Walking the shadows(Rogue Cheney x oc) rewrite

Chapter 12

Rogue's pov

I walked through the streets of Crocus, scarf pulled up to my nose. So far things were going as planned, I was only picking off weaker wizards to optimize my chances of winning but that wasn't going to cut it for long. Sooner or later I was going to have to fight someone stronger. I was hoping it would be Gajeel, I want to get back at him for everything he did to Starlight and I'm mad with Minerva but I can't exactly fight her. She's stronger than me and I know it. Everyone in the guild knows better than to mess with her. I walk down one of the streets of Crocus, lower half of my face buried in my scarf. I stop walking when I spot someone in front of me. My eyes narrow as I stare at him. He quickly takes notice of this despite his back being turned. He looks over his shoulder to look at me.
"What d'ya want kid?" he grumbles rhetorically. I say nothing, only stare at him. He takes another look at me before snorting.
"I ain't wasting my time on ya. Find someone else to fight" he states, continuing to walk. Every second that I do nothing, the more my anger built up.
"Bastard" I spat, teeth grinding down on each other. He turns his head again, eyes darkening.
"What did ya just call me?" he hissed through his teeth, hands tightened in on themselves. I hit a nerve.
"You heard me" I reply, shadows beginning to lick at my feet.
"You tryin to pick a fight" he snaps, turning on his heels and taking a step forward.
"Is my subtle hints too much for your simple brain to understand" I jab. Normally I wouldn't go for something so low as petty insults but I'm pissed. I'm not thinking straight at the moment. I can tell that really hit hard, he grits his teeth in anger and narrows his eyes more. I could almost swear they spark with fire. An iron sword is sent my way which I narrowly dodge with my shadows. I travel across the street, coming up behind him. I cover my hand in shadows, ready to attack. I land the hit, causing him to stumble slightly only for an iron club to knock me back. I tumble across the ground, cape ripping on the ground as I come to a halt. I push myself up, more of my cape ripping with how fast I got up before looking to see if it was caught. I didn't care at this point. Its just clothes. I can get new clothes. I meld with the shadows once again, traveling across the wall. I jump out at Gajeel, pinning him against one of stone pillars. He punches me in the face. I stumble back, blinking repeatedly to get rid of the water in my eyes from the punch. I lift a hand up and try to return the punch but he blocks it, using the grip he has on my hand to throw me across the ground. I hit the wall, hissing at the pain in my right side. I hit the ground, stumbling to my feet a little slower. My hand quickly flies to my side which just causes more pain. Gajeel steps forward, looking bored of the fight.
"Just give up. Yer not gonna win" he states, any previous anger gone. My eyes widen, eyebrows crossing down and teeth pressed together.
"I'm not finished" I hiss. He just looks at me.
"I told ya, yer not gonna beat me. Just surrender" he hisses out, getting impatient.
"No!" I snap, raising my voice. He looks at me in slight surprise. I swing a punch at his face which he doesn't block this time. He places a hand over his nose for a second, a small trickle of blood dripping from it.
"I'll beat ya into the ground if ya don't shut yer trap" he growls.
"I'm not surrendering. I'll fight. I'll keep fighting even if it kills me if she'll be safe" I spat, going for another punch only to be pushed back into the wall. This time I struggle to get up. Everything is starting to hurt.
"Rogue" something whispers in my ear. My eyes widen and I look around. I couldn't see anyone other than Gajeel.
"Let me in Rogue. I'll give you all the power you need to kill Gajeel" it hisses again
"Who are you?" I demand. I'm no longer paying attention to Gajeel.
"Look behind you" it instructs. I turn to look at the wall behind me. My shadow is stretched up along the stone, towering over me. It almost looks normal until I look at its face. One circular white dot sits right where my eye would be. The dot is looking down at me. I don't say anything. I can't say anything. My mind is numb. I think I can hear Gajeel saying something but its drowned out. Like I'm underwater or something. The dot suddenly spreads out, almost like its being ripped apart while a grin spreads across the lower half of its face. Pure fear runs through my entire body. I stumble to my feet, trying to get away from whatever that thing is.
"Stay away from me" I demand, stumbling over my own feet.
"You can't escape Rogue. I'm a part of you" it whispers, slithering across the floor towards me. I keep stumbling backwards, tripping over my own feet and falling to the floor. The shadow slithers right up, wrapping around me. It burns. I scream out in pain, kicking my leg in a feeble attempt to get it off me. My pained cry is cut off when the shadow slithers up further. My gaze is darkening. I can see Gajeel trying to say something. I can just barely make out his mouth moving and studded brows furrowed in confusion before everything turns dark.