</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (itachi_ @ Jan 4 2004, 07:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Quoted from narutoguide.com </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Missing-Nin
Ninjas who have abandoned their Village. These Shinobis are considered traitors and are hunted down because of the secrets they may hold. Other Hidden Villages would be interested purchasing this information becuase it could be useful in gaining an upper hand in battle. Villages create special Units of Hunter-Nins to take care of this problem</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

... it makes sense don&#39;t you think... and so far the combination with s-rank criminal and missing-nin have been bound together.. and i think that it will continue that way.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Jiraiya didn&#39;t abandon Konoha and he isn&#39;t a traitor and he isn&#39;t being hunted so he is not a missing-nin. Jiraiya&#39;s rank is jounin.

Is it just me or is Itachi technically a chuunin.