It had been several years before then that the two had been "born" of their Kaiju tree.
It was not unprecedented for two Shinjins to be born on the same day, yet the inhabitants of the Universe 9 Sacred World of the Kais felt a strange sort of surprise when they laid their eyes on the sight of the fruit that were be born on that fateful day.
Two Supreme Kai fruit were set to ripen on the same day, and while one was the normal golden color, another bore the color that was renowned for Kais that would be born evil.
The color of a Supreme Makai fruit was perhaps the greatest sign of trouble in a universe.
But despite this, the rules of the Supreme Kai who was in control then were very clear on how to deal with such a scenario.
Despite everything, the Supreme Kai Roh believed that those with power were naturally the ones who would control the future.
It was for this reason that, despite the typical tradition of people throwing Makai fruit into that universe's Demon Realm, the two fruit were instead pitted against one another.
Whichever one of the two Supreme Kais to come out victorious would be the winner, and would have the right to be the new Supreme Kai of Universe 9.
Once the day came for the two to be born however, they, for better or worse, took a liking to one another.
It was to the point that, though the newborn Supreme Kai was the stronger of the two, she could not bring herself to outright defeat the newborn Supreme Makai.
And, though the Supreme Makai detested most of everyone, he could not bring himself to hurt the newborn Supreme Kai either.
While all the other Kais treated him with an almost innate contempt, the newborn Supreme Kai, in her innocence, only saw him as the first person she'd ever known, and believed he was no different from her.
He did not understand her compassion in the beginning; as they fought, he could tell that she had been holding back the entire time.
After having lived many days as an outcast who was only taught that weakness and failure were akin to unacceptable sins, ones even gods were not exempt from, he could not understand why she was being weak of her own volition.
With her refusing to defeat him, and him unable to overcome his confusion of her, the two soon stopped fighting altogether.
Roh, who had seen the would-be skirmish, let this be the straw that broke the camel's back, upon him realizing that the young Supreme Kai and the Supreme Makai were simply staring at one another in blank wonder.
"Why are you hesitating?" He asked the Supreme Kai, and though innocent, both tensed at the angry tone he'd taken with them. "Fight!"
Spurned by Roh's words, the Supreme Kai immediately attacked without holding back.
The battle ended not too long afterwards, and with this done, the Makai let himself forget the Supreme Kai's lack of ill intent for him.
But, as were the laws of the universe, failure was not an optional choice, and he, as a Kai, would be punished more severely for it.
This was his understanding of what would happen at least, until the God of Destruction intervened.
A portly man with a long red beard, Sidra was of a different nature than Roh.
While Roh was decisively prideful in himself, Sidra was tranquil, albeit indecisive.
This was not the case when the Makai had been defeated however.
"There isn't any point to this." Sidra said, him having caught Roh's wrist as he stood over the defeated Makai, Roh ready to kill him for his weakness.
"Weakness cannot be tolerated in this universe." Roh's expression turned into a significantly deep sneer as he looked back at Sidra, gaze reflecting contempt for him.
Sidra's attendant, Mojito, sighed softly.
"Honestly, you're not examining the potential here." The Angel said as he approached the two, him gazing at Roh, eyes half-lidded as he spoke.
"What potential?" Roh hissed. "Any sign of weakness is unforgivable in a Supreme Kai!"
Mojito managed to keep his expression calm, yet he mentally yelled in frustration in his head.
'Ever think THAT'S your problem?' He wanted to exclaim.
Yet, for his part, he simply closed his eyes and sighed.
"Never mind." Mojito replied. "A simpleton like you could never understand the most basic description of potential."
Maybe these two Supreme Kais would make his life less frustrating than life with Roh had gone, for instance.
Who knew, maybe they'd spend less time focusing on a flawed case of Social Darwinism and more on how to raise the Mortal Level that they were supposed to monitor.
And maybe Roh would make the award for the Best Supreme Kai of the King's Calendar, he thought pessimistically.
Roh's snake like nostrils flared up, yet Sidra walked over to the Makai.
"There's no need to fight." Sidra said. "Mojito, can I ask a favor of you?"
"What shall it be Lord Sidra?" Mojito asked as he looked to the Viking like Destroyer Deity.
"Will you train this boy to be stronger?" he asked.
Mojito narrowed his eyes ever so slightly.
"There's no point behind it." Roh said coldly, and the young Makai flinched under his glare. "He's still worthless."
The Makai looked down slowly.
"If the power to survive is what determines that, they need the chance to grow." Sidra replied.
Mojito gripped his staff tightly.
"What purpose is there to this?" Mojito asked.
There was something deeply off about the calm tone of voice he took then, not as though it was an obvious facade, but for a different reason.
