Another update! I hope this chapter will satisfy the people out there who like this fic. Enjoy!

Something's Rusty!

"Ahhhh!" A scream woke Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura from their nap. TenTen was clutching her backpack like it was her own baby.

"TenTen, what's wrong?" asked Sakura.

"My weapons! They're ruined!" gushed TenTen, pulling out her hair.

"Your weapons?" asked Naruto.

"Yes, Naruto, my weapons. Someone destroyed them!" screeched TenTen.

"How do they look now?" asked Sasuke.

"See for yourself!" said TenTen, throwing her kunais toward the three young teens.

Sasuke picked one of the kunais up and examined it. "It looks like they've been chewed on," said Sasuke.

"What kind of person can possibly chew on my precious weapons?" asked/yelled TenTen.

"TenTen, can we please go on to Mauville City? Since you've already woken us up, we might as well move on," suggested Naruto.

"There's no helping it. I'll just have to buy new kunais in Mauville City," sighed TenTen.

As they were walking, Sakura asked TenTen, "Were your kunais fine last night?"

"I polished them, and put them in my bag. They were perfectly fine," answered TenTen.

"I don't think a person can chew on kunais," stated Sasuke.

"I don't think so either. It may be a Pokemon, you know," said Sakura.

"Maybe. I'm going to slice that Pokemon into little pieces if I ever lay my hands on it," growled TenTen.

"Erm, those weapons are really precious, aren't they?" asked Sakura.

"They sure were!" replied TenTen.

"Guys, can we focus on getting to Mauville City right now?" asked Naruto.

"We can talk and walk, Naruto! Zip it!" yelled TenTen.

"Sheesh, okay, okay," said Naruto.

"Eeek! My precious bike!" screeched a voice. The four young teens rushed to the source of the screech. They ran, full speed, towards the person, and were surprised to see…

"Ino?!" shouted Sakura, surprised.

"Huh? Oh, hey Billboard Brow. Did any of your Pokemon destroy my bike?!" yelled Ino.

"Ino, cool it. It's just a bike. We can walk to Mauville," said the laid-back Shikamaru.

"This bike was a present from my dad! I can't just ignore it!" retorted Ino.

"Your bike was destroyed too?" asked TenTen.

"Who are you, and what do you mean 'too'?" asked Ino.

"The name's TenTen. My weapons were ruined by something as well," said TenTen.

"There's something fishy going on here," said Naruto.

"Well duh! There's something eating metal in this area! My bike and her weapons weren't the only victims. I've seen other people lose things that are made of metal: keys, bikes, chains, whatever! I've even seen a metal bridge that was destroyed by that Pokemon!" gushed Ino.

"Now I'm interested. I'm going to find that Pokemon!" declared Naruto, and he rushed off.

"Do you guys trust him to not get lost?" asked Chouji, munching on his chips.

"I think we'll leave him alone for now. He may come to Mauville City afterwards. I'm going to go there now. Maybe then Naruto will learn to use his PokeNavi," said Sakura.

"You got a point. I'm coming with you," said TenTen. The two girls headed off to Mauville City with Sasuke.

"Ino, you're going to Mauville City too aren't you? You're going to participate in the Escargot Cup anyway," said Shikamaru.

"Well, I guess there's no future for my poor bike. I'll just head off to Mauville City, but using a different route than the one Sakura's taking," stated Ino.

"A longer route?" sighed Shikamaru.

"Nope. I know a much shorter way than the one they're taking," said Ino.

"Good. I don't want to do any more walking," said Shikamaru.

"Just get up and start walking you lazy deer!" yelled Ino.

"Okay, whatever," said Shikamaru.

With Naruto

"Oh man, I think I'm lost! H-Hey, I have my PokeNavi with me! I hope I can figure out how to use it," thought Naruto. He fumbled around with his PokeNavi for a long time. Finally, he gave up. "Ahhh! This thing's too hard to control! I'll just use Marshtomp's radar to find my way to Mauville City." Unknown to him, something was watching him from among the tall grass.

