Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27725840-20170731214952/@comment-734582-20171030215126

RexGodwin wrote: prior to gaara. Yea. Like i said, When Jiraiya told Kakashi about Akatsuki, nobody cared and they weren't considered a threat. They briefly went after Naruto but this was fairly easily thwarted by Jiraiya, and after that nothing was heard until they captured Gaara and Akatsuki entered the picture for real. Prior to that, all people cared about was that itachi was in it, and that's it.