暁 Akatsuki 暁 (fan club)

[Thomas Hickey]

Akatsuki (暁; Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") was initially an organization created by Yahiko and his two comrades Konan and Nagato in an effort to fight against the tyranny and oppression that their home village Amegakure was facing during the Third Great Shinobi War, and the long-term goal of world peace. After Yahiko's death and under the influence of Obito Uchiha, Akatsuki became a criminal organisation comprising S-rank missing-nin and is the most wanted group in all of the shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination. Akatsuki at any given time is composed of no more than ten primary members, all of whom were S-rank criminals of their own respective villages — with the exception of Nagato and Konan. Members always work in teams of two with the exception of Zetsu, who functions as the organisation's spy, and make use of their unique skills to the team's advantage. Team members must function very well, or at least well enough to accomplish their tasks, even though some may have mutual problems with each other. The organisation is rarely fully assembled. The organisation is widespread, spanning several countries with agents in various places. When one team finds a tailed beast and has to begin the job of sealing the beast, they have hidden hideouts with many traps ready, to do the three-day long technique.

History
Akatsuki was originally founded by Yahiko during the Third Shinobi World War and consisted of Amegakure ninja that wished to create peace for their home country, which acted as a battleground for three of the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Yahiko insisted that his and the rest of Akatsuki's actions were meant only to aid Nagato in bringing world peace, though Konan claimed that it was Yahiko's charisma that held the group together and spurred them on. Obito alleges that it was his encouragement which lead to Yahiko forming the organisation, and thus credits himself as the group's creator. Though he only met Yahiko once, the youth wary of the masked man and not believing his claim to be Madara Uchiha, Obito left an impression on Nagato while promising to wait for him and his friend when they decide to seek his council.

In its early days, Akatsuki gained fame and recognition in Amegakure, drawing the attention of Hanzō of the Salamander — a world-renowned ninja and then leader of the country. Believing that the group was becoming a threat to his rule, approached the organisation and falsely claimed that he wanted to use them as the axis to negotiate peace between Konohagakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure. However, Hanzō betrayed Akatsuki and, working together with Danzō Shimura of Konohagakure's ANBU, kidnapped Konan and orchestrated Yahiko's death. After synchronising with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and attempting to exact revenge on Yahiko's killers, using his friend's corpse as a vessel and going by the name Pain, Nagato became the new leader of the Akatsuki and took control of Amegakure after the resulting civil war.

Following the Third Shinobi World War, Akatsuki became a mercenary group for hire and Nagato presumably began taking direction from Obito, who acted as the organisation's collaborator and benefactor. In times of peace most of the ninja villages, rather than increasing their own armaments, employed Akatsuki to fight in wars, spy on enemies, or carry out assassinations. The Fourth Raikage claims that only Kumogakure has never used Akatsuki's services, and during this time it became widely believed that Akatsuki was founded and based in Kirigakure, perhaps due to Tobi's influence over the Fourth Mizukage. Eventually, Akatsuki would begin capturing the tailed beasts, in the process antagonising many of its former clients.

Main goal
The organisation's initial goal — under Yahiko's leadership — was aimed at bringing peace to Amegakure and the world on a larger scale, this would later be distorted by the influence of others.

[Thomas Hickey]

Wadrobe
Akatsuki members have a very distinctive wardrobe, which could give them away if a village is alerted of their presence. Members wear long, dark cloaks with red clouds, a red interior, and a chin-high collar. Tobi and the members of Taka wear a similarly marked hooded mantle. The red clouds represent the rain of blood that fell in Amegakure during its wars, and were seen as a symbol of justice by its original members. All members wear black nail polish on their fingers and toenails, although the colours vary in the anime, and may wear a conical straw hat with small ornamental torques and tassels hanging down over their faces. The hats may be used to move around in the general population unnoticed, or for when the weather requires one.Some members cross out the symbol on their forehead protectors to symbolise the broken ties with their former villages, a practice originating with Nagato and his rival faction in Amegakure's civil war. Others members simply cease wearing them altogether, for several reasons. Everyone also wears a ring with a kanji on different fingers depending on who the member is.

Akatsuki Ring and Ring Positions
Right thumb: "zero" (零, rei); worn by Pain. Its colour is purplish-grey.
Right index finger: "blue," "green" (青, ao, shō); worn by Deidara. Its colour is teal.
Right middle finger: "white" (白, bya); worn by Konan. Its colour is white.
Right ring finger: "vermilion," "scarlet" (朱, shu); worn by Itachi Uchiha. Its colour is red.
Right little finger: "sign of the boar" (亥, gai); worn by Zetsu. Its colour is green.
Left little finger: "sky," "void" (空, kū); worn by Orochimaru. Its colour is slate blue.
Left ring finger: "south" (南, nan); worn by Kisame Hoshigaki. Its colour is yellow.
Left middle finger: "north" (北, hoku); worn by Kakuzu. Its colour is dark green.
Left index finger: "three" (三, san); worn by Hidan. Its colour is orange.
Left thumb: "jewel," "ball," also the black king in shogi (玉, gyoku); worn by Sasori and later by Tobi. Its colour is purple.

[Thomas Hickey]

Members
Deidara - Iwagakure
Hidan - Yugakure
Kisame Hoshigaki - Kirigakure
Itachi Uchiha - Konohagakure
Konan - Amegakure
Zetsu - N/A
Kakuzu - Takigakure
Orochimaru - Konohagakure
Sasori - Sunagakure
Obito Uchiha - Konohagakure
Yahiko - Amegakure
Nagato - Amegakure

Teams
Kakuzu & Hidan
Pain & Konan
Orochimaru & Sasori
Sasori & Deidara
Deidara & Tobi
Itachi Uchiha & Kisame Hoshigaki
White Zetsu & Black Zetsu

[Thomas Hickey]

Themes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5dqtcbrJI Pein/Nagato
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9RpAUyHWhk Kisame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WgJt4EdXxY Deidara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p20Ds7evHYE Sasori
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLfg2ry_F4 Itachi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-K4c-ueWuc Hidan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-qYXkysoE Kakuzu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvy2LLyh4i4 Zetsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0Qnn2XEgM Akatsuki
( please correct me if I am wrong )

[Thomas Hickey]

Rules

No swearing
Keep It Clean
All of Tess's Rules Apply
No Arguing
Have Fun

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