A/N: Nothing much to say about this other than what it says in the summary.
Nine mercs. Nine chapters (possibly more...or less). Each one depicting a fight between a merc and a RWBY character, along with a bit of narration before and after for a bit of story.
And it's not just random either. Each merc fights a RWBY character that has something in common with them, or is somewhat similar to them.
For example, for our first bout we have a fight between the resident experts on explosives from each side.
Demoman, the drunk Scott of TF2.
Nora Valkyrie, the hyperactive, hammer-wielding carrot-top of Team JNPR.
Without further ado, let's get this melee started!
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Team Fortress 2.
Fight 1: Demoman vs. Nora Valkyrie
Nora Valkyrie was skipping happily across Vale, making her way towards the docks where the airship to Beacon would take off from.
This had been one of the oh so rare times that her best friend (and possible crush, but she'd deny it) Lie Ren would trust her enough to leave her alone for a time.
And she made sure to be on her best behavior in these rare times, lest Ren decide to not leave her alone again….
Not that she'd mind, now that she thought about it. Maybe she should consider the possibility of her and Ren being together-together?
Eh, she'd think about it over a stack of delicious pancakes!
BOOM!
She stopped her skipping to see where that sound came from.
Nora found smoke coming out of a club that strangely resembled the description of the club Yang had boasted about tearing up. The bouncers in front were currently knocked out.
Curiosity getting the better of her, she skipped inside while humming a tune.
Demo sat at the bar, drinking from his bottle.
He had no idea how he got here, but he was sure it was either Engineer's or Medic's fault. That, or a glitch in the respawn system or something.
In any case, he simply did the first thing that came to mind: find a bar….
Which he did.
He lazily gazed around at the unconscious thugs he had to deal with after "politely" telling the bartender, Junior, that his variety of alcoholic beverages was terrible.
When Junior simply scoffed, Demo decided to prove his point…by beating all the guards up, along with those two twin lassies.
Don't ask him how this proved his point, because it did.
Junior had been knocked out afterwards by way of bottle smash to the head.
As Demo was about to take another sip, a shout from the entrance caught his attention.
"Wow!"
Demo turns to find a young girl that reminded him of a Viking, gazing around at the destruction in wonder.
The lassie was quite adorable, if Demo said so himself.
"The bar's closed, lassie!" Demo shouted. "Come back, tomorrah!"
The girl stared at him before pointing dramatically at him.
"You hurt these people!"
Demo did not deny it. "Aye, but these were a shady bunch with terrible choice in alcohol! They got what they had coming to them."
As he was about to take another sip, he heard the sound of metal shifting. He turned to find that the little girl now sported…a grenade launcher?
"I MUST BRING YOU TO JUSTICE! THEN I SHALL BE REWARDED WITH PANCAKES!"
While Demo would've questioned why a young girl had a grenade launcher of all things, he wasn't about to let himself be taken in.
He downed the last of his whiskey and stashed the bottle for later.
"Let me tell ya something, lassie! Yur lookin' at the bes' explosive expert around!"
He pulled out his own grenade launcher. "The name's Demoman! Demo for short."
The girl readied herself. "Nora Valkyrie, and I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!"
"…Okay, then."
Both had their weapons aimed at each other.
This ought to be an explosive encounter!
FIGHT!
Demo fired all four grenades from his launcher at Nora.
The hyperactive carrot-top grinned and dodged each one, laughing maniacally at the explosions.
"My turn!"
Nora aimed her gun and fired three grenades at Demo.
Demo went wide-eyes at the pink grenades.
"Pink?! That's unmanly!"
And to make it worse, there were pink hearts on the front of each one!
He ran to the side to dodge each one, while simultaneously reloading his launcher.
As he finished, he continued to run and fire at Nora, who returned fire in kind. The grenades from each side missed, only hitting where they once were.
Demo and Nora took cover behind nearby booths, each reloading their weapons.
Demo let out a laugh. "You certainly know how to properly use explosives!"
Nora poked her head out and pouted. "I keep telling everyone that, but they don't believe me!"
"Well then they're bleedin' idiots, just like ye are for fighting with a drunken Scott!"
Nora stepped out with a crazed smile as she transformed her weapon into her Warhammer.
Demo gawked. "Wha…I must be really drunk for that to have happened."
Nora beamed. "Nope! This is real!"
Demo gulped. "O-Oh…."
"NORA SMASH!"
"AGH!"
Demo barely got out of the way of Nora's warpath, the booth he previously hid in now a broken pile of wood and torn cushions.
"BLOODY 'ELL!"
Nora followed to smash him again, but he was able to dodge, though the shockwave of the smash sent him tumbling.
Gritting his teeth, Demo fired a grenade at her, but Nora, being Nora, decided to use her Warhammer as a bat and hit the grenade back at the Scott.
