Chapter 6: The First Day of School

"Alright, Ashley! I got your uniform all r-Huh?!" Uryu gasped loudly to find...that Ashley was still in bed, snoring it away! "Ashley, what are you doing still in bed?!" Uryu shouted, as he threw down the newly made school uniform he made for Ashley, and threw it on her sleeping body. She didn't move an inch. "Do you hear me?! Get up and put that uniform on!!" Uryu shouted, pointing an angry index finger at her, but she kept on snoring. The only thing she said was actually in her dreams, "Haha, twenty-four!!" That strange statement made Uryu think, what the hell is she dreaming about? Uryu shook his head rapidly, ridding it away from his thoughts; he knew it wasn't the time to think. "Dammit, Ashley!" Uryu shouted as he pulled, forcefully, on the black hood of Ashley's jacket. Unfortuneately, she had grabbed the railings above her with her hands, before Uryu had a chance to pull. "Get out of bed, NOW!!!!"

"Five more minutes..." Ashley mumbled; even though she had her eyes closed, she still had a tight grip on the railings. "No 'five more minutes'!!! Get up, get up, get uuupppp!!!!!" Uryu shouted, to the top of his lungs, pulling harder, that the railings may break off at any minute, and the neighbors may be hearing him shout so loudly.

"No....come on...."

"No, YOU come on!! Get u--"

"But, mom...."

Instantly, after hearing Ashley mumble that three-lettered word, he let go of her hoodie and dropped down at the edge of the bed. "Oh, Ashley..." Uryu sighed deeply, as he rubbed Ashley's back soothingly. "You miss your mother, don't you? Well, you're not the only one..." Once again, Uryu started to get lost in thought of his own mermories, that he didn't notice Ashley rustling around, as she started to wake up. "...Uryu...?" Ashley mumbled, as she wiped her eyes away from the sleepiness, and slowly started to rise up from the bed. When she had sat up, she saw that Uryu was sitting on the edge of her bed and the uniform was sitting in her lap that she just noticed. "Oh, you got my uniform ready," Ashley stated as she held it up in her hands, studying it closely: It looked just like it did in the show. Ashley thought Uryu did a magnificent job on it. "This looks great, Uryu. You worked hard on it, and I'm very grateful!"

Ashley knew that Uryu would probably laugh or smile or give a small 'thanks' in that sweet, beautiful voice of his, but he was silent this time. "Uryu?" Ashley watched Uryu closely: He had a thoughtful look on his face, his hands were together, fingers laced, on his lap, and he never moved. Ashley decided it was about time to snap him out of his constant, revolving thoughts. Carefully as she could, Ashley placed the uniform behind her, and sneakily crawled behind Uryu. Lucky for her, Uryu never noticed her, since he was still stuck in his thoughts. Ashley leaned her face close beside Uryu's, gently placing her hands just inches away from his shoulders. And when the right moment arrived, Ashley slammed her hands on his shoulders hard, while she screamed, "OH MY GOD, URYU!!!!!!!!!"

"Wahhhh!!!!!" Uryu screamed, nearly jumping out of his skin, as he jumped away from the bed, and landed on the floor, on his back. He looked up at Ashley, with fear in his eyes. "What?! What?! What happened?!" Ashley could not help but let out a huge laugh from Uryu's sudden fearful outburst. Uryu watched Ashley closely, as he saw her just busting out laughing; she never showed any sign of fear or worryment. "Ha, ha, ha. Very funny, " Uryu grumbled to Ashley sarcastically, as he stood up from the floor and rearranged his tie back in place. "I know it is! That's why I did it!!" Ashley continued to laugh, holding her stomach with her hands as if she was in pain; which she probably was, from laughing so much. "You do know that I was using sarcasm, right?" Uryu muttered to himself. "Anyway, come on! School starts in thirty minutes! Put on that uniform now." The uniform, laying silently on Ashley's bed, was still neat and perfectly folded. Ashley grabbed the uniform from behind her, once again studying it all together. "You put that on, and I'll be waiting downstairs for you." Uryu turned on his heel, his back facing Ashley; he spoke nothing to Ashley, his footsteps no more quieter or softer than a mouse scurrying around. But, before he was completely out of her sight, Ashley could not help but watch Uryu, slowly and gracefully, walk out of the room with his hands stuffed in his pockets of his gray school pants.

