Thursday, May 2, 2013
Yakushi
Kabuto
Several years before the series started, Kabuto
worked for Sasori as a spy. He operated under Sasori's memory block jutsu and
was placed into Orochimaru's confidence in the hopes of learning more about
Orochimaru's body transfer jutsu. However, Orochimaru removed the memory block
jutsu and the young man was impressed enough by Orochimaru that he chose to
join him. Sasori was ignorant of this fact and had scheduled a meeting with
Kabuto. Kabuto went to the meeting playing the part of his loyal spy, but he planned
to kill Sasori with the help of Orochimaru. When Orochimaru himself was later
neutralized by Sasuke, Kabuto implanted some of Orochimaru's tissue into his
body, gaining new power in the process as it began to take over his body. He
then located Tobi and offered his services to Akatsuki once again. To prove he
was trustworthy, he resurrected Deidara, Itachi, Kakuzu, Nagato, Sasori and
Uchiha Madara. He then worked alongside Tobi and Madara to control his many
resurrected ninja during the Fourth Great Ninja War. Kabuto was eventually
neutralized by the free Itachi, who caused Kabuto end the Edo Tensei.
Team
Hawk
After Uchiha Madara revealed the true events behind
Itachi's actions, Sasuke chose to side with the legendary ninja against Konoha.
After that revelation, he changed the name of his team from "Snake"
to "Hawk". The group then donned Akatsuki robes and set out to
capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki for Madara. The group then infiltrated the
meeting of the Five Kage, with Sasuke eventually abandoning the others to find
revenge against Danzou. During the battle with Danzou, Sasuke sacrificed
Karin's safety to kill the elder ninja from Konoha. The gravely wounded Karin
was eventually captured by Konoha and expressed willingness to leave her ties
to Akatsuki and Sasuke behind for good. Suigetsu and Juugo's still consider
themselves Sasuke's allies, and have rejoined their comrade alongside the
revived Orochimaru.
Former Akatsuki member Kakuzu was a bounty hunter and
obsessed with wealth. He used the services of Ginji to manage his extensive
wealth. After his death, Team Snake sought out Ginji to learn about Akatsuki's
whereabouts.
Yuura
Yuura has served as a trusted member of the Kazekage
advisory council for four years. Little did Yuura know that he had been placed
under a memory block jutsu for over a decade. This block was placed by his
former master Sasori. The block made Yuura forget that he was actually
gathering data and serving as a plant to wipe out the Sand's defenses. When
Sasori returned to Hidden Sand, he activated Yuura and removed the memory
block. Returning to his masters commands, Yuura wiped out the Sands defenses,
allowing them easier access to capture Gaara. Yuura was later used in a
sacrifical jutsu to provide a host body for Uchiha Itachi to inhabit when he
fought Kakashi and Naruto. Zetsu later ate his body for sustenance.
Mukade
Mukade served was an underling of Akatsuki member
Sasori. He was used as a sacrifice to take on the form of Hoshigaki Kisame in
Pain's Shouten no Jutsu. Kisame fought Guy and managed to imprison Neji, Lee
and TenTen. Guy was forced to open several gates and used his Asakujaku
technique to pummel "Kisame" and defeat him. In the rubble, the body
of Mukade lost its appearance and revealed to Guy that they had not actually
been fighting Kisame at all.
Zangei
Zangei was a bounty exchange master who ran one of the
disposal centers located in Fire Country region. The center was located in a
secret area accessed through a men's restroom. Akatsuki member Kakuzu often
used this center to drop off corpses of the bounties he had collected. Zangei
would gladly pay Kakuzu for his services. He was later captured by Konoha and
taken in for interrogation by Morino Ibiki.
