The Akatsuki
The "Akatsuki" kanji means daybreak, breaking down
the word itself gives us "aka" meaning red and "tsuki" meaning moon. Akatsuki
was founded in the Rain Country by Yahiko, Konan and Nagato. Yahiko wanted to
bring peace to the bloody, war-ridden country and sought like minded
individuals at his side. When he met Rain leader Hanzou to talk peace, he was
betrayed by the man and had to kill himself to save Konan's life. After being
traumatized by Yahiko's death, Nagato adopted a new harder outlook on how to
achieve peace as the group's new leader.
Around this time the group became affiliated with a man claiming to be
Uchiha Madara. The masked figure used his power and influence to secretly run
the group and draw in new more deadly allies from throughout the world. Under
Madara, Akatsuki began to attract new S-Ranked criminals. Many of these are
missing-nins who fled their villages after causing death and destruction. Over
time most of the Akatsuki members were killed or neutralized in battle. There
are currently only 2 active Akatsuki members: Tobi (Uchiha Madara) and Zetsu.
Most members wear a forehead protector from their hidden village with a scratch
through it, and all wear a ring identifying their position in the organization
and a black cloak with red clouds. In the early years of the group, they acted
as mercenaries for hire, offering their services to villages wary of taxing
their own resources. While travelling about, the group members will work in
groups of two collecting knowledge of new skills and jutsu.
Akatsuki seeks to capture the Bijuu and their hosts the "Jinchuuriki,"
meaning the power of human sacrifice. These are the individuals possessing
bijuu (tailed beasts) within their bodies. The demons are known by the number
of tails their body possesses. When the Bijuu is removed from the Jinchuuriki's
body, the host dies. All the captured hosts lost their lives save for Gaara,
who was later resurrected with a tensei jutsu. The only remaining Bijuu are the
Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails within Naruto. Akatsuki's current base of
operation is unknown, however they have multiple bases to which they can
travel. These bases are used to summon the gigantic King of Hell statue known
as Gedou Mazou. The statue's mouth is bound and his hands are cuffed. Each
respective finger of the statue's hand represents the Akatsuki member. Each
statue finger thus represents the kanji and ring finger of the
member.
The members have the ability to project their presence to their base,
this allows them to remain out and about and still conduct the business of
Jinchuuriki demon extraction. This process takes three days and nights due to
the absence of Orochimaru. This length of time goes for both free roaming bijuu
and bijuu enhanced Jinchuuriki. To begin to leach the power from the
Jinchuuriki, the members will use the sealing technique of GenryuuKyuu Fuujin
(Mystical Dragon Nine Exhaustion). This causes the mouth of the statue to open.
Nine spectral dragons will emerge to coalesce around the Jinchuuriki to begin
the extraction process. When extraction is completed, the bijuu spirit will be
sealed within the statue and one of its eyes will open denoting a captured
bijuu spirit. The Jinchuuriki themselves will fall back to the earth,
dead.
Akatsuki's ultimate goal is to control the world. This
would be accomplished through capturing and sealing away the Bijuu into the
Gedou Mazou statue. The tailed beasts were once part of one more powerful
creature known as the Juubi. The first ninja, Rikudou Sennin, split the Juubi's
soul from its body and sealed it within himself. He then encased its body in
rock to create the moon. When his life was nearing its end, he split the Juubi
out into 9 separate Bijuu. Akatsuki sought to recombine these Bijuu back into
the Juubi. Uchiha Madara would then embue the Juubi into himself, to gain
enough power to cast a permanent Genjutsu on the moon known as his "Eye of the
Moon" plan. One which would make him the supreme power in the world and cause
"peace" under his rule. To that end, Madara used the genetic material of Shodai
Hokage and the captured Yamato, to greatly bolstered his army of White Zetsu.
Madara then aligned with the Orochimaru tissue-infected Yakushi Kabuto, who was
working towards his own ends. With Kabuto's increase in power, he cast Edo
Tensei, resurrected scores of dead ninja, including many former Akatsuki
members. With a combined army of White Zetsu and resurrected ninja, Madara(masked man)
declared war on the world.
the word itself gives us "aka" meaning red and "tsuki" meaning moon. Akatsuki
was founded in the Rain Country by Yahiko, Konan and Nagato. Yahiko wanted to
bring peace to the bloody, war-ridden country and sought like minded
individuals at his side. When he met Rain leader Hanzou to talk peace, he was
betrayed by the man and had to kill himself to save Konan's life. After being
traumatized by Yahiko's death, Nagato adopted a new harder outlook on how to
achieve peace as the group's new leader.
