AN: I have to say that after going on a mass hunt to see other fics different from this in that mine seems to be quite unique from the others which I hope so as well as I have to agree from Instant Coffee's comments that there are a lot that don't seem to live up to it due to rushed work or obvious character bashing (ie: Terra) and no real plot. There is sorta of a plot here as I just don't want to be copying the exact storyline from the TT tournament of Heroes episode and I want to expand on character creating as there will be much drama and adventure than just humour itself.

On Hawkgirl and Wonderwoman; their in as I don't want to add characters nobody has heard off before and these two are heroines with quite a reputation and are quite recognisable..

And also:

Starfire's real name is Koriand'r

Blackfire's real name is Komand'r

Anyway Chapter II, round 1 part 1 is on. (And I'm breaking it up as to follow 8 on one chapter I feel is just painful to the reader and to me as well!) I hope anyway that this will be the first Tournament of Heroine fic with worthy length action in. Ready? Good now let's begin.

Tournament of Heroines

Chapter II, Round I part I

The flash deteriorated into physical form letting the flesh of the first fighters Blackfire and Wonderwoman became reality. The two stood at opposite ends of this unknown Terrain.

Blackfire stood on a stoned tower that sloped on its ends. She looked to see her opponent on smaller broken rocks of ground that acted as a floor above and that sludge around the cracks and the floor of this unnatural creation. From Blackfire's view while standing high and unmoved it looked like it was a sea of moving fire with gassed eruptions of fire. The blast was rarely occasional but each shot was higher then the towering rock itself that Blackfire stood on. One even erupted barely meters from her as it spat outwards to the endless night sky, almost touching the vast small gems of stars; never had such a sight made her so small.

Immediately she looked down to see that Wonderwoman was still there, still standing slightly nervous rightly off the fire but she noticed as well that the flames never did ignite so far in the area where Wonderwoman stood where a split chain of man sized island rocks stood barely above the sea like sand.

"I take it its fine down there?" The Tamaran said Smirking sarcastically.

"More interesting down here don't you think than up their, right?"

The human seemed unfazed by Blackfire somehow; perhaps she felt her opponent was inable of winning, something she would put to rest. Leaping off the towering rock before descending gracefully and slowly in a glided descent with arms folded focusing only a concentrated look on her foe to see if the human had any powers, nothing she felt except for a lasso stored by her left waist.

Once her feet touched the jagged Terrain of one of the man sized rocked mountains did the human greet her but with nothing special about her Blackfire seemed instantly bored by her sight straight away.

"So you can fly as well? Seems Hera has blessed good fortune on you"

"Yeah, yeah, I suppose she would, being that it's me of course"

Not really caring what or who a Hera was Blackfire wanted to get the chit chat out as possible.

"Though why an American like you would say 'hera' a-"

"American? Do not offend me; I am Diana, princess of the amazons, princess to the nation of women and not some princess to some nation of man, remember that; alien"

Nation of man?! Sister I apologise, I didn't know earth had elected its own imbecile to mock its own language...Wait! Did she just call me an alie-She DID! How dare she be so vague upon me!!-

"Alien?!"

Somehow the burning sands and fires all seemed to be the now dwarfed background as the two were quickly locked into each other.

The battle hadn't even started and I'm already being put down by some mere dressed up sell out girl than a princess! Oh the humility!

"let me tell you 'Princess' that I'm not some alien I am Komand'r with no title but with a hell of a cooler name than some mere 'Diana'! Its bad enough I'm being shown up by some so called Amazon who's clueless on the similarity of her dress colours and the flag of a certain 'Nation of Man' especially as you got their stars strapped on your butt! Only one way to sum you up dear, J.O.K.E…JOKE!!"

Blackfire wanted to laugh away at the earthling and would have as well if the sight of the woman just leaping at her wasn't so 'phenomenal'. Yet this was no ordinary leap of strength, the jump was constant in its altitude not failing in height but picking up in great speed. In fact her arms pushed out in front of her enraged face with her legs stretched out in the same angle rather than crouching. It was styled in a position of a Javelin as she harpooned herself than it came to conclusion at last to Blackfire.

She wasn't jumping; she was flying: flying to her!

