Deadliest warriors of all history



Mercury Black vs Sanji



A whole new level of ass kicking



Mercury Black info:



Height: 5 foot 10



Weight: Roughly 150lbs



Weapons: Talaria



Strengths: Master kick boxer along with most other fighting styles revolving around kicks, Extremely powerful Huntsman to the point that his voice actor teased that he would be able to easily defeat and kill Pyrrha (the most skilled Huntress at Beacon) if he wasn’t holding back, Highly durable thanks to his Aura.



Weakness: Is mortal, Extremely cocky and can underestimate opponents thanks to his pride in his own abilities.





Sanji info:



Height: 5 foot 11



Weight: Roughly 170lbs



Weapons: His feet



Strengths: Master of any combat style revolving around kicking, Skill tactician able to plan whilst in combat, Super human strength and durability as proven when he stopped a cannonball with ease with one foot as well as being able to survive pressure of 5000 feet beneath sea level which could easily crush a submarine.



Weaknesses: Is mortal, His refusal to fight with his hands can sometimes impede his combat ability.



Battle begin!



Sitting on a large crate in Cinder’s newest temporary hideout Mercury whistled to himself as he waited for Cinder to message him his newest orders, ever since he had been ‘injured’ by Yang causing the blonde to be disgraced publically he was forced to lay low which made his blood itch. Smirking at the memory of the look on Yang’s face when she was surrounded by ATLAS forces Mercury then hopped off of the crate to begin pacing around “come on Cinder, when’s the plan happening?” he muttered under his breath pulling out his scroll to check for any messages he may have missed.



Sighing with frustration as he found no messages Mercury then coughed as the acrid smell of smoke filled the air “damn Roman, they break you out early?” he coughed as he turned around expecting to find the charismatic criminal but instead in the doorway stood a tall blond man clad in a black tuxedo with a cigarette burning between his teeth “ok, who the hell are you and how did you get in here?”.



“The guards were kind enough to let me in” Sanji drawled back exhaling smoke from his nose “well after some softening up that is”.



“Oh real funny jackass, now seriously what are you doing here?”.



“The name Yang Xiao Long mean anything to you? Real beautiful thing, a real bright future ahead of her, before you came along at least, how’s that broken leg doing? It seems fine to me”.



“It still hurts a little” Mercury replied keeping up the lie “and she attacked me out of nowhere! Everyone saw it!”.



Taking another deep drag of his cigarette to finish it Sanji sighed the smoke out flicking the butt aside before drawing another smoke from his pack placing it between his teeth and lighting it “that’s the thing, why would she attack you out of nowhere? I’m no mind reader but I know a lying sack of shit when I see one and believe me pal, you’re one of the biggest I’ve ever seen, no one recovers from a shattered knee cap that quickly especially after taking a punch like that to it”.



“Alright, alright, you got me, I’m a dirty liar so what are you going to do about it? You do realize that I can’t let you leave right? I am the bad guy after all” the silver haired Huntsman stated as he readied himself, his boots cocking as they loaded Dust rounds into the heels.



“Yeah, yeah I expected that, general villain shtick, at least this gives me the alibi for self-defence for when I kick your sorry ass, it’s time someone taught you how to treat women” Sanji drawled back not even flinching as Mercury then charged at him, simply taking another deep drag of his cigarette before ducking slightly to the left to dodge Mercury’s first kick.



As Mercury’s foot missed his face Sanji kicked at the Huntsman’s standing foot knocking him off balance before delivering a strong blow to his gut sending him sailing back across the warehouse, normally with such a kick Sanji would have been done with combat but Mercury quickly proved to be a stronger opponent than most as he turned in the air to land on his feet and hand sliding across the floor to slow himself down. When he stopped Mercury smirked at the slightly shocked look on Sanji’s face “well kid I’ll give you that, you’re tougher than you look at least, thought you’d snap like a twig” the Chef admitted quickly wiping the smirk off of Mercury’s face.



