That's interesting, but why would Kyuubi be released? Oro had no problem dealing with Naruto, rendering him completely useless AND unconcious (perfect for traveling hehehe)! If Itachi is stronger than Oro, and has the use of Mange sharingan, he could also deal with Naruto without a second thought. I'm thinking that if he HAD chosen to do this, he wouldn't have enough chakra to escape Jiraiya .. and obviously fighting Jiraiya head-on is extraordinarily dangerous in nature.

So, if logic holds, I don't think there's any way there were talking about Kyuubi itself ..