VitaminWater Fact Number 6: Apparently VitaminWater isn't considered 'water' at Isabel's (a.k.a. ANGELforSHOW) school. Because she definitely got a detention for drinking it during class. Well, and for talking too much.

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x. by ANGELforSHOW

Chapter Five: Endurance.
Purpose: More sustained energy.

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"Uchiha, Haruno, this report was very well written," Ibiki told the partners as he handed back the paper on the cerebellum the two had written (and gotten tipsy-slash-drunk over).

Sakura looked at the paper with a mixture of disgust and fondness. After all, getting drunk on VitaminWater and vodka was possibly the craziest thing she had done since the series of pranks with Ino last year that consisted of her revenge on Sai. Waking up snuggled against Sasuke was a plus as well – from what she could feel against her stomach, the boy had a nice six-pack going on for him. Yes, that was definitely worth it – the hangover, not so much.

It had taken Ibiki about a week to grade all of the papers, and after he handed the last paper back, he strolled back to the front of the room and let up the overhead screen with a loud snap.

"TEST TOMORROW" decorated the chalkboard in scraggly white letters.

Ibiki smirked with cruel satisfaction from the panicked looks he could see blooming on his young students' faces. "The test is on everything we've covered so far this year. Think of it as a mid-term. You have the rest of the period to study," Ibiki told his class, watching with amusement as the panicked looks shifted from worried to scaredshitless. "Go."

Naruto groaned as he pulled out his textbook, flipping it open to the first chapter. "QUIZ ME INO," he demanded loudly, slapping his book closed right after he opened it.

Ino rolled here eyes and popped open a brand new Frappuccino, chocolate mocha flavored. "Um, how about not?" she told him, cracking open her MacBook Pro and opening up a file with all of her psychology notes, typed.

"Ooh, gimme some Frappe!" Naruto fairly squealed, lunging at Ino's Frappuccino bottle.

"Um, how about not?" she repeated again. "I need to get a good grade on this test, so shut your face," Ino told the blond boy.

Naruto slid further down into his seat and propped his feet up on the chair in front of him. "Whatever Ino," he sulked, opening his textbook again. Even his neon-Nike'd feet seemed to droop in defeat.

Satisfied, Ino returned her attention to her computer, skimming notes from weeks ago. The quiet murmur of the classroom dimmed significantly as she got absorbed into the wonders of human behavior. Until…

"Hey Naruto?"

"Yes Ino?"

"Put. The Frap. Down."

"…ah, dammit."

Sakura returned to dinner, her head practically spinning with knowledge. NOT.

"So I definitely didn't get any studying done," she complained at the table, spearing the spinach leaves in her salad with sharp stabs. Irritated, she blew a lock of pink hair away from her face before it got caught in some of her low-fat Italian dressing.

Ino laughed. "I tried. And failed," she agreed, nodding, "'Cause someone kept stealing my Frap-fix for the day," she hissed, shooting a glare towards Naruto while taking an angry bite out of her veggie wrap.

Naruto shrugged. "I was thirsty," he defended lazily, downing practically a whole slice of pizza.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "It's no big deal, the test'll be easy," he told his tablemates dully. "It's psych class." He sipped his VitaminWater of the day, an Endurance, peach-mango flavored and specially formulated for sustained energy.

Sakura bared her teeth, annoyed. "Well, if YOU'RE so smart, I demand you host a study party for us tonight. And teach us ALL," she told Sasuke, dropping her fork and pushing her tray away. "I want ice cream," she decided suddenly, getting up to wander to the soft serve machine.

She returned with a small bowl of vanilla ice cream, dusted with rainbow sprinkles. "Well Sasuke, what do you say?" she asked.

"Hn?"

"Me, you, Naruto, Ino. Study party. Your dorm," she told him. "Tonight," she added, licking her spoon.

"Fine," Sasuke shrugged. If he wanted them out, he could always just go to sleep.

Sakura smiled. "So it's decided – in one hour we'll meet at Sasuke's dorm," she chirped. "Wear your pajamas or something with all of the psychology shit you can find – and bring your clothes slash stuff for tomorrow too, 'cause we're crashing the place afterwards," she warned the Uchiha with a wicked grin.

