When she was born she could see people, not the regular types of people, the see through, ghosts basically, they always hung around, her parents thought there was something wrong with her laughing at things that weren't there.

This was followed by many visits to a medic and even visits to a Yamanaka, who delved into her brain with his jutsu to figure out what was wrong, nothing, she was perfectly normal, she could just see dead people, two to be precise.

At age five she even knew their names Hashirama Senju and Kushina Uzumaki, they could manifest themselves just a little and touch physical things, even take over her body briefly to release some of their pent up frustration.

Like when she entered the academy and that little girl Ami Himekari picked on her larger than life forehead, Kushina took command of her body "DON'T PICK ON MY FOREHEAD YOU KNOW" and punched the other girl.

Followed by the other girls in the class avoiding her like the plague and Kushina pouting for a week as the young Sakura Haruno ignored her until Hashirama managed to get the girl they were attached to, to forgive the Uzumaki or she would never stop pouting.

It wasn't the last time she was angry with the ghost's that were somehow attached to her, they caused trouble for her everywhere she went, Hashirama called them her Ghost's in Crime, for all the mischief they managed on a regular basis she could believe him.

Take for instance when she was seven and she'd finally made a friend only at Kushina's insistence, the blonde boy in class with the brightest blue eyes she'd ever seen, and with Hashirama egging her on, they both played a prank that landed them detention for a week.

Her friend didn't care either way "You were totally awesome Sakura-chan believe it" Naruto flashed her a whiskered grin as they wrote their lines which were I mustn't play pranks on my academy sensei, over and over again until their hands ached something fierce.

But they went home with the knowledge that they would be hanging out again the next day, or when Sasuke became cold towards everyone and she tried to cheer him up only to be shoved away, "He's just sad because of what happened" Hashirama would say, when she was eight.

Not that Sakura understood it in the least, but she tried her best to stay out of the Uchiha's way after that to avoid upsetting him, not like the other idiotic girls in her class, who fawned over the boy missing his irritated glares not that they paid him any mind.

Less than a month later Sakura befriended a young girl who claimed she'd run away from home and that she wouldn't go back no matter what, her name was Karin and Kushina was one hundred percent certain the girl was an Uzumaki.

So at the two ghost's insistence after learning just what happened that caused the girl to run away from her village, Sakura taught Karin regular medical ninjutsu, for two weeks things went well before he came.

Kan Kuki had been sent to retrieve their runaway and when he saw the two girls practicing, took them both, it made for a hellish week for Sakura, because two days after their abduction when they were alone in the clearing, Karin suggested they make a break for it.

They did things didn't end well and Sakura found herself tied down while her friend was carted off by another Grass Shinobi and she really thought she was going to die, Kan went so far as to even do something more despicable than she could have imagined before leaving her to die.

It wasn't more than an hour later she was found, though she'd long since lost consciousness and when she woke she was in the hospital, it took her two weeks to recover properly and for several months after she was depressed mourning the loss of her friend.

And when she was nine Sakura thought for sure that an adult was going to strangle her as she skipped lessons at the academy to hang out with Kiba Inuzuka of all people "Come on run faster if you don't want to get caught" Kiba urged as they dashed down the streets.

Ducking into random alleys to loose Iruka-sensei who was tailing them to bring them back to class and punish them "Need a little help Sakura-chan" Kushina asked floating along after the girl, finding the situation funny as all hell.

Like the other ghost who was attached to the young girl "How will she learn the art of detection if we help her" Hashirama for all his silliness and sometimes ridiculous antics, was wise, he was the First Hokage after all.

Kushina sulked but fell silent to the girl's relief as the two nine year old's skidded to a halt and used an illusion tag to cover their tracks, Iruka sped past their hiding place "Totally awesome, guess hanging out with that Uzumaki kid definitely has it's perks sometimes" the Inuzuka Heir commented.

Sakura grinned "Naruto's pretty creative with his pranks, though sometimes I can come up with one that tops his" the pinkette exclaimed leaving out the fact that the ghosts that followed her were the masterminds behind many of her various pranks during the two years she'd befriended Naruto.

Not that she believed anyone would believe her if she told them, so kept their presence secret, as if she would reveal her ace, one of the rules of a shinobi was to always have the element of surprise, Hashirama and Kushina would definitely be a surprise after all.

Her statement earned an amused look from two said ghosts "Yeah that's cause you have a lot of help Sakura-chan" Hashirama boasted laughing boisterously like usual, though the sound of his laughter only reached the nin year old girls ears and Kushina's.

Who whacked the man over the head "Stuff it Hashirama, sometimes Sakura-chan can come up with her own prank idea that's just as awesome as our idea's you know" Kushina huffed causing Hashirama to become depressed like usual as she won at their arguments.

