Chapter 6: Lost and Found

Tsk tsk tsk..people…where are all those reviews…I thank those who had already reviewed and the help some of you gave me, well I got enough reviews to write more, so here it is…chappie 6!

Ed, Rain, and Hero walked past a huge rock for the eighth time. "We're going in circles, Rain! Does Hero know where he's going!" Ed yelled out from behind the large animal.

"Of course he does! Hero's never let me down before, and he will not start now!" Rain called back from the top of a tree. She jumped back to the ground and walked beside Hero, who was still sniffing the area. "He's probably just lost that girl's scent, but he'll find it, I know he will."

Ed grumbled as he tripped over a tree root and almost lost his balance, he had already fell face first in mud a while back, and then ran straight into a tree while trying to get a bug off of his head. He was fed up with outdoor life.

"Just come on…We'll just keep following Hero. Now hurry up Edward or we'll leave you behind." Rain jumped from foot to foot.

Ed grumbled again and reluctantly followed the strange girl and her 'pet'.

Lauren was staring into the face of her father. "You...can't be real…you can't be…you're that homunculi." Lauren stood up as her father stepped out of the bushes.

"No…I never died you see…I ran when the bright light came." His voice was hoarse from smoking so much while he was younger.

"But…I saw you die…I saw you-"

"No…who you saw was your Uncle Stephan…I had invited him over that Christmas for the sole purpose of using him…I had almost asked your Uncle Roy to come…but then the state would have gotten involved, Stephan was worthless anyway." Her father just stood there, his amazingly vivid ice gray eyes locked onto Lauren.

"He wasn't worthless! He had a family, a wife, and kids! You took him away from them! You caused my family so much pain…you caused me pain! I don't care if you truly are really you...you are no father of mine!" With that Lauren turned and ran, she didn't dare look back, but she heard him calling for her. She wondered why he didn't follow…but she didn't care anymore. Tears blurred her vision as she kept running, then, she was on her back. She had bumped into something rather large. When she blinked a few times and looked up, she saw a man standing there. "Who…who are you?" Lauren glanced back, but luckily didn't see her father.

"I'm Dirt." The man was tall, maybe four years older than her, making him around twenty or so years old. He had short brown hair and dark brown eyes. His cloths, a white t-shirt and jeans, matched his named…Dirt. "You were running from Him, why?"

Lauren stood up and continued walking away, Dirt followed. "No reason…and how do you know him anyway?"

"I don't know him, but I have heard of him, and spoken to him twice." Dirt continued to follow Lauren.

Lauren looked back at him. "Who are you exactly, why are you out here..?" Lauren asked, trying to forget the person she had just encountered.

"Well I am usually more to the east, but I was separated from my little sister, Rain." Dirt looked sad.

"Oh, well don't I know the feeling, I was separated from my partner."

"Your husband, you mean?"

"No…my partner for a mission." Lauren blushed a little. "So you know these parts of the forest?"

"Well…yes, very well, I've been out here all my life."

Lauren stopped walking and kneeled down. "Did you live in Forrest River Village?"

"No, never, only my mother had lived there for a few years before she was banished, along with the man who came to be my father." Dirt stood in front of Lauren. "What is your name?"

"Lauren Nakura."

"Well…you are looking for someone…I am looking for someone, why don't we look together?" Dirt held out his hand to Lauren.

"Um…yea alright." Lauren took his hand and stood up, cracking her fingers.

Dirt and Lauren started walking East, thanks to Dirt's compass.

Rain stopped walking and sat down on the ground, Hero lied down next to her.

"Well now what?" Ed asked, sitting across from them.

"I don't know. Well, I wish I could help you more, but I have my own missing person to find." Rain reached in her pocket and drew out a small knife. "Here Hero, smell and find."

"Wait…You can't just leave me to find her, I'm even more lost than I was!"

Hero pawed at the knife then stood up. Rain followed him. "That's a good boy, go find Dirt." Then Rain turned back to Ed. "You can stay with us if you like, it won't cause any harm."

Ed stood up and decided what to do. Go with them and perhaps not find Lauren or go with them and perhaps come across Lauren or not go with them and not find Lauren or not go with them and wait for Lauren to find him….."Oh well, I have to learn to take chances sooner or later." Ed followed Rain and Hero.

TA-DA another chapter done, it was kinda blah though I admit….i need some ideas for the next chap though, plz help. And don't forget to review!