School of Thieves, To Clan of Thieves

AN: What!? Maltrazz posted two new stories in only a week!? I know, weird right? Anyway, this is my twist of SasuFemNaru… only problem is that I twisted it a little too far to still fit that label. Ah well, you will see what I mean.


Chapter 1: Here's Sasuke!

Sasuke was frustrated. Here he was, eight years old, a year into the Shinobi Academy and six months after his clan had been massacred by That Man, and despite all his training, he felt like he was not progressing at all.

He was currently in the Uchiha Clan Library. He was looking for something, ANYTHING, which would give him an edge when he confronted That Man. So far, all he had found was some Fire Jutsu which he did not have enough chakra to use, yet, some scrolls for other affinities, and works that would only be of interest to more scholarly types.

Getting frustrated, he moved on to another part of the library. This library had never had an official librarian, so rather than being sorted by content, all the scrolls and books were merely in the order that they had been brought in. Thus, when Sasuke found himself in the oldest section of the library, he noticed that the contents were practically ancient. Another odd thing he noticed was that there were more bound books than scrolls in this part, where the opposite was true for the rest of the library.

He started to look through the frail texts, but quickly grew impatient once more. Most of the scrolls seemed to be nothing but history of the Warring Clan Era before the Hidden Villages were founded. The books were increasing his consternation for a different reason. Half of them he could not read at all, as they were in different languages that he had never seen before, though a couple of the scrolls fell into this category, as well. The rest were works of fiction, written for entertainment, and thus useless to him.

In fury at not finding anything useful, Sasuke slammed his fist against a nearby shelf. However, due to the fact that he was not looking at the shelf in question, he missed the shelf, and hit a fairly large book resting on top of it, entitled "May You Live in Interesting Times: The Life and Adventures of Ranma 'One Half' Saotome".

He was completely caught off guard by what happened next. That particular work was placed where it was due to its weight, as a heavy volume was required to hold the spring loaded mechanism behind it in place, to be triggered when the tome was removed. And it was quite a large book indeed, as many pages were required to fully contain all the information that came with its title. However, it was also one of the oldest books in the entire building. When Sasuke's blow landed, the force caused the centuries old pages within to disintegrate. This caused the trigger behind it to release, causing the still mostly intact cover to shoot out, and the bookshelf to slide in, and then to one side, revealing a secret room behind it.

Sasuke just stood there in astonishment for a few moments, before a satisfied smirk spread across his face. He thought, Now, THIS is what I've been looking for. He strode into the secret room, and looked around. To his left was a writing desk, an unfinished manuscript lying atop it. To his right was a set of shelves that were only half full. In front of him, however, was where his attention was drawn. There was a painting unlike any other he had ever seen. It portrayed two beings clashing; one was human, with black hair in a pigtail streaming behind him, and wielding a strange staff with a crescent moon on the end, in his hand. The other was clearly not human, with multicolored hair, talons, and flaming wings on his back, wielding a staff topped by a sun-like disk. The image showed the human casting down his defeated foe in a dramatic fashion. Looking at the bottom of the frame revealed the title: "Phoenix Slayer".

As impressive as that was, however, it was what was in front of it that drew his eye. There was a pedestal, upon which was a plaque with "Origin of the Uchiha Clan" written across the top. Curious, Sasuke approach the pedestal, and began to read aloud what else was written.

"To future generations of Uchiha;

"My name is Izuna Uchiha. Even in my own time, many give credit to my brother Madara for forming the Uchiha Clan. While he is responsible for the Uchiha gaining recognition as a clan, the Uchiha family has a proud history that dates back much further than many would guess.

"Since I gave up my eyes to save my brother from blindness, I have been unable to continue to serve as a shinobi. While some may learn to fight despite blindness, I am too old to start learning now. So, I have dedicated my life to gathering the full history of the Uchiha clan, in as much detail as possible. One book in particular has been of value, a book passed down through our family; "May You Live in Interesting Times: The Life and Adventures of Ranma 'One Half' Saotome". I have since discovered the reason that this was considered a family heirloom. While the full history of our clan will be recorded separately, books and scrolls are fragile, so I will leave an abbreviated version here.

