Missing-nin

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Missing-nin is a ninja who´s left his village, and (often) dishonored the symbol of the former country, usually by making a scar over his forehead protector. They´re often pursued by the country, mostly in the shape of a Hunter-nin, or by the police force. The job of a Hunter-nin is to eliminate missing-nin so that village secrets would not be leaked to other villages, even if the proposed missing-nin is dead.

The ninja organization Akatsuki is composed of ten (this is the maximum number. Membership is currently less than ten due to deaths and MIA status to some members) S-class missing-nin. Ninja of this class are often noted in the Bingo book, a list of notable enemy ninja marked for assassination that each ninja village provides for its Jonin and ANBU squad members. Most ninja, even high-level ones, choose to flee rather than face someone of the S-class. Most Kage also tend to be at this level.

List of missing-nins

 * Zabuza
 * Orochimaru
 * Sasuke
 * Kakuzu
 * Hidan
 * Kabuto
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Deidara
 * Kisame
 * Zetsu
 * Akatsuki Leader