Yet when that realisation came in did another knock straight in her literally as a blow that felt crunching in force smashed into her cheekbones knocking her off the ground totally and into the free air spinning realising that she just got punched in the face by the princess of sell outs and of fashion disasters. Despite hurtling in the air and losing out to first punch, Blackfire already was on a plan of conjuring; a vision in how she would personally deal with this princess personally…

When the lights faded, Terra and Hawkgirl looked round their surroundings it seemed the place was a mixed gift; the pressure of the gravity felt absolutely light to Hawkgirl as her designed wings spread out beautifully in one grateful flap taking her to the sky beyond a matter of fleet in seconds as she slowly allowed herself to land down once more, impressed in the increased movement she was offered. Terra on the other-hand seemed equally impressed with the space and quantity of earth; beautifully brown with a preserved coat of dried soil. It seemed the ideal solitude to her, so far away from troubles and complications of friendship, to her the solitude was becoming her true friend, just as her master said it would be…


"Hey, Terra is it?"

"Yes?"

Terra turned back to her former startled self to see the woman who was a clear two feet taller then her stand. She appeared tall and strong as her black leggings fitted around her legs tightly with a strong yellow shirt that covered her chest but left the upper shoulders and arms exposed to her Caucasian skin. Yet despite the fact that on her waist was attached a powerful yet decorative malice hr voice was full of kindness and concern as she looked doubtful if the frail looking Terra was indeed ready for battle.

"You sure you're up for this?" Spoke Hawkgirl as her eyes narrowed from her mask that was placed only on her upper face in which the hair stemmed from. Terra just took another look at the woman than to the floor doubting to herself for a minute that could she after all training use her powers without fear than she decided. She turned to Hawkgirl and put on her best smile though with a nervous feel making the smile not entirely convincing that she was prepared to go ahead without fear or pressure but it was enough it seemed to just about convince her opponent.

"Yeah, I'm ready.."

"Good" smiled the older woman. "Because I never hold back, ready than?"

Suddenly everything didn't seem so black and white anymore, despite the age difference the woman vowed to go all out, to pressure her into battle and to force her to go all out. But that was what she was afraid off, embracing her full potential, as doubt started to flow in did the voice of her newfound master reoccur in her thoughts, his words cold and assertive as they went in her head over again trying to destroy her conscience and to embrace the dark side of power without care.

You are powerful Terra; perhaps the greatest on this earth than any other but you still are a child.

As long as you live in doubt than you can never be sure, never be free and you will always be afraid. It is they who should be afraid and not to yourself.

Make them see this Terra and show your true power or live forever in the shadow of your own missed potential. Embrace your strength Terra; you might as well, after all what choice do you really have? Become the fear that they fear and never: hold back.

The words though cold somehow gave her new strength and determination as she eyed Hawkgirl with eyes that were just as brazen in their boldness as they were compared to Hawkgirl's.

"Let's go" Terra simply said and with a brief nod from her opponent the Hawked lady took her wings into the air as she flew high into the blue heaven of the sky.

She kept flying high up till she halted her flight and turned down to the earth while taking out the malice in her right hand; the stainless metal colour of it crackled on the head point with an energetic force of energy as she flew in from the dive towards Terra…


She flew? She hit me? Hit me? Hit ME?!

It was only a few spins in the air that the Tamaran had no control off yet on the third spin did she than tighten up the noose on her free fall and instantly seized her body tight in the air.

Finally coming to a sudden stop as she stood standing in the air, with both fists lowered at the side of her waist pointing outwards with knuckles showing. The pain on her face subsided fast, she was strong but it seemed that Diana had showed all her moves whereas Komand'r was yet to show hers.

"You're strong" Admitted Blackfire but than her eyes powered up as the colour intensified to a powerful deep violet. "But not that strong" Wonderwoman stood speechless and even drifted back at the sight of seeing the unusual transformation and automatically started keeping her distance while raising a guard that Blackfire easily recognized as a crude form of guard that boxer's form.

Litting up an arrogant smirk, she couldn't help but think how easy this will be for her.

She hovered a bit more on her altitude where her position was to a point where she watched over the earthling and than within the Amazon's blink of a eye did Blackfire dive down in a direct flight to her, fists raised for a strike, Wonderwoman barely had time to improve her defence as she tensed her guard with arms pushed out hoping to rebound the attack.

Only in her astonishment did she see the Tamaran rolled forward in her strike and strengthening her spear head position once more only she charged at Wonderwoman now with feet raised as Blackfire's boots simply barged through Wonderwoman's guard and striking directly onto her face with a force more greater than it first seemed making her fall crashing down.

However her athletic body came into use as when she fell she reached out to one of the small rocked floors with her hands and reduced the force of the fall diverting it to the strength of her arms as she flipped into the air and landing perfectly onto another of the many man-sized rocked Islands.