“Oh you are so dead!” Mercury growled at Sanji’s snide remark running full pelt at the Chef again swinging another powerful kick which the blond blocked this time, raising his leg to slam his shin into Mercury’s creating a small shock wave as they made impact. The Huntsman raising an eyebrow in shock having expected Sanji’s leg to at least weaken in some way from his kick but the blond’s leg didn’t even shake as he pressed his shin harder to it.



Exhaling more smoke Sanji gave a malicious grin before forcing Mercury’s leg down hard cracking the floor when his boot met the ground, with Mercury’s leg pinned Sanji then whirled his other leg around for a savage kick with Mercury only just blocked with his arm, gritting his teeth as he felt his forearm bruise all the way to the bone.



Twisting around to free his leg Mercury pushed away from Sanji back flipping back a few metres before starting to spin around on his hands and shoulders in a breakdance manoeuvre, his Boots beginning to fire small orbs of Dust which circled around him in a dome formation. When he was relatively covered by the energy dome Mercury started to kick the Dust orbs at Sanji like makeshift bullets.



As the orbs came at him Sanji merely spat out his spent cigarette and drew another one, leaning and turning as he did so to sidestep the Dust shots as he lit his smoke. Turning back to face Mercury as the Dust shots kept flying at him Sanji suddenly recoiled as one shot hit him square in the face making his head whip all the way back.



His lip quirking at the impact of the Dust orb Mercury jumped back onto his feet ‘sheathing’ the blasters on his Boots confident that Sanji would just slump over any second now as no one had survived one of his shots straight to the face before. His smirk quickly fell though as Sanji slowly rolled his head back, a smoking blackened spot decorating his forehead being the only damage on his annoyance ridden face “ok, that hurt” the Chef stated “now I’m pissed”.



Wiping the char mark from his forehead Sanji then suddenly darted forward as Mercury cocked his Boots again, delivering a brutal kick to the Huntsman’s head sending Mercury flying across the warehouse causing him to crash through several large crates. Rushing after the Huntsman Sanji jumped up to bring his heel down on Mercury with crushing force only for the murderer to roll out of the way before cartwheeling back onto his feet as Sanji’s heel slammed into the floor creating a small impact crater.



Cartwheeling several times to get a comfortable distance Mercury then began his break dance again firing more Dust orbs into a dome around him again. As the Huntsman kicked the orbs at him Sanji didn’t dodge them this time instead going into a break dance manoeuvre himself violently kicking at the Dust rounds sending them flying off around the warehouse, destroying many of the crates around them and setting off the Dust supplies inside causing the large room to slowly catch fire.



As the flames and smoke began to fill the room Sanji pressed his assault on Mercury rushing forward and delivering another powerful kick to the Huntsman’s gut before he had the chance to flip back onto his feet, sending him flying across the burning room and through the wall into the next large containment room. Landing on his feet Mercury dug his heels in to slow himself to a stop before kicking a crate of Dust next to him up into the air before booting it straight towards Sanji as the Chef ran towards him.



Having just entered the room Sanji had no time to avoid the crate as it slammed into him, the sudden violent connection setting off the sensitive cargo inside sending the Chef flying back into the burning room where he crashed into the opposite wall with enough force to heavily dent it. “Shit” he grunted cracking his neck to work the kink out of it before noticing Mercury beginning to breakdance again in the other room “ah shit”.



Moments later another barrage of Dust orbs were fired at the Chef and this time he was forced to suffer every shot, the blasts creating a thick dust cloud around Sanji as his body was riddled with Dust blasts.



