Originally posted by: Himura_san
I also want to add that it seems Itachi is more powerful than Jariaya expected, he basically broke out of Jariaya's jutsu like if it was made of paper. It would be awesome if those two went head-to-head deathmatch but from what Itachi has said only a Sharingan user can compete with him, so that probably is wishful thinking on my part.
Some people really do not pay attention. Do you not recall when Itachi and fishman were standing on the cliff, and talking about their chances if they fought jiraiya? Itachi says that if they were to fight him, the two of them together, that the best case scenario would be for everyone in the fight to die. He also says that it wouldn't even matter if they called for reinforcements, nothing would help them win that fight. I'm pretty sure that qualifies as "competing with him".