"Uryu..." Ashley whispered under her breath when she knew Uryu was out of hearing range. Ashley blushed as she thought, His shoulders seem to be more broader than they used to be. And his muscles...they're so much more buh...buh... Whenever Ashley realized what she was about to say, and what she was thinking about too, her face flushed a deep, deep, red. "Wha-What am...I...thinking?! I...I shouldn't look at him that way! No way!!"

Seconds, minutes went by as the only sound that could be heard was the tick-tocking of the wall clock in the corner--and if she could hear very well, Ashley could hear Uryu's impacient pounding of his tappings of his foot as he waited for her downstairs. Ashley once again took the cleanly-made school uniform in her hands, scrutinizing all of the perfectly-crafted details. "Well," Ashley sighed, desperately, as she lazily stood up from her bed. "I guess I should put this on now. Don't want mommy-dearest to yell at me again."

"Come on, come on," Uryu mumbled to himself, quietly and impaciently, tapping his left foot uncontrollably from waiting on Ashley; Uryu had a feeling that it was a very bad and unlucky idea to spring up 'you can come to school with me' idea, which is turning out to be a total tradegy. Uryu had, for the most time, looked over at the grandfather clock at least every five seconds, caught up on the time which was seven thirty-five. It wasn't a problem, but Uryu likes to arrive at school at a respectiveful time, so he can have his quiet time and read, or sew, or even do some homework problems he forgot to do. Surprised by himself, Uryu actually thought about just going ahead and leaving Ashley here, but Uryu was not like that. Even if they were ten hours late, he'd do what he can to wait on her. "I must be pacient," He tried to convince himself over and over again.

Then Uryu felt his phone vibrate quietly in his pocket, as he took it out and flipped it open to see the number on the small screen. Uryu couldn't help but let out a scoff of annoyance by that all too familiar number on his screen. He didn't want to talk to him of all people, so early in the morning--but, if he didn't answer him now, then surely he would call again and again until Uryu talks to him. A growl surfacing in his throat, Uryu pressed the phone to his ear, as he greeted icily, "What?" Ryuken answered, in a stern and cold voice, "Where's the girl; let me speak to her about something." Uryu's anger for his father soon started to bubble up again, but he was able to remain his calm self as he said, "Sorry, can't, Ryuken. Besides she doesn't even live here, so I couldn't even if I wanted to." It was an obvious lie that anyone could see through, even Ryuken. But Uryu had to try what he could to stop Ryuken's attempts to speak to Ashley about something he had no idea of. It was a minute or two before Ryuken spoke again, "...Why do I have this feeling that you're lying to me? The girl is there, isn't she? If so, then let me speak to her. Now."

"No, Ryuken, no. I'm not going to let her speak or see you unless she says so. And she told me she doesn't want to see you, so just .it." With that striking statement said and done, Uryu closed his phone shut and stuffed it away in his back pocket. "It's all so stupid..." Uryu mumbled to himself.

"What's so stupid?" Ashley asked, as she stepped toward Uryu, whose back was facing her. "Um," Uryu mumbled under his breath, as he turned around in Ashley's direction. When he looked at Ashley infront of him, he suddenly found himself at a loss for words: Ashley was in the new school uniform Uryu made for her, staring up at his blank face, waiting for him to answer. Uryu coughed softly behind his hand then, shutting away the arkward silence. "Um, i-it's nothing, but Ichigo called to see how you were doing here. I told him you were doing fine."

"Oh," Ashley smiled, oblivious that that was a lie Uryu told her. "Okay, cool. Did you tell him I'm going to the same school as him?" Uryu froze by Ashley's question, trying to think of a quick lie that could sound like truth to her. "Heh," Uryu chuckled, pushing up his glasses to the bridge of his nose. "Um, actually, I forgot to tell him about that since we're kind of in a hurry. Sorry. But, wouldn't it be more fun to surprise Kurosaki and everyone else by just showing up unexpectedly?" Ashley, crossing her arms over her chest and looking down at the floor, thought it over very hard, as her face showed. She then lifted her face up, flashing a delighted smile at Uryu. "Oh, yeah! That would be great! I can't wait to see everyone's face when I show up at their school so randomly!!" A smirk played on Uryu's lips as he saw Ashley jumping up and down in excitement.

