One Thousand Lies

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Final Fantasy, Gundam SeeD, or any related characters, objects, places or quotes. I do not own Quatre Raberba Winner…err…Touma Seguchi. I also do not own any OCs used in this fic except for Vincent, Riyu, Yoshio and Seraphim. All other OCs belong to akksgurl.

A/N: It has come to my attention that I haven't actually stated the couplings for this fic. They are as follows: ShuyinxLenne(Not quite. You'll see what I mean later!), Vincent(OC)xLenne, ZaonxYunalesca, AthrunxKira, KiraxFrey, KiraxCagalli, AthrunxLacus, KiraxLacus, AthrunxCagalli, MurruexYoshio(OC), MwuxRaww, AndyxKisaka, Riyu(OC)xSeraphim(OC).These may change through the course of the fic, but these are planned and will occur at some point.

Chapter 1: Disconnected

Eleven months had passed since the tragedy of Bloody Valentine, war raging on the whole time. The Natural Alliance, composed of the Naturals, Primitives and Ronso, was expected to win in under one month due to their massive nuclear arsenal. However, literally 30 seconds after news of Omega's destruction, the Newtypes had responded. Seeing no way to counter the Naturals' nuclear weapons without causing an insane amount of radiation over their front, they had to PREVENT the nuclear weapons.

As such, Neutron Jammers, tiny particles which created a magnetic field that prevented nuclear reactions, and Minovsky, tiny particles that worked in sync with the N-Jammers' magnetic fields to scramble long-range radio and radar frequencies, were deployed around Zanarkand by new units, 'Mobile Suits,' which acted as extensions of a Coordinator or Newtype's being. These were solely battery-powered, and carried an assortment of low-power weapons, but were still able to outgun any of the Naturals' battery-powered units.

The Naturals still had more numbers than the Newtypes, but the Newtypes had the skill and firepower to raze entire bases to the ground without a single loss.

-Cosmic Era 71, Al Bhed Colony: Heliopolis, located on Baaj Island-
A group of college students laze around on campus, chatting and laughing. One particular student, however, a purple-eyed, mop-topped brunette, was doing neither of those, and was instead typing at insanely fast speeds. It was obvious that this kid was a Coordinator: Newtypes had a lazy work ethic and could psychically manipulate the computers at much faster speeds than physical typing, and Naturals were just plain useless.

A second group of students approached, led by a glasses-wearing blonde. He strides up to the Coordinator, greeting him with "Kira! The Professor wants you for another 'assignment'," and a wink and nudge. Kira responds with a glare and a hard punch to the gut, then smiles and nods at everybody else, and stalks off to the Professor's office.

-Meanwhile, Arena Dome, C-West Sector Zanarkand-
"…NIGHT OF FIRE!"The high-pitched, yet voice echoed around the hall in perfect concert with a heavy cymbal crash and bass thump. The sounds faded into raucous applause and cheering, the curtains being drawn to the point where only one figure on-stage was visible.
Her long brown hair cascaded to the stage floor as she took a long bow, totally unaware of her drummer staring at her ass as she bent over. Or she was trying to give him a show.
"Ladies and gentlemen, LENNE!" came over the PA, and even more applause came from the audience, if that was possible. Said popstar gracefully stood up straight after placing her microphone on the floor and held her index finger up to her mouth. Closely after, a hushed silence came over the crowd.
"ARIGATOU GOZAIMASHITAAAA!" she shouted, sending the crowd into more of a tip-toe ovation as the curtains closed.

"Great work guys," she chirped happily as she walked down the halls with her band. A security guard they passed by handed Lenne a bottle of water, and she took it gratefully, taking large gulps at a time. The group left via the back door and walked toward the helipad at the peak of a nearby hill. Their trek up the hill was mostly in silence, and as the adrenaline and body heat faded, Lenne involuntarily shivered. A man with long, black hair rivaling Lenne's in texture rolled his eyes and took off his giant leather-&-fur coat and wrapped it around Lenne's shoulders. She shot him a grateful look and nuzzled his semi-bare chest as they approached the helipad. The group boarded, and the chopper took off.

"One-thirty in the morning. Right on schedule," mumbled a guard on sniper duty in a nearby hotel.
"The package has left the area. You're relieved of your duties," he announced into his headset, before packing up his rifle and leaving the room himself.

-L-West Zanarkand Border-
A troop of mobile suit carriers and paratrooper jets, under an 'umbrella' of Mirage Colloid (a group of magnetically-bound metal plates that can essentially cloak anything at long range, and bolsters the effect of Minovsky particles), fly toward Heliopolis at low speed and low altitude.

