this thread has been written time and tme again- thoose of you who keep thinking Oro said Itachi was stronger, please dont rely on crap translations. What was actually written in many scntilation was "cant" vs "not allowed to"

Since we have been shown time and time again strength in Naruo universe is not linear( granted the diffrence between a genn and a jounin is clear regaurdless). discerning who is "strongest" when talking about the higher lvl's of fighters and jutsu'

he goes a for instance- Sakura, and Chyao ba-sama were able to defeat sasori due to Sakura'smdical training. in that situation kakashi, or gai would be deadif they got as much as scraped. and Both of them could clearly own Sakura. Not linear power curve

No memberof Akatsuki, can go after naruto alone if Jiraiya is with him( they admitted this, not subject to faulty translation due to manner in which it was said ), same goes with Orochimaru.

In order for Akatsuki to defeat thoose 2 in particular requires they all mobilize @ one time( this does not mean that anyone of them could not yield a draw alone fighting either one of them- however i think their objective is to be ableto leave the fight alive ).

We dont have any idea of Tsunade's fighting strength outside of her fight with a handicapped Orochimaru. We havent really seen her fight. however we do know she was able to train the pathetic Sakura to be a forced to be recond with, while jugglling her duties as Hokage.

We dont know what is required tobe a member of akatsuki, other than a "gang style" "jump in" but we do know Jiraiya revered them as "someone like me" (which more closly translates to someone at my rank/lvl but sounds wierd in translation.) we do know they are stronger than your standard jounin.

we probubly would have a better