"Dattebayo!" cheered Naruto.
"That was verra uncomfortable," said Merida as she rubbed her wrists. And accidently kicked one of the fallen dungeon mistresses in the head. Twice.
"-and I have a visor which allows me to scan my surroundings," said Sailor Mercury to her neighbor.
"That is so cool! It's be great if I could tell what sort of spell would affect a monster before I cast it," said Amelia to Mercury, the two 'magical princesses' comparing notes.
"How does that work?" asked Ayame, a bit concerned.
Sakura had her head near Naruto's, causing him to be slightly flustered, as she read over his shoulder. "Try that. And there. Now highlight 'Ayame' and see what-"
"I always knew ramen was awesome," said an impressed Naruto.
"I should have known," said Sakura, rubbing her forehead as if there was a headache coming on.
"Oh," said Ayame. "That makes sense. Sort of. Kind of. I suppose. In some weird way."
Merida frowned. "Wot aboot me?"
Merida's frown slowly shifted into the sort of mischievous grin that promised incipient violence. "So, yer be sayin' that I kin be laying the smackdown on some poncy types when me Ma might be plannin' some formal la-de-da?"
"If I understand all this, yes," said Sakura, a little uncertainly. This girl certainly didn't act like much of a princess but if she understood what the character information screen said - she actually WAS one.
"I don't get it," said one of the women. "I'm an actress who plays a magical princess in some movies. It's idiotic to assume that gives anyone any advantage and I can't see what I could possibly gain out of this!"
"You can always refuse to be summoned," pointed out Sakura as Naruto began working the little electronic gizmo again.
Yukie blinked. Blinked again. "I what?"
"As interesting as all this is," said Kakashi, jerking a thumb at the wall, "another timer started up when you did your princess-rescuing and it's about to run out."
"Huh?" said Naruto and at least two 'princesses' as they looked at the wall.
The clock went from "00:01" to "00:00" while they watched. At which point several puffs of smoke heralded the princesses vanishing.
"Aw," said a disappointed Naruto. "I wanted to see Ayame-chan summon ramen."
"Maybe next time," said Zabuza. "Come on, let's get this over with. What's a 'succubus' anyway?"
"Sort of a hannya I think," offered Kakashi.
"Oh, those can be nasty," said Zabuza.
"Personal experience?" asked Kakashi.
"You might say that," replied Zabuza.
"So the boss of this dungeon is the 'Succubus Queen' and she's a hannya of some kind," mused Sakura aloud. "We just faced a midboss, so we're about halfway there."
"Or," offered Sakura. "Defeating the mini-boss alerts the boss of the heroes' location and she arrives to personally crush them?"
As the vibration in the floor began increasing, Kakashi nodded. "Sounds about right."
"I'm a 'hero'?" asked Zabuza, pointing to himself and sounding somewhat amused and surprised. "Someone tell the Mizukage. He might just have a heart attack from the shock."
"Well, anti-hero maybe," offered Kakashi. "Mercenary shinobi perhaps?"
"I'm also really unsure about that 'samurai armor' that dropped a couple of fights ago though," said Zabuza. "Just because I use a sword or something?"
Sailor Mercury looked around the table. There were her usual friends, all chatting back and forth, homework in front of them. "Uhm."
"Eh, Ami-chan? Something wrong?" asked Usagi.
"You didn't react to me disappearing and reappearing?" asked Sailor Mercury.
"What are you talking about, Ami-chan?" asked Usagi, who then blinked. "Wait. Why are you transformed?"
She checked and sure enough, she was in Sailor Mercury form and there was some tender skin where the manacles had supported her weight. So it had NOT been a dream.
"So, the time between being summoned and returned is a few seconds at most?" asked Sailor Mercury as she checked readings. "Or is close to zero time passage? Fascinating."
"Ami-chan?" asked Usagi again.
"Something interesting happened," said Sailor Mercury, shifting to Ami Mizuno again to explain things.
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