Preface

Welcome, loyal readers, fans, and new reader alike to my newest fic. I hope you enjoy, and as I have been out of the game for so long, I hope that I still have a glowing ember of the writing ability that many of you used to enjoy. I write not only for my own leisure, but for you, the reader, and it for you that I now submit for your approval, the Smokey and the Bandit/Naruto crossover that only I am brave enough to attempt. Read and review please.

A cloaked man sat in the driver's seat of a wagon drawn at breakneck speed by two horses. A large tarped bundle shifted dangerously in the wagon as the driver whipped the horses along a mountain road. He rounded a bend, and reigned the horses back hard. Up ahead sat two motor cars marked with the Anbu symbol, blue lights on top flashing. 5 Anbu nins stood in the road, their arms crossed as if they were waiting on the man to arrive. The horses' hooves dug into the ground as the wagon came to a grinding halt. The driver sat nervously as the Anbu approached, flanking his wagon, the leader of the squad walking up to his seat and staring down the driver through the eye holes of his catlike mask.

"Where might you be going at such a speed?" The Anbu leader asked.

"Umm.." The driver stammered. "Just making a delivery to Konoha, that's all."

"And what are you delivering, and on whoseorders?" The nin asked. "Speak..."

"Just...uh..."

"Sake." One of the other Anbu said, lifting up the canvas tarp. "Lots of it." The Anbu leader looked at the driver and sighed. "You're under arrest for trafficking an alcoholic beverage across borders without a permit. You know that this is illegal." The driver groaned.

"These two lords, they..." The driver began.

"Haven't you baka fools learned?" The Anbu leader said angrily. "Big and little Kobiashi Maru make this bet with every ex-criminal and out of work snake they meet."

And so it begins, one of the bravest undertakings in the history of ...combining Naruto with the classic Burt Reynolds action comedy Smokey and the Bandit. Just more proof that I am a man of many passions, I guess. Tell me what you thought of this little opening. Chapter 1 is coming soon, so stay tuned!