Uryu and Ashley were walking down the street to the high school now: Uryu was alittle bit ahead of Ashley, as Ashley was just a few inches behind him, looking over her new schedule that Uryu gave her before they left. Just as Uryu said before, she had the same homeroom class as he did, and all the others as well--except for the sewing club class, that is. She had the Art club class instead of that. "So I have...literature first." Ashley mumbled to herself, as Uryu took a quick glimpse at her from the corner of his eye. "Don't worry, I'll show you the way." Uryu said outloud, which made Ashley look away from the schedule in her hand and up at Uryu. "Huh?" Uryu let out a small chuckle from Ashley's confusion, as she stepped up beside him. "I mean, that I'll show you around to your classes; we almost have the same classes, after all."

"Oh," Right now, Ashley wanted to slap herself for sounding so stupid infront of Uryu, of all people. But Uryu found her stupidity quite amusing, which was a big relief to her. Better humor than annoyance, like he is to Ichigo's stupidity. But it shocked Ashley that she was acting like this; usually she does not act like such an idiot as she is. She usually acts quite calm and collected, and sometimes as a know-it-all. Dammit! Why do I have to sound like such a retard! And infront of Uryu!! Ashley thought to herself in her now conflicted mind. I don't even know why I act like this...and ONLY infront of him! Urgh!!

"Uhm, Ashley...?" Uryu called out to her, which made Ashley snap out of her recurring thoughts quickly. And when she did, Ashley saw that they had made it to the school, and Uryu was infront of her, holding open the entrance door for her. Uryu now knew that Ashley kept everything in her thoughts only, since he always catches her with a blank look on her face, as if she was thinking of something very deeply. Uryu wished for Ashley to open her inner thoughts to him, for reasons Uryu could not think of. Uryu asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Uhm, oh! No, it's nothing, Uryu! Really!" Ashley shouted up to Uryu, waving her hands in dismay, hoping Uryu would not know or notice that she was lost in her thoughts. Uryu's face fell from that, hoping--just alittle bit--she would tell him what was on her mind, even though he knew there was no chance she would. "Oh...I...see." Uryu could barely let out anything clearly from such hurt and sadness he suddenly felt. Without taking a single glimpse at Ashley, Uryu walked inside the school without a word. Ashley once again felt confused, as she hurriedly dashed to Uryu's side--she looked up at his troubled face, quizically, "Hey, are you okay? Uryu?"

Uryu did not answer her imediately, as they approached the front office's desk. "Um, no. It's nothing. Nothing at all." Ashley could not help but look up at Uryu's saddened face, and feel remorse. "Is it...something I did?" Ashley wanted this question to be in her mind, but decided otherwise, since she wanted to know the answer to it. Uryu's blue eyes widened by that, as he snapped his head down at Ashley; she did not look up at him, but over at the pure white wall, with sadness and guilt in her eyes. "Wha-What are you talking about? Ashley, you think that...that--"

"Oh, good morning!" A woman, in her mid-fourties, came out of the copy room behind the desk, as she held a stack of papers in her arms. She set the papers down on the desk, her rosy red lips forming in a warm smile. "What can I do for you two?" Uryu faced the woman, as he said in a monotone voice, "I called to enroll a new student yesterday, and I just wanted to check to see if you've put her in the system yet." The woman nodded toward him, as she took out a sheet of paper in a drawer from under the desk, "Hm, yes. Freshman Ashley Spencer, right? Put in room...1-3?" Once he heard what he needed to hear, Uryu stepped away, heading his way to the classroom. "Okay, thank you, Hamasaki-sensei. Let's go, Ashley." Ashley, unmoving from her place, stared at Uryu's back--watching him slowly walk away. Uryu, what did I do? What did I do to make you this way? Did I say something? Or is it something I did? Uryu, I...can't go on like this. I can't go on seeing you so hurt because of me. "...I'm sorry." Ashley whispered, as a tear flowed past her as she walked in Uryu's direction.

"We're almost there." Uryu told Ashley, in that same melancholy voice, as they passed by class rooms 1-1 and 1-2; 1-3 was just ahead of them now. Ashley couldn't help but look up at Uryu for the longest time, rather he notice her gleaming stare or not. Uryu...please...please...don't be so sad. Be happy. And free. I don't know what I did, but...I'm sorry! Ashley felt hot moisture blur her vision, but she was lucky enough to fight them back away. Now, Ashley and Uryu were infront of the door to their homeroom class 1-3; Uryu put his hand on the handle, ready to slide it open, but then Ashley suddenly but her gentle hand on Uryu's strong one before he could. "Ashley?" Uryu looked down at Ashley questionably, as Ashley looked down at the tile floor sadly. She wanted more than anything for Uryu to be happy again, and for that she must know what it was that made him so sad.

