Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth

New Recruits arc Episode twelve: How Rocky Met Zuma

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Nathan Sharp's cover of the Overlord opening theme played with Charm's eyes opening after a transition of sorts. Flare was then shown jumping up in an open area with the sky all that was shown as Nathan Sharp is heard singing. "Can someone give me the (Flare punches at the screen with an excited smile) a-answer, (Marshall jumps up and kicks at the screen with a determined smile) to my (Richie jumps up and shoots at the screen with a serious look) que-estion? (Chase jumps up and back-kicks the screen with a serious smile) Where's my (Rocky jumps up and slashes the screen in half with a cocky smile) soul?"

A stream of grass was shown as the words Paw Patrol appeared on the screen from gun shots going though them, followed up by the X being made with two sword slashes as the music continued. The Hearts of Truth then appeared through a blazing flame going across them with the Paw Patrol then shown, leading up to Flare giving a peace sign as the song continued with the lyrics coming back.

Flare back flipped over one of Charm's soldiers and kicked him aside as the song continued. "It's like a virus in my body (Flare spins over to another soldier) while I'm (Flare punches the other soldier, making him fall down) dreaming. (Marshall is seen tripping as he runs off with some sort of package) When I wake up, all that's (Marshall scratches his head and laughs innocently as he looks at the screen with his eyes closed) left of me are bones."

Richie was shown shooting a soldier as the song continued. "I'm in a panic! (Richie kicks the soldier aside) Get out, (Richie shoots at the screen) hurry. (Chase is seen holding a hand mirror up to his butt as he admires it while shaking it) Oh there are mysteries, (Chase sees the screen and puts the mirror away, giving a serious look with a peace sign) and many miseries. (Rocky is seen roundhouse kicking a soldier to the floor) Dead of alive, I'm on the brink (Rocky grabs the soldier's face and farts into it) of self destruction."

Skye was shown to be back flipping over to her jet-pack as the song continued. "As I'm (Skye gives a peace sign after jumping up) roaming, (Skye lands by the jetpack and puts it on) from left to right to (Skye takes off with smoke covering the screen, with Zuma then seen surfboarding) An invitation, (Zuma gives a peace sign to the audience) to come disappear . (Snow comes onto the screen as she moves her hair back, seeming to have a cold persona) We're dancing one, two, three steps (Snow sees the screen and punches it out of frustration) on this dark stage."

Charm was then seen standing on a building with a sadistic and charismatic smile as he seemed to be saying something that couldn't be heard over the song. "Raise your flag, march and fight. Break your mask and show some pride! (The camera pans to behind Charm with the destruction of a city being shown) While this war just sends a shiver down my crooked spine. (Charm puts his arms out on their perspective sides) Wars and swords, tears and blood. Feel my heart begin to race. (Charm is seen laughing maniacally) As I laugh through this bloodbath we've made!" Charm clenches both of his fists as he tucks his paws onto his chest, glaring with a sadistic smile and crimson red glare.

Charm was shown to be fighting off Rocky in some sort of science office as Charm blocked his punches and kicks with ease. "Can someone give me the (Charm kicks Rocky back with Rocky holding his stomach in pain) a-answer, to my (Chase kicks open a vent and slides down it as Charm continues working on a computer of sorts) que-estion? (Charm grabs Chase's arm when he attempts to punch him and crushes it, filling Rocky with grief as he watches) Where's my soul? Where's my heart? (Charm roundhouse kicks Chase back at full force) Am I losing my own self?"

Rocky was shown looking at his sword in some sort of bus, seeming to be on edge about how the mission went. "Don't you hesitate, go this way-ay-ay. (Flare looks over at Rocky, seeing that he's feeling down about something) I don't know. And I don't care. (Flare puts his paw on Rocky's shoulder to comfort him with a smile) Tell me, are you not entertained now?"