She looked up to see how far she fell so quick from grace only to find the Tamaran flying at her again with great speed as she flew onto one of the small rocks and made astounding leaps, leaping from one to the other covering great distances making the distressed Diana fly backwards trying to stay ahead from the alien that showed remarkable skill that simply broke pass her limitations of flight.

The chase was furious, the violet eyed Tamaran was catching up in great speed with her black hair now jetted back by the opposing air as she sped against it. Diana kept flying back, looking at the corner of her eye to see where she was going before turning to see her foe and notice she was easily gaining distance.

Then she spotted one particular rock large enough it seemed for just about two people to stand on yet it seemed that Blackfire caught that rock as well as her speed greatly increased.

Diana's eyes widened in the shock as the Tamaran was about to reach her in a few seconds with her body already reaching out to strike when at last Diana under luck landed on the intended rock as she sidestepped. Blackfire followed as at this point who was barely inches as she flew recklessly after her only to jump on and unexpectedly stumble across the rock using all her balance and resistance to the halt she applied on to stop her stumbling it. Diana than struck fast with a knee up that chested into Blackfire's yet at the same time Diana felt a arm lash out at her and crashed against two of her own arms that were needed to properly repel the force of the attack. Blackfire shot up and applied several jointed strikes of elbow and arm moves; each one to strike primary at the face of Wonderwoman though Diana was quick just as much in repeating parrying away each force by applying even more greater force than she thought she had to push away the attack.

The two women fought, one older, the other younger. They battled it out parrying and snaking in attacks with various patterns of hand combat and movement of wrist and arm as each time a move was parried or bony skin clashed heavy upon each other on contact. One an art from an ancient Amazon civilisation. The other an art of fighting from a highly advanced and unified alien space race. Both arts clashed on heavily till at last Wonderwoman parried. Her parry with enough strength forced an arm aside exposing the softer tissue of Blackfire's armpit only to greet it a shackling jab with her elbow.

The blow was amazingly strong as Diana took advantage of the pressure point and was ready to knock the barely standing Blackfire off to the sands of defeat below them when while cradling the shoulder Blackfire just looked up at Wonderwoman with eyes in full contact and suddenly the violet colour of the Tamaran's eyes shone more and then a sting was jabbed onto the Amazon's eyes painfully as a flooded beam of purple just struck her face in an instant. Cupping her eyes by her hands, Wonderwoman cried out in pained agony as she retreated in the air trying to shake off the purple light that eclipsed her vision.

Blackfire though while recovering from a surprisingly good jab from the human looked on to see the so called Amazon take full flight to the sky; Blackfire liked what she saw and flew after her, taking her own time, confident of her coming victory…


Hawkgirl let out a powerful roar in her war cry as she waved her malice down to reach Terra whereas though Terra on the ground tensed; her arms pulsed strongly with the beat of excitement and adeline through her dark clothing as her gloved hands clawed out as with her mind's power pulled out chunks of rock in successful strong tears as the preserved coat of brown soil now just drizzled off the rocks as each one was hauled into the sky. Than Terra's eyes strengthen with control but forcible anger as her eyes shone out in dark amber as with a wave of her hands tossed several bulks of earth to Hawkgirl, just enough to knock out and not to kill despite what the familiar voice was preaching to her; she felt she may be heading the way the voice was telling her to but not today she felt.

Hawkgirl saw the boulders coming to her, remaining unsurprised and determined she evaded one round by flight pushing back against the strengthen pull of its small gravity as all air seem to suck to it given its accelerated velocity given mainly than the gravity here felt much lighter then at earth. She swooped past another this time avoiding it easily when she saw the third one come in at last, directly at her path. Hawkgirl narrowed her eyes at the obstacle; she never ran from challenges and so went straight ahead with her malice charged and with a shrieking yell of fury slammed her weapon on the rock which just tore the boulder in a mix of brown dust and raindrops of stones.

"Whoa..." Terra manage to break her own muted voice after seeing one of her rocks turned to a dust cloud and suddenly felt doubt slowly creeping in that she might lose this challenge. The voice of the past returned as it echoed in her mind once more as the words of her master echoed inside of her.

Tell me apprentice; are you going to just sit and run or are you going to fight? If you won't than they will, so what will it be Terra?

"I'll fight" Muttered Terra to herself as she focused more on Hawkgirl and unleashed more tears from the earth. But these were no mere chunks as the earth that was torn out made the earth shake violently as mounds of Terrain by Terra's action erupted with towers of rocked earth shooting up at the winged fighter, each one was a towering pillar of earth that spat out to catch the hawked warrior.