"Uryu...I'm so sorry..." Ashley said, as Uryu became more confused on what she was going on about; Ashley then lifted her head up, tears at the edges of her eyes, "What ever I did to make you like this, I'm sorry! I don't know what I did, but I'm sorry for causing so much pain, so much agony, so much sadness. If I'm such a horrible person like you think I am, then I can move out and go--"

"No!!" Uryu shouted to Ashley before she could finish, grabbing her shoulders tightly in his fists. "Please, stop, Ashley. You did nothing wrong at all, believe me. Ever since you arrived here, you've been so...so kind to me. I've never met a girl like you, and I am very glad that I met you. I can even say that I'm glad you came here, no matter how selfish it may sound. And who told you that I thought you were a horrible person? You are far from it, Ashley. I know I've known you for a very short time now, but I feel so...attached to you."

Ashley could not believe what she just heard. Uryu was attached to her? He was glad that he met her and that she came here? Did he mean it? But, Ashley knew if Uryu said it was true, then it was true. Uryu...he...really does care about me. He does. Just knowing that it's truth and that it's real, it makes me feel happy and so at peace in this world.

"You ready to surprise everyone?" Uryu asked Ashley, a playful smile rising on his lips. Just like a quick click, Ashley's excitement came back and her guilt disappeared in a flash. "All right! This is going to be so fun! I can't wait to see the look on their faces!!!" Uryu let out a sudden hardy laugh--one which Ashley has never heard from him, ever. Ashley began to wonder if she did something stupid again. "Wh-What's so funny?" Ashley laughed along with him, even though she didn't know what was so humorous to him. "Your reaction. I always find it so hilarious when you get all excited about small things like this. I think that's what I like best about you. No matter what kind of mood I'm in, you always seem to make me laugh."

"I...I do? I really...do?" Ashley asked him, as if just realizing it; which she probably was. Does she really make Uryu laugh, no matter how he is feeling? If it really is true, Ashley could admit that she was in the Heaven she dreamed of. "Of course you do, silly!" Uryu smiled widely, showing his perfectly white teeth. Ashley looked up at Uryu closely, wondering if this really was the Uryu she knew, and grew up knowing. She never, ever did see him smile so big, and so happily. The only time she saw his teeth shine was when he was shouting or something; not smiling so widely. And since when did he call people, "silly"?

"Anyway," Uryu said, wiping away the few tears in his eyes from laughing so hard, as he slid open the door to the classroom. He faced himself infront of Ashley, as he outstretched his arm in the classroom. He smiled kindly, "Ladies first." Ashley laughed by Uryu's sudden, humorous formality toward her; Ashley curtsied at Uryu, while saying in a playful, English accent, "Thank you, kind sir." Both Ashley and Uryu both laughed harmonically together, as they entered the classroom 1-3.

"Yo, Uryu!" Ichigo waved over to Uryu, who was on the other side of the classroom. "Ugh, Kurosaki..." Uryu mumbled under his breath in annoyance. "So early in the morning." Ashley laughed by Uryu's annoyance of Ichigo, which wasn't really a big surprise. "Come on, Uryu!! I wanna see what Ichigo's gonna do, when he sees me!!" Ashley said, jumping up and down, which made Uryu chuckle softly inside. "Alright, alright. I'm coming." Ashley excitedly skipped her way over toward Ichigo, as Uryu silently dragged himself over there. "Good morning, Ichigo!!" Ashley said happily, waving her arm excitedly, even though she was just inches infront of him. "Ashley?! What are you doing here?!!" Ichigo's chocolate-brown eyes went wide, while staring down at her. Ashley giggled hyperily, as Uryu stepped beside her. Uryu glared daggers Ichigo's way, "What does it look like, Kurosaki? It's quite obvious that, as of today, she is attending school here." Ichigo looked down at Ashley, ignoring Uryu's glare, as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. "Oh, really? Well, that's something." A growl rumbled in Uryu's throat, as he scratched the back of his head. "Really, Kurosaki. What did you think when you saw her here? What, that she was here because she was a human magnet to me, that she couldn't leave me, or something? You should really think things through for once, okay?" When Ichigo gave Uryu an annoyed look on his face, Ashley couldn't help but let out a short giggle from Uryu's statement. Like she did to him, Uryu made Ashley laugh, especially when watching him and Ichigo bicker.

