Akatsuki (Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") was initially an organization created by Yahiko and his two comrades Konan and Nagato in an effort to fight against the tyranny and oppression that their home village, Ame was facing during the Third Great Shinobi War, and the long-term goal of world peace.
After Yahiko's death and under the influence of Obito Uchiha, Akatsuki became a criminal organization comprising S-rank missing-nin and was the most wanted group in all of the shinobi world. Their main goal was to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination, specifically to unleash Ten-Tails.