Richie was shown to be punching at something with high speeds. "I'll just keep (Charm is shown to be blocking Richie's punches) surviving, (Richie aims one last punch at Charm, who dodges it, making Richie punch a wall) I just cannot hide it all. (Richie turns around and aims a kick at Charm, who blocks it and aims a punch at him) I am not to fall a victim, (Richie clenches his fist with anger) I'll continue living in this, (Richie prepares to aim a punch at Charm) misery driven (Richie aims a punch at Charm, covering up the screen) world!" Flare was shown looking over a cliff as he looks at a destroyed city, looking back on a teenage looking Kishu with a charasmatic yet devilish grin pinning him against a tree with his foot. Flare looked over the cliff with determination as the song ended with Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth being shown above him.

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Rocky was limping as he walked forward and he seemed to be a bit younger than he usually was, seeming to be a younger version of himself. From the looks of it, he'd just gotten away from a tragic event that left him injured, having him be close to the inability to move. He kept limping around Adventure Bay, which looked slightly less advanced from how it did in the future, at least building wise. There was a couple less houses and not as much open area as there was before, but Rocky felt it could fit as a hometown for now.

Rocky felt his vision beginning to fade. Whatever kind of event he just went through, it left him exceptionally harmed. He then collapsed with his vision fading even faster, leading to him seeing the figure of a Chocolate Labrador that looked slightly younger than him, but still old enough to be around the same age as him, at least a year younger. Rocky's vision faded completely before he had a chance to make out the face to see if it was familiar or not.

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Rocky woke up in the Paw Patrol living room as his vision returned, leading to him getting up and becoming confused. When he sat up, he saw Zuma playing Pup Pup Boogie, which was a popular game for dogs, and is a popular franchise for them to this day. When he got up, he noticed that Zuma's butt was pointed right at him and Zuma noticed as he looked back, smiling as he saw Rocky awake, and he continued making his awesome dance moves, since he was rocking the game before Rocky woke up. "Like what you see?"

Rocky smirked as he got up and walked up to Zuma with these words in mind. "Yeah. You got a great butt." Rocky sat down next to Zuma when he got next to him and started watching the game he was playing, taking a liking to what it had to offer. "Oh, I've heard of this game. Isn't this the one where dogs have an excuse to dance outside of parties?"

Zuma laughed a bit, liking Rocky's comment on the game. "That's one way to look at it, yeah." Zuma continued making sick moves with Rocky walking behind him and getting a good look at his butt with it being shown as he looked at it. Just then, Zuma released a five second rotten egg fart, hitting Rocky's face with a yellow cloud (pfffffffffft). Zuma then noticed that Rocky was behind him when the round was over, making him chuckle a bit as he was shown to get the high score. "Sowwy dude. Whenever I fawt, I just let it out with no worries."

Rocky scoffed and pinned Zuma to the ground, sitting on his face as he grunted and ripped a loud and bassy ten second rotten egg fart, hitting him with a yellow cloud (BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP). Zuma coughed from the fart with Rocky jumping off of him and looking down at him with a smug look while the Chocolate Labrador wafted the fart away. "That's, how you fart." Zuma smiled after wafting the fart away, liking Rocky's personality and proudness of his gas.

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A younger version of Chase was in the kitchen with a younger version of Ryder giving him some instructions on how to cook something. "And then we add in four cups of sugar instead, because Skye doesn't believe in cavities." Chase nodded and put in at least a quarter of a bag of sugar with Ryder wondering why Chase was doing this anyway. "Why're we doing this anyway? We can just buy Skye a birthday cake."

"Well I can't afford a birthday present for her so this is the best I can do." Chase explained, and he then went to stirring the batter, hoping it would lead to something. "Dogs in cartoons don't die from chocolate like real life ones do, right?"

"Not from my knowledge."

"Okay, just checking."