Naruto and Ino grinned in agreement, praising the high power of their choice that Sakura had thought of setting this study party up. Without it, failure was quite the option.

Sasuke shrugged once more before taking a bite of his chicken sandwich. "Whatever."

Sasuke sighed as he threw his comforter over his bed, making it neatly. Propping his pillow up against the headboard, he tucked the edges of the blanket in around the walls before moving to clean up his desk.

Sasuke's desk was lonely, with only a small lamp, three pens and one pencil in a cup, and a solitary framed picture of the four of them at lunch. Ino had proudly presented them a picture of their group a few weeks ago, even going as far as to make copies and frame them. Pushing in his desk chair, he proceeded to straighten out his dorm.

It was a wonder how they had all managed to snag single-dorms this year, Sasuke thought to himself, bemused. After all, singles were the hardest to obtain, and by far the most desirable. It was quiet, private, and solitary, while relatively spacious. The best part had to be the attached bathroom through. Even though it was only a toilet and a sink (showers had to be taken communally), it was your own toilet.

"Oi Sasuke!"

Sasuke pushed everything into place one last time before he opened his door. He would never let Naruto see him cleaning after all. He'd never hear the end of it, seeing how Naruto was the new dirty-man on campus.

Naruto was dressed quite literally in his pajamas, in a pair of blue striped PJs with a bear hat tugged down over his unruly blond locks. Sasuke had opted for dressing down, with an old soccer shirt and Konoha sweats.

There was a knock at the door, and Ino and Sakura bounded into the dorm, eager to put their things down.

"Hey guys," Ino greeted, setting her overnight tote and purse down in the corner, followed by Sakura's own overnight bag and purse. "What's up?"

Naruto grinned at the two girls. "Psychology," he told them. "Duh."

Sakura rolled her eyes and sat down on the floor, where she had sat previously. "C'mon, we have to get something done," she said, "I need to pass this." She opened her psych. notebook and starting at day 1, slowly reading her notes.

Sasuke sat down next to her, as Naruto and Ino fought over who would get the bed to sit on. "You should organize your notes better," he commented, looking over Sakura's shoulder at her notebook. They were written in bullet-form, just randomly listed, page after page.

"I know," Sakura sighed miserably. "I started typing them eventually though."

They fell silent once more.

"OHMYGOD guys, we should play trashcan basketball, psychology style!" Naruto screeched after ten minutes of solitary note reviewing.

Ino flinched at the word 'basketball', but her boredom won over her tears by a long shot. "YEAH!" she agreed. "I used to do this last year all the time with – well, never mind," she bit her lip before continuing. "Anyway, we'll split up into partners, take turns shooting, and we'll ask a question before the pair shoots. If they get the question right, they can shoot. They get one point for the right answer, and another point if they get the shot. Losing team can treat the other team out for dinner the next holiday we have," she smirked.

Sakura and Sasuke sighed before standing up. "You're on Pig," Sakura told Ino, stretching her arms.

Naruto swung Sasuke trash can onto his desk and wadded up several sheets of paper into a ball. "Bring it on, we're SO going to wipe the floors with you guys."

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"How much do you think Naruto costs for one meal?" Sakura asked Sasuke soberly as she watched Ino and Naruto jump up and down, celebrating their recent victory.

"A lot," Sasuke muttered, sitting down on his bed in annoyance.

Ino linked arms with Naruto. "Naruto, I think this means we don't need to study anymore," she said, sticking her tongue out at Sakura and Sasuke. "Later bitchessss!" she cried, scooping up her things and dragging Naruto out the door with her, in which he happily obliged.

"Let's go party – it's only midnight!" Naruto said to Ino as they pranced out the door. "BEER ALL AROUND!" he hollered, bouncing down the hallway.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "I guess we should study," she told Sasuke with a half-frown.

"Aa," Sasuke agreed, picking up his notebook. "We still have six more weeks of notes to go through," he informed Sakura.

Sakura was honestly considering bashing her head in right about then.

