang finally spoke up observantly,his flaming eyes moving about the room before he turned back and let a grin slip across his muzzle."Not exactly how I planned things but then a bit of irony never hurt anyone.Wouldn't you say the same thing,Yin?"

"Just call me the American Dragon,"Jake retorted back,nettled somewhat at his counterpart's irrelative statements."Now,what'd you say we get it on so I can beat down your sorry butt and and end this once and for all?"

"And break all your family's valuables?"he replied back chevyingly,as he made a quick snatch up of Jake's mom's antique plate and gave it a little spin on one of his black claws."Seems just a tad careless to me."

With his eyes bugging out at the sight of Yang grasping up the rest of the china set,Jake folded back his ears and was about to make a move to stop him when his doppleganger ceased moving and held up everything in a postion that was usually made right before dropping objects.Chuckling deviously under his breath,he feigned a few attempts and watched with amusement as Jake cringed every time,before shaking his head slowly and said as he tossed the items onto the couch a few feet from the two.

"Even though everyone knows the truth now,it doesn't matter."Yang's tone grew more serious as he straightened up and adopted a knowing expression."Because believe it or not,there's more to my plan as there's always been.One of my new powers is to transmit a section of my pure evil energy to anyone I select and once inside,the energy starts to grow."

Jake shook his head,grim at the thought of more tricks unfolding after all he had done already."I should've known."he told himself impartly and turned to look at the clone with demure."How long will it take?"

"The process will be completed at sun up and then the evil sides of them all will completely take over."Fain glowed heavily in his eyes."Then they'll be no way to turn them back and my plot at turning them against you will be a success."his voice lowered."If I were you,I'd move to Mongolia."

"You're the source of what's inside everyone,right?"Jake asked him in an evasive manner."I mean...if you're destroyed,they go back to normal?"

"If you want to get technical,yes."He formed a suspicious look."Why do you ask?You know there's still a barrier keeping you from leaving here."

"Yeah,there is."A grin crossed Jake's crimson features."But if I recall,the two of us are different from everything except how we both look."

"Right...are you by chance going somewhere with this?"

"Nope."Jake brought back his elbows and thrusted himself into Yang as the two embodied as one."But you sure are.Were finishin' this outside."

Combined together,the two struggled for dominance into the kitchen and then out the front door into an alleyway,where Jake felt Yang distending under the pressure of Jake's hold and having to wince at the pain that was now squeezing him;he felt himself being ejected out and into a large pile of old random rubble.Trying to focus his gaze,he watched Yang advance.

"Try to pull a stunt like that again and you're dead."He told Jake,baring his teeth seethingly as he reached down and enclosed a claw around his neck,lifting him off the ground."Know what?I'll just do it to you anyways."

Popping open a glowing scarlet dragon eye to allow forth his nocturnal vision,Jake latched his tail around Yang's feet and pulling down onto his back,he swiped a claw just on the sternum and leapt into the air behind Yang as he rolled onto his feet,the two facing each other.Jake was about to power up for another attack he had learned,when Yang sent a burning tidal wave his way and Jake had to bend backwards in order to miss it.

"How do you like my flaming limbo of demise?"Yang chuckled darkly,as he was also now taking flight."But you want to fight.Yeah,I can feel it."

This dude might just be toying with me,his power levels are probably higher then he's letting on.Jake thought for a moment,still facing toward the entrance to the alley.But he's the opposite of me and that means...

"Are you gonna look me in the eye?"he heard him inquired,impaitent."Hey get your worthless self back here,I'm not through baggin' on you yet."

Yang watched as he took off and behind the front of the next building,not knowing whether to follow or to wait.It was clear to him that Jake would do anything for the ones he cared about but what lengths would he be willing to go now that he knew the whole,bitter truth?Just as he was about to make another move in order to wait for Jake's next one,he felt a relentless parade of blows being struck from behind him;full of wrath.

