I got this idea yesterday afternoon and was really excited to write this!~ I love pairing these two, but for this story its a best friend/brother thing. xD So yeah read, review and enjoy~

Zuma of PAW Patrol loved the water, he loved his friends and Ryder. He loved Adventure Bay... But he hated bullies. One day he was out on a walk in town. Enjoying the warm summer day when a group of five pups that looked to be from another town walked up to him.

"What's up, Runt!" The first one spoke, upon this question, Zuma realized just how much bigger these pups were they also all appeared to be some king of Sheep Dog.

"... Just going on home... My owner Wyder will be expecting me,"

"Wyder?!" Laughed the pups. "Can't talk right, can ya runt!?"

"I can talk! It's not my fault I have a speech impediment..." Zuma replied, as he tried his hardest to not show any tears. "Are you sure, Runt!?" The first of the pups barked. "Yeah!" Said the others.

That broke Zuma and the chocolate lab began crying. "Aww are you crying!?" The bullies said in unison. They all laughed as they watched Zuma continue to cry.

"HEY!"

Suddenly, the bullies turned their heads to see Rocky coming towards them and an angry expression on his face. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Rocky yelled. He growled at the pups and showed his teeth. He'd fight them if he had to...

"And who are you?" One of the pups asked.

"I'm Rocky of PAW Patrol. Zuma is my friend! So back off!" Rocky responded.

"What kind of dog are you anyway? A mutt aren't ya?"

"Doesn't matter! What matters is that you get away from my friend,"

"Oh I don't think so,"

Growling, Rocky charged towards the pups and lunged at them. Zuma gasped and covered his eyes with his paws. He knew Rocky was out numbered. There was no way he'd win...

However somehow some way a few seconds later Zuma heard screams from the other pups. Zuma then uncovered his eyes and saw the sheep pups running off down the street. Rocky stood there in a fighting stance he as growled. The bullies then turned the corner, going out of sight.

"Zuma...?" Rocky asked, he walked up to his friend and looked at him wit concern. "Wocky... Those pups... Made fun of me... Because of my speech impediment.." Zuma mumbled, as tears leaked from his eyes.

"Shhh. It's okay. I'm here now," Rocky replied. He hugged Zuma tightly and Zuma hugged him back. "Maybe I'm not so important to the team..." Zuma said softly.

"Of course you're important! You're the water pup! You're very brave. You're a great friend and... Well... you're like a brother to me," Rocky responded.

"Oh, Wocky! You're like a brother to me too!" Zuma barked. Smiling, Rocky hugged Zuma once more before letting go. "Come on, let's get back to the Lookout. It's almost Dinner time!" Rocky nodded.

"Sounds good to me!" Zuma said, his mood cleary lifted by Rocky's words. "Then let's go," Rocky replied. Then the two pups walked back to their home and smiles on their faces. And Zuma was glad he had Rocky to lift him up when he needed to be reminded that he was need important and he knew he counted just as much as the rest of the team did.