Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31810758-20170513174308/@comment-7292165-20170522203502

I don't recall Itachi being afraid of Jiraiya at all. He may have warned Kisame that fighting him would end basically in a stalemate, but his face stayed emotionless. This could have be a ruse so that Itachi doesn't draw any more attention than he already did or he believed Jiraiya to be that powerful. Either way, he was in no way afraid of Jiraiya.