"How many more weeks?" Sakura asked, lying on her stomach on Sasuke's bed as she dangled over the edge by Sasuke's head. "It's 2 AM, I think we're almost done, right?"

"Three more weeks," Sasuke quipped dully. "If we keep up this pace, we'll be done by 4."

Sakura groaned. "I'm so fucking tired," she mumbled to herself.

Sasuke tapped her head lightly with his pencil. "Well, get over it," he said to her dully. "Now, what are emotions?" he asked.

"Something that you don't have," Sakura snapped back.

"Besides that," Sasuke replied dryly.

Sakura sighed, fisting her pink air and tugging at a knot she felt in her left hand.

"Complex reactions of the nervous system to either external or internal stimuli."

Sasuke nodded. "C'mon, only two more weeks of shit," he told her, patting her head.

Sakura mock-glared and patted his head back, ruffling already-messy blue-black spikes. "Let's just get this over with," she said him with a tired smile.

Ino and Naruto came in to the cafeteria the next day red-eyed and tired, just like Sakura and Sasuke.

"I hope that test isn't hard," Ino muttered, "Because I don't really remember anything before the hangover," she groaned, sipping at a cup of iced coffee.

"Amen," Naruto agreed, drinking the same beverage. "God, my head hurts," he complained.

"That's what you get for skipping out on the study session to go get drunk," Sakura told the two sardonically. "Sasuke and I might be tired, but at least we'll pass," she said, digging around inside of her bag for her VitaminWater.

Pulling out an Endurance, she smiled as she practically felt the peach-mango liquid crawling through her veins and delivering more energy.

Sasuke nodded in approval, once again holding a bottle identical to hers.

The table fell into a comfortable silence as they ate in quiet, each munching on toast and their preferred drink.

"Ah, it's time for class," Sakura informed everyone a few minutes later, waving her phone before standing up. "Let's go apply our knowledge, shall we?" she asked, smiling slightly.

The other three followed her wordlessly out the door.

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"You have the entire class to finish," Ibiki told them, handing the group of four a test packet at the door. "Begin."

Sakura sat down a seat away from Sasuke and smiled as she saw the first question. "What is an emotion? Pick an emotion and use it in a proper situation with the correct stimuli."

Sakura picked up her pen and began to write neatly in the space below the question.

An emotion is the nervous system's reaction to either an internal or external stimuli. One of the most common emotions is love –

Sakura glanced up at Sasuke, smiling slightly as she saw him hunched over his desk, writing quickly.

– which is felt when the brain is stimulated by an external stimuli that pleasures the human. Often, this stimuli is something such as a puppy, or a certain song. But most commonly, love is found between two humans who find comfort within each other…

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"Good job Haruno, 100 percent."

"Thank you, sir."

Sorry for the delay. I got my wisdom teeth removed yesterdays. It hurt like a bitch.

Uh, I know it may seem like it, but in no way do I advocate underage drinking. :D

Q&A:

01. Where can you buy VitaminWater?
Most stores have it, if you check under flavored water. I haven't encountered any at Walmart though. Slash, my knowledge only applies to the US. 'Cause I live there.

02. Have you ever had VitaminWater and vodka?
No – but the next time I go hang out with a couple of my friends, we're totally trying it. ;)

03. Asdadjkas, vodka/Sasuke/Sakura!!!
I know what you're thinking, you dirty mind; this fic's rating won't be going up anymore. Hahaha.

04. Will Tenten and Neji make an appearance? Slash everyone else?
I'm trying to keep this to as little characters as possible. Other characters will probably be mentioned in passing at the most.

05. What IS your inspiration for this crazy shit?
VitaminWater (everyday bby), Gossip Girl, and the Juno Soundtrack. And I totally re-read TheCherryOnTop by ohwhatsherface over the weekend, and that gave me a fair bit of motivation too.

06. Ew, uh, do you have an unhealthy obsession with VitaminWater or something?
It's healthy (ish) and delicious. Duh. Uh, yeah, I usually have one everyday though. And withdrawal symptoms will emerge after 24 hours… Haha, NOT. It's just good, alright?

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