Akatsuki vs. Organization XIII

Featuring in today's post is 2 cool organizations from 2 different anime/game:
-Akatsuki from Naruto, and Organization XIII from the Kingdom Hearts series-
with each of their members possessing extraordinary skills and techniques. In other words, their powers are symbols or representations of who they are.

Which organization wud u prefer?... that's up to u =)
Let's look at the Akatsuki's members first ^^


Akatsuki is a criminal organization of S-class missing-nin(a ninja who has left his/her village, often because he/she has committed criminal acts) and is the most wanted group in all of shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the tailed beast 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-Class criminals of their own respective villages.

The following are the members, typical when referring to Akatsuki although some of them are dead or replaced with when following the course of the series. Also stated are some of their special attributes or signature techniques, jutsu.
(From left to right)
1. Pain ~ Rinnegan; Six Paths of Pain
2. Konan ~ Dance of The Shikigami; Origami(paper) manipulation
3. Kakuzu ~ Five hearts w/ Five elemental affinities; 'Earth Grudge Fear'
4. Hidan ~ Immortality; Jashin Ritual & Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood
5. Zetsu ~ Mayfly; Body Splitting Technique; Spore Technique
6. Sasori ~ Human Puppets; Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets
7. Deidara ~ Clay Manipulation(Bombs/Mines): C0,C1,C2,C3,C4
8. Kisame ~ Samehada(signature weapon); Water Prison Shark Dance Technique
9. Itachi Uchiha ~ Mangekyō Sharingan; Ephemeral; Amaterasu; Susanoo; Tsukuyomi
10. Madara Uchiha ~ "Eternal" Mangekyō Sharingan; Teleportation

Organization xiii, today's 2nd and last assemblage, "rival to the Akatsuki in this post", is a group of 13 powerful Nobodies who seek to reclaim their hearts and become whole again. They are the antagonists of Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II. They have rankings, with Xemnas as the highest and the leader.

Because (almost) all the members are Nobodies, they lack hearts, meaning they also have no emotions. The Organization yearns to discover the secrets of the heart and fill the empty void inside themselves by gathering hearts to form Kingdom Hearts so they can become full beings again.

The following are the names together with their infamous titles and elemental attributes.
(From left to right)
1. Vexen, The Chilly Academic ~ Ice and a shield
2. Xigbar, The Whirlwind Lancer ~ Wind and six lances
3. Marluxia, The Graceful Assassin ~ Flower and a scythe
4. Luxord, The Gambler of Fate ~ Time and cards
5. Larxene, The Savage Nymph ~ Lightning and eight knives
6. Saïx, The Luna Diviner ~ Moon and a claymore
7. Xemnas, The Superior of The In-Between ~ Nothingness and Ethereal Blades
8. Zexion, The Cloaked Schemer ~ Illusions and a lexicon
9. Demyx, The Melodious Nocturne ~ Water and a sitar
10. Lexaeus, The Silent Hero ~ Earth and an axe sword
11. Xigbar, The Freeshooter ~ Space and arrow guns
12. Axel, The Flurry of Dancing Flames ~ Fire and twin chakram
* The 13th and new 14th member being Roxas and Xion(Upper mid section of the picture)


These are some pictures on the artwork of their unique weapons by Tetsuya Nomura: