Originally posted by: Hakeem_21
Who says he can't grab Naruto whenever he wants? Before Itachi was to tired from using sharingan he said that he wasnt sure to survive if he faught,so whe know he isnt sure if he can beat Jiraya.
Stop confusing yourself. Itachi didn't fight Jiraiya cuz he wasted two mangekyou sharingans before the encounter. God dammit, how many times do I need to say this?

Originally posted by: Augury
From what we've seen of Jiraiya, most of the jutsu's he used aren't "copyable" in the battlefield situation he uses it in. When he encounters Itachi and Kisame, he summon's a frog esophagus. In the Sannin fight, he creates a swamp to sink Orochimaru's lesser snakes. This is pretty smart fighting; the moves he uses aren't counterable by simply copying them.
Stop trying to spread misinformation. It specifically said in the manga, that sharingan can copy, read, and defeat all jutsus except bloodline jutsus.

Itachi's strength? Sure, he's pretty damn strong, but just because he has the mangekyou doesn't mean he's invincible. Itachi says that the only way to counter his mangekyou is by also having a mangekyou, but this refers to a direct counter. An indirect counter such as the one used by Jiraiya can be used too.
??? Which 'indirect counter' did Jiraiya use to fight off Tsukuyomi? Tsukuyomi was never even used on Jiraiya.