A/N: Sorry for no update, but it is summer and summer means vacation. I know that is no excuse but I am going to be trying to update all my stories today and at the end of one of them will be a slight summary for my new story idea. Don't worry, I will complete A Free Trip before I start that one. Just believe in me, kay?[:


A Thousand Shining Coins

Chapter 4: Hair-cut

Rating: K


Sakura Mamiya had gotten to school early that day, hoping to see her classmate, Rinne Rokudo. She waited by the fountain, standing there in the rain. Eventually she figured he slept in and walked inside the school building. She had every class with him and he hadn't shown up for any of them. This worried her quite a bit. She knew Rinne tried his best to come to school every day.

He had told her once, "If I can get good grades maybe I can get into a good college on a scholarship." his scarlet eyes had shined deeply with that thought, "Then, perhaps, I could get a well paying job and live some of my life normally." he clenched his fist.

She remembered smiling at him. She wouldn't say she liked him best when he worried about money... but he talked about his dreams more when he thought of money. She enjoyed hearing how he saw things and couldn't help but share her thoughts with him, as well.

The bell finally rang as she was engulfed in her memories of the young sort of Shinigami. Now thinking about why he hadn't shown up she became more and more worried. She came to the conclusion that he may have, yet again, caught the "afterlife-strain-flu". Determined she quickly ditched Tsubasa and ran off to buy some chicken soup for Rinne and Rokumon-chan.


Walking back onto school grounds she closed in on the club building. When she opened the door what she saw confused and amused her.

Sitting there, on his bed, staring into the mirror, she had unfortunetly spent so much of his money on, was Rinne. Rinne with scissors in his right hand...

"Um, Rokudo-kun... what are you doing?" he looked up as she said this.

"Oh, Sakura Mamiya, I am trying to cut my hair. Its gotten too long, to the point where it is impossible to see through it."

Thinking back she remembered that Rinne's hair had been getting longer. Thats probably why he didn't show up in school, couldn't see well enough. She nodded at what Rokudo-kun had told her.

At that Rokumon-chan planted himself on Sakura's shoulder.

"Look Rinne-sama! Sakura-sama brought us a delicious meal!"

With that, Rinne sat the scissors down, walked over and bowed to Sakura Mamiya graciously thanking her for the wonderful meal. He sat it down on the little worn out desk, promising himself to eat it the minute his hair was acceptable. He went back over and sat down, resuming his earlier stance to begin cutting his hair.

"Sakura Mamiya," he said without turning to look at her, "I'm sorry but you should go, I need concentration and I'm quite sure you don't want to sit here and watch me trim my hair."

She shrugged, "I could help, you know. It would be hard for you to get the back on your own."

She walked over and took the scissors from his hand. "You want it cut like it was before, right?" he nodded.

She gently took a bit of his hair between her fingers. She noted how soft and shiny it was before she cut about an inch off. As she cut it she admired how it floated to the floor, just like a feather floating in the breeze. His hair had been the first thing many people had noticed about him when they first saw him. But for her the first thing she trully noticed about Rinne was... Rinne. That he was there, sitting right beside her.

Soon, his hair had gone back to the length it was when she met him.

"It looks better like this." she smiled.

He ran his hand through his hair, "Thankyou, Sakura Mamiya. I was starting to think I would have to go to a barber."

She giggled at the word 'barber'. People haven't said 'barber' since the 80's. And he wasn't even alive in the 80's so it was a mystery as to why he said that. Pfft. No, he was the mystery...

Yes, Rinne Rokudo was trully a mystery, a mystery she'd one day like to solve.


A/N: Did you like it? Its not one of my best but if it needs editing please tell me if I should have included something. Thanks, have a great day ;D