Millions of years ago, the planet that circles the Universe’s equator, a sphere called Kaiooshin-kai, was not the dead planet it is now. Even though the highest of gods lived upon its surface, it was not considered holy ground, for there were also common folk there too: merchants and mages, bards and servants, and the occasional door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. (Just kidding about the encyclopedia salesman.) There were six clans upon the face of Kaiooshin-kai; only individuals from four of the clans could develop the ability to become a god.

Over the North Universal Quadrant watched the North Kaiooshin and his/her (it depended on who was chosen to serve as a god) clan, the Yuki (snow) clan, so named for the harsh winters they had to endure near the north pole of the planet. The Yuki clan was famous for their artists and merchants, who sold fine sculpture to the other areas of the planet. North Kaiooshin’s hobby was usually producing fine artwork by telekinesis, showing his/her mental prowess as a god.

The South Universal Quadrant had the Hakuchoo (swan) clan, so named for the constellation Cygnus that lay overhead. And, they, of course, were known for astronomy and fortune-telling. The South Kaiooshin usually was a great prophet in addition to normal godly powers.

The West Universal Quadrant’s clan was known as the Akai (red) clan, so named for their love of warfare and the color of the perpetually setting sun over their quadrant. The West Kaiooshin was usually a master of all martial arts, every single one ever created, in addition to being a powerful deity.

The East Universal Quadrant (which this story will mainly concern itself) was one of powerful mages with eerily light purple skin known as the Ten’ue ("above heaven") clan. This was because most often, the East Kaiooshin had the most qualifications to become the Dai Kaiooshin when s/he retired or chose to die. So these folk ended up watching the whole of the Universe.

There were two lower clans: the Zatta (mixed), a clan of hybrids between the four dominant clans of
Kaiooshin-kai who worked as laborers; and an even lower class called the Namae-nai ("no-names"), whose social status was so low that they lacked even a last name. No one knew where the Namae-nai had come from; they just knew they were good assistants and did whatever they were told, more or less. There were a few rebellions between the Namae-nai and the four major clans, but most ended in the Namae-nai being either punished or sometimes even killed by a band of vagabond Zatta.

Otherwise Kaiooshin-kai was a very peaceful planet (before the arrival of Buu, of course). Most
Kaiooshin-kai-jin were moral citizens who upheld the letter and spirit of the law, except for the Zatta, who were usually accused when things went wrong, along with the Namae-nai.

This story will concern us with the Lead Mage of the East Quadrant, Ten’ue Hoshiko; her distant cousin and protegé, Ten’ue Ban’noh (soon to become the Kaiooshin everyone knows); and later on a Namae-nai named Kibito, a foreign wizard named Bibidi, and his demon creation, Majin Buu.

NOTES

Hoshiko= "star child"

Ban’noh= "almighty, omnipotent" (see why I chose it as the original name for ‘Shin??)