Naruto: Shippuuden Episode 3

[fifafreak18]

Also, it seems to me that Akatsuki are the strongest force that there is. Why would they need the demons to increase their power further?

Those who have power just want more. That would be a really interesting, but are their 9 demons in the Naruto world? if their are why haven't we heard of the others?

But yes Gaara is a better ninja than Naruto but Kyuubi is far more powerful than shukaku.

[Narasho]

Maybe the other 9 Akatsuki didn't want Orochimaru to get hold of one of these demons so he left the group blubbering and offended like:
"No you won't become Hokage Oro."
- "Ok. Then I'm going to destroy the village, meanie!"

I know this was mostly meant as a joke, but the reason Orochimaru left the group was because he realized he could not get Itachi. At least that's what I remember him saying to Kabuto. I don't remember the episode.

[DB_Hunter]

So what he joined Akatsuki to get Itachi? In that case what was the leader of Akatsuki (whoever that is) doing letting someone like Oro join his group?

[Kraco]

So what he joined Akatsuki to get Itachi? In that case what was the leader of Akatsuki (whoever that is) doing letting someone like Oro join his group?

Does Akatsuki have a leader? I thought it was a gathering of more or less equal people seeking a common goal (whatever it might be).

[Danad_corps]

Thats what i thought too. However, whenever there are powerful people combined there is always someone who tries to take control. There may not be a leader in all senses of the word, but there could be someone whose opinion is valued more than another's and therefore gets things on his agenda done sooner than the others. I think them having a leader would take away from their "coolness." Right now they are a bunch of bad-asses who do almost whatever they want b/c they are so damn strong. If they had a leader, then they would all just be strong pussies who do what the "man-in-charge" tells them to do. At least thats how i see it.

[DarthEnderX]

Another possibility is that Atatsuke was made of of 9 of the most powerful criminals who were determined to get tailed beasts. And that Orochimaru was the weakest person in the group.

Then Itachi shows up and Atatsuke is all, "Well, there's 10 of us now and Oro, you're the weakest, so no tailed beast for you."

And then Oro is all like, "Fuck!" And leaves.