Wayne rushes over to Kage and Unknown.
"Ok, let's give them this antidote."
Wayne pulls two blue pills out of his pouch and puts one in Kages mouth. Just like Wayne and Lex, Kage has the same reaction. Kage's face turns green from the pill, and he jumps in disgust.
"Ewwww, what the hell did you just feed me, you weirdo?"
"Oh, calm down, Kage." I just saved your life; the least you could do is be grateful."
"If you're going to save my life by feeding me shit, can you at least put some seasoning on it, damn?"
"Sorry, this is just how they make Screecher antidote; you can't change the taste. Now let's go get Unknown up."
Wayne took his second blue pill and put it in Unknown's mouth.
"Oh, this should be fun. Let me pull out my phone so I can record his dumbass reaction."
"Come on, Kage, that's kind of fucked up."
"Nah, it's fine; it would be a crime if I didn't get it on recording."
Unknown starts to smack his lips and open his eyes.
"Mm, that's pretty good you got any more."
Wayne and Kage look at Unknown in shock as Unknown makes unbelievable remarks. Kage stops recording and puts his phone in his pocket.
"You actually like that shit."
"Yeah, it tasted delicious; what, did you not like it?"
"Hell no!! That shit tasted like a thousand-year-old expired milk."
"Nah, I think you just have bad taste buds. I never tasted something so good."
"You must have some type of brain damage."
"Hey, you two enough talking; the sun is about to completely set; we need to hurry and make it to Kirata village before it's too late."
"Oh right, you did say we need to get through this forest quickly. Come on Kage."
Yeah, yeah, let's go; I'm already tired of all these beasts."
The three of them quickly make their way out of the forest and back onto rocky ground, but with nighttime approaching quickly, they are short on time.
"Hey Wayne how far is Kirara village?"
"Don't worry, we are almost there; just keep running."
As Those words come out of Wayne's mouth, Kage looks up and notices a village in the distance.
"Wait, is that the village you were talking about right there?"
"Yeah, I told you that we were almost there."
Kage Unknown and Wayne, with battered clothes and multiple bruises, finally arrived at the entrance of Kirata village. The village entrance has a giant sign at the front saying the village's name.
"Finally, Lex, we are back to our hometown!"
"Gaaaarrr"
Kage looks around and sees a lot of huts in the area.
"Wow, there are a lot of huts in this place. Is that normal?"
"Yeah, this is just how Kirata village is, but disregarding the huts, there is one place that's not a hut that we need to get to. Come, let's go before he closes up."
The group follows Wayne into Kirata village. Unknown looks around and sees a bunch of happy people enjoying life alongside different species of beasts.
"Hey, Wayne this place seems way different from where we started when we first arrived in the Moro zone."
"Yeah, it is; you see, out of all the places in the Moro zone, Kirata village is the most at peace with the beast."
"Yeah, I can see that these beasts and villagers look just as close as you and Lex are."
"Hahaha, nah, me and Lex surpass any relationship you can think of, right Lex?"
"Grrrr"
"Hahaha, well, you might be right; you two are the perfect duo."
Wayne stops walking after reaching a big red building in the middle of the village. The big red building has a big sign on it that says, Kirata Diner.
"Welcome you two to the Kirata diner, the place with the best food in the world."
"Wow, really well, I need something to eat 'cause that pill really did a number on my stomach."
"I still think you are overreacting with the whole antidote thing."
Wayne walks forward to the Kirata diner's front and screams.
"Aye, old man George, I'm back and better than ever!"
From the dinner entrance door, Geroge the same man that Wayne and Lex dropped an egg on all those years ago, but time has passed, and he has now gained gray hairs and lost some hair.
"Oh, it's you, Wayne. How have you been?"
"I've been great, sir."
Even though Wayne used to prank Geroge a bunch before he left the Moro zone, Geroge is the person Wayne came to after he was kicked out of his home. Geroge is the one who helped him research ways to keep up with OGI users, and he also found him a supplier for all the equipment Wayne still uses to this day. With all the research and hard work they did together, they have been able to grow closer together.
"So I see your back; does that mean you're ready?"
"Hehe, yeah, I think, no, I know that I found my ambition."
Geroge smiles at the words coming from Wayne. Geroge opens the diner door.
"Ok, how about you and your friends come in? You all look tired and in need of a shower and maybe some food."
"Hell yeah, I am. Come on, Unknown, let's go in!"
Kage grabs Unknown and quickly runs him into the diner.
"The showers are downstairs; I'll come to open them for you."
"Hey, old man Geroge."
"???"
"I just want to say thanks for everything back then and now."
"Haha, no need for a thank you; I did it because I saw you needed help. The older generation should help the younger generation, you know."
George walks into the diner, with Wayne following. They both walk to the middle of the diner, where a staircase is. Both of them walk down the staircase to get to the bottom floor of the diner, and that's where they find Kage and Unknown sitting in wait for George to open the shower room door.
"Hey, you two move quickly. Do you mind telling me your names?"
"Oh right, how rude of us! My name is Unknown, and I thank you for letting us use your showers."
"What's up? My name is Kage, and thanks for the shower."
"What interesting names you two have, but let us open this shower up."
George pulls a key out of his pocket and uses it to open the shower room doors. When he opens it, the group sees a room with many showers and mirrors.
"Ok, go ahead and enjoy yourselves, and I will make dinner upstairs."
"Thank you!!"
Kage and Unknown throw off their clothes and run straight into different showers so they can get their well-deserved hot showers. Wayne walks into the room and starts to call for Lex.
"Hey Lex, it's your favorite time of day. Come on out wherever you are!"
"Grrrr"
Lex grows back to his normal size and appears on Wayne's shoulder.
"Oh, there you are, Lex. Come on, let's get to the mirrors and wash you up."
Wayne throws off his clothes and bag so he can wash up Lex while looking in the mirror.
About fifteen minutes later, Kage walks out of the shower and finds Wayne scrubbing Lex's back.
"Grrrr"
"Hey, dude, have you been washing him the entire time?"
"Huh, yeah, of course, this is Lex's favorite part of the day."
"I would think Lex would hate showers, especially with all that fur it has."
"Nah Lex isn't like that; he enjoys it when his fur is wet."
"Oh, that's pretty cool, but I'm going to go eat before Unknown gets out of the shower."
"Huh, oh, sorry, but Unknown got out of the shower a while ago, so he's already upstairs."
"What!!! You've got to be kidding me; he's going to eat all the food."
"Umm, I don't know if he would do that. Oh, he's already gone."
After learning that Unknown was already upstairs, Kage quickly wiped himself off, threw on his jeans and a black shirt with a different picture of his favorite artist on it, and ran upstairs. When he made it upstairs, he found Unknown sitting at a table eating some rice and chicken in his regular outfit.
"Oh, what's up, Kage? This food is delicious; you should try some."
"Yeah, but where the hell is the rest of the food? Did you eat it all?"
"Of course not; why would I do such a thing?"
"Yeah, he's right. I've got your food right here, Kage."
Geroge walks up behind Kage with a plate of salad.
"Unknown here told me you love your greens, so I made you some salad."
"Wait, what did you say?"
Unknown pulls out his phone and snaps a picture of Kage's face.
"Hahaha, that face is priceless; this is payback for that picture you took of me on the train."
"Unknown!!!! I'm going to beat your ass."
"You can try."
Kage jumps at Unknown with a face of anger. Both of them ended up just eating dinner and agreeing to get back at each other later. After the boys ate their dinner, they all went upstairs to get a good night's rest. Kage sleeps on the bed while Unknkwon and Wayne sleep on the floor since they lost the rock-paper shoot.
"I can't believe he won."
"Hehe, it isn't that bad; at least we got some pillows and blankets."
"Uhh, whatever, I don't care anymore. So you said, We head out tomorrow to climb that tall mountain."
"Yeah, we leave early in the morning, but don't worry, it doesn't take that long to get up the mountain."
"Ok sounds good. I'm going to go to sleep so I can wake up early tomorrow. Good night."
"Yeah, good night."
Chapter 24 end