Boiling over in Mojito's mind were all the frustrations he'd put up with while on this job, silent outrage at all the stupidly organized priorities that made up Roh's mind, withheld irritation at Sidra's inability to do his own job when the time called for it.
With this lack of normal sense or duty coming up once more, it became the straw that broke the camel's back.
"What VALUE does STRENGTH ALONE hold when his power is to CREATE?" Mojito yelled. "Is your brain wired wrong? Do you not see the STUPIDITY of your own beliefs? This entire universe has the stigma of being the least advanced universe in EXISTENCE. You are a DISGRACEFUL Supreme Kai," he said to Roh, "so short-sighted you'd fail to notice an avalanche until it comes crashing down on you. What does your paltry STRENGTH hold to a deteriorating Universe where the god of destruction cares more for its targets than the person responsible for making the planets they inhabit? You're PATHETIC, disgusting, acting as though strength immediately equates to value. If ANYONE in this situation deserves to face death, it's YOU for bringing this Universe to this state!"
The act of him raising his voice and telling him off drove most of everyone to silence, the Angel known for his passiveness and poise shocking all who heard his voice as it finally rose to an outraged snarl.
Roh scowled, and Sidra looked back to the newborn Supreme Kai and Supreme Makai.
"He has a point." Sidra said then.
Mojito's eyes widened as he heard this, Sidra looking to Roh with narrowed eyes.
"You... You would kill me?" Roh hissed in disbelief.
"Mojito is not wrong in his claims." Sidra replied. "The Universe level is by far the lowest of any of the 12 Universes. And you've done nothing to raise it."
Roh clenched his fists.
"You know you'll die if you do this, don't you?" He asked, though it was clear he was trying to keep his life.
"I won't." Sidra replied, raising a hand to him.
He knew Roh was referring to the fact that Gods of Destruction died when all the Supreme Kais of their native universe died.
In his panic however, Roh had forgotten one crucial detail.
"There are still two Supreme Kais right in front of us."
Sidra looked to the two children.
Both of them looked scared in that moment, and he closed his eyes.
Despite him concentrating the ball of energy in his hand, Sidra stopped himself from doing it, yet Roh remained tense.
"Understand this Roh: There are things other than strength to account for. These two children have great potential. But they need to be nurtured well. For that reason, you are no longer in authority over them." Sidra's voice was firm then. "They will be assigned attendants of their own to let them grow as they need to. Not under your tutelage. Is that clear?"
Roh narrowed his eyes, then scowled, reluctantly saying it was.
When the attendants would be given their tasks however, the Makai and Supreme Kai's lives were drastically different.
He did not understand why his life with his attendant was so rough.
For years, he was isolated from others, and all attempts at reaching out to his fellow Shinjin simply led to him being ignored even more rashly, as though he carried a plague within him that everyone hated him for having.
He would try to go the young Supreme Kai, as he recalled her being the only one who didn't mind him.
Yet even she soon had the same look as all the others, the look of unjustified fear as she steered clear of him.
He didn't understand why everyone hated him.
The young Supreme Kai began to create, and so the Makai began to create as well.
She would always be given immeasurable praise.
He would be given indifference.
She would go forward in time with a Time Ring to see her civilizations were doing well, given the Universe they were in.
He would never be allowed this chance.
The one who watched over the rings would say they were doomed to fail anyways, and that he couldn't be trusted with it.
At this claim, he decided to do something that would be seen as something, anything, but a failure.
No one gave him such a claim.
Their indifference turned into annoyance, then unbridled spite.
"He should have died that day." One would whisper.
"The universe is bad enough as is with Roh." Another agreed. "He's just bringing the Mortal Level down further."
"..."
He eventually stopped trying to talk to people altogether.
It never ended well anyways.
He tried to enact some sort of reaction out of them, but the best he could ever hope for was them giving backhanded compliments, always comparing him to the other young Supreme Kai.
Otherwise, it was just indifference at all times.
Even his attendant seemed annoyed by his presence, though she was at least good at hiding it.
She often let him go to a barren planet he'd made for himself, it being his own place to be alone, away from all the incessant negativity that awaited him upon his return, helped only by the tea she would make for him regularly.
The day everything would change was an unusual one however.
He came back to find his attendant talking to Roh, and he froze quickly.
Roh had always hated him, and would always will; his belief about how the Multiverse viewed him was rooted in how Roh treated him.
He wasn't as good as the young Supreme Kai, they would all say; he was a Makai after all.
It was as Roh spoke to the female Shinjin that he eavesdropped, not understanding why until he heard parts of the conversation.
"You're certain you've placed enough of the poison into today's cup?" He asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"I will not tolerate failure." Roh told her. "I don't want to hear that he survived another night because of a potent enough poison. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes." The attendant said quietly, and Roh turned and walked off.