Naruto took out Marshtomp's Pokeball, and was about to call it out, when a figure jumped out and stole the Pokeball. Then, it quickly scampered away. "Hey! Get back here!" shouted Naruto, chasing the figure. "Wait, that might be the metal eating Pokemon. Pokeballs are made of metal after all, aren't they? This is my chance to catch it! I'm a genius!" Naruto thought.

The young blond ran full speed, then dove on top of the Pokemon. To his surprise, the Pokemon felt very tiny… and hard. "Stop squirming, will you?" complained Naruto, when the Pokemon under him kept trying to get away. "Now, give me back Marshtomp's Pokeball," Naruto commanded. The Pokemon attacked him with a Metal Claw as an answer, then ran away again.

"Hey! Don't play dirty!" yelled Naruto, chasing the Pokemon once again. He took out Vulpix's Pokeball and threw it. "Vulpix, let's go! Stop that Pokemon by making a ring of fire around it with your Flamethrower!" commanded Naruto. In mid-air, Vulpix unleashed a column of fire and drew a fire ring around the gluttonous Pokemon.

"Heh, nowhere to run now. Let's see who you are first," muttered Naruto. He held up his Pokedex to examine the Pokemon with a huge appetite for steel.

Aron, the Iron Armor Pokemon. This Pokemon has a body of steel. To make its body, Aron feeds on iron ore that it digs from mountains. Occasionally, it causes major trouble by eating bridges and rails.

"No wonder," mumbled Naruto. He put away his Pokedex and was about to speak again, when he got attacked by the Aron out of the blue. The young boy fell on his back, but immediately got back up. He yelled in horror when he saw the Aron trying to eat Marshtomp's Pokeball. "Hey, hey, hey! My Marshtomp's in there! Stop!" yelled Naruto. "Vulpix, use Will-O-Wisp!"

Vulpix sent some fireballs towards Aron, hitting it successfully. The Aron scrambled back and forth, trying to get rid of the burning sensation. It dropped Naruto's Pokeball in the process of running. "All right! Way to go, Vulpix! Now, since it's part steel, your fire attacks should have an effect on it. Okay, use Flamethrower again to trap it!" shouted Naruto.

Vulpix created a ring of fire around the scrambling Pokemon again. "Now, jump up!" commanded Naruto. Vulpix jumped high in the air, and waited for Naruto's command. "Use Fire Spin to completely trap it!" The little fox Pokemon used its Fire Spin to keep the Aron in one place. While the Aron was trapped in the Fire Spin, Naruto, called out Marshtomp and commanded it to put out the flames of the fire ring.

"Vulpix, you can cut off you Fire Spin now!" said Naruto. Vulpix landed, gracefully, on is paws after stopping its attack. "Now, use Quick Attack!" Vulpix ran swiftly towards Aron, leaving a white streak behind it, and successfully hit the iron Pokemon. Aron was knocked back a few feet, and was struggling to get up.

"I'm going to put your mischief to an end!" declared Naruto. He quickly got out a free Pokeball, and threw it at the wild Aron. "Don't let me down, Pokeball!" shouted Naruto. The Pokeball hit Aron's head, opened up, and engulfed it in a red light. The ball fell, and moved back and forth for a while. Naruto had beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, anticipating the capture. The Pokeball started to slow down, then stopped completely.

The blond boy sighed and jumped for joy. "Oh yeah! I caught a new Pokemon, dattebayo!" cheered Naruto. "Wait 'till the others see I've caught the troublemaker. Sasuke-teme's got nothing on me now!" While Naruto was lost in his own little world, someone was coming towards him. His Vulpix and Marshtomp detected the intruder and they both tried to get Naruto's attention.

"What is it, guys?" asked Naruto. Marshtomp and Vulpix both gestured towards the bushes, where they heard the invader. "An intruder?" thought Naruto. There was some more rustling, and the figure showed himself.

"Oh, it's just you guys," said Naruto, relieved. Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino came out from the bushes.

"We saw fire, so we thought you'd done something you shouldn't," explained Sakura.

