The Journey (Naruto x Solo Leveling Fanfiction)

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Sasuke Uchiha walked through the crowded front gates of his new highschool. It was a grand building, he had to admit, but he cursed every minute he was in here.

"Good luck and have fun, Mr. Uchiha!" Kil Nari waved him goodbye and then moved back to the limousine that dropped him off, not once turning back to acknowledge Choi's assistant.

"Woah~who is that guy?"

"He must come from a wealthy family!"

"He's kinda good looking~"

"He must be a new kid. I've never seen him around here before."

And another thing that got on his nerves were all the looks he was getting for arriving in a limousine. It wasn't an issue ignoring all the attempts to gain his attention due to his experiences in the ninja academy, but it was an irritating endeavour.

Making his way towards his home class, Room 1-C, he noticed several heads facing him as soon as he entered the room. Paying them no mind he picked the last remaining desk next to the window and sat down with his hands folded over his face.

"Hey, man! My name is Lee Baekhyun, but most people call me Lee and you are?" Lee introduced himself enthusiastically offering a handshake, however, Sasuke just gave him a blank stare not moving to return the offered greeting.

Lee Baekhyun was a wavy brown-haired teen of above-average height with muddy brown eyes and a small, barely noticeable scar under his nose.

Lee awkwardly retracted his hand, "Hehe... Well, this is my first year in high school and I'm hoping the jump from middle school isn't as bad as my cousins say it is. They can be real asshats, those guys!" he laughed, still put off by Sasuke's standoffish demeanour.

"My cousins are dead."

"Oh, um! I didn't mean anything by it, man. Uh, I'm sorry for your loss..." Lee stuttered helplessly at Sasuke's deadpan tone.

"Hn."

Lee just cringed visibly before taking a breath, "Um, I saw you coming out of that limo earlier. You must come from a wealthy family, right?" He inquired, hoping to make some small talk.

Sasuke glanced in his direction for the first time since the conversation started, "Why does it matter if I'm from a rich family? What are you hoping to gain?" His expression was blank but his icy tone struck Lee Baekhyun with trepidation.

"N-Nothing, I was just wanting to make small talk, you know! You seemed pretty lonely..." Lee waved his hands defensively and Sasuke just looked at him for a while. Baekhyun couldn't read anything from those onyx orbs that seemed to be dissecting his very soul, making him feel very exposed and somehow inadequate.

"What do you know of isolation?" Sasuke questioned his inquiry leaving the brown haired student tongue tied. Suddenly the bell rang grabbing the whole class's attention as they all knew that meant the school day had officially begun.

"Attention class!" the teacher's loud voice resounded to everyone in the classroom. "Get to your seats and settle down! This isn't middle school anymore!" The teacher's orders caused everyone to scramble to their seats and pay attention to what the man had to say.

He was a 6 ft tall, middle-aged man. He was wearing a beige jacket with a dark green pullover underneath and wore similarly coloured beige trousers.

"Good, I like that. Now that you've all settled down I think introductions are in order. I'll start," he picked up a piece of chalk and started writing on the chalkboard.