Rogue Cheney (Future)

Rogue Cheney (Future) (ローグ・チェーニ Rōgu Chēni), is Rogue Cheney's counterpart from the Future. His reasons for travelling back are as of yet unknown.

Appearance
Future Rogue's appearance is considerably different to his present self. His hair has changed from is old black and messy style to have been split clearly into two different colors of black and a much lighter shade. The right side of his hair resembles his old style with it being black and brushed over his right eye. The left side of his hair completely different, being a much lighter shade and tied back in a long pony tail that reaches far down his back. Some of the most noticeable changes are to his face. While still keeping the same shape, Rogue has suffered a scare over his nose and now has a sharp and curved tattoo on the left side of his of face around his left eye. However, his eyes are relatively unchanged, keeping the dark eye shadow and snake like pupils.

Rogue's clothing goes through a lot of significant changes. He wears long light cape with a large dark collar with a tiger-like patterned rim around said collar. Beneath the cape he wears a light shirt with the cuffs rolled up and the collar that reaches up over the most of his neck. Over the shirt is a dark "Y" shaped overall with a number of circles lined up vertically on the middle "Y" before the shape splits. The overall reaches down too his shins through his belt, with other similar sashes also tucked into his belt. Rouge's wears a pair of light trousers under the sashes and boots with a strap over the middle and a jagged pattern on the cap.

Personality
Future Rogue has a fiendish nature, shown from different events, involving some form of battle in one way or another. He takes joy in use of his powers, shown from his devilish smirk after he swallowed Fiore's army and the Garou Knights in his shadow. Future Rogue also takes pride in his own strength, believing himself far above both Gajeel Redfox and Natsu Dragneel when he possessed his present self. He lacks mercy when facing an opponent having no problem of strangling Gajeel and then trying to devoured him in his shadows when in control of the present Rogue. Future Rogue also like to toy a little with his opponents, seen when he hid in Gajeel’s shadow during their battle.

History

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Rogue Cheney was the foster child of the Dragon, Skiadrum. From Skiadrum, he learned Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic and later went on to kill his parent to become a "true" Dragon Slayer. At some point in his life he implanted Dragon Lacrima into his body to become part of the Third Generation of Dragon Slayers. He later met his friend, Frosch the Exceed. He also used to be a fan of Natsu Dragneel and the sworn younger brother of Gajeel Redfox under the name Ryos before seven years before the X791 Grand Magic Games. He later joined the guild, Sabertooth, and worked his way into the five strongest members of the guild. During his time in the guild he met Sting Eucliffe and made the team of the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth. Rogue then participated in the X791 Grand Magic Games as a part of Team Sabertooth.

Grand Magic Games arc
Arriving to the past the third day of the X791 Grand Magic Games, Rogue was pursued by the former Wizard Saint, Jellal Fernandes. Future Rogue narrowly avoids Jellal and walks off into the crowd, escaping Jellal's eyes due to Doranbolt's intervention.

Rogue later meets with Hisui E. Fiore and informs her of the upcoming future. With this prophecy he tells her of the Eclipse 2 plan to prevent this bleak future from happening, the hoard of dragons that will case this disaster and the unpredictable result of the of the year's Grand Magic Games to prove he to her that he was from the future.

Later when Rogue Cheney is battling Gajeel Redfox during the final day of the Grand Magic Games, Future Rogue comes to his past self in the form of a shadow offering his assistance in defeating and killing Gajeel after the one-sided fight that had occurred between the two combatants early. After Rogue tries to struggle against his "shadow", Future Rogue takes full control over his present self and quickly turns the battle around with one furious swing of his arms sending Gajeel hurtling backwards. Gajeel, realizing that his former opponent is now longer there, asks who the newly possessed Rogue is to which Future Rogue replies, telling him he is the shadow that controls destiny. Confused, Gajeel tries to ask more questions but is kicked in the face before he could finish. Knowing now that there is no more for talking, Gajeel attacks with his Iron Dragon's Sword but Rogue quickly evaporates into shadows and strikes Gajeel with his new Shadow Dragon's Waxwing Flash gained from this recent turn of events. Gejeel then loses track of Rogue who strike once more from Gajeel's shadow after hiding in it. Gajeel tries to fight back but with Rogue's new abilities gained from his future self, Gajeel is left no match while he is beating ruthlessly by the possessed Rogue. Rogue then mocks Gajeel's strength, telling him that he knew that his opponent was weaker then his rival, Natsu Dragneel, and goes even further to state that not even Natsu would be a challenge to him now.