"We wouldn't be surprised if you did," commented Ino, sneering. Naruto twitched in anger at the comment.

"Well, you should be thanking me, Ino, since I caught the troublemaker that destroyed your precious bike!" shouted Naruto. Now it was Ino's turn to twitch.

"Why should I thank you? All you did was catch it. My bike can't be fixed just because you caught that Pokemon, you know," retorted Ino.

"What?! At least you should be thankful that the Pokemon's caught. Now there won't be any future problems because I caught it!" Naruto fumed.

"Hn, this is just delaying us from getting to Mauville," said Sasuke. The two blonds stopped their verbal war and regained their composure.

"Fine. Well, at least I caught a new Pokemon," boasted Naruto. Ino shook her head at that comment.

"Out of curiosity, was that Pokemon an Aron?" asked Sakura.

"Yep. That troublemaker kept trying to run away from me, but I caught it! Dattebayo!" cheered Naruto. He looked around for a while and continued, "Hey, where're Shikamaru and Chouji?"

"Shikamaru said it was 'too troublesom' for him to come with us, and Chouji would rather spend his time preparing barbeque than come with us," explained Ino.

Naruto sighed. "Typical Shikamaru and Chouji. Well, let's get going to Mauville City now!" Naruto was about to walk off when someone tugged on his shirt sleeve. He turned his head to see Ino. There was anger written all over her face.

"What're we going to do about my bike? That Aron ate it, and you caught it, Naruto, so you think of something!" yelled Ino.

Naruto sighed and replied, "Fine. I'll just let Aron eat the rest of your bicycle, and when we get to Mauville, you can buy a new one. I heard that there was a pretty famous bicycle store there."

Ino laughed lightly and said, "I have to pay for the bike?"

"Uh yeah! It was your fault for leaving it out in the open!" Naruto shouted. Now he was getting really pissed.

"Hey guys, less arguing, more walking," suggested Sakura. She and Sasuke were already walking back. Naruto and Ino stopped arguing and followed Sasuke and Sakura back.

"Oh, there you are, Naruto," greeted Chouji, while munching his chips and devouring barbeque. Shikamaru was sprawled out on the grass, watching the clouds drift by.

"Hey, Chouji, Shikamaru," greeted Naruto. "Okay, Ino. Where're the remains of your bike?" Ino was taken aback by the question.

"You were serious when you said you were going to let that Aron eat my bike?" asked Ino. She looked surprised, but also a little angry at the same time.

"Yep. It would be a waste if the bike's left here. It would at least fill up Aron's stomach," said Naruto, seriously.

Ino gave up and replied, "It's right there." She gestured behind the tent that she had been sleeping in. Naruto ran there and called out his newly captured Aron.

"Have a nice snack, Aron," commented Naruto. The iron Pokemon immediately started chewing on the remnants of the bicycle.

Ino was watching from afar and muttering, "My bike, my poor bike." Sakura was beside her, patting her shoulder.

After Aron finished eating up the remnants of Ino's bike, Naruto re-appeared from behind the tent and suggested, "Now, why don't we all go to Mauville City together?"

"Why do you say 'we all'?" asked Ino. She's currently holding a grudge against Naruto for making his Aron eat her bike, or rather, the remains of her bike.

"The least I can do is travel with you guys. I know it isn't much, but, I do want to do something for you, Ino, as compensation for her bike, even though it was my Pokemon that destroyed your bike," answered Naruto.

"Maybe he isn't as bad as I thought he was," thought Ino. Sakura smiled at Naruto's answer. Sasuke just uttered his "hn".

"Alright, we can go there together. It's not far off now, anyway," said Ino. Turning to Sakura, she continued, "And of course, Sakura and I can enter the big contest together." Sakura gave a smile to Ino, then her face showed determination.

"They face off once again," muttered Shikamaru, getting up from the grass.

"All right, let's get going! We don't want to waste anymore time," declared Naruto.

I hope this chapter was good enough for all of you! Since I haven't updated in a while, I thought it would be nice if I updated "My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend" and this story. Please review!