Demo yelped and ducked behind the bar, safe from the explosive….
Though Nora appeared right beside him.
"Hi!"
"GAH!"
Demo pulled out his whiskey bottle and smashed it on Nora's head.
"OWIE!"
Nora rubbed her head and pouted. "Why~?!"
"Ye startled me!"
Nora lifted her hammer. "NORA SMASH!"
Thinking quickly, Demo aimed his grenade launcher between the two of them and fired.
BOOM!
Both were sent flying backwards: Demo smashing into the counter, and Nora crashing outside it.
Demo staggered to his feet and checked on his adversary. Nora was shaking her head out of the reverie the explosion put her in.
She glared and picked up a random fork and poked it into an electrical outlet.
"Are ye bloody mad?!"
Rather than Nora be electrocuted, the electricity coursed through her body harmlessly, making her stronger.
"…What?!"
She grinned and transformed her weapon into the grenade launcher. She reloaded it and aimed….
Then fired her special attack.
The front of the gun opened up and fired all six grenades into the air. As they moved towards Demo, he saw that, if he were to trace it, the grenades all formed a pink heart.
It was as though love itself was coming to kill him.
"AHHHH!"
Demo scrambled to get away. He jumped over the counter, but the explosion already came. It was so powerful, he was launched well across the club and outside the entrance.
He landed with a thud.
"Ow!"
He quickly sat up and saw Nora charging after him. Looking at the entrance, and idea formed.
He took his grenade launcher and fired the grenades he had left at the girl, then quickly switched to the sticky bomb launcher.
The grenades did as expected and made Nora pay more attention to them while he fired as many sticky bombs all over the entrance as he could.
Done with the grenades, Nora transformed her gun into the Warhammer and charged with a battle cry.
"TIME TO BREAK SOME LEGS!"
Demo saw her coming with that wild grin of hers, but he wasn't afraid. He took out another whiskey bottle he had and drank to his heart's content.
As Nora ran through the entrance, time seemed to slow. She notices some blue spiked orbs coating the entirety of the entrance….
She went wide-eyed.
They were explosives.
Nora only had time to gaze at Demo, who finished drinking and gave her a salute and a grin before it happened.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
All the sticky bombs went off, completely enveloping her in a massive explosion.
K.O!
Demo let out some drunken laughter at the explosion.
"HA! Guess we know who the best with explosives is!"
A crash interrupted his victory talk. He turned to find Nora flat on her back, her eyes spinning.
"Ugh~…."
Demo gave a blank stare…before sighing.
Nora shook her head of her dizziness and opened her eyes…only to find a hand there.
"Need a hand, lass?"
Nora narrowed her eyes for a moment…then let out a grin.
"Sure!"
She took the offered hand, and Demo helped her up.
"Gotta admit, lass, you know how to use a grenade launcher."
Nora beamed. "Thanks!"
Demo rubbed his chin. "Ya know…if ya'd like, I coul' teach ya what I know about explosives? As a way for me ta make up fer roughin' ya up like that."
Nora went wide-eyed…then suddenly got on her knees and bowed.
"TEACH ME, OH WISE ONE!"
Demo let out a chuckle. He always did want to pass his knowledge on to the next generation.
"Very well…ye are now my apprentice!"
Nora cheered.
As this momentous occasion occurred, Ren suddenly felt a shiver go up his spine.
It was as though someone met someone they shouldn't have…and Ren was very much sure that Nora was involved.
He paled. "May Oum have mercy on our souls."
And this melee's winner is….
*A podium lifts up to reveal Demo*
DEMOMAN!
*Demo downs a swig of whiskey*
A/N: And that ends the first fight of this series of melees!
And if anyone is butthurt that Nora lost, then you can write your own fight series with these characters.
I know that, realistically, Nora would've won this fight…actually, let's face it: none of the mercs would actually win a fight with any RWBY character.
But this fight series fic is meant to be for fun, and I'm the one that decides who wins.
I just felt that Demo should win, if only so that he could end up teaching Nora everything he knows.
Just picture it…Nora…with her knowledge of explosives combined with what she could learn from Demo….
No one will survive.
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See you in the next fight!
LATERS!
NEXT TIME!
Soldier: AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
*He proceeds to charge through the battle firing his shotgun, killing the enemy Demoman, then switches to his rocket launcher*
*A medic appears from above and behind him and attempts to kill him*
*Soldier turns around and aims*
Soldier: MAGGOT!
*He fires a rocket, blowing up the medic to bits and pieces*
Vs….
Qrow: Listen to big sister, Weiss. She'll protect you. Just like Atlas is going to protect all of us, huh?
*Winter narrows her eyes*
Winter: If you won't hold your tongue, then I will gladly remove it for you!
*Draws her sword to prove her point*
Next Fight: Soldier vs. Winter Schnee