When the assault ended Sanji slowly slid to the floor slumping forward slightly as he coughed up smoke, his entire body aching as his skin sizzled from the dozens of energy shots that had decorated him. Slowly lifting his head Sanji let out a grunt of pain as Mercury’s foot suddenly slammed into his chest with a powerful kick further sending him into the wall “you know it’s real nice of you sticking up for Blondie, who says chivalry is dead this days?” the Huntsman mocked as he ground his heel against the Chef’s ribs making him grunt and grimace “it’s a shame it doesn’t amount to shit though, in fact I was going to leave her alone before you showed up but now when my boss’s plan goes into action I’m going to make sure she suffers, nice and slow” he sneered grinning maliciously down at Sanji.



As Mercury moved his foot to deliver the finishing blow to Sanji’s head a sickening crack echoed through the air when Sanji’s leg shot straight upward, the Chef’s foot connecting with Mercury’s jaw with enough force to knock out several teeth as well as send him flying a good twenty feet into the air. As the Huntsman landed hard several metres away Sanji hauled himself to his feet, his eyes practically glowing with how much hatred burned in them whilst steam began to billow from under his pants legs “you will NOT lay a single finger on her!” he snarled as he began to move his lower legs in quick frantic motions, the steam getting thicker and thicker as his shins began to glow bright red “you dare threaten a lady, that fires me up!”



“Oh yeah? What’re you gonna do about it?” Mercury retorted spitting out a tooth before spitting blood when Sanji surged forward delivering a monstrous kick to his gut sending the silver haired man straight up to crash into the ceiling. Falling back to the floor with a heavy thud Mercury tried to work his way back to his feet only to suffer a barrage of white hot kicks from Sanji as the Chef attacked all over his body before kicking him hard in the face sending him crashing into the wall at the opposite side of the room.



Crying out as his face burned from Sanji’s red hot shoe Mercury picked himself up and readied himself again, cocking his Boots as Sanji worked his legs even hotter, the two men glaring each other down for a few moment before rushing at each other again, jumping half way through the room to launch a jumping kick at each other.



The sound of their feet connecting sounded like a cannon blast going off followed very quickly by the sounds of metal and wiring shredding and cracking, Mercury’s eyes going wide as he watched his mechanized lower leg crumple and break under the force of Sanji’s kick before it broke off completely sending the Huntsman crashing to the ground.



Landing hard Sanji then turned to find Mercury scrambling away from him on his back, using his hands to move which firing wildly with his remaining leg, his shots panicked and wild causing them to miss Sanji as he stormed towards the downed Huntsman. Raising his leg Sanji then brutally brought his heel down on Mercury’s remaining leg snapping off the mechanic prosthetic off at the knee “you bastard! I’ll make sure Blondie dies slowly for this!” the murderer snapped as he glared up at the Chef.



“No, you won’t” the Chef replied coldly before hopping up and clamping the sides of his feet around Mercury’s head in a vice like grip making him cry out in pain. With the Huntsman held Sanji then moved onto a handstand before performing a vicious spin manoeuvre.



The sound of Mercury’s neck breaking was sickening as it echoed throughout the warehouse, Sanji performing a view more spins to make sure that the silver haired murderer was dead before releasing his corpse to land in a twisted broken heap several metres away “that was for Blondie” Sanji sneered at Mercury’s body pulling out his pack of smokes to light another one.



It was a good couple of hours after Sanji’s exit when Cinder returned to find the warehouse wrecked and Mercury dead amongst the rubble, the Anarchist sparing him a moment of silence before pulling out her scroll to message Emerald “change of plans”.



Winner: Sanji



Dear god this was satisfying to write having been aching to do so since the Fall episode of RWBY season three, it just took this long to realize that there was someone at Mercury’s level of power with the same fighting style and that man being none other than Sanji. At first the two would be fairly evenly matched as they’re both extremely well versed in the art of kick boxing and Mercury’s voice actor did state that Mercury is a lot more powerful than he lets on.



Despite that though Sanji had sheer endurance over him along with one special trait, his chivalry, the sheer mention of a threat towards a woman being enough to drive his power to levels that almost no humans can reach and the fact that his legs are strong enough to stop point blank cannon balls would allow him to hold off Mercury’s mechanical limbs.