II: Daily Life

"What do you mean that this seat isn't vinyl?" asked a young man.

A female voice stated, "I checked the material of the duel runner seat you brought me, and the material is starting to get soft just like leather. Vinyl is firmer since it's a synthetic material."

"Is there anything you can do about this?" he questioned her.

She replied, "We can barter duel runner seats since I do have a vinyl duel runner seat in stock."

"That sounds good, and I'm glad that someone told me about your shop. It's rare to see dealers in the Satellite who knows how to treat their customers," commented the customer.

She nodded and walked towards the back of her shop. The dealer was a girl of average height and build. She had near elbow length lilac purple hair that was in tied in a ponytail. The teenager had on an oil-covered light blue coveralls with a black tank top underneath it and a pair of yellow working boots on. Hanging on the teen's coverall pocket was an oil-slicked rag.

Her dark brown colored eyes scanned the entire back room as she looked for that duel runner seat. The lilac haired girl noticed the box that had the part her customer needed. She picked up the box and headed towards the front of the shop. The young man watched her return back to the counter with what he needed. He opened the box and pulled out the seat.

He felt the seat's texture, and it was firm like she said. There wasn't that chemical scent that leather has. A smile formed on the young man's face. He immediately put back the vinyl seat back in the packaging and carried it into his hands.

"It's just like you said um... Liqiu," said the man, "and here's the leather duel runner seat.

She replied, "Thank you, and I hope you have a good day."

Liqiu watched the customer leave her shop with his brand new duel runner seat. She dropped her head down the counter and laid on it. The lilac haired teen smiled and realized how many people came into her shop. Most of her customers were people who were replacing their counterfeit duel parts for the real thing. Liqiu knew about the dealers and people that would see counterfeit duel runner parts for a better price. At least, she didn't have to worry about more customers at this time.

"That was the last customer for the night," said Liqiu.

She regained her posture and looked around the shop. The place was quite small, but she was able to do something while living in the Satellite. Liqiu dug into the left pocket of her coveralls and took out a small set of keys. It was time to close the shop and head on home. The lilac haired teenager walked out of the shop and began locking the shop down. At least she didn't have to work until for the next two days.

As Liqiu finished up locking the shop for the night, she headed towards the garage next to the building. The lilac haired teen unlocked the garage door with the other key she had. She began pulling the chains of the garage door upwards. Liqiu was glad that she wasn't going to be working in the store this weekend.

Inside the garage was a pearl white colored hybrid-duel runner. It looked like a modern motorcycle with modifications made to it. Her duel runner has a black tinted face shield in the front. There was a curve-like blade guard on each other side that protects the steering controls. Her duel runner's blade guards had this white and black checker pattern on it.

Liqiu grabbed a white helmet from one of the hooks. It had this dusty pink chrysanthemum design on both sides. She removed her duel runner's kickstand and began pushing it towards the road. The lilac haired teenager closed and locked the garage door. After that, Liqiu left the garage and drove on her duel runner.

Despite being on a duel runner, Liqiu knew how dangerous it was to be around these parts of the Satellite especially after sunset. She knew about the shady people that would wander around here. There were also people that would try to steal a duel runner for themselves or scavenge the parts and try to make good money out of them. The 16 year old wasn't afraid of them since she deals with them in her shop almost 55 percent of the time. Plus she uses her duel runner as a mode of transportation majority of the time.

If she needed to duel someone, she removes the duel disk compartment and uses that. Liqiu didn't want to catch anyone's attention by challenging them to a turbo duel. The last thing she wanted was to head to the Facility. She sighed to herself and continued the ride. All she wanted was to change into pajamas and go back to bed.

It was a fifteen-minute ride from here to her home. Ever since she left Martha's place five years ago, Liqiu learned how to live on her own once again. She returned to her old home and tried to put into good use. Luckily, there hasn't been anyone living there for a while. That meant she had the entire building to herself and she didn't have to deal with annoying neighbors.

The lilac haired teen sighed to herself, and she glanced to her right. There were a small group of crooks that gave her a dirty look. Their eyes focused her white and black duel runner, not much to her surprise. Liqiu didn't want to deal with any of them since she was almost home. The 16 year old teenager adjusted the speed of her duel runner and rode off like the wind. A small dust cloud formed and the small group of crooks began coughing.

"Damn it! She's gone," said one of them.

Another replied, "We will get her the next time around."

From a distance, Liqiu glanced over again and smiled to herself. It was a relief that she was able to outspeed them for now. She didn't want to be overconfident since there were probably more people like them on every corner. The Chinese teenager had to be vigilant whenever she was on the streets whether it was day or night. For her, the good part was that she's almost home. That usually took her about a minute to get there.

Her dark brown eyes noticed a familiar older male teen sitting on the front steps of the apartment complex. The person immediately glanced over at the white and black duel runner. He smirked and made eye contact with the lilac haired teenager. The teenager was a fair skinned fellow with light red slick back hair and bluish green eyes. His outfit consisted of a black leather jacket, a dark green colored t-shirt, black worn out jeans, and black combat boots. On the left side of his face, he had a yellow criminal mark.

This ends the second chapter of Satellite Girl. With this chapter, we get to know what Liqiu does for living as a 16 year old in the Satellite. Also, we get a brief description of the mystery teen who's waiting for Liqiu. For know, read and review.