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Something has always troubled me about these three. Itachi is afraid of Jiraiya, Jiraiya got beaten up pretty badly by Orochimaru, yet Orochimaru was easily bested by Itachi. How does that work?
We saw Jiraiya beat Itachi + Kisame after Itachi beat up Sasuke. Later, Orochimaru fights Jiraiya one-on-one and gets hurt pretty badly. And of course, we saw what happened when Orochimaru tried to take Itachi's body in Ataksuki.
So how do you explain it? Was Itachi holding back when he fought Jiraiya? Was Jiraiya holding back when he fought Orochimaru?
Itachi is more powerful than jiraiya and all the sannin. I believe the only reason itachi said to kisame if they fought it will end in a stalemate was simply because he did not want to kill jiraiya, a legendary sannin. Itachi loved the leaf villiage and did not care about akatsuki's goals. And even if he really did think it would end in a stalemate, itachi never underestimated his opponents and at times even overestimated them.
He needs to force Oro into doing the handseals, the Edo Hokages will kill Itachi before he gets a chance to perform a genjutsu on Oro.