The girl in question was tempted to shake her head at the duo, but didn't because she didn't want to come off as crazy "So now that we've avoided Iruka-sensei, what do you want to do for the rest of the day Sakura" Kiba drew her attention back onto him.

And she considered the idea for a short time "My parents gave me lunch money, it's almost lunch, let's go get dango, then sneak down to my hideout for the rest of the day until it's time to go home" Sakura suggested in the next moment.

So that's what they did, they got their dango and hightailed it into the forest avoiding Iruka-sensei who was snooping around for them still, sliding around several Jonin Class shinobi and dashed into Sakura's hideout, it was home away from home for her.

On days that her two ghost companions weren't urging her to play pranks or skip the academy, which wasn't very often Sakura buckled down with her two erstwhile friends, Naruto and Kiba and helped them with their homework, which improved their academics quite a bit.

That their grades massively improved and Iruka couldn't find it in himself to complain about the various pranks or how the trio managed to hide from him when they skipped classes, so long as they were actually doing their homework and doing detentions that he set without complaint.

Until the whole lot of them were ten, by that point at Kushina's demand once again a new friend joined their group, in the red head's defense and when asked "She's just to cute to wither away in the background" Kushina huffed every single time.

Gesturing to the short blue haired girl with lavender eyes signaling her origins of Hyuga descent "Whatever you say Kushina" Hashirama shook his head, learning to finally duck when the woman took a swing at him, despite being a ghost, getting whacked still hurt.

So that's how Hinata Hyuga came to join their little group of friends and Kushina was even more thrilled to find the girl had a crush on her son "You want me to what" Sakura asked of her ghost's in crime in complete and utter disbelief.

It was after academy let out for the day and the two ghosts had ushered her into an alley where a sound proofing tag had been set up to avoid people thinking her insane as she talked to the air "Set Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan up on a date" the red head impatiently explained.

"Kushina-chan you realize we're still only ten, well Naruto, he's still nine, we're to young" the pinkette couldn't believe her ears, plus even if she tried that, Hinata would only blush beet red and faint, which would lead to even more problems that she didn't want to deal with.

The red head started pouting "You have to admit she's right Kushina, they are still children" the brunette nodded in agreement with the girl his spiritual body was attached to, though it would prevent anyone from using the reanimation jutsu on him, hopefully.

He didn't really understand the mechanics of that very well if he was being honest, the woman let out a depressed sigh "I didn't say I wouldn't do it Kushina-chan, but it won't be a date, more like a regular hang out" Sakura finally relented.

Not sure how she got stuck with two crazy ghosts that drove her insane on a daily basis, violet eyes lit up "Thank you Sakura-chan you're the best you know" Kushina pumped her arm in victory hugging the young ten year old girl.

It really was the oddest sensation to be hugged by a ghost, but Sakura had long since grown use to the feeling "Right if you don't want to be late for dinner Sakura-chan, you should hurry" Hashirama reminded, taking note of the time.

Sakura hastily took down her sound proofing tag, that she'd created with the help of the Uzumaki woman, who was definitely skilled in the art of fuinjutsu, though she learned that on her own time, and dashed down the streets towards home.

Where her parents were waiting for her, dinner already set up at the table "Were you hanging out with your friends Sakura, is that why you're almost late" Mebuki questioned as they all sat down to eat supper that she'd made.

"Mhm that's right Mom, might have dinner with my friends at the tea shop tomorrow if that's alright" she hummed omitting the truth just a little bit, technically the two ghosts attached to her were her friends, her parents didn't need to know that.

"And you aren't causing trouble for your sensei again are you" Kizashi chuckled, his daughter was a devious one, but bright and astute as well, a perfect mixture of both of them really, then it was time for bed and the Haruno House settled down.

The next day after academy let out, Kiba, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata traipsed to the tea house for dinner under the watchful eye of a couple of Hyuga's and some Jonin to make sure the kids weren't getting into trouble, while Kushina watched on hearts in her eyes and Hashirama an amused smile on his lips.

Beyond causing trouble for her and being mischievous, the two ghosts taught her other things besides fuinjutsu, like a proper taijutsu form, throwing skills, even her elemental nature, which turned out to be tricky, and a little bit of medical ninjutsu.

So that she was prepared for the life of a ninja, not only did she have to learn how to fight at the demand of her two ghosts in crime, Kushina taught her dancing and how to incorporate that into her fighting style, and Hashirama taught her the true history of their village how it came to be.

Until it was finally time for them to graduate from the academy, after bumping up from kunoichi in training to kunoichi and a genin, Sakura's life became ten times worse, she didn't know how much hell she would be through, but if it was anything like her earlier years, it was sure to be crazy thanks to her ghosts in crime.