A younger version of Richie suddenly kicked the front door down and had his hands behind his head as he walked into the kitchen, looking the same as he does three years in the future. "Hey Ryder. I think my dog wound up in your house." Ryder pointed to the living room, indicating that Rocky was in there. "Okay, thanks." Richie walked into the living room and put his arms down, seeing Rocky and Zuma playing Pup Pup Boogie together. He decided to wait until their game was done, not wanting to ruin any possible friendship being made.

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Rocky and Zuma were sitting on the couch after their game with Rocky mentioning something about his past life. "And that's why I can't stand getting splashed by water. I can drink it just fine sure, but when it comes to getting splashed by it, no thank you."

Zuma found the memory Rocky told him about to be quite tragic, feeling he could get past his feelings about water. "No life is pewfect dude. (Smirks) Also, keep in mind that I'm the watew pup of the team, so that could lead to seeing me near watew a whole lot."

"Eh, I'm cool with that." Rocky got up and walked off with Zuma, feeling that the two of them were making a genuine friendship from this. "So any chance you know how to surf without getting splashed?" Zuma and Rocky saw Richie standing leaning on the wall with a smile on his face, leading to Rocky introducing them. "Oh, Richie. Perfect timing. (Looks at Zuma) Zuma, this is my owner Richie. He's the reason I'm still alive after a bunch of insane crap went down."

"Ah, that's cool." Zuma looked up at Richie, finding his aura to be quite the intense one. "I'm getting the feeling this dude isn't exactly human."

"You guessed it." Richie walked off casually with Rocky right behind him, bidding farewell to Zuma as he walked off. "Say goodbye to Ryder for me Zuma. It was cool meeting you." Zuma nodded with Rocky hopping up onto Richie's back and up to his head, making Richie look up at him. "Seriously Rocky. We've gotta get you a collar so the pound doesn't try to kill you again." Rocky scratched the back of his head with a chuckle, having quite a record of rebellious events behind him.

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Zuma was getting a soda out of the fridge while humming the Pup Pup Boogie theme, closing the fridge with a butt bump as he opened it up and walked off. Skye saw the smile on Zuma's face when he walked over to the living room to watch some Tv, catching onto what he was thinking. Zuma saw her looking at him with a rather odd smile. It wasn't anything to find off for Skye, since she was always like that. But something came to Zuma's mind to question this, and he did so with his usual chill personality. "Any weason you're into me Skye?"

"Oh, I don't think it's ME who's into you." Zuma flinched and gave Skye a sly look, knowing exactly what she was getting at. "Oh Zuma, we all know you're gay. I even found (Pulls up a bodybuilding magazine) this while looking for my bathing cap."

Zuma swiped the magazine away and found it confusing that Skye would look through his stuff just to find a bathing cap. "Why would I bothew taking your bathing cap? I don't even take baths in the same kind of tub you do."

"Eh, I just figured you had it." Skye admitted, not really regretting looking around in Zuma's things. "Those are some great bodies by the way, more than worth the trouble." Zuma nodded in agreement, taking a fondness for the bodies himself. If he were a human, and an adult, he would certainly date one of them. "So how do you plan on telling him?"

"Well we just met Skye. I can't guawantee we'll get togethew and make babies." Zuma then realized what he just said and laughed a bit over it. "Oh, right. Dudes don't have babies. (Starts thinking) Maybe we could try adopting one."

"See, you're already thinking about your future together with him!" Skye exclaimed excitedly, knowing that the wedding would have to be huge. "Okay, I won't try to force you to confess early one, but I WILL force you to let me help you with the wedding." Skye grabbed Zuma by his chest and looked into his eyes with a smile on her face. "You will let me decorate your wedding, and any help made by me and our friends, you will appriciate." Zuma nodded with a creeped out smile on his face, feeling that would be the best option.

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Richie was looking for something in his room with an annoyed look on his face as he scolded Rocky softly for getting captured again. "You know what I told you about going to that part of town Rocky." Rocky was on Richie's bed rolling his eyes at Richie's words as Richie then looked back at him. "It's almost like you WANT to be euthanized." Richie sighed as he found what he was looking for. It was some kind of sword that he walked over to Rocky with. "This is also why you always carry your sword with you."