"What's so funny about that?!" Ichigo shouted at Ashley, growling under his breath. Uryu also growled with Ichigo, his blue eyes shifting Ichigo's way. "Do not yell at her like that, Kurosaki! If she thinks your idioticy is humorous, then it's humorous, okay?! So, just leave Ashley be!!" Ashley looked up at Uryu, who was hovering beside her, "Uhm, Uryu? It's alright, he didn't hurt my feelings or anything, if that's what you think." Uryu sighed then, as he placed his hand on Ashley's shoulder, "Don't try to defend him, Ashley. That's Rukia's job there."

"What did you just say?! I'm no--ack!!" Ichigo's arguement was quickly interupted, as Rukia came up to him and kicked him on the back of his leg. She angerily swifted infront of him, arms crossed over her chest. "Ichigo, there's a hollow alert!! We need to go, now!!!" Rukia quickly grabbed a fistfull of Ichigo's shirt, as she dragged him all the way out of the class heading to destroy the hollow. Meanwhile, back in the classroom, Ashley and Uryu stared out, with unblinking eyes, thinking about what had just happened. "Do you know what just happened?" Uryu finally asked, as they both stood still and frozen. "Your guess is as good as mine." Ashley jokingly chuckled.

"Ashley-chan!! Ashley-chan!!!" Orihime, who had just arrived, skipped joyfully toward Ashley and Uryu. "Orihime!" Ashley smiled kindly, as Orihime stopped in her tracks infront of Ashley. "Good morning, Orihime. How are you?" Orihime giggled cheerily, "I'm fine, thanks! So, you're attending school here now? That's so awesome!! We get to spend more time with each other! Yay!!" Ashley smiled gleefully by Orihime's over-enthusiasm, "Yeah, I know! It's going to be an awesome year here!" As Orihime babbled on and on about how great it was Ashley was at school, Ashley noticed that Uryu had walked away from her and Orihime, over at his desk. He sat down quietly, took a book out of his bag, pushed his glasses up to his nose, and flipped open the book and started to read.

"Um, excuse me for just one moment, Orihime." Ashley said as kindly as she could to Orihime, as she made her way toward Uryu, who was sitting in the second desk in the first row from the right. Uryu, sensing Ashley coming toward him, looked away from his book he was reading, up at Ashley, who just stopped infront of him. Uryu asked, in a kindly tone, "Uhm, yes, Ashley? Is there something you need?" Ashley giggled nervously for reasons Uryu didn't know of, or even Ashley for that matter. "Uhm, well," Ashley muttered under her breath, as she scratched the back of her head. "I was wondering if there was an empty desk around where I could sit?" Uryu hummed to himself, as he turned over, patting the desk surface behind him, " Well, no one sits here; you can sit here if you want." Soon, in a quick flash, Ashley's face brightened and shined like a star. It made her so happy to know that she'll be attending the same school as the Uryu Ishida, but also sitting behind him in homeroom? That made her heart flutter pleasingly inside her, and she felt like she was in one of her dreams again. "O...Oh, really?!! I can?! I really, really can?! Seriously?!!" Uryu laughed by more of Ashley's complete enthusiasm over something so small, "Of course you can."

"Oh, sweet!!" Ashley merrily chimed, as she twirled around in excitement--nearly tripping in the process. She dived herself into the seat behind Uryu, smiling sheepishly, as Uryu stared at her for the longest time. "This is so great, Uryu!! We can talk and chat while we wait for school to start, pass notes to each other when the teacher's not looking, share homework with one another in case one of us forgets to do it, and...and..." As Ashley continued to babble about meaningless things that Uryu wasn't really listening to, Uryu started to gaze at her. He wasn't listening to her at all, not even nodding to her to show her he was listening, but just...gazing. Nothing more. A quirky smile soon edged it's way on Uryu's lips, as he couldn't help but wonder how thoughtful and michevious Ashley looked now.