But he quickly took up the front by seizing Jake by the arms and thrusting him out onto the street where he felt the rough road sliding under his skin as he landed in the center.Placing a claw to his head,he was about to get to his feet,when oncoming headlights blinded him and the pierecing sound of an engine made his insides cripple in terror,before he managed to jump out of the way onto the other side.There,Yang placed a foot on his head.

"Since that truck didn't end you,I think I'll do the honors now..."

Jake felt strength coursing through him,as he smashed himself into him so hard it knocked him over.Pretty soon the two were brawling seriously around,nastily inflicting injuries,slashing fiercely,for a good few hours.It was exhausting to Jake after awhile of a steady and brutal flow but he was relieved to find Yang getting worn out as well.But they fought,bluntly and without tricks.

The pain he experienced at every hit his counterpart made,didn't even amount up to the gloriousness as when he attacked him.But finally,as the sleep deprivation coupled with all the heavy wounds the two had sustained caused them to cease,it seemed to have come to a draw for them.It had been hours,such long and agonizing hours the two had been at it that Jake just wanted to go to sleep forever,to forget the constricting twists of heavy harrowing all over him.It was overwhelming yet great.

"You...are..."He heard Yang grumble under his breath but the next thing that reached his ears was the sound of him collasping onto the ground.

The two were on top of a roof some distance from Jake's home and ignoring everything else,he took in the fallen body of his counterpart,with which he assumed he had knocked him out with a crushing to his head.

Smiling a triumphant,breathy smile,he shambled over to Yang and was about to reabsorb him when he felt cold metal against his back.What filled him with dismay wasn't the fact that he was too weak to fight any longer but the fact that he had felt this weapon before and he knew the Huntsman wasn't due back to New York until the very next morning.

"In the last few days I've researched over dopplegangers,I've found the thing that can stop them for good."A low,petrified female voice came to his ears,causing his battered body to stand more erect."They turn evil so rarely,the last report of one doing so was back almost a hundred years."

"Don't do it,Rose..."He warned her in a deep voice."Don't become..."

"I have no choice."She responded abruptly,her voice shaking as it grew to regular volume."If I don't,he'll run amok forever.I didn't want to tell you...I-I tried to find out so many other ways.Please,I'll make it quick."

"NO!"Jake roared at the top of his lungs,batting the staff out of her hands and pinning her down."No,"he told her firmly,his flashing coal eyes starting to loose their light as he lessened his hold so as not to hurt her."This isn't who you have to be,I...there's gotta be another way..."

"There is,"Rose replied nonchalantly and got from underneath him as he finally fell onto the ground,moaning as he did."I just needed to make sure it was my one and only Dragon boy before I acted on anything else."

Knowing he was drained of awareness,she squared angered eyes onto the dragon that was becoming more visible now that a mist of cerulean was falling upon them,signalling the start of morning.Without a moment's hesistation,she went over to kick up the staff and aimed it's crooked end at Yang,seeing him stare at her longingly one final time as the green explosion took his life.Avoiding moving her eyes over on the grim scene,she only slightly dragged her leg as she made her way over to Jake and nearly shed a tear at how much worse he was off then what she was.

"I'm so sorry,Jake."Rose whispered contritely under her breath.

Kneeling,she removed her right glove and ran her bare hand over his arm where a bad slice was,turning her palm upwards,she saw the ill-fated sight of just a small amount of fresh blood trickling down in between her fingers and it made her grimace,her own mark down her chest hadn't been deep at all.Jake would perish if he didn't get immediate medical attention.So reluctantly wiping her hand on the knee of her clean pair of pants,she teleported them both away just as the bright and rather cheerful rays of dawn set in;bringing forth a day of brand new day full of promise.

To Be Continued...

A/N:Lol,got everyone!Rose wasn't evil. XD But anyways,1 more ch to go and then it's the end.Yes,Yang's gone for good...or is he?

LP