just a translation error. nothing big. and it's obvious that they were talking about jiraiya the whole time. naruto was never brought up.

i believe in the manga!

it's so annoying how anime adds random, unnecessary shit to throw us off. i bet you, in the episode where itachi retreats, they'll have kisame says something stupid like "YOU IDIOT, WE WERE ALMOST KILLED! GOD, WE CAN'T HANDLE JIRAIYA, HE'S TOO MUCH FOR THE WHOLE AKATSUKI ORGANIZATION"

or something crap like that.