Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago or Hips Don't Lie. The song is by Shakira.

A/N: Bold is Alejandro, Italic is Lupe.

Chapter 20: Snakes Always Lie

Lupe's POV

I twirled my thumbs. I was slightly nervous, but I knew that if I couldn't do it, I still wouldn't care in about an hour or two. It was 6:30, and the hunt for dinner is usually from nine to ten, sometimes even until sunrise or later.

We were up next. It seemed as if the wait was forever, yet I felt bad for the ninja, they were set to go last. Alejandro, Acuzio, and I were second-to-last.

Finally, the announcer called us onto the stage.

"And now welcome to the stage, the Claws." He stepped off stage. I turned to Alejandro.

"The Claws? Really Al?" I asked, knowing calling him 'Al' would annoy him greatly.

"Not now, let's just go," Alejandro said, annoyed at his infamous nickname. We walked on stage, without Acuzio.

"Where's your brother?" I whispered.

"Stage fright." Alejandro answered. We then prepared to start.

"Ladies up in here tonight, No fighting

We got the refugees up in here

No fighting, No fighting,

Cuchilla, Cuchilla!

I never really knew that she could dance like this,

She make a man want to speak Spanish,

Como se llama? Bonita, mu casa, su casa."

"Baby, when you talk like that,

You make a woman go mad,

So be wise, and keep on,"

I started to dance like a belly dancer, hoping it would help us. (a/n like Shakira in the video). I didn't see what Alejandro was doing, but I hoped he wasn't giving me bunny ears like he does to anyone whose in front of him.

"Reading the signs of my body,

I'm on tonight,

You know my hips don't lie and I'm starting to feel its right,

All the attraction, the tension,

Don't you see baby, this is perfection,"

"Hey girl, I can see you're body moving,

and its driving me crazy,

And I didn't have the slightest idea,

until I saw you dancing.

And when you walk up on the dance floor

Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl

And everything so unexpected - the way you right left it

So you can keep on taking it.

I never really knew that she could dance like this

She makes a man want to speak Spanish

Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa

Cuchilla! Cuchilla!"

"O baby when you talk like that

You make a woman go mad

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body

And I'm on tonight

You know my hips don't lie

And I am starting to feel you boy

Come on lets go, real slow

Don't you see baby asi es perfecto

Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don't lie

And I am starting to feel it's right

All the attraction, the tension

Don't you see baby, this is perfection."

"Cuchilla! Cuchilla!"

"Oh boy, I can see your body moving

half-animal, half-man

I don't, don't really know what I'm doing

But you seem to have a plan

My will and self restraint

Have come to fail now, fail now

See, I am doing what I can, but I can't so you know

That's a bit too hard to explain."

"Baila en la calle de noche

Baila en la calle de día

Baila en la calle de noche

Baila en la calle de día"

"I never really knew that she could dance like this

She makes a man want to speak Spanish

Como se llama, bonita, mi casa,

Cuchilla! Cuchilla!"

"Oh baby when you talk like that

You know you got me hypnotized

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body"

"Señorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia

Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it!

Mira en Barranquilla se baila así

Yeah

She's so sexy every man's fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country

I go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty

I need a whole club dizzy

Why the CIA wanna watch us?

Colombians and Haitians

I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction

No more do we snatch ropes

Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats"

"I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie

And I'm starting to feel you boy

Come on let's go, real slow

Baby, like this is perfecto

Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don't lie

And I am starting to feel it's right

The attraction, the tension

Baby, like this is perfection."

I threw many arms up as an ending. The crowd clapped and cheered. Alejandro and I walked backstage just as the ninja were preparing to walk onto stage.

"Good luck," I told Kai.

"Thanks," he said. and smiled. I didn't pay much attention to what the announcer said, I was looking for Acuzio.

"Where's Acuzio?" I asked. Alejandro shrugged.

"I have no idea." he responded.

"Did you give me bunny ears on stage?" I asked him, waiting for him to either smile or giggle. Alejandro did all of the above.

"No, but come to think of it, I should have. He answered, smiling as if he was planning something. I sighed and rolled my eyes, knowing he would be up to mischief later on.

"Then what did you do on stage? Just stand still and sing the whole time? I highly doubt that you did or would." I said. Alejandro smiled again.

"I know what I did, and you don't. Therefore, it's for me to know, and you to possibly find out." I frowned at the moon wolf. "Or, never find out."

"I'll find out eventually," I said.

"Hey, look. We bickered so much you missed your boyfriend's entire performance." Alejandro laughed quietly. I growled softly at him, then turned around to see the ninja, strolling backstage with the Blade Cup.

"I am going to kill you, Alejandro." I told him, to which he smirked.

"Like to see you try." He challenged. I rolled my eyes. "I'm not lying. I'm not a snake!"

"What do snakes have to do with this?" I asked him.

"Snakes always lie. Unlike, according to you, your hips." Alejandro laughed at his own joke, as I just ignored him and kept looking for Acuzio.

A/N super sorry I was so late! If there are any mistakes here its because I finished the chapter on my iPod. Please review! And forgive my lateness!