Originally posted by: Death BOO Z
by the way, itachi isn't afraid of anyone alone, but he is worried that he'll be ganged up by ninjas who have one skill higher than his, and that they'll work together to beat him, for the same reason, he retreats alot, so he won't reveal any week points to his enemies, think about it, Itachi retreated becuase he didn't want to reveal the fact that Gai is faster than him, and he didn't want to expose all his secrets while fighting Jiriya, if he was afraid that Jiriya will retreat with Naruto and then make a counter to all of his attacks, and even worse, will provide information about his attacks to the leaf village.
jesus christ...ever heard of a RUN ON SENTENCE? lol

but anyways, i dunno about your theory on why itachi ran away. we still don't know why itachi isn't like "OMFG WE HAVE TO GET NARUTO RIGHT NOW OR PLAN FAILS" he seems to be taking it real easy. i don't think time is concern for him.

i mean... itachi > kyubi, you know. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]