CHAPTER 2

Starfire screamed as lead ripped into her flesh. She put up her arms to defend herself but it was no use. The next instant she was falling to the ground, her whole body covered in deep bloody cuts. Though she was only half concious she thought she saw a black shadowy figure with blood red eyes come flying toward her. The next minute she was being scooped up into someone's arms and her fall slowed then stopped altogether as her rescuer landed on the rooftop of a nearby building.

"Starfire," a vagualy familiar voice said, setting her on the roof. "Are you okay? Answer me."

Starfire opened her eyes halfway. The moonlight illuminated a slightly pale face and she instantly recognized who it was by the tall raven hair, the blood red eyes, the white bandana over the forehead. "Hiei...?" she said, surprised to see the half fire and half ice demon. "You're back!"

The fire demon nodded. "Yes I am," he said. "I felt something wrong in this world. What's going on? Why are demons from my world here?"

Starfire weakly shook her head. "I do not know," she said. "They just appeared."

Hiei looked into the sky. He saw some flying demons coming toward him and Star. This left him with two choices. Take the alien girl and flee or risk her dying while he fought them off. He chose the first option. The fire demon picked her back up and started to jump from building to building away from the persuing demons and toward the Titan's Tower, lit up like a becon, in the distance. He'd find out what was going on when he got there and drop in to see Raven too. She'd be so happy to see him back after so long...

Suddenly a demon was blocking his path. He growled in annoyance. He didn't have time for this. The thing let out a screech and came toward him. Hiei threw Starfire over his shoulder and unsheathed his sword. "Don't mess with me!" he shouted slashing at the beast.

The demon screamed shrilly as it was cloven in two. As the lifeless body fell to the sidewalk far below Hiei turned from the other demons and continued his dash toward the Titan's Tower.

Something strange is going on here, he realized. How were those demons able to get into this world? Maybe Robin can shed some light on things. H'ed better have some answers for me!

The fire disappeared only milimeters before it would have burned the girl to ashes. She watched, her breathing rapid and shallow, as the fire vanished before her eyes. When her heart slowled down to a normal pace she sighed with relief and looked around herself again. Things had changed. The room seemed to have more light in it than before. She could see through the gloom. She saw dark hooded figures moving around in the shadows.

So she wasn't alone. There were people there not just ghosts and hallucinations created by her drug scrambled mind.

But what did they want? Why had they gone after her in the first place? What was she able to give them?

"What do you want from me?" she called to the shadows. "Why do you want it?"

The shadows stopped moving. They turned to her. Her breath caught in her throat. They all had the same colored eyes. Four blood red eyes framing their faces which were hidden under shadowed hoods.

What are they?

One of the hooded creatures walked up to her, it's red eyes boring into her violet ones. He stopped just a few feet from her and just stood there, staring. She stared back, her heart beginning to pound in her chest. What was it? What was he going to do?

Suddenly he lurched forward. She screamed as his hand went into her chest and pulled something out. She stared at the dark swirling sphere he held. It was black with dark purple energy swirling around it, like storm clouds. When she opened her mouth to ask what it was he turmed from her and walked back into the shadows.

Hiei made it to the Titan's Tower seconds before the demons following him. now that he was sure she'd be okay Hiei gently set Starfire down on the roof and turned to the screaming shrieking pains in the neck. He unsheathed his sword and with one powerful stroak gutted them all. He resheathed his sword as he turned away from their bloody corpses. He reached down and picked Star back up. "Fools," he muttered as he walked into the Tower.

Needless to say, Robin was more than a little surprised to see Hiei. When he'd left their dimension over a month ago the human boy had figured he'd never come back, not even to see Raven who was his girlfriend.

"Jaganishsi!" Robin exclaimed when he saw the fire demon come into the Titan's living room,carrying the bloody and unconcious Starfire. "You're back!" (Hiei told Robin he couldn't call him by name so the raven haired human was forced to just call him by his last name)

"Hn," Hiei said, carrying Stafire toward the sofa. "Didn't you want me to come back? Don't answer that," he added when Robin opened his mouth. "It's not important now."

Robin noticed the red head in the demon's arms. "Starfire!" he exclaimed, running toward her and the demon who held her. "What happened to her?"

"She was attacked," Hiei replied, setting the girl gently on the sofa and giving her a once over to make sure she was still alive. "If I hadn't of come back when I had she would be worhtess."

Robin ignored that remark. "Who attacked her?" he asked.

Hiei looked at Robin. "Demons from the Makia," he replied, folding his arms. "I would like to know how they ended up here."

Robin shrugged. "I don't know," he answered. "I haven't noticed them. I've had other things to worry about?"

The fire demon gave him a look, sensing something amiss. "What is that?" he demanded.

The human didn't meet the demon's eyes as he answered. "We're looking for Raven."

Hiei blinked. "Raven?" he asked. "Why are you looking for her? Isn't she here?"

Robin shook his head. "She disappeared a few days ago and we can't find her," he explained, looking out the window. "We don't know what happened to her."

Hiei clenched his fists in anger. "Who took her?" he demanded. "Was it that bastard Slade?"

Again Robin shook his head. "We don't know that either," he said. "But we do know she's still in the city."

"She is? How do you know that?"

"We've been having strange earthquakes lately," the human replied. "Cyborg was able to identify them as Raven's powers out of control. Wherever she is, someone's upsetting her."

Hiei was thoughful. The only villian who knew that her emotions were linked to her powers was Slade. It must be him, he thought, growling. That sick bastard!

Without a word Hiei headed for the door.

"Where are you going?" Robin asked him

Hiei glanced over his shoulder at the human. "I don't have to tell you, fool," he snarled before he turned away. Slade... You're going to pay for this!

A/N

Incase you might not know, yes, this is the sequal to "Falling" I wasn't going to do one but this idea came to me one night and I thought it was cool so I'm writing it. This time the storyline's a bit darker and will be deeper. I hope you will all enjoy this sequal and will continue to read and review until it's finished. Yes, I love reviews! If you read this at all please tell me what ya thought. I'll give ya Chocolate!