Rocky took the sword from Richie and shrugged, putting it away as he then lied down again. "That's why I got it for you. If those dog catchers kill you then I don't know what I'd do." Richie sat down next to Rocky, who was starting to get emotional as Richie's more human side was showing. "Just because I'm half demon, doesn't mean I can't feel bad about losing someone. (Puts a paw on Rocky's shoulder as Rocky sits up) I don't want you to go Rocky, at least not yet. You deserve a natural sendoff."

Rocky thought about what Richie was saying for a bit. He loved Richie just as much as Richie loved him, but at the same time he knew that playing it safe all the time was a boring way to go. He clearly wanted to stay with him, and he also really wanted to try out the collar he was eventually going to get. Then he thought about when Richie was betrayed by Trickery, and he knew what he had to do. He didn't need Richie saving him all the time, and he would occasionally have to save him. "What if I join the Paw Patrol?"

Richie found what Rocky just said to be surprising, allowing the Mixed Breed to get up as he stood in front of Richie and explained what he was thinking. "It's simple Richie. If I go to train with Ryder and his friends then I'll be able to take out opponents on my own. And then we can get back at Trickery and everything." Rocky looked back on the time he had with Richie and he wanted to protect him no matter what. "After the four years I've spent with you Richie, I want to protect you as much as I can."

Richie smiled and rubbed Rocky's head, knowing that he was making the right decision by doing this. He knew Ryder would be able to take good care of him, and that he wouldn't have to worry about the essentials. "Alright. I'll speak with him tomorrow." Rocky jumped up to Richie and licked his face constantly, making Richie laugh as he then hugged Rocky affectionatelly. They both knew that this decision was for the better, and Richie wouldn't want to keep Rocky from doing what he wanted.

Rocky suddenly fell asleep with Richie pulling him away and smiling softly as he picked him up and brought him over to his bed. After setting him down, he tucked him in and patted his head, walking over to his own bed and lying down on it. He then put his hands behind his head as he looked over at Rocky one last time. He felt that even though he was a nephilim, he could still act like a human, along with having human emotions. He went to sleep happily, knowing Rocky was going to do great as a member of the Paw Patrol.

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A younger version of Runt was shown to be bored while lying down under a tree as he then saw Chase and Zuma setting up a volleyball net. Chase saw Runt being all bored and walked over to him, signaling Zuma that he'd be right back. "Hey Runt. Whatya thinking about?"

"Just how boring it is waiting for something fun to happen." Runt deadpanned. He was clearly bored, and wasn't quite done with his complaining yet. "Chase, you have no idea how hard it is to wake up, live life, and not have something fun happen. You literally have to sit around and wait for a mission you can get called on to happen for you, and when it finally does, it's over in minutes."

Chase nodded in understanding as he tried to get what Runt was getting behind. "Riiight." Chase looked over at the volleyball court and figured he could invite Runt to play with them, feeling it'd get him out of his boredom. "Wanna join me and Zuma for some volleyball?"

Runt looked over at the Volleyball court and questioned how a one on two match would work. "Don't we need four players to do a two on two match."

"We'll find someone else." Chase replied as he then saw Richie walking by with Rocky and felt he could play with them. "Why not have him play with us?" Runt raised an eyebrow as he felt Chase was inviting strangers just to get him to come over. "Come on Runt, he's with Richie. How bad can he be?"

Runt sighed and felt he couldn't beat Chase, so he stood up and walked over with him to see if it would be worth his time. "Fine."

Richie and Rocky walked into the Paw Patrol tower and went into the elevator, heading up with Ryder then shown looking at a base on the upstairs Tv. While he was doing that, Richie and Rocky walked over to him with Richie getting a closer look at what he was doing there. It was quite interesting to Richie, though Rocky found it to be rather boring. He tugged on Ryder's pant leg to get his attention, which he did, leading to Ryder smiling as he saw him. "Oh, hey Rocky. Does Richie know you're here, or did you sneak off?"