Yet she swooped passed one by one, flying through swiftly while closing in the striking range, Terra then realised how dangerously close Hawkgirl was coming in and how the rocks were still not able to reach her despite her efforts. With alertness in her mind she ripped out a large boulder size of rock from beneath her and used it as her transportation while making it take off to the skies though surfing unsteadily on it. The distance was more comfortable but Hawkgirl was slowly catching up; Terra looked on pondering what to do.

She's too fast, no matter what comes she avoids, come on Terra think, think!

The dark wisdom of her master came back to haunt her mind's options.

Become the fear that they fear and never: hold back

Was that her choice? To embrace her fear of the absolute power she had and turned it onto them, what about Hawkgirl, would she survive her force of power? Would she survive herself in fact? Those questions burned in her yet the teachings of her master kept reoccurring in her head and that ultimately she felt that he was right she felt in the end to use fear without remorse. What choice did she have; time and time again she ran, sheltered in her own shadow unafraid to be the best. Now she was given a chance to be the best in a tournament dedicated for it and now she was losing on the first round already? How would she explain it to her master once she returned knowing he would seek answers, how would he react to it all in learning his dedicated apprentice fell upon the first hurdle of a test?

Your right Said Terra to the voice. I won't hold back, ever!

Somehow she felt that the voice seems to smile upon hearing her words as she turned to confront her fears and Hawkgirl. Still on the rock that travelled afar from and across the Terrain of earth she suddenly yelled out loud, her voice got stronger and more powerful as crackles of yellow energy sparked around her. Hawkgirl noticed the strange sparks of energy that danced around Terra and wondered what she was doing. Concern started to come in when she noticed the ground before her was moving forward, flakes of soil was strumming off. The earth was slowly begging to have chunks slowly being torn off as each piece was being ripped off and flung off towards the hawked lady yet she carried on catching up on Terra evading and destroying when suddenly in one violent trigger shreds of earth and rubble were being stripped off the earth's face. Everything seems to litter the sky with waves of obstacles that could easily break her in two.

"Terra!" She cried out as her wings beaten quicker trying to catch up with Terra despite avoiding coming rocks from afar where she was yet to get Terra. Then her eyes and mouth looked on in nothing but horror.

"TERRA LOOK OUT!" She screamed out in her warning. Terra heard but turned too late not realising that one of the rocks she tore out madding with her mind came from behind her and not in front of the others, it was large, too large to avoid and struck on in a head on collision. Hawkgirl watched in a petrified moment as she saw Terra fall, still alive but falling helplessly deep below.

Ignoring every danger, Hawkgirl shot down into descent, braving anything that came passed her as she frantically swayed, destroyed and sped past her way past the rocks that were more falling to earth given Terra lost her power of command. Terra was still falling but she was close, so close that her hands were sweating in hope that she could reach the young girl.

She speeded down one last time and pulling her hand as far as it could go before the socket of the arm felt the strain where by luck of fate she swiped Terra's frail arm under her hand and clenched it in a desperate grip, vowing not to let go and in return terra held on as they swooped above the last few meters of earth, avoiding death and killing off their madding descent to start a new ascent to safety.

"Terra you…oh god...HOLD ON!" Despite all her skill the Hawked warrior tried desperately to avoid a last minute Stone of immense side as it bolted ahead catching her left arm and knocking her and Terra back down from their flight only to hit the earth but though their fall wasn't much the remainder of the earth that was tossed in the sky wasn't and soon everything came crashing down to earth upon them…


Finally rubbing the pain, sight finally returned to the princess of Amazons though she was constantly now making use of her sight, as her sight was gone for a while yet Blackfire had not touched her and now she was looking round everywhere this landscape as the fires shooting up and the bubbling sound of the sands below were not helping in her search.

"Hi!"

No, no more please

Wonderwoman looked above her just to see the fighter she was against above her all along and yet still eluded her; it seemed she was toying with her for quite a while.

"Nice day isn't it? Noticed you were going the wrong way as in case you didn't notice I'm here" Her smile lit up more as she could read everything from Wonderwoman's defeated eyes. "But then again you knew that didn't you?" Blackfire smiled a bit more before letting her eyes ignite with violet flames only this time her hands glowed with the same colour as well. "Ready? Because now I'm serious!"

