Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago. I also don't own A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But it is one of the greatest book series out there in my opinion! :) Now, on with the story! Enjoy!

Chapter 17: Gatos Estúpido (Stupid Cats)

Lupe's POV

The next day, I woke up at sunrise to find myself in Kai's arms. I blushed deeply, but didn't back away. I liked the feeling, a lot. I huddled closer to him, and his arms wrapped around me tighter. I was smiling for seconds before the world's worst man ruined it all.

"Get up Kai!" Cole yelled. Kai woke up, annoyed instantly at Cole, and then realized how he was. I pretended to be asleep. "You can cuddle with your werewolf girlfriend later."

Kai was the one to lash at Cole, who easily dodged it. Then I decided to stop pretending.

"I'm hungry," I muttered, not opening my eyes. Kai froze when he heard my voice, but I ignored his reaction. "I'm getting something to eat."

I crawled over Kai, who was then glaring fire and rage at Cole, who was smirking, and walked out their room door as if this was a normal thing to happen. Once I was out of their sights, I leaned against a wall and replayed what just happened.

I woke up, huddled next to Kai. Possibly the most awkward moment of my life. And, as Alejandro would say after egging a house, it was fun, a good time, and it never happened. I took a deep breath, and then realized I really was hungry.

"Where's food?" I muttered. I walked to the kitchen. After arriving in the kitchen, I discovered my friends had no good food. Everything they had was processed or had artificial add-ons. "Got no good food anywhere," I muttered again.

"I wish we had rabbits, or at least a squirrels," I heard Blue Jay tell someone. I turned around to see him talking to Zane. Suddenly, I wanted a rabbit.

"I'll be out hunting." I announced to Kai as I passed him. While he was heading to the kitchen, I was walking to the deck. "I'll be back before dark."

"You're that hungry?" He asked, stopping. I stopped and turned around to look at him.

"Yeah, you people have no good food." I answered, putting my hands on my hips.

"Not my fault," Kai shrugged, smiling. I played along.

"You live here." I responded. He shrugged again.

"Oh, well," He said. I smirked at him and rolled my eyes, then proceeded to turn around and walk out of the Bounty onto the deck. It was a sunny day, with only a few clouds in the sky. I breathed in the fresh scent of the air, expecting the cool, crisp morning air, getting instead late morning air. I then realized that, with Sensei gone, the ninja weren't getting up as early as before.

Not that they were complaining. I wouldn't complain either. Suddenly, I though about Luisa, my sister closest to me in age, but who I fight with incessantly. I won't say that she always starts the fights; we both start the fights equally. One day I'll start fighting with her and the next she'll start fighting with me.

Wonder where she is. And what she's doing. I thought. She's with Dad, I know that, but where's Dad? There are too many questions in this world, never enough answers.

With Luisa, Garmadon, and Wu

Luisa's POV

We were finally making some progress, but had it just been Dad and I, we would have been there already.

We just had to bring Old Man Madness with us! I thought angrily.

Speaking of Old Man Madness, he had just stumbled and made us slow down for the billionth time today alone.

"I hoped we would reach the summit before the moon had risen. The Craglings never miss a midnight snack." My dad muttered.

"Craglings?" Old Man Madness asked. "What is this place? There's no such thing in Ninjago,"

"Of course there's not. Or maybe there is. An old man like you wouldn't know," I muttered bitterly, receiving a smack on my head for that and a glare from Father.

"They're a hoard unlike any you've seen. Not all places exist to be found, brother," I zoned out my father's explanation and kept walking.

The ground then began to shake slightly, and right before me rose up the stone Craglings. Thanks to my dad, I didn't have any weapons to defend with. I was forced to rely on Dad and Old Man Madness for this.

I grumbled curses under my breath as I watched my family fight without me. I snickered and inwardly laughed slightly when Old Man Madness was caught. I couldn't catch what the men said as they were surrounded by the Craglings, but instantly after, they both performed Spinjitzu.

I know Spinjitzu! How could I have forgotten! I thought in realization. Maybe I do have a weapon, I smirked and threw rocks over the side of the mountain.

Back in Ninjago, with Lupe

Lupe's POV

I sighed. Why can't the answer to everything just be forty-five? Like in A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Life, the Universe, and Everything, forty-five.

I had begun reading A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a day or two after I met Alejandro, Acuzio, and Delicia. I had heard my parents mention it before to each other, but I never paid it much mind. They were the ones who fully introduced me to the series. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop.

I need to buy the series. I reminded myself. I then remembered how hungry I was.

"Blue Jay!" I yelled over my shoulder.

"What is it?" I heard him yell back.

"You and your friends have no good food. You want a rabbit or something?" I yelled back.

"Sure, thanks," He yelled to me.

"Both of you stop yelling!" Cole ordered.

"Shut up, Cole," I yelled at him. "I'll be back," I turned into my she-wolf form.

