Itachi, Jiraya and Orochimaru

[CapsuleCorpJX]

It seems that Orochimaru is much weaker than Itachi, in that even combining with Sasuke, they say their odds of killing Itachi are not good.

However, Itachi is scared shitless of Jiraya, even with his shark-friend helping.

But Orochimaru wasn't scared at all when he saw Jiraya come on the battle field when the three Sannin's fought. Maybe Orochimaru realized Jiraya was poisoned.

But still, it seems an odd loop.

My guess is all three Sanins are at similar levels.

Itachi should be stronger than all three. But for some reason he is scared of Jiraya. I wonder why?

Maybe when Orochimaru said he wasn't strong enough, it might not mean Itachi, but the entire Atasaki organization. He's might be baiting Itachi in front of Sasuke to get him to train harder.

[Gnompf]

Orochimaru is maby scared of itachi becuse he doesnt really understand all his ability. jutsu and more.
Oro have been in same team with jiraya and he was better then jiraya when they was kid so he think someting else of jiraya then itachi just what i was thinking about

[jing]

Or perhaps Itachi is not scared of Jiraya. Oh ok.

[Elessar]

Oro isn't really scared because Itachi is that much stronger, it's just that Itachi was able to obtain power, that he, the genius, can't obtain. Big ass inferiority complex.

And Itachi isn't scared at all. He just stated, that taking on one of the sannin is troublesome, even for him. And we do know from his actions, he simply doesn't like trouble. He likes clean, accurate cuts, without turning whole countrysides into a mess.

[moondoggie]

i think itachi was reffering to the kyuubi when jiraya was escorting naruto

[Terracosmo]

OR maybe this has been discussed a million times without anyone finding a reasonable answer.

[bagandscalpel]

Balance of power, my friends, it's all about the balance of power.

Without it, we'd just be witnessing one powerful shinobi battling it out with another constantly until there's nothing left.

[Assertn]

OR maybe this has been discussed a million times without anyone finding a reasonable answer.

Damn.....beat me to it.