Sorry that I couldn't update sooner. What with schoolwork and other stories, I was sort of stuck. But thank for waiting and please enjoy this chapter! I know that it's not very long, and I'll try to make the next one longer!
Chapter Two
"So, I told you my name," the girl named Makoto said breathlessly as she and Shark looked around for Yuma. "What's your's?"
Shark raised an eyebrow. "Shark," he answered. Makoto nodded, like naming a child after a killer titan fish was completely normal. "So, how exactly can you see Astral?"
"I can't tell you."
He snickered. "So you force me to help you-"
"I didn't 'force' you, okay, Fishbrains!" (sorry if I made Makoto a bit OOC.) "I said, 'You're helping me find her', but you didn't seem to mind after I told you about seeing… Astral?"
Shark was irritated. Who the heck was she to interrupt him? But if she had information on the Aria, than maybe…
"There!" She shouted.
By an ice-cream store, Yuma was kneeling over and catching his breath next to a girl with short pink hair and part of it in a ponytail. Astral floated impatiently next to him.
"Mana!" Makoto shouted.
The pink haired girl looked in their direction and, upon seeing Makoto, waved wildly and ran to meet her friend halfway. "Did you find Aguri yet, right?" Makoto shook her head, but the pink haired girl that Shark now knew was named Mana didn't falter. "Oh well, let's keep looking, kay?" She asked cheerfully.
Makoto nodded. "But first," she gestured towards Yuma, Astral and Shark. "I think that we should figure out who these people are."
"Hmmm?" Mana asked. "Well, I already know Yuma. We just introduced ourselves." She looked around, spotted Shark, and bowed. "Nice to meet you! I'm Mana Aida!"