"The story of our clan goes back far into the mists of time; before the founding of the elemental nations, before the Sharingan manifested itself, before the demon called Juubi ravaged the planet, and brought about a world-altering Cataclysm… even before the name Uchiha itself.

"Before the Cataclysm, our ancestor's went by the clan name Saotome. Many would wonder why such an ancient family would matter. The answer is simple: their blood flows through our veins, and with it comes their power. The oldest record I could find told the tale of Ranma Saotome. How much is to be believed and how much is embellishment is hard to tell, as much is hard to believe. His techniques, however, are quite real, proving that our family was among the forerunners in developing chakra, as the Saotomes were powerful Taijutsu masters, who developed ways to harness the energy of the body, which they dubbed Ki, without having to develop the energy of their spirit.

"In addition, Ranma and his descendants had an uncanny ability to see a technique performed, and then quickly learn it, often improving on it in the process. It was this talent that would grow to become the Sharingan with the advent of chakra.

"It was these traits that allowed the Saotome family to survive the Cataclysm brought about by the Juubi, and to survive under the new name of Uchiha in the aftermath. The reason for changing the family name is one of the few things I have not been able to find the truth behind. Throughout the chaos that filled the world, the generations of martial skill allowed the newly named Uchiha's to survive long enough to blossom into a full clan by the time of myself and my brother.

"It is my hope that our ancestors not be forgotten, and that someday one of our own may be able to master their strange Jutsus. If you are one who would do so, I have compiled a list of the techniques with what knowledge of them that I could find. It should be kept with the full history of our clan.

"Long live the Uchiha!

"Izuna the Blind"

Sasuke considered what he had just read. It was nothing life-altering, but was fairly interesting. However, the strange Jutsus mentioned were of greater concern to the young Avenger. Hoping that his hunch was right, he turned to the bookshelf on his right. Sure enough, the books were the history of the clan mentioned on the plaque, and on the bottom most shelf was a large scroll with the title "Ki Jutsus" written on the outside.

Carefully he picked it up, but quickly noticed that it had been kept in good condition by seals along the edges. He opened the Scroll and began to read.

"Contained within this scroll is all of the Ki Jutsus I have been able to recreate, since gaining success to my Ki, at great personal cost, as well as what I could learn about others from ancient tales. The ability to access Ki by itself can be learned through the first technique, and-"

After the fruitless day of searching, Sasuke was too impatient to read the rest of the introduction, and merely moved on to the first technique… which was basically just meditation. Sighing, Sasuke read through the details, before sitting down to get started.

As the scroll stated, he focused on his own being. He quickly felt his chakra, but ignored it. He focused on his breathing, his heartbeat, the movement of his muscles anytime he accidentally moved. He looked beyond the chakra flowing through his tenketsu, and eventually, he found it. It was like a flat shadow compared to the more vibrant chakra, but while chakra flowed through a set path, this energy was suffused throughout his entire body: Ki.

Finding it turned out to be the easy part, though, as every time he tried to harness it, it slid through his grasp. After countless tries, however, he was finally able to focus it. A tingle ran through his body as he smirked. Right now he only had a small amount, since most of it was being used to make his chakra, but that was fine. More would come with time and training, after all.

Standing up, he glanced at the window, only to be surprised by how dark it had gotten. More time had passed than he thought, and it had started raining, too. The skies had been clear earlier, so he had not bothered to bring an umbrella. Fortunately, his apartment was only about a block from the compound. He looked at the Ki Jutsu scroll wistfully, wishing he had time to study another technique. He needed to rest, though. Tomorrow his class was getting tested on the first of the Academy jutsu, the Henge, and he wanted to make sure he was at his best. Not that he, a genius, would have any trouble, of course.

He picked up the scroll, and put it into the bag he had brought to carry anything interesting that he found, before heading out. Before he left, he looked through the library, and found a sufficiently heavy book to replace the one that… got damaged, and slid it into place to close the secret door.

