#yep guys this is gonna be a HunterxHunter Crossover

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Maze Chapter Two: Renegade Pt. 2

 “Kurama, how long is the barrier going to take?” Hiei asked, the waiting was getting to him in ways Hiei hadn’t expected. “I would say another half hour if I’m going on the right path. I don’t understand why a barrier like this would be made.” Kurama answered as the area around him started having a warping effect.

 “Clearly, whoever made the damn barrier was an absolute mad genius of some kind.” Hiei raised an eyebrow that Kurama was having issues with that barrier. “I’m not entirely sure, of course the demon world’s barrier is a challenge, but this barrier makes ours look like child’s play. Whoever designed it, clearly made it so nothing could get in or out. Unfortunately for the designer, I’m about close to cracking it.” Kurama said as he received a small shock before resuming on breaking the barrier.

 “Fuck, Kurama, you’re going to have to rush it..” Hiei stood up on top of the roof, noticing something coming through the woods. “That’s great, just great!” Kurama started to go faster with the barrier break down, the warping intensifying as a fabric like ripping sound could be heard from the rush job.

 The sound of vehicles approaching could be heard, as the rift to the next world had been opened. It was an ugly sight to behold this rift, jagged and horizontal like an opened wound, opened to both them as well as whatever was over on the other side of the rift to enter. There was a strong sickness in the pits of both Kurama and Hiei as they looked upon that horribly deformed rift, knowing there was no choice but to enter it. The sight of Kuwabara’s family van and the sight of Tomoko’s motorcycle could be seen around the bend as Kurama hastily picked up the dimension jumper, making a dash for the van. Hiei followed Kurama’s lead in entering the van like Kurama did as the fox youkai stumbled to get the keys into the ignition. Hiei looked on tensely, knowing full well what the consequences were going to be if they’re both caught.

 “Hurry up! They’re coming and I don’t want to deal with Kuwabara’s stupid ass face!” Hiei yelled as Kurama started the van. “I got it! Get the device onto the dashboard now Hiei!” Kurama revved up the van, ready to drive full speed into the gaping maul of the hideous rift. 

 “Kurama where the hell did you get fae technology!?” Hiei was horrified to even be holding the device as meaty tendrils came out from its shell to latch onto the dashboard, activating it’s interdimensional abilities.

 “No time, hold onto Yusuke!” Kurama gunned it, sending the van speeding towards the rift and entering it with a disturbing popping sound.

 Hiei launched himself from the front seat to the back, using his body to anchor and shield Yusuke from harm as the van sped through the twisting and turning seas of the broken barrier, the rift’s unstable nature warping everything in their perception as they drove on towards that destination ahead. Kurama clutched the steering wheel tightly, a familiar pain coursing from their abdominal region as blood slowly trickled down from his mouth. It’ll be fine, just perfect fine, a matra that repeated in Kurama’s mind as he kept on track of the bigger goal ahead. Back on the other side of the rift, Kuwabara, having seen the van go inside of the interdimensional rift, was about to enter it before a panicked Koenma forced him to stop the car. Bits of mud and grass kicked up in the wake of the car stopping, signaling to Tomoko to pull over her motorcycle as she watched Kuwabara exit the van with Koenma and her mother. Tomoko was ready to take action, not yet realizing the absolutely horrified expression on Koenma’s face as he gazed at the rift as though it was the hypercenter of a nuclear detonation. 

“We had this barrier up for a reason!” Koenma huffed as he ran a hand through his hair, rightfully freaked out. “This is a rift to the human world’s feral younger sibling, a registered godkiller world! How did Kurama even find out about this!?” “Koenma, you need to explain some shit right now cause Keiko is hyperventilating and Tomoko over there is looking ready to ram her damn bike into the portal!” Kuwabara consoled Keiko the best he could while Tomoko looked ready to commit brutal acts of violence on her motorcycle. “You’re not going to like this, my Dad told me stories back when Earth was new. They wanted a practice world, you see, to test out just how wild they could get with the flora and fauna before unleashing it into Earth.” Koenma watched the concerned expressions from the group.

 “Things were fine at the start, we got the tiktaalik that was brought over to Earth, but then evolution happened. That practice world, its evolutionary path, went wild, especially once humanity started to appear. The humans developed abilities that would eclipse Yusuke’s by leagues, easy god killers if they were given reasons to retaliate. It was a group decision to seal off the practice world and leave it to its own devices.” Koenma continued to the very shocked group upon learning there’s a murder dimension neighboring theirs. 

 “In simpler terms, the human world and demon world were considered the much more easygoing realms. We had no problems handling it. Let that sink in for a bit. We had to keep this world a secret, mainly because even my father didn’t wish a demon such a fate of falling into that realm. Sure souls are still collected, but we have a specially trained force to handle them for the hall of judgment.” Koenma finished that long explanation to the group as Tomoko’s face bore the same angered expression that her father once had.  “Are you telling me that my Uncle Kurama and that teacup-sized punk dragged my Father’s body into planet Australia!?” Tomoko revved the motorcycle, very much ready to go into that dimensional rift before being stopped.

 “Tomoko, don’t you even think about driving into that portal!” Kuwabara shouted as he stepped into the pathway, forcing Tomoko to park the motorcycle.

 “He’s right, don’t even go into that portal. I already lost Urameshi due to my own incompetence as a leader who couldn’t even stop a hostile takeover. I refuse to have that repeat with you.” Koenma took out a cellphone from the pocket of his sweatpants before making some calls.

 “My Dad is over there! He needs to be brought back to his family RIGHT NOW!” Tomoko protested as she got off the motorcycle, ready to raise hell in order to get Yusuke back for her Mom. “And we will! Just give Koenma time. He’s doing something that I didn’t think he’d do after all this time.” Kuwabara held Tomoko back from adding more trouble than the situation was already.

 “Come on ogre, pick up NOW… Kuwabara, I’m going to ask you to use your spirit sword incase ANYTHING tries to break through the barrier.” Koenma started grinding his teeth from the stress of the situation from just how bad things were.

 “I thought you said these things were god killers?” Kuwabara looked panicked as he got up the spirit sword as instructed, moving Tomoko to the side. “I know, but with how awful that rift is, there’s a chance whatever that exits it could be heavily deformed or injured from the travel. Even then, they still pose a danger to the humans here if something gets loose.” Koenma started pacing about as Tomoko looked horrified upon hearing that. “If that’s the case, what’s going to happen to my Dad!?” Tomoko looked at the hideous rift, the possibility of her father dying from disfiguring injuries instead of peacefully in a hospital horrified Tomoko.

 There was no answer for that question as Koenma paced about on the cellphone as Kuwabara looked on at the rift before them. There was nothing to do except wait on Jorge to pick up on the phone as Tomoko went to not only comfort her mother, but herself as well. The possibility of this becoming a body recovery mission hung heavy in their thoughts not just for Yusuke, but for Kurama and Hiei as well. Returning to the travelers in the rift, the scenery was simply grotesque of shifting shapes and colors one would have never thought possible if Hiei was actually looking on at this. Only one that is was Kurama as he struggled with the damages his internal organs were dealing with amongst other things as he glanced in the rear view mirror. There was a grunt of pain and frustration as Kurama pushed on through the rift onto the other side of it. The van came to a stop upon entering the otherworld, somewhere that looked like a desert with a city up ahead surrounded by junk yards as far as Kurama’s eyes could see before vomiting up blood from the hard ride.