"Alright, kids! Sit your butts down!!" The homeroom teacher, Ms. Ochi, marched in the classroom, holding a thin folder around her arm. All the students in the room obeyed her, quickly sitting down in their assigned seats. Suddenly, Ashley remembered something that disappointed her, Oh, man. That's right. There's assigned seats, meaning the teacher will tell me where to sit; this isn't the only empty seat. I just hope that she'll seat me here, and not in the far back, away from Uryu.

"Okay, looks like we have a new student today, all the way from America." Ms. Ochi explained, as she pulled out a thin piece of paper from her folder. She looked away from the paper then, looking over at her class of students. "Is there a...Ashley...Spencer here?" Ashley was frozen for a minute or two when she heard her name called, but she soon steadily stood up from her seat. She shyly said, "I-I'm here..." Ms. Ochi wiggled her finger over at Ashley, signaling for her to come over, "Well, why don't you introduce yourself to the class?" Ashley gulped down hard from hearing that question, for she was as shy as shy gets. She never liked standing up and speaking to big crowds, she always got stage fright, and she would always shake uncontrollably. Uryu then took a quick flick of Ashley's arm, unnoticed by the teacher fortunately, as Ashley looked down at him quizically. Uryu nodded up at her, whispering a, "Go on."

Ashley smiled by Uryu's encouragement, as she slowly walked up, infront of the class. "Um, hello," Ashley said shyly, as she took a quick bow infront of the class. "It's nice to...m-meet you a-all..." Uryu couldn't help but watch, and laugh alittle by Ashley's nervousness and shyness. "Hm, okay," Ms. Ochi mumbled, as she looked over at the classroom, searching for a desk she could sit in, Ashley knew. The seat behind Uryu, the seat behind Uryu, Ashley said to herself in her mind over and over again. "Okay," Ms. Ochi pointed over in the back, which disappointed Ashley greatly. "You can have a seat over--"

"Um, Ms. Ochi!!" Uryu called, before she could finish, raising his hand up high. "Is it alright if the new girl sits here, behind me?" Ms. Ochi looked over at Uryu, to see an unoccupated desk behind him. "Hm...no one sits there? Well...alright. I guess it's okay. Your seat's over there, behind Ishida." Ashley nodded to the teacher, as she quickly made her way to her seat. As she walked there, Uryu couldn't help but smile at her, as she sat in her desk behind him. The teacher started to teach to the class then, as she wrote down words written in Japanese which Ashley wasn't paying any attention to. Ashley quickly wrote down on a piece of paper from in her desk, as she folded it four ways; she threw the folded piece of paper over Uryu's left shoulder, landing right infront of him, on the notes he was starting to take.

Uryu unfolded the paper without questioning it, knowing it was from Ashley. It was a note from her; he slowly began to read the note, without the teacher knowing:

Uryu,

Thanks so much for that save you just did! You know, I hate sitting in the back and I was really hoping to sit behind you. I totally owe you one, Ishi! You know, I feel like I'm gonna have a very good time living in this world!

Always,

Ashley

Uryu used all he could to fight back his laugh from the hilarity of the note, especially from the "Ishi" comment. Quickly, on the back of the note, he wrote back his response, folded back up as it was, and flicked it over his shoulder. The note landed silently on Ashley's desk, as she unfolded the note, and eagerly read:

Ashley,

Ha ha, it's really no problem at all. I just wanted you to sit by me so...well, I guess so I'll have someone to talk to. Ashley, with you, I feel like I can tell you anything that I need to say. (Even if you know about it or not). I hope you feel the same way, too. If you need to tell someone something, then I'll be all ears. You can trust me to keep it secret, I swear. And um, Ishi? Is that a nickname you gave me or something? Well, what ever it is, I like it. Feel free to call me that from time to time, but not all the time.

Love,

Uryu

P.S. Oh, and do you mind if you and I eat lunch together, just the two of us? I have something I need to tell you.

Ashley couldn't help but stare down at the perfectly-written note infront of her. Uryu...does he really trust Ashley that much to tell her all of his deep, dark, secrets? Ashley wondered. Just thinking about it, made Ashley feel so safe and secure in this world. Uryu was the one who showed the most kindness to her, more kindness than her friends in her world never showed. He was the one who understands her, more than her family back at her world would never know. He was the one...whom she trusts more than anyone she has ever known. Ashley would even admit that she could trust herself, even her own life, with Uryu.