No one knows the time period in which Naruto takes place. I believe that it takes place in the present. My reasoning behind this is the following three things: headsets, refrigerators, and the giant computer screen from the Chunnin exams. As you will see shortly, there will be some items from the current time.

Sasaku sluggishly made his way out of bed and to the door. He still couldn't believe what happened yesterday. He still had his chance though. Karei had told him that she'd be coming to the Academy class now. Another new student, and this one was a HAW-T. He sighed as he locked his door. Naruto opened his door, and Sasaku's jaw dropped as he walked out. Naruto stood there in a black leather biker outfit, with the headband tied around him like a sash under the jacket. On his head was a pair of sunglasses.

"Sup Sasaku." Naruto said, pulling the glasses over his eyes. Sasaku just stared wide-eyed as Naruto walked away. He wasn't kidding when he said he was trying to impress Karei. Today in class would be sparring matches between all the students. Sasaku would have to be matched up with Naruto to show him up. But then that would mean that he'd be taking on the weakest one in the class. He thought hard. It couldn't be Sasuke because he left for training. It had to be Neji!

Sasaku could probably beat him easily. He smiled as he picked up some rice balls for breakfast. He then walked towards the academy. Two girls just suddenly walked up to him. He didn't know either of them. "You're Sasaku, right?" one of them asked. Sasaku smiled and nodded. "Then tell us," the other one said, "if you had to pick one of us to go out with, and couldn't got out with the other, which would it be?" Sasaku looked at both of them and thought for a moment.

"I would probably ask a friend to come and one of you would pretend he was your date." he said with a smile. The two girls giggled. "Thank you." the first one said. The two ran off to a third girl. Sasaku could have sworn he heard one of them say, "Wow, Rika was right." Rika was probably one of the many girls he was able to impress with a wink and a smile. He walked to the academy, and inside, there was everyone but Chouji (who'd called in sick) and Naruto. 'Probably planning some big entrance.' Sasaku thought to himself.

He took a seat next to an empty chair. Iruka looked up. "Time to begin." he said, "First thing's first. There is another new student. Come in!" The door opened and Karei stepped through. "Hello." she said, "I am Uindo Karei." Every boy stared at Karei blankly. Sasaku sighed; she was like the girl version of him. She then looked around. "What are you all staring at?" she asked. All the boys turned away blushing and doing other things to cover that fact.

Karei groaned and sat in the seat next to Sasaku. "Here's your pay for yesterday." she said handing him a small stack of cash. "Thanks." Sasaku said, taking the money. It was more then he expected, especially for a B-ranked mission. Then again, it was search and destroy for a man with the possibility of spilling info to Oto. "Now, we will start with the sparring..." Iruka said, looking around, "Where's Naruto?" A pillar of smoke dropped from the ceiling, then spread throughout the classroom. Everyone began to cough. When the smoke cleared, Naruto was standing on the desk in the front of the room.

"Uzumaki Naruto!" he said, lifting his shades, "At your service!" Sasaku looked over and almost saw hearts in Sakura, Ino, and TenTen's eyes. Hinata was blushing like crazy, almost afraid to look at him. Karei looked him over. 'This kid is something else.' she thought, 'I might actually give him a chance.' Naruto jumped off the desk and into the seat next to Karei. "Sup!" he said, causing her to giggle. Sasakus eyes fired up with rage. Karei then gave him his pay from yesterday.

"As I was saying..." Iruka said. Sasaku was shocked. That was the kind of thing that would usually make Naruto stay after. "Today we will be sparring other members of the class." Iruka continued, "For those of you that participated, this will be similar to the Chunnin exam prelims. They will be one on one, and one at a time." Sasaku smiled. "Can we request whom we fight with?" he asked. Iruka nodded. "You will challenge someone, then sign your names on the list of fighters. Find your partners now."

Everyone stood up and began talking to everyone else. Sasaku walked up to Neji. "Neji," he said, "I challenge you!" Neji smirked. "I accept." he said. He then stared into Sasakus eyes. "Interesting..." he said to himself. 'Usually I can see someone's destiny from his or her eyes. His is different, and seems as if it has yet to be decided.' Everyone began to sign up for the fights. Neji knew that this fight would be much different.

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Sasauke woke up to the smell of smoke. He got up and had a very poorly cooked bird thrust in his face. "Eat up!" Suzaku said, "We have a long day ahead." Sasuke rubbed his eyes. "What are you talking about?" he yawned. Suzaku laughed. "We've got an A-ranked, a B-ranked, and two C-ranked missions to complete in a week!" he said, his smile never fading. Sasuke looked at Suzaku like he just killed someone. "Did Tsunade actually assign us all of that?!?" he asked.

Suzaku laughed. "Just the A-ranked, but I stole the other three documents because they were on the way." Sasuke groaned as he took a bite. "What are they?" he asked. Suzaku reached into his pack and pulled out four scrolls. He opened them and began to read them. "The two C-ranks and B-Rank are little missions where we destroy little rouge encampments. The B-rank one is first, then the C-rank ones. Then for the A-rank, it's a bounty hunter type thing. The man is wanted dead in the Village Hidden Among Stones."

"Who do we want to kill?" Sasuke asked. Suzaku looked back at the scroll. "He was once one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." he said, "His name is Raiga."

To be continued...