-Meanwhile, Heliopolis Exterior-
A large, 'long-legged' battleship slowly pulls into port, bearing no markings. As it completes docking procedures, a group of military officers, also with no markings, file out. The third one in the line pats a nearby mechanic on the shoulder and tells him not to 'wreck the paint job.'

-Meanwhile, Suburban Residential District, C-West Sector Zanarkand-
The helicopter slowly enters the area, heading toward a large block of mansions. Inside, are Lenne and 'her' band, Life Judgment. On the left bench, close to the cockpit, sits a short blonde wearing an elegant black feather coat (one of the feathers is pierced with his name tag, reading "Touma Seguchi") with a matching hat, tilted to cover his baby blue eyes, Said eyes are scanning a PDA.
Opposite him is a tall girl wearing something most would call a 'bondage outfit' (on which there was no space to put her name tag, so they clipped it to one of the laces on her left boot. It reads "Seraphim Principality".) Her long, silver hair (with a horribly spidery texture that made everybody wonder if it was GREY hair) cascades down her back, the dreary colors mixed with the milky white of her skin really accentuating her bright red eyes, which were glaring at the ceiling.
Next to her is a short, bouncy blonde whose hair is short everywhere except the middle, where it's parted like a guy, but in large spikes. These are stopped from stabbing her ears by a royal blue headband (carrying her name tag, "Riyu Kanariya"), which contrasts her massive, green 'vortex' eyes. Her bright yellow bikini top and beige miniskirt totally screams 'SLUT!'
Next to her sits a tall, highly-muscular man with long, curly blonde-black hair. He has the most normal fashion sense out of everybody in the chopper, wearing a pair of khaki slacks and a black silk shirt with its cuffs undone. Attached to his breast pocket is his name tag, "Yoshio Ikaruga" (The ID lady fell to her knees and sobbed thanks to Yoshio when she finally got to him).
Opposite Yoshio and Riyu sits the man with the perfect black hair. His large brown eyes stare at the light bulb swinging loosely from the ceiling with a look of concern. He's wearing a pair of highly-oversized, yet fitted black slacks, a pair of 3" platform boots, and nothing else. Everybody gets a good look at his muscular arms and abs.
Lying next to him with her head on his lap is, of course, Lenne. She seems to be asleep, wearing her standard songstress outfit and clutching her microphone like a baby clutches a rattle. Over her songstress getup is her supposed 'boyfriend's fur coat, with the name tag "Vincent Bartlett" pinned through a button hole.

Lenne is gently shaken awake as the helicopter's blades whirr to a stop, having landed in the backyard of one of the most prestigious mansions in Spira. She yawns and nods goodbye to everybody, pulling Vincent's coat over her more tightly and stepping out of the chopper. Home sweet home, she thought to herself as she approached the back door. Vincent stared out after her, half-glaring and half-pouting. That's MY coat, he thought inwardly. Alas, he could do nothing about it as the chopper rose into the air once again to drop off the rest of its passengers.

-Heliopolis Exterior-
The Mirage Colloid battle group approaches at high speed, as the CO briefs his troops over the radio.

"We've received intel about the Al Bhed forming a UA with the Naturals. Their Morganraete weapons facility is developing five new models of Mobile Suits for use with a new high-class battleship. Admittedly, five MS and one battleship won't turn the tide of this war for them, but we don't want any additional casualties to our forces just because we fail this mission.
The MS division is to storm the base, take photos for evidence of the new NSA mobile suits and of any NSA troops, then destroy the NSA troops. Meanwhile, the Infantry units are to immediately paradrop to wherever the new NSA MS are found and commandeer them. The sabotage unit is to proceed to port via the back doors, and set up sufficient explosives to destroy the new battleship, and kill any bystanders. We will arrive at Heliopolis in five minutes. Be ready."

End Chapter 1

A/N: For anybody who thinks I'm one of those Wapanese idiots who uses random Japanese words because they think it makes them sound cool: I'M NOT! Not only am I, in fact, Japanese myself, the "shh…Arigatou gozaimashita!" thing is something Ayu does at some of her concerts: using her un-amplified voice to thank all her loyal fans. It's very cute. And I'm well aware that I haven't introduced Shuyin, let alone the LennexShuyin plot yet, but the fact that Lenne already has a boyfriend (or DOES she?) will give you a small hint. R&R!

TO BE CONTINUED