"No, he's here." Rocky pointed to Richie, who gave Ryder a wave and Ryder laughed a bit at the fact that he missed that. "Actually, we came here for something more than to just mess with you. Though believe me, I'd love to keep messing with you." Richie rolled his eyes while smiling, knowing that Rocky wouldn't be one to just change on the spot. "I was wondering if I could join the Paw Patrol. I felt I could be a great help, and Richie even taught me a few things."

Ryder thought for a moment and felt he should at least test Rocky before he said whether or not he should join. "So you know how to fight then." Rocky nodded his head yes with Ryder taking out some kind of notepad to scheduele a good testing day. "I'll squeeze in a testing day for next week."

"Fine with me." Rocky then walked off to see what Zuma was up to. "I'm gonna go see Zuma. Might as well since I'm here."

Rocky went into the elevator with Richie getting a look at what Ryder was looking at, feeling he could get some interesting details about it. "So what're you looking at here, the FBI headquarters?" Ryder chuckled a bit, feeling he wasn't up to THAT level just yet.

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Chase, Zuma, and Runt were waiting for Rocky to come out as the Mixed Breed saw them all by the volleyball net. He went over to see why they weren't playing, but he felt he could guess upon the fact that they only had three players. "What're you guys up to? And wouldn't you much rather play volleyball rather than rest by it?"

"We were actually waiting for you." Zuma replied as he walked over to Rocky. "Whatya say? Me and you, against Chase and Wunt." Rocky looked over at Chase and Runt with Chase waving to him with a smile as Runt remained indifferent. "Chase is the Gewman Shephewd, and Wunt is the Beagle."

Rocky nodded and felt they could have a decent match with these two. After all, what did he have to lose? If he ended up joining the team, this would be a good bonding experience to have with the other members. "I don't have any time to waste. Let's do it." Zuma pumped his fist with excitement and Rocky hi fived him with Skye dashing up with the scoreboard. "Who's that?"

"That's Skye. (Leans over to Rocky and whispers) Don't tell Chase I told you this, but he kind of has a thing for hew." Rocky looked over at Chase and saw his smile towards Skye, catching onto Zuma's words.

Rocky and Zuma went over to their side of the court with Chase and Runt going over to their side. The four of them got ready with Chase setting up the ball and aiming for a spike. Rocky dove in though, and hit the ball over to Zuma, who passed it on over to the other side. Runt got to the ball and made his first strike with Zuma hitting it up into the air. Rocky then jumped off of Zuma and spiked the ball into Chase and Runt's side of the field, making a score and hi fiving Zuma as they landed. "And that, is how you spike a ball."

Chase and Runt got up, since each other's heads collided when they slid to get the ball, and Chase walked over to it to pass it over to them. "Your serve." Chase butt bumped the ball over to Rocky and Zuma with Rocky catching it as Chase then called over to them. "Hey! If my butt passes it, it's a keeper catch!"

Zuma rolled his eyes while smiling with Rocky becoming confused until Zuma whispered what Chase was talking about to him. "Chase is addicted to his butt, so he's always gonna be admiwing it. Heck, even if you rawely came hewe you'd know that."

Rocky snickered a bit as the four pups then got back to their game with Skye giving Rocky and Zuma their first point. Rocky was already having a blast and this was before the game even had a chance to put itself into high gear. Zuma was having fun as well and Rocky could see this as he laid down the serve. Chase hit the ball over to the other side and Rocky hit it into the air with a powerful up paw strike. This allowed Zuma to spike it down, only for Runt to send it up with a dive, allowing Chase to do a spike of his own.

