
Originally Posted by
MikedeeFenrir

Originally Posted by
Ivaden

Originally Posted by
BRP
PS. The leader has two work eyes as we can see whenever he is out of the mask.
The "leader" that we've all been led to assume is the leader so far is apparently
not the leader. The person up 'til now that we all thought was Akatsuki Leader is Pain (or Pein?), not an Uchiha.
BRP is kind of right, Pein(Pain), was the acting leader, while Tobi was in the shadows.
Queston: why was Deidara so important to the group? Anyone come up with a theory? :3 (Other than being totally awesome)
Right, but Pain/Pein never wore a mask. So I can only guess BRP was referencing Tobi. Also, pictures of the shadowy(?) Pain back when he was the assumed leader showed the same eyes he has now exposed, not a Sharingan or normal eyes.
Aaaaaand, my theory about why Deidara was so important is that he trained himself to counter/see through/etc. the Sharingan (still not clear on how, though). I'd say that'd be pretty important when they know Sasuke is coming for Itachi, or even against Kakashi. He was also capable of taking out villages with one bomb if he wanted with those huge bombs he tried on the Sand Village, so maybe if Akatsuki felt like leveling an entire village, I'd see Deidara as a valuable asset. That's not to say the others can't, I mean who knows what the female Akatsuki and Pain/Pein can do (maybe huge ass waves or something, since he's Rain ninja?), and I have no doubt in my mind Itachi and Kisame could kill an entire village but it'd take more effort than just throwing a bomb on the city. Who knows about Zetsu, though... he's pretty much just a hunter-ninja it seems, since all we've seen him do is scout and get rid of evidence by eating bodies.