I jumped off of the deck, in my mind; the Bounty seemed close to the ground. I saw a cat or two in a tree, distracting me. It was the crucial moment of distraction, when I should have landed on the ground, that I smacked the ground on my side.

The cats laughed at me, then jumped down from their tree, probably thinking I was hurt.

"Bé, bé, bé, què tenim aquí? Què et sembla, Mard?" A lean, orange tabby cat mocked. The tabby had a long, brown stripe down his back. (Well, well, well, what have we got here? What do you think, Mard?)

His friend, apparently Mard, was a gray cat, equally lean, but it looked as if a wind storm of color ranging from dark gray to light black raged on his coat.

The cats always spoke Catalan to moon wolves, and any wolf. They thought we wouldn't understand them. But we did, most of the time.

Even though I hate cats, I must admit they know more languages then me. Catalan, French, Spanish, Latin, and Italian; basically, all the Latin-based languages.

"Una loba que está sinceramente disgustado por el aspecto de que los gatos feos," I told them, knowing how vain and self-proud cats can be. Especially the tabby cats. (A she-wolf who is sincerely disgusted by the appearance of ugly cats.)

As expected, the cats were offended.

"Qui ets tu per parlar? Vostè acaba va caure del cel!" Mard hissed. I smirked. (Who are you to talk? You just fell from the sky!)

"Por lo menos mi piel no es un campo de tormenta." I told them. (At least my fur is not a field of a thunderstorm.) By this time, Mard was fuming.

"Me'n vaig. Odi als llops." Mard turned around and began to stomp away. (I'm leaving. Hate wolves.)

"Què hi ha de mi?" The tabby asked. (What about me?)

"Pots quedar-te, M'en vaig." Mard stomped away again. (You can stay. I'm going.)

"Eso es correcto. Sigue caminando." I mocked. (That is right. Keep walking.) I stood up and stretched my legs.

"Vaig a anar amb vostè." The tabby trembled. He turned around, then scampered away to catch up with his ditching friend. (I'll go with you.)

"Gatos estúpido," I mumbled. (Stupid cats.)

I looked around the forest, before finally finding a rabbit hole.

Jackpot! I thought, mentally grinning hungrily. I crawled on my stomach to the hole, and then inhaled; making sure the scent was fresh. As I inhaled, I heard a light stepping in the leaves. I jumped back into a bush, and saw a group of about three fat rabbits hopping around toward the hole.

The world went in a blur. Next I knew, I had rabbit blood in my mouth, as well as a rabbit, and another rabbit under my right paw. I dropped the rabbit in my mouth and launched at the third rabbit, who had apparently fainted.

When I regained my breath, I smiled to myself. I ate the fattest rabbit, the one who passed out, and the rabbit I pinned under my paw. To my relief, all the rabbits were old and two of them seemed like they had a cold.

Not that it matters to a moon she-wolf, or any wolf. Our immune systems are programmed to eat sick animals.

I saved the bloody rabbit for Blue Jay, and carried it in my mouth as I trotted back to the Bounty.

Surprisingly, I saw the Bounty inside city territory. I whined in annoyance.

So much for enjoying this form. I thought. I changed into a human, and realized I still had the rabbit in my mouth. I decided I would get arrested if I was seen with a bloody, dead rabbit in my mouth in town, so I got some big leaves and wrapped it in the greenery.

Once I found where the ninja were, I ran up to them.

"You're finally here! Where's my food?" Blue Jay asked, hungrily.

"Calm down, you'll need to control the hunger. I know it's hard, but just try." I told him. "Y es justo aquí." I tossed the leaf-wrapped rabbit over to him. (And it's right here.)

"Gracias!" He replied quickly before tearing into it.

"It's easier to eat if you're a moon wolf." I told him.

"Probably is." He muttered, and then concentrated on turning.

"No, Jay not now!" Cole whispered over to him. Just too late. Relámpago was now in the place of Blue Jay, and was wolfing down the rabbit. Just then, a voice came from the house.

"Just a minute!"

"Who's that?" I asked. Cole didn't seem to like it.

"That's my dad." Cole said.

"If he's your dad, then I don't like him. Just because he's related to you." I stated, causing Kai to smirk and Relámpago to huff in agreement.

Suddenly, an old man, not older than Tío, though, appeared in the door way.

"Hey, Dad. How long has it been?" Cole asked, trying to sound happy. Which, in my mind, sounded painful for him.

"What? Are you too good for the bell?" The Old Man asked, before slamming the door.

"Uh," Cole was at a lost for words.

"Use the bell, son," His father instructed him. Cole reluctantly pushed the bell, which made the most embarrassing little tone one could imagine.

I didn't hold back on laughing, just under my breath. I quickly turned into my she-wolf form and whispered over to Relámpago.

"Esto va a ser bueno," I whispered, getting a nod and wolfish snicker in response.