Rocky sent it over to the other side with ease and Chase sent it over again with Zuma jumping off of Rocky's paws as he gave him a boost. Zuma spiked it down at his max power and got the second point, landing and hi fiving Rocky as the two of them then pumped their fists in celebration. Chase and Runt could see the two enjoying themselves and decided to up their game a bit. Runt was having more fun than he thought, and he wasn't gonna lose just yet.

Runt made the serve and sent it over after Skye gave Rocky and Zuma their second point with Rocky sending it over to the other side. Chase sent the ball over and Zuma did the same, leading to Runt landing a spike, which Rocky was able to block. Zuma passed the ball over to Rocky, who jumped up and landed a powerful spike that landed the third hit. Rocky and Zuma pumped their fists and then hi fived, having a blast with how the game with going. Skye gave them the third point and started thinkin about how their wedding would go.

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Rocky was thinking about Zuma in Richie's room as Richie was reading some kind of book about demons on his bed. "And I also got plenty of views of Zuma's butt. It's pretty thick for a Chocolate Labrador." Richie rolled his eyes at what Rocky was saying, finding it dumb that Rocky would believe he'd want to hear that. "Okay, I think it's official that we're going to end up dating. I just have to figure out the best time to ask him out. It can't just be any time. It has to be THE time. The ultimate time. A time worth remembering for all the ages."

"Or you could just do it." Richie responded, leading to Rocky giving him a blunt look as he hopped up onto his bed. "Well it's really not all that hard Rocky. (Looks at Rocky) You just walk up to Zuma and ask him if he wants to go out with you." Richie closed the book and set it up on his bedtable, walking out of the room to take care of something. "But I don't have time to be your dating app. I've got some sword training to do, so don't do anything crazy while I'm gone."

Rocky nodded with Richie closing the door as Rocky then got the urge to go to the Paw Patrol tower and talk to Zuma. He couldn't stop thinking about him. Every time he wanted to think about something else, he always got the thought of Zuma on his mind. He didn't know why but he just had to think about him at every moment. When he got up, he looked under his bed and pulled out the sword Richie gave him. He then jumped out of the window and slid down the wall, running off as a dog catcher spotted him.

The dog catcher chuckled cruelly as he drove over to Rocky, who recognized him from the night before. "Well Rocky, looks like you'll get one last visit to the dog pound. (Gets out of the truck and walks over to Rocky) Now we can make this easy or the hard way; which do you-" Rocky sliced the dog catcher in half and got into his truck, pulling the dog catcher in and driving off with him. He didn't want this to be too messy, so he knew he'd have to do it fast.

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Zuma was surfing late at night as he landed on shore and saw Rocky on the docks, wondering what he was doing out this late at night on his own. He smiled and ran over to him with his board, and he then saw Rocky shoving a boat with the dog catcher on it into the water, wondering what just happened. Rocky was smiling in a creepy way and nodding until he turned around and freaked when he saw Zuma. Zuma saw blood and gore on Rocky's mouth and wondered what it was from. "What happened to you dude?"

"You do not want to know." Rocky pulled Zuma away as he was about to question the body, only for Rocky to keep talking before he got the chance. "I just figured, hey; Zuma's gotta be at the beach, so why not hang out with him? I got nothing better to do." Zuma shrugged, feeling he should just let the body thing go, at least for now. "So what do you want to do? As long as it doesn't involve me almost drowning in the water because I can't swim, I'm all good."

Zuma started to look around for something that he and Rocky would both enjoy doing. He figured that Rocky would love getting dirty, since that's something all dogs enjoyed doing. Zuma put his surfboard in his pack after turning it into some kind of cube. He then ran off with Rocky as the two of them got to work. "Wanna see something cool?"

"Sure. Where is it?" Zuma signalled Rocky to follow him with the two of them eventually coming across some kind of tar pit, leading to Rocky getting excited upon seeing it. "Okay, this could lead to something cool." Zuma signalled Rocky to go in first, which he did, and Zuma came in right after him. Zuma kept on staring at Rocky's butt with Rocky trying to hold in a fart so he didn't blast it in Zuma's face. After ten second of clenching, he lost his grip and released it (PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT) and a fifteen second blast of bacon scent hit Zuma in the face.

