Whew! Response has been overwhelming to the story thus far, and I only hope I can keep your attention to the end of the story. I appreciate everyone giving their reviews and opinions, and while I'm sure most of you will like how it develops, others won't, ...no matter how I write it.

On a side note: many of you have assumed that it was one of the previous Hokages that was summoned. While that would be kind of fun, I'm gonna stick to using an OC, mainly because an OC can act any way I want him to, while a Hokage is supposed to act like ...well, a Hokage. That, and they have specific jutsus that I don't know about. Also, this chapter is gonna be in journal format, because I just can't think of any other way to do it.

Here we go...

OOOOOOXXX FROM THE JOURNAL OF UZUMAKI NARUTO XXXOOOOOO

This past week has been ...oh, what's the word? Freakin' weird fits.

How do I start? I guess it all started with Mizuki-sensei telling me about the Scroll of Seals, and how if I could show one of it's forbidden jutus to Iruka-sensei, that I would graduate. Well, that all went to hell. I showed him one, but before he decided on anything, Mizuki-sensei told me about the NIne Tails Demon Fox. About how I am the Kyuubi. But enough about that. I don't want to talk about it.

Where was I? Oh, yes. I finally graduated and was put in the same group as Sakura-chan! That would have been the best day of my life, except that Sasuke ended up in our group as well. ...Why the hell couldn't he be in another group, with other girls that obsess over him? That guy's a freakin' jerk. I hate him, he hates me.

Some team.

We also met our jounin instructor who, as far as I can tell, is the worst one. He doesn't tell us anything about himself, then he goes and makes us take some dumb test when we're absolutely starving. And the loser loses... lunch.

That's when things got weird. All of a sudden, I felt like my body was shutting down. Like everything was losing connection with my brain. Then, just as quickly as it left, it came back. I could see, I could move... well, no, I couldn't move... For some reason, my body was moving by itself. Like someone else had taken the controls away. Which was, in fact, what had happened. Apparently, when I had finished reading the scroll, the one mentioned earlier, a summoning jutsu was activated, ...one that put a dead guy's soul into my body. I only know this because he told me. Yes, he talks to me in my head. Always at the wrong time, too.

Not only did he tell me how he ended up in my head, but he also told me a little about himself. His name is ...was... Senshi; Ishida Senshi. He had been dead for quite some time, though he didn't know exactly how long. You can't keep track of time very well when you're dead. He did remember, though, that he was one of many early shinobi that helped in writing the Scroll of Seals. Himself, along with a few kages from the early villages, wrote the whole thing. He mentioned the First Hokage by name, if that means anything. Other than that, Senshi would only say that he excelled in Taijutsu over Genjutsu and Ninjutsu, but he would often use Ninjutsu when he felt like it.

Anyway, back to the test. With Senshi in control of my body, it hid in a nearby tree. I would have just stood and demanded a fight, myself, but I didn't have any choice. The hiding would have been fine if the klutz would only watch his footing. I swear, with the noise I made coming down out of that tree, I would have woken up the whole village. Somehow, he got us back up and we started fighting Kakashi. Again, I could only watch, but he made me attack, and Kakashi dodged, blocked, and generally made me look like a fool. Especially with that stupid One Thousand Years of Pain technique. ...That was the only time that I was glad for Senshi's interference. He felt it. I did not. Hee hee.

Once I was knocked in the water, I heard him think something about how slow I was. Like he had room to talk. How much faster could he have been, after all? Well, he pulled a Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, and just when it looked like he'd get a decent hit in...

...Kakashi did it again. He grabbed me off of his back and hurled me into my clones. Obviously, he had had enough, so he activated the invisiblilty at the same instant that the clones disappeared. Then, by holding still, he managed to fool Kakashi into thinking that they were all clones, and that the real me was still hiding somewhere. To do this,he had to hold mestill for a long time. Even watching, I could tell that this wasn't easy. Invisibility used up a lot of Chakra. Fortunately, a noise in the bushes drew his attention, and he left.

At this point, Senshi released his control on my body, and I could move again. Then I found out why. My body was almost completely out of Chakra, and I was exhausted. So I just lay there, on the ground, staring up at the sky while Sakura and Sasuke fended for themselves. This was when Senshi told me about himself.

When I finally got enough energy back to move, I noticed something behind a large boulder near the edge of the clearing. ...Lunches! Two of them! If I had learned anything from losing control of my body to a dead guy, it was that I missed doing what I really wanted to do. So, without further ado, I sat down to eat. Then, a shadow fell over me.

...Busted by Kakashi-sensei. This day just keeps getting better and better.

What followed was a lecture about teamwork and how we weren't even close to becoming ninjas. And some other stuff. Yadda yadda. All the while, I was tied to the pole. In short, Kakashi informed us that he would give us one more chance to get a bell, but it would be after lunch. And it would be a lot harder than what we just did. Jeez.

I have learned something about torture. When you haven't eaten in more than 12 hours, and then get tied to a pole while your teammates eat in front of you... that's just evil. Oh, and they ate. I hoped Sasuke choked on his. Apparently, if either of them fed me, we'd all fail. Well, I don't know how loudly I would have complained, but my empty stomach started eating itself, and that made all the noise I needed to make.

And then, ...Sasuke did something that suprised all of us. He held his tray of food up to me. Basically, he said that if I didn't have any strength, I'd just get in his way next time. Besides, he didn't sense Kakashi-sensei anywhere nearby. Something about us getting the bells together. But that didn't blow me away as much as Sakura-chan doing the same thing! For a moment, it actually seemed like she cared about me!

That's when it all went to hell. Kakashi exploded out of the trees, right in front of us! He'd been there the whole time! Oh, God... he couldn't have looked any more frightening than right then. I don't remember too many details, but we all said something about being a three-man team, and that it would do no good for one or two of us to fail. Next thing I know... "You pass!"

Well, that's about all I have to write about. It's been about a month or so since then, and Team 7 has been doing small, out-of-the-way, pieces-of-crap missions. I've been holding my tounge almost the entire time. I'm kinda disappointed, too... I haven't had the chance to use any of my new techniques since I learned them. I only hope I don't forget any of them.

Senshi has been 'coaching' me through my training, giving me tips on how to move better, and how to better manage my Chakra, as well as influence my growth personally (or so he says). He hasn't taken control again since the test, ...he's been focused on pushing the limits that my body can reach. And while he hasn't told me, I think he plans on taking control again before too long. God knows when that's gonna happen.

Well, I gotta go. The team's being called into Hokage's office for our next mission. That, and this old, fat guy keeps bugging me. I don't know what he's drinkin', but I thought booze wasn't allowed in the waiting room, here. Oh, well. I doubt I'll ever see him again, anyway.

OOOOOOXXXXXXOOOOOO

Yes, I know it's shorter than the others, but it's the only way I could think of to spit out this part of the story. At least, to make it work. And I know that I went back to summarizing everything, but this is in journal-entry format, so what amI gonna do?

For those who want to know, the word Senshi translates into Warrior. And, the old man at the end is probably who you think he is. So you should know what's coming in the next chapter.

R&R!