Yay for necro! Anyways, I like Carnage's idea of summoning the statue with the power of the 9 (or whatever the statue represents). That would be pretty sweet. It also could tie in with their stated goal of causing wars. Just think about it: Akatsuki pops in, summons huge demon-like creature, lets it wreak havoc on a major ninja village, then un-summons it. They then plant blame with another ninja village. Pretty soon there is war everywhere with no one really knowing who started it...