Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26545929-20150630030815/@comment-26541067-20150630083220

just like to add that itachi decided taking on jiraya would be foolish but time and time again hes made orochimaru his biznitch.though perhaps that was a cover because jiraya was from the leaf village so itachi didnt wanna kill him wile oreo was its enemy so he had no issues handling him.at the peak of their youths ,tsunade was probably the strongest in terms of straight combat,provided she had her seal completed.though orochimaru would have a bag full of tricks to swing things in his favour and jiraya would use various innovative techniques to stay in it.in a threeway once the guys got their acts together and had time to set up their finishers ,tsunade would be killed first then it would be a long neck-and-neck ,naruto-sasuke style deathmatch between jiraya and orochimaru with either one narrowly winning .though in  one on one battles tsunade would probably beat both of them up