Rocky couldn't help but laugh from the fart and Zuma laughed along with him, leading to the two of them continuing to crawl. Although Zuma was coughing from the fart, he still got a kick out of looking at Rocky's butt. The two of them then found some kind of lair and slid down the slide with both of them looking around at a room surrounded by crystals. It was shown in all of it's glory with Rocky and Zuma relaxing for a bit as they admired the scenery.

After about ten seconds of silence with Rocky and Zuma loving the view of the room they were in, Zuma lied down on his back and Rocky looked at him with a smile. He found it nice to just relax for once, and in his eyes, there was no one more relaxing in his life than Zuma. Then again, he didn't really know anyone else in the Paw Patrol all that well yet. He lied down next to Zuma, and the two of them then started talking about stuff. Stuff that seemed to interest them both. "So what do you think the future will turn into?"

Zuma shrugged, not knowing how to answer Rocky's question. "Beats me dude. But whatevew happens, I'll live life the best I can." Rocky nodded with approval as Zuma said something else to back up his statement. "No need to wowwy about what the futuwe has in stowe, wight? It's just a way of life."

"True dat." Rocky started to wonder if he would ever be able to protect Richie, knowing quite well he couldn't slack off when the time came for him to do something. It had quite a bit of anxiety to put on him, and Zuma put his paw on his chest to comfort him. Rocky was glad to feel Zuma's paw on his chest, and the two of them were more than glad to be in this room together. "Honestly, Richie and I asked Ryder about letting me join the Paw Patrol so I could protect Richie. He doesn't know why I'm doing it though."

Zuma found Rocky's sudden motivation reveal quite interesting and smiled as he closed his eyes. "It's nice to have motivations for pwotecting someone." Rocky nodded in agreement with the two of them closing their eyes and enjoying the time they were spending together. The two of them rolled a little closer to each other, but didn't open their eyes, not knowing that they'd fallen asleep. The two of them kept sleeping there peacefully as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.

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Dragon Ball Super Usubeni cover by Mark de Groot instrumental played during the credits as Flare was shown looking over a cliff with a determined look. Flare closed his eyes as he then thought about how he was going to contribute to the team. The music suddenly got more intense as Flare was then shown fighting off four members of the Waste's, seeming to have fun while doing it as he kicked one right in the face and made him fall back into another. Flare then slammed the heads of the other two in as he then looked into the woods to find Trickery standing there.

Flare and Trickery stood across from each other as the two of them prepared to engage in battle once Trickery threw one of his cards once a male voice was heard singing. "Farewell, (Flare dodges the card and charges at Trickery) beautiful lover. (Flare aims a punch at Trickery, who grabs his paw with little effort) I love you so, (Flare gets indimidated by Trickery's devilish stare) but still I let you go. (Flare gets determined and aims a kick at Trickery's side, which he blocks) Under this pink sky is where we went our (Trickery kicks Flare back) seperate ways."

Flare regained his balance from getting send back and blocked three more cards as the song continued. "I want you to (Trickery dash knees Flare in the stomach) know I love you, (Flare attempts to punch Trickery, who pins him against a tree by his neck before he can do so) so I won't let you go. (Trickery gives a calm but menacing stare into Flare's eyes, terrifying him) I wish I had (Trickery lets go of Flare and walks off with Flare then charging at him) said these words to you, (Trickery turns around) But I have left all these words unspoken."

Flare was shown looking over the cliff again as he stood tall and proud, determined to show himself better than Trickery. "Like pink petals start to fall. From the blossom tree so tall. (Flare catches a pink petal that falls from the tree he's under) And they dance to a, bittersweet, melody." Flare looked at the flower and looked back on some words Trickery said to him, smiling as he looked over the cliff again. As he looked over, the sunset was shown with an illustration as the song ended.