Originally posted by: yondaime21
In manga # 144, Kisame said that Jiraiya would be"a challenge for the leafs # 1 and one of the mists seven strongest". Obviously the 2 people Kisame's talking about are Itachi and himself. So my question is wouldn't Jiraya kick Itachi's butt if he were alone if he were a match for 2 pretty strong guys? This would make Jiraiya the strongest in the manga right? other than the 4th that is.
Inner Sakura is stronger than both Itachi and Jiraiya.

And, Konohamaru is strongEST.