Akatsuki

**Akatsuki** 「あかつき」 is an elite warrior of the Demon Clan, serving directly under the Demon King as the Truth of the Ten Commandments.

As a member of the Ten Commandments, Galand fought in the ancient Holy War against the Goddess Clan and the other races (humans, fairies, and giants).

When the Archangel Ludociel took hostage to a horde of demons, Galand next to Derieri, Monspeet, Melascula, and Fraudrin directed an army of demons to the Fairy King's Forest to rescue them. There, they are confronted by the goddess Elizabeth who tries to give a peaceful exit to the situation, only so that the extermination of all the hostages and all the demon army ended up unleashing a battle between the Commandments and

two of the Four Archangels. During the battle, Galand supports Derieri against Tarmiel, managing to cut the head of the Archangel without effect, being overcome by its power shortly after. After releasing his Critical Over, Galand manages to release a powerful attack on Sariel, only to be overpowered by Ludociel. When Derieri and Monspeet use their Indura Transformation, Galand flees the battle along with Fraudrin.

Along with the rest of the Demon Clan, Galand was sealed away by the Goddess Clan after losing the ancient war against the other four races.

As Tobi, he assisted Zetsu with locating Sasori's body. Once he found it and took Sasori's ring, he expressed his belief that he would now be able to join Akatsuki. They next tracked down Deidara's disembodied arm with its ring still attached. Tobi initially believed Deidara had also died, only for Deidara to appear before them shortly afterwards. Tobi was somewhat relieved to see him, but was concerned for both his well-being and capability with rather offensive jokes, provoking Deidara to strangle him with his legs.

Tobi was indeed accepted into Akatsuki as Sasori's replacement, partnered with Deidara. He was assigned to capture the Three-Tails. In the anime, Deidara treated Tobi to some dango before the mission, a ploy to get him to remove his mask. He turned away while he ate, preventing Deidara from seeing anything. They split up after eating and Tobi eventually found Konoha shinobi using the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier, which he deduced was meant to seal the Three-Tails. He informed Deidara of his discovery and they approached and killed the two Anbu put in charge of the sealing.

When they located the Three-Tails, Tobi tried to convince Deidara to fight it in his place. When the Three-Tails chased Tobi, Deidara used his Explosive Clay on it while it's distracted. The rest of the battle went unseen. After they defeated the Three-Tails, Tobi claimed responsibility for the beast's capture, saying his technique was flawless and that it made sense to assign him to the mission. Deidara retorted that it was actually his clay that defeated the Three-Tails. Tobi, unconvinced, fell asleep during Deidara's argument. Deidara "woke him up" by detonating a clay bomb next to him.

When they got the Three-Tails to an Akatsuki base, the Akatsuki members convened and sealed it. When they were done, they also sealed the Two-Tails (the Two-Tails is sealed before the Three-Tails' capture in the anime).

*Main article: Itachi Pursuit Mission*When Akatsuki assembled to extract the Four-Tails, they were informed that their former member, Orochimaru, had been killed by Sasuke Uchiha. Deidara was angry that Sasuke killed Orochimaru before he had his own chance to and so, after the Four-Tails was sealed, resolved to kill Sasuke instead. Tobi accompanied him. When they located Sasuke, Tobi approached him first and was immediately attacked. He briefly pretended to be killed and then complimented Sasuke's speed. Having served the role of a distraction well, Tobi sat back as Deidara attacked Sasuke, occasionally offering assistance by planting Deidara's explosives around the area. Deidara became increasingly desperate during their battle, forcing Tobi to retreat to a safe distance to escape the effects of his C4. Ultimately, Deidara resorted to using C0, killing himself and catching Tobi in the blast. Zetsu reported Tobi's and Deidara's deaths to Akatsuki.

Shortly afterwards, Tobi met with Pain and Konan in Amegakure. He expressed his satisfaction with Sasuke's development, adding that, because Itachi's death was imminent, they would be able to approach him soon. He also remarked on Naruto Uzumaki and how impressed he was by his performance against Kakuzu. He instructed Pain to capture Naruto for the Nine-Tails sealed within him, but warned him not to underestimate Naruto. He departed, remarking that his, Madara Uchiha's plans, would soon be complete. Tobi continued to keep tabs on Sasuke as he moved into confrontation with Itachi.

