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
declared
war on the world
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
declared
war on the world