Rogue is later seen holding Gajeel be the throat, choking the life out of the Iron Dragon Slayer with only one arm and further mocks Gajeel saying how easy the battle was. He then drops Gajeel and leaves him to be devoured by the shadows, but is shocked to see the shadows eaten by Gajeel. Rogue then takes some steps back as Gajeel commands him to leave Rogue's while telling him about Rogue's true name and their past together when Rogue feared him. Gajeel then enters his Iron Shadow Dragon Mode and tells the possessed Rogue how he will make him remember that past fear.

With Gajeel's standing in front of him with his new power, Rogue is left in disbelief of the use of two different types of Dragon Slayer Magic. Gajeel rushes towards Rogue, unable to be stopped by the possessed Dragon Slayer, who is then hit from behind with Gajeel utilizing his new shadow powers. Rogue tries to distance himself from Gajeel turning into a shadow, but Gajeel chases after him, also in the form of a shadow. Rogue is then caught by Gajeel who rips Rogue from the shadows, much to Rogue's shock, and begins to toss him about the city, destroying parts of the city as Rogue is sent through them, while Rogue contemplates how he was unaware that Gejeel had this power. Rogue is then launched into the air and hit with a massive Iron Shadow Dragon's Roar resulting in Rogue defeat. Gajeel is left panting in exhaustion after the fierce battle; the possessed Rogue begins to laugh after finding Rogue's current limit in power. Future Rogue then leaves Rogue's body in the form of the shadow, leaving his present self with no memory of the battle and Gajeel wondering what the shadow was.

Later, Future Rogue makes his way to the Palace of Mercurius' underground tunnels as Natsu and his friends battle against the Garou Knights and Fiore's Royal Army. Rogue hides within shadow of Uosuke and uses the shadow to attack as it begins to grow. Before anybody had time to react, the shadow consumes the entire Army left fighting and the Garou Knights, dragging them into its dark void. Future Rogue then rises out from the Shadows revealing himself to Natsu's group with a smirk on his face. He then tells the group how nostalgic this meeting is and then proclaims that he is the Rogue from the future, leaving Natsu in complete shock.

Magic and Abilities
Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic(影の滅竜魔法 Ei no Metsuryū Mahō): This magic gives Future Rogue the ability to change his physiology into that of a Shadow Dragon. When using this kind of magic Future Rogue’s body becomes that of shadows which cannot be touched by. This allows him to ,swiftly and efficiently, dodge incoming attacks with relative ease and surprise attack his opponents from even their own shadow. However if Rogue is caught in his real from, or by another Mage in this shadow from, he is left open for attacks. Having been taught his magic from the Shadow Dragon, Skiadrum and implanting Dragon Lacrima into his body, Rogue is considered to be among the Third Generation of Dragon Slayers. After returning to the past, Rogue’s abilities have appeared to have improved greatly when using his magic, now being able to take out multiple opponents with just one attack and being able to force people into his shadows.
 * Shadow Dragon's Waxwing Flash (影竜の連雀閃 Eiryū no Renjakusen): While possessing his present self, Rogue turns his body into shadows and manoeuvres himself around the target, assaulting them with a burst of shadows generated from his hands.

Possession Magic: Future Rogue has the ability to take control over people’s bodies. When possessing the victim they gain a great boost in power and strange markings all over their body, as shown when the present Rogue was possessed when he appeared to him as his shadow. When the possession ends and Future Rogue leaves the victim's body he/she is left with no recollection of ever being possessed or the time passed when controlled.