## Powers and Abilities

As a member of the Ten Commandments, Akatsuki is an extremely powerful demon despite being past his prime. Like all members of the Demon Clan, he possesses their unique power of darkness which he can use for a variety of purposes, such as forming wings for flight. His aura, combined with the aura of the other Ten Commandments is so terrifying that it made the normally calm Hendrickson sweat in fear by their presence along with unnerving Meliodas when he sensed it from several kilometres away. His power level has been measured at 26,000 in his depleted state, a magnitude far greater than most of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Akatsuki possesses immense physical strength, as shown when using his raw jumping power, he was able to reach the Kingdom of Camelot in 72 high jumps despite the distance being several kilometres and easily reflected Diane's 998kg Gideon with a simple upward kick when she attempted to attack him.

It is also worth noting that, despite his behavior being that of a violent brute, for the most part, Galand possesses excellent combat instincts, as shown when he reacted quickly when Merlin tried to teleport him away, and didn't hold back and used all his power when he sensed Escanor's strength, though it proved to be a futile effort in the end.

* **Conquer**「征服 Seifuku; literally meaning "Conqueror"」: This ability allows Akatsuki to absorb incoming attacks that contain mana into himself where he can contain the magic but when released it does twice the amount than the spell would do originally.

* **Tenseigan**「テンセイガン Tenseigan; literally meaning "Reincarnation Eye"」: With Hanabi's Byakugan combined with his Ōtsutsuki chakra, Toneri's eyes matured into the Tenseigan. With these eyes, he can control attractive and repulsive forces that are capable of lifting the rocks of the Moon to use them as projectiles and pull the Moon itself towards Earth without the use of the Energy Vessel. He also activates the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which grants him enhanced strength, speed, and durability that allow him to fight against Naruto's Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. He can compress this state into his hand to create a tremendously powerful chakra blast that can deplete someone of their chakra as well as destroy a massive portion of the moon's surface. He could also control a golem that was powerful enough to fight on par with Kurama. Following his defeat by Naruto, his Tenseigan faded away and reverted back to his Byakugan.
* **Chakra**「意志力 Ishi-Ryoku; literally meaning "Will-Power"」: Unlike mana, chakra is the will-power inside any being and is fairly rare to any sort of being as of being able to replicate and control chakra. Chakra can be proven to be useful in many uses in terms of ninja art as Levi once stated that her inner chakra is what helps her perform her ninja techniques in terms of speed and power. As well as being able for chakra being handy in combat it is also a natural forec and unlike magic help more control the five elements of fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning.
	+ **Chakra Release**: Upon activating his Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Toneri can manifest nine Truth-Seeking Balls, granting him all five nature transformations as well as Yin, Yang, and Yin–Yang Release. He can use the balls both offensively and defensively, and attacks by infusing them with his chakra, causing them to glow green. He can rapidly spin them to create a massive vortex and combine them into a giant golden sword of chakra powerful enough to cut the entire moon in half. Toneri is able to divide them into smaller orbs and launch them as a rapid-fire barrage. He also demonstrated the ability to transform one of the balls into an elaborate golden cage after infusing it with his chakra.

### Commandment

Akatsuki was bestowed with the Commandment of **Reticence**「 *Chinmoku*」 by the Demon King. Those who expressed hidden feelings/emotions would have their voices blocked.

### Equipment

* **Nōdachi** 「 のだち *Nōdachi*」: Akatsuki carries a long sword that has two edges that form two triangles and is fairly sharp. He is extremely skilled at wielding it, demonstrating an array of fatal and highly destructive techniques.
* **Shuriken**「 手裏剣 Shuriken」: Akatsuki carries ninja stars to throw as a projectile.
* **Kunai**「 クナイ *Kunai*」: Akatsuki carries kunais to use as a projectile as well as a dagger and a back up weapon.
* **Rinne-Sharingan Mask**「 リンシャリンガンマスク *Rinsharinganmasuku*」: This mask is orange and has one whole that reveals his sharingan and allows Akatsuki to suppress his insane amount of power that eve he says would kill him.