Around this time the group became affiliated with a man claiming to be
Uchiha Madara. The masked figure used his power and influence to secretly run
the group and draw in new more deadly allies from throughout the world. Under
Madara, Akatsuki began to attract new S-Ranked criminals. Many of these are
missing-nins who fled their villages after causing death and destruction. Over
time most of the Akatsuki members were killed or neutralized in battle. There
are currently only 2 active Akatsuki members: Tobi (Uchiha Madara) and Zetsu.
Most members wear a forehead protector from their hidden village with a scratch
through it, and all wear a ring identifying their position in the organization
and a black cloak with red clouds. In the early years of the group, they acted
as mercenaries for hire, offering their services to villages wary of taxing
their own resources. While travelling about, the group members will work in
groups of two collecting knowledge of new skills and jutsu.
Akatsuki seeks to capture the Bijuu and their hosts the "Jinchuuriki,"
meaning the power of human sacrifice. These are the individuals possessing
bijuu (tailed beasts) within their bodies. The demons are known by the number
of tails their body possesses. When the Bijuu is removed from the Jinchuuriki's
body, the host dies. All the captured hosts lost their lives save for Gaara,
who was later resurrected with a tensei jutsu. The only remaining Bijuu are the
Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails within Naruto. Akatsuki's current base of
operation is unknown, however they have multiple bases to which they can
travel. These bases are used to summon the gigantic King of Hell statue known
as Gedou Mazou. The statue's mouth is bound and his hands are cuffed. Each
respective finger of the statue's hand represents the Akatsuki member. Each
statue finger thus represents the kanji and ring finger of the
member.
The members have the ability to project their presence to their base,
this allows them to remain out and about and still conduct the business of
Jinchuuriki demon extraction. This process takes three days and nights due to
the absence of Orochimaru. This length of time goes for both free roaming bijuu
and bijuu enhanced Jinchuuriki. To begin to leach the power from the
Jinchuuriki, the members will use the sealing technique of GenryuuKyuu Fuujin
(Mystical Dragon Nine Exhaustion). This causes the mouth of the statue to open.
Nine spectral dragons will emerge to coalesce around the Jinchuuriki to begin
the extraction process. When extraction is completed, the bijuu spirit will be
sealed within the statue and one of its eyes will open denoting a captured
bijuu spirit. The Jinchuuriki themselves will fall back to the earth,
dead.
Akatsuki's ultimate goal is to control the world. This
would be accomplished through capturing and sealing away the Bijuu into the
Gedou Mazou statue. The tailed beasts were once part of one more powerful
creature known as the Juubi. The first ninja, Rikudou Sennin, split the Juubi's
soul from its body and sealed it within himself. He then encased its body in
rock to create the moon. When his life was nearing its end, he split the Juubi
out into 9 separate Bijuu. Akatsuki sought to recombine these Bijuu back into
the Juubi. Uchiha Madara would then embue the Juubi into himself, to gain
enough power to cast a permanent Genjutsu on the moon known as his "Eye of the
Moon" plan. One which would make him the supreme power in the world and cause
"peace" under his rule. To that end, Madara used the genetic material of Shodai
Hokage and the captured Yamato, to greatly bolstered his army of White Zetsu.
Madara then aligned with the Orochimaru tissue-infected Yakushi Kabuto, who was
working towards his own ends. With Kabuto's increase in power, he cast Edo
Tensei, resurrected scores of dead ninja, including many former Akatsuki
members. With a combined army of White Zetsu and resurrected ninja, Madara(masked man)
declared war on the world.
Members
Pain(Nagato)
Konan
Tobi/Madara Uchiha
Deidara
Sasori
Kisama
Itachi
Kakuza
Hidan
Zetsu
Former Member: Orochimaru,Kabuto,Sasuke,Karin, Juugo,Suigetsu
Konan
Tobi/Madara Uchiha
Deidara
Sasori
Kisama
Itachi
Kakuza
Hidan
Zetsu
Former Member: Orochimaru,Kabuto,Sasuke,Karin, Juugo,Suigetsu
Sadly
THEY ALL ARE DEAD EXCEPT BLACK ZETSU AND TOBI/MASKEDMAN/MADARA
This picture is them being brought back by Kabuto's Edo Tensie Justsu
This picture is them being brought back by Kabuto's Edo Tensie Justsu