No one was really sure why there was a DDR machine in the pub, or even when it had appeared, it was just there, out of everyone's way, until now.
"Genma, what the hell did you give him?"
Genma held up the empty can to his partner who glanced at it quickly and then back up at Naruto.
"Beer makes him like that?"
"It's not beer Rai. I think he thought it was, and well, he's had three cans of it so far."
"Relentless?" He twirled the can around in his hand to read through the ingredients. "You gave him caffeine? No wonder!"
They both turned back to see the blonde let out a loud cheer as he beat Ino for the third time in a row. She staggered off the platform looking exhausted. Naruto lent on the back bar looking expectantly out into the pub.
Kotetsu gave Izumo a shove in the right direction and the tipsy chuunin staggered up to the platform.
"What'm I doin'?"
But Naruto gave him no chance to work it out as he pressed the start button. While Izumo was falling over his feet not getting even one step in the right place, Naruto was getting a whole stream of perfect hits, bouncing from one tile to the next, using his ninja agility for all it was worth.
By the twelfth round people started taking bets of how many times the blonde could go without a break. The twelfth round went to Naruto against Sakura, as did the thirteenth and fourteenth before the pink-haired kunochi fell over and passed out. The fifteenth round was surprisingly Naruto vs. Kakashi who failed miserably when he discovered he couldn't co-ordinate his feet and eyes after two beers and half a bottle of vodka. Genma had a go for the sixteenth round and found he had no sense of rhythm, He could get the correct foot on the correct tile, but not at the right time. Another victory to Naruto. After the twenty second round, no one seemed to want to play against him.
In the end the closest estimate wasn't even close. The blonde had managed an incredibly thirty four rounds before collapsing and sleeping for forty eight hours straight.
Tsunade henceforth banned any and all caffeine energy drinks from the village. The DDR was once again left untouched in the corner of the pub, just another part of the backdrop, and Naruto wondered what he'd been doing when he woke up sore all over and with the mother of all headaches.