A Moon Never Clasped

Chapter 1: Chained to the bearer of death

~+!Usagi POV!+~

Running down in a silver thread, it ran down her face. Illuminated only by the darkness, it stopped on her chin. Being pulled by the force of gravity, it dripped onto the concrete ground. She didn't stop and pause to count the mounting wounds, none of them did. They just kept going and going, and I just sat there and watched. How could they keep doing this? This needed to stop, here and now. If they continued doing this, they would surely die.

"Stop!" I cried out in a shrill voice. Everything froze, even Galaxia. All heads swiveled around to give me a confused glance. I raised my scepter high and called out to the Goddess of the moon, Selene, for power.

Clapping hands made me freeze in my tracks. I stopped and stared as Galaxia laughed as she applauded me. I paused to stare at her with brimming rage, but no matter how much I wanted to hate her, how could I? She was once a senshi too. She just a strayed from the rightoues path. She was just a lost pup looking for reassurence for the loss of it's master. Galaxia grinned at me, knowing that the hatred I searched to grasp, wasn't there.

"So, Sailor Moon, I have a question to ask you," Galaxia stopped in front of Sailor Mars and lifted her sword in front of Mars' face. Mars jumped back in startlment but it was already too late, the sword was already patruding from the senshi's chest in a disturbing manner. Blood cascaded down the formal senshi shirt as it mingled down to the red skirt. Sailor Mars looked up to stare me in the eyes as a single line of blood ran down from her lips to her chin. It was like as if she was asking me 'why?' before her firery light died and her eyes glazed over before she hit the ground.

I turned my head away from my friend, Rei, from my senshi, Sailor Mars, from the one that beared the fire of Mars on her forehead. Galaxia began to walked towards me once more as her smile never faded. Sailor Venus lashed out in anger as she landed a punch on Galaxia's cheek. Galaxia's head snapped in the oppisite direction but her feet stayed planted on the ground. With Sailor Venus' fist still connected to her cheek, Galaxia turned her head and looked at the senshi of love and let a wicked smile grace her lips before she lipped 'goodbye'. A sudden beam of light ran from Galaxia's finger tips to Venus' stomach, when the ray made contact with the senshi's skin, the Sailor burst into flames and in matter of seconds the senshi of love was gone. With only a pile of dust that was drifting in the wind for reconiction for any trace that the Sailor of Venus ever existed.

Tears began to stream down my blood stained cheeks as Galaxia pulled her sword from Mars' chest and dragged it behind her as she made her way towards me with a nonchalant swagger in her step.

"Now, Sailor Moon, back to that question I had to ask of you, before I was interupted. How about we play a game?" Galaxia asked me with a serious face. I shook my head 'no' as an answer. Galaxia stood still and pouted as she opened up her hand. She lifted up her arm with her open palm facing the remaining Inner scouts. My head snapped up and I opened up my mouth to scream a warning to them, but before even a syllable could even crawl out of my throat, a torent of flames swept up and engulfed the rest of the senshi with out even so much as a woosh to let you know what was happening. Before I could even blink, Jupiter and Mercury were gone.

Galaxia sighed dramaticly as she prentended to dust off her shoulders and arms.

"Now that the trash is taken care of, how about me and you get down to business?" Galaxia suggested as she placed her hands on her hips and grinned coldly at me. She had killed them! Every last one of them and I just stood and watched! What kind of friend am I, to watch your friends put thier life on the line to save your wimpy ass? I clenched my fists knowing I could have done something but was too stunned to go into action. Galaxia smiled at my inner guilt battle. Then I let her words melt into my brain and process.

I looked up at her and narrowed my eyes as I finaly understood her words.

"What kind a game?" I asked catiously. Galaxia shrugged with a nerve-wrecking glint in her eye.

"Oh, I don't know. I was thinking along the lines of a deal." Galaxia twisted her hair around her finger, and absentmindly shrugged. I hesistated before I decided to answer her.

"What kind of deal?" I repeated this time but much more wry. Galaxia stopped and grinned.

"The type of deal that you bet it all, and if you lose the bet, you lose everything. " Galaxia slowly with emphasis on everything.

"What is it you wish to bet?" I asked her, thinking carefully of everyword I was saying.

"Not me, you. I will bring the lives of everybody back," Galaxia paused as she noticed she had my complete attention. "But, if I do so, they aren't to remember anything of what and who you are," Galaxia stopped talking and took a moment to think. I could see the twisted medal of the gears in her mind plotting my future wreckening. Her lips twitched into a smirk of pleasure as she swiveled her shiny eyes at the pentecal of her leisure, me.

"Wait, when you mean everbody, do you mean everybody ?" I wondered making sure she didn't cheat the bet short. Galaxia nodded, looking startled. "Do you not believe my word?" She questioned me with hurt in her voice. I gave her a disgruntled look and nodded." You killed my friends, my family, and my home. Why should I trust you?" I spat at her with disrespect. I may not hate her, but her expections of instant loyality disgusted me. Galaxia shrugged as if agreeing to what I had said.

"When I mean everyone, I mean everbody of whom that live on your planet. None other shall be revived. Do not even dare to ask or the bet is off before it has yet to begun." Galaxia warned me. I nodded slowly making sure I understood. Galaxia grinned with superoirty. "Alright, back to what I was saying, all those of whom who know you, will not remember you. To them, you will have simply be a person they see and will never meet again. Also, you are to fight every enemy I send you. Each will be double the strength of the last. Oh, and this is the fun part, you have to swear your loyalty to me that you will do what I ask. And if you fail to defeat the enemies you fight and do what I ask, I kill everyone and everything you hold dear. I'll even destory their star seeds so they won't come back in another life. Besides that, have fun." Galaxia finished. It was one thing to let her make everyone forget me and to fight strong enemies, it was another thing to let her control me like a doll and use me for the advantage to do her bidding. But, as I glanced over the lifeless body of Mars, Rei. A friend that I wouldn't even think of forgeting, I couldn't bear the idea that she had died in a vain attept to die for me. Such a waste, she had so much waiting for her. Then when I glanced out off into the ruins of my town, and how they had been killed without even a warning that they were going to die, was such a sad thought. Why not take the bet? What was one person's miseries to the happiness and life of others?

I could feel my heart beating but it's sullen tune was lonly compared to the stilled hearts of those who died. I nodded in silent agreement and bowed down to Galaxia much like a knight would do to a king. With my head hung low in respect, I could feel my stomach churn in anger as Galaxia laughed at my sudden obiendience.

"Good girl. I knew you would choose the right choice." Galaxia grinned down at me. I clenched my teeth and controled my voice.

"I swear my loyalty to Sailor Galaxia, and shall I feel all seven flames of hell and then some, if I dare waver from your ever constant cammand. I, Tsukino Usagi, Princess Serenity, and Sailor moon, pledge my life in your hands." I swore to Galaxia. Satisfied with my answer she turned her back on me.

"Now, when you wake up, everything will be restored to what it orginally was, well, with the requirments of our little deal installed also." Galaxia laughed.

Suddenly, fresh, hot, pain washed over me and my vision grew dark. My strength disappeared and my surroundings faded. All that I knew up to that moment was complete darkness and enternal oblivion.