My Missing Piece (A Rocky X Zuma Story)

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Hey guys. My name's Scout and writing fanfiction has been something I wanted to do for a while but never had the time to do it. So now here I am writing it for all of you guys to enjoy. I like PAW Patrol. I was actually introduced to it from my 5yo sister. How ironic right? But anyways I'm gonna try to update this as soon as I can. So please read, review, and most of all... Enjoy.

Don't own PAW Patrol and their characters.
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I start to take Zuma out and show him around Adventure Bay. It's really nice here. I don't know Zuma really well but from the look on his face, he loves the place. Through that we started talking and crazy thing, we have a lot in common. Who figured? He had a rough childhood like myself and we were both made fun of. Especially him with his speech as he pronounces W's for R's which I find kinda adorable. I feel like there's something different going on for me. Almost like... I like him as a friend. But is it true? I don't know but these feelings are foreign to me. I never had a friend before. A real one.

"Wocky?" His voice shook me out of my thoughts and I look at him. "Yes?"

"What's that?" He points to the beach.

"Oh heh. That's the beach dude. I go there all the time when I'm not on missions or wanting to hang with others. It's like my hideaway from all the others."

"Oooooo can we go? I love swimming. Let's go swimming Wocky. Pleeeeease?" I know I hate water with a burning passion based on my past, but how can I say no to him? I might loose the only chance I have for a friend.

"S-sure." I say shaking my fur outta my skin with anxiety. "But I don't like swimming."

He looked at me quizzically and shockingly. "What? How can you not? It's the best thing evew. Like watew is the gweatest thing fow you too. Plus being wet is a wondewful feeling! You should twy it."

The thing is I have. Not the ideal way to have water on your fur for the first time, but still I have. But I shake it off and smile at him. "No Zuma. I hate swimming. I tried it once, but I don't like it. You can I'll stay on the sand."

He looks down and says, "Okay." Thank goodness I didn't have to explain to him why I don't like it. I hate talking about it. It's something I don't want to relive ever again.

We make our way to the beach and Zuma rushes into the water swimming happily and giggling. I on the other hand sit on the beach listening to the waves crash on the shore and I think to myself. Not anything in perticular, but just of whatever floats in my mind. Why I am a mess? Why I am a screw up for PAW Patrol. Maybe I should turn in my badge. Quit. Give up. Start over in my life. Where the mix breeds go. To the streets.

I must have been thinking for a lot longer than I thought because Zuma is now laying next to me in the sand as we both are now looking up at the sky watching the sun begin to set.

"Wocky?"

I turn to Zuma. "Yeah Zuma?"

"You're an amazing fwiend. I nevew weally had one and you awe so nice to me. It's a fiwst fow me." What? How can anyone not like Zuma. He's a sweetheart. If I ever found out anyone that hates him I'll... "And... you don't make fun of my speech pwoblem. So thanks." He hugs me tightly and I smile and blush a little and hug him right back.

"Anytime Zoom." I feel Zuma smile on my fur when I called him that. I don't really know why I did was kind of a thing friends do. Ya know. Giving them nicknames.

He broke the hug and he said something that changed my demenor. "I think I want to join PAW Patwol."

"What? Why?" I don't know how to react. Should I be excited my friend wants to join us. Or should I be sad that he might go through what I'm going through right now.

He gives me a response I will never forget. "If I join the patwol, I will see you all the time and if I don't, I don't know if we could ever see eachothew again. I weally like you Wocky. You awe my best fwiend and I don't want to leave you because I'll be alone and I don't want that. You mean the wowld to me. Even though we just met, you awe my fwiend. My only fwiend."

I could only put a smile on my face as he left me speechless. "Zoom, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Thanks. I hope Ryder let's you join. You deserve to be here Zoom."

"I'm glad I can heaw it fwom you Wocky." He gives me a hug and we spend another hour taking about stupid things like 'What's your favorite colour?' or 'What music do you like?' Turns out we have much more in common than I thought before when we first talked.

We start to walk back to the lookout and Chase and Marshall are running out of the lookout smiling and giggling. They run up to me and Zuma. "Hey Zuma. How do you like Adventure Bay?"

Zuma lights up. "I like it. It is nice hewe."

Marshall starts giggling. "Hehehe wow Zuma. You really need to pratice your speech don't ya?" Zuma looks down.

Chase jumps in, "Yeah Zuma or else people might think you're a baby. Hehehehehehe."

Zuma tries to stand his ground, "I'm not a baby. I just have a speech pwoblem get ovew it."

Chase walks towards Zuma and I quickly step in. "Stop it. He has a lisp he can't pronounce R's. Don't be a jerk for something he can't control."

Chase towers me, "And what are you gonna do about it? Runt!" His emphasize on "runt" sent saliva on my face and I coward back drooping my ears. Truth is I'm afraid of Chase. He's been bullying me ever since I joined the Patrol. He thinks that since he is chosen the most, he can boss us all around. Not to mention he's buddy buddy with Marshall. So Marshall does anything to make Chase like him.

Chase shoves me to the ground and he walks off with Marshall laughing at how Rocky's got a new friend. I start crying a little from the sharp pain in my ribcage for falling on a rock and I feel the warmth of a pup lifting me up and taking me to my pup house. That pup was Zuma.

He lays me in my bed and he smiles. "Thanks Wocky. I nevew had anyone stand up fow me."

I calm down and look at him. "W-what are friends for?"

He gives me a hug and states, "You helped me and now I help you. It's the one thing I wemembew my mom saying when I have fwiends. To be loyal to them."

I am speechless from all this. Why is he so nice to me? I am nothing to the others. Nothing. But to him, I'm something. Something. That has a nice ring to it. "Ummm Zoom?"

He looks at me. "Yeah Wocky?"

I sigh. "You want to stay here tonight?"

Zuma's eyes brighten and he smiles. "Of couwse I do!"

He smiles and starts to lay on the floor and I stop him. "You can sleep with me if you want."

Zuma blushes a little and he says hesitantly, "O-okay." He climbs in bed with me and we lay away from eachother.

As I am about to tell him "goodnight" he wraps his arms around me and I smile blushing and I turn around hugging my best friend. "Goodnight Zoom. Welcome to your new home."

After that we both sleep the best slumber we have ever had.