The moment he stepped into the rain, Sasuke felt a tingle run through his body similar to what he felt when he first accessed his Ki. However, as he did not notice anything out of the ordinary, he merely shrugged it off. Despite this, he could not help but fell that something was off, for the entire walk home.

It was raining heavily, so by the time he got home, Sasuke was thoroughly drenched. After dropping off the Ki Scroll in his room, he decided that a bath was probably his best next move. However, when he got there, he froze in shock at his reflection.

What the Hell? He thought. Why is my hair red? He narrowed his eyes in annoyance. This must be one of that Dobe's pranks. I swear, if this doesn't wash out I'm gonna kill him! So thinking, he started to get undressed… only to freeze again when 'he' took off 'his' pants.

"KYAAAAA!"

Sasuke slapped a hand over 'his' mouth. As if to deny any doubt that 'his' eyes were wrong, the shocked scream 'he' had just let out had a distinctly feminine tone to it. This… this has got to be a dream! Or a Genjutsu! Not yet knowing the Genjutsu release technique, but remembering 'his' father once mentioning that pain could also be used, Sasuke quickly bit down on 'his' cheek. Unfortunately, all that did was make 'his' cheek hurt, and prove that this was reality.

There was no denying it anymore. Somehow, Sasuke Uchiha had become a girl.

Taking deep breaths, Sasuke forced herself to calm down. Seeing her reflection again, she could not help but notice other, smaller differences, besides her hair. Her face was slightly rounder, and her eyes had a bit of a slant compared to how they were before. Fortunately, her eyes were the same pools of black that she remembered.

Alright, she thought, I'll take a bath, get something to eat, and once I've calmed down, I'll try to figure out what happened. Washing herself with cold water first, Sasuke tried to avoid her… more feminine areas, before moving to the tub. As she slid into the hot water, however, she felt the now somewhat familiar tingle pass over her.

"What was that?" Suddenly Sasuke froze. Her voice- no, it was HIS voice again! Quickly standing up, Sasuke affirmed that he was once again male. "What a weird hallucination."

A short while later, he got out of the tub, and got dressed for bed. He still had to eat, but he was the only on living there, so it hardly mattered what he wore. He looked in the mirror again, a slight smile on his face at seeing his hair black once more. He noticed that he had forgotten his wet clothes on the floor. He bent down to pick them up…

Only to feel his heart stop for a moment, when he saw a single strand of bright red hair stuck to the shoulder of his shirt. No way! Then that means… I really was… Once more, he forced himself to be calm. There has to be a reason for this. What was different today, from yesterday? I went to the Academy and trained like normal, then… The Ki Scroll! That's right, the first time I felt that weird sensation was when I unlocked my Ki!

He ran to his room as quickly as he could, and opened up the scroll. This time, he read the entire introduction.

"Contained within this scroll is all of the Ki Jutsus I have been able to recreate, since gaining success to my Ki, at great personal cost, as well as what I could learn about others from ancient tales. The ability to access Ki by itself can be learned through the first technique, and more Ki can be gained through practicing Ki techniques, and through simple physical exercise.

"A warning, however. As the blood of the Saotomes flows through us, so does their curse. Something called a Jusenkyo curse, bestowed by a magical spring called Nyannichuan. The curse lies dormant within us, but becomes active if Ki is used separately from Chakra.

"The curse likely only effects males, and functions as follows: Cold water will cause the cursed individual to turn into a female, while Warm water will turn them back. Be warned, the reversal will only last until the cursed individual is once more exposed to Cold water. No female of our clan has yet attempted these techniques, so I cannot say how they would be affected.

"Despite suffering from the curse myself, I have yet to find a permanent cure.

"If you are still willing to continue despite the curse, then I wish you good luck.

"Izuna the Blind"

Sasuke simply stared in horror at the scroll for a few moments, before fainting dead away.


AN: There you go. As you can see from this chapter, this story will be third person, but will mainly follow Sasuke. Or at least, that is the plan for now. Let me know what you think!

As far as the Anything Goes School and the Uchiha Clan are concerned, I cannot be the only one who noticed the similarity, can I?

Flames will be used to… burn something.