Wonderwoman didn't need to guess what the glowed hands could produce as she immediately darted to the left when she saw high bolts of dark shades of violet shoot out at her. The Amazon princess kept moving back, fleeing and evading, the bolts didn't look reboundable as she kept moving hoping to find a break when Blackfire shot down from the sky and decided to give her one with fists lashing out in a direct advance of the princess. Desperately trying to parry and duck as each blow intensified which proved that Blackfire at last was showing off her full potential and grew bored of the Amazon before her. Yet Diana finally ducked successfully below a striking fist only she ended up receiving the breaking point of the fight as passed the punches a damaging blast greeted her once more from Komand'r's eyebeam as it broke down Wonderwoman's last remaining strength but this time in the chest decisively.

She crouched down breathing hard when she saw Blackfire zoom in and raised her feet for swift acute strikes as each one knocked her around from side to side each, blurringly fast as they kicked her around with repeated jabs and slams to her face before Blackfire finally slowly drifting afar before flying in with a fist tighten back before it propelled out digging in hard to the Amazon's stomach. Diana coughed out her last remaining fighting breath at the blow as the pain rippled from the source to evenly around her body, yet the Tamaran was yet to lose any breath, she just looked at the weakened Amazon and just grinned saying simply.

"I win your highness"

With a somewhat ironic note in the highness that Blackfire seem satisfied to imply on as Diana leaned back into the air as she blacked out, Blackfire smiled as she took off Diana's Amazon crown and placed it on her forehead.

"Behold I am Komand'r, Princess of the Tamaraian's!"

She laughed out loud with satisfaction of victory though decided to make the effort to catch the fallen Amazon's unconscious body as it continued to fall when suddenly it was engulfed by nothing but light as it vanished. Blackfire was thrown into bafflement when she too was whisked away in the light…


"Well done Champion Blackfire, you have prevailed to the next round" Blackfire found her eyes suddenly having to get to grips with a new change in the world as she found herself back in the familiar old dome but she recognised the voice and as she turned she saw the master of games gliding down gracefully the descent of his throne and stairs by his flight.

"I never have thought you would have given such a dominate display over the great Amazon princess." Blackfire just shrugged as if it was no big deal as she liked to gloat knowing that this was something to savour for quite a while.

"Yeah, well she was human after all; hardly the challenge of the universe is that." The Master of games seem to chuckle slightly, amused by Blackfire's single minded values of herself above all others.

"Very well than, I suggest though that you rest for tomorrow's opponent. Perhaps tomorrow will produce you a worthier challenge." With a touch of his gem a corridor emerged from the domed wall behind Blackfire. "Take the route before you, there are many rooms for you to pick from at the end of the corridor and meals will be held at a canteen at the end of the dorms.

"Sounds cool enough of a deal" Blackfire walked off feeling proud that she had achieved victory when she out of curiosity she couldn't help but turn back and let out a small statement of curiosity.

"I didn't know you could fly?"

The master was stopped in his return to his throne yet though she could only see the back of the being she had a feeling that he caught him off guard somehow. However Blackfire didn't push it any further, mention of rooms made her feel tired anyway and she was too taken in by her victory to say otherwise.

"forget it, must be natural to you I guess I mean if some so called Amazon of national sell-outs can fly than why not you?" With that Blackfire left, the master was too caught on the amusement of the naive ness that was Blackfire's than be insulted by comparing her with Wonderwoman, in fact that itself seemed ironic even more, more the humour of it all.

Yes Blackfire, flight is quite natural to me now…Thanks to you that is

Still in some amusement he touched his gem and watched as a portion of the air turn to a window, a moving picture that made him see the aftermath of the warlike conflict between Hawkgirl and Terra. He looked at the ruined earth, on one side he felt disappointed that he did not control a power such like Terra, yet relived as well on the other side as such a power seem too dangerous to control as Terra had clearly proved herself. Hawkgirl was much less of a loss; she had flight and a malice weapon, but because of Wonderwoman's defeat he had strength, reflexes and flight.

He desired now the other fighter's powers now as he was sure their abilities were not just interesting but controllable as well. Deciding now to close the window as it was clear that terra and Hawkgirl could not have survived and that the arena was their gravestone. The only real regret was that it was a perfectly good arena or was which made it regrettable to the master.

But his agenda was filled in a greed to obtain either Starfire or Blackfire's powers; just gaining either one of these fighter's powers would surely make him unmatched as he seem to glee in the fact that if these abilities he now possessed were just from some human as Blackfire put it than he couldn't wait to obtain the powers that of a Tamaraian…

To be continued...

AN: Reviews are welcome.