Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25516007-20141008201906/@comment-7292165-20141023184726

Orochimaru would have to physically touch Jiraiya to absorb chakra but it could just have been from his own chakra not natural chakra. He isn't really used to it. Jiraiya definitely did not have Sage mode in his teen years I don't know where that assumption came from. When did Jiraiya lose to Orochimaru? The only time they fought that was shown was in Part 1 when they both weren't at their full capability. Jiraiya drunk as ever and still kept up just fine. Their fight was around equal at that point. Orochimaru left in his prime. Jiraiya looked for him but never could find him.