i wonder.....

are the members of akatsuki classified as missing nin's? cause what i don't get iss....

you'd think if people like zabuza were missing nins then why would he still where is forhead protecter? i mean if he is being hunted why not hide his identity?

i just don't get it, itachi and shark guy as well, they don't seem to be loyal to any country yet they still where the headband? you'd think that they would have come up with their own little type of symbol for akatsuki. why where it if your not loyal to that village?

on another note, i think most countries are balanced with a few exceptional nin's in each country, but when i think about it didn't oro kill the kage of of sand? (kazegage), it doesn't make me think too highly of sand to tell you the truth, but we haven't seen much of all the countries true powers.

now that i think about it...... maybe leaf is alot stronger, considering instead of oro just deceaving sand to attack konoha he got not one but two countries to invade konoha. maybe leaf overall IS a little overpowered but it doesn't bother me too much, like dazzz said its the main characters home village.