The woman grasped her head tiredly.
"Yujin?"
The Shinjin jumped slightly as she heard the Makai's call, her looking to him.
"Yes Shiei?" She asked, expression less neutral today than was normal.
"Why was he here?" The Makai asked, nervousness in his voice.
Yujin looked down.
"He wants to hurt you." She told him. "And he wants me to do it for him."
He didn't react in any way, simply gazing up at her.
"... Will you?" The Makai asked, tone almost afraid.
"No." She said firmly, shaking her head. "But... I need some time to myself. I'm sorry Shiei. Try to get some rest for now."
He nodded softly, and he went away slowly, eyes looking down.
Yujin didn't chide him to hold his head up then.
"You have to run." Yujin was suddenly telling him not long after that.
"To where?" The Makai asked her gently.
"You can sense that power from the direction of that star, can't you?" She asked, pointing to the light in space.
They were on his hideaway planet then.
"I... I do." The Makai said nervously.
"There will be someone waiting for you there." She told him. "He will keep you safe."
"What about you?" He asked.
Yujin didn't respond for a moment.
"We won't be able to see each other again." She said. "Please Shiei... Please go."
He didn't respond, him gazing up at his attendant.
"... I'll miss you." He told her, this a hushed confession, as though he'd committed a crime by saying this.
Yujin flinched as if she'd been burned by his words, and for a moment, he felt fear.
Was that a terrible thing to say?
Would she hate him like everyone else now?
Despite his thoughts, Yujin leaned closer to him, and for the first and last time, she embraced him.
"... I'll miss you too Shiei." She whispered.
He became frozen in her hug, eyes widened.
The second she began to pull away, his arms twitched, his hands reaching up to pull her back into the hug, to prolong the inevitable, to make the final moments he'd ever spend with his mother figure last for as long as possible.
But the moment he tried...
"G e t away from me!"
"Stay out of this, this is my fight!"
"Why do you destroy everything you touch?!"
Shiei froze in place, and Yujin gave a comforting smile before wheeling him around.
"Be safe." She whispered, and he nodded quietly.
He then flew away as fast as he could, face frozen then as he followed the source of the power level.
No one could foresee that his next encounter would have been so fateful.
"What is your name?" Zamasu asked the Shinjin child he was sent to bring with him to Gowasu.
He looked up at the taller man.
"Supreme Makai." He said softly.
"That is your title." Zamasu corrected him sharply. "I asked for your name."
The Makai's eyes widened, surprised at this, but didn't relax.
"Shiei." He said.
"I am Zamasu. We will depart to your new home shortly."
He reached his hand out to Shiei, who looked at it briefly.
"Do you really want to bring me there?"
His tone was cautious then, as though he didn't know to trust it.
"My Master would not spare the extra effort if he didn't have decent intentions." Zamasu replied.
"And you?" Shiei asked, frowning.
"Whether you are Makai or Kai, it means little to me." Zamasu said flatly.
Though he was a Makai, Zamasu, in light of the time he'd spent training Kisana, found that seeking perfection in those who weren't perfect to begin with to be a redundant process.
Makais were no different from this rule, as they were the imperfect gods in his eyes, those cast out from their world of birth.
As such, while he found it to be strange that this Makai was not dealt in the same pattern, he nonetheless felt the need to heed the Shinjin Yujin's pleas for them to take Shiei in, before the Supreme Kai Roh assassinated him.
"Your attendant asked Master Gowasu and I to take you under our care." Zamasu told him. "Unlike Roh, we are benevolent deities. We will not hurt anyone in our care, you included."
Shiei gazed up at him, then nodded softly.
He took Zamasu's hand then.
A/N: Another candidate down.
I also wanted to talk about how I actually modeled some of these OCs.
While studying Zamasu, I found that he has a large deal in common with the fallen angel Lucifer, better known as the Devil, being powerful divine beings that became evil while gaining god complexes, who were ultimately struck down by more powerful forces.
As a result, when I realized this, I decided to model the candidates from the 8 Universes involved from the Universe Survival Arc from the 8 Deadly Sins of Orthodox Christianity (since that particular branch used to have 8 instead of the usual 7).
These sins, for those unaware of them, are: Pride, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Envy, and Despair.
While I mention this, I'll point out now that the reason I modeled them for this was to help give a sense of character flaws for each of them to grow out of over time.
In Kisana's case, she's modeled from Wrath, but instead of being this constantly angry Hulk character in a cat woman's body, she has a very potent capacity for anger that's only cropped up because of how Beerus' actions have affected her.
In Shei's case, though it only comes up later on, is that he's based around the sin of Envy. Being constantly compared to the Supreme Kai he was born with, he has a need for attention and caring that he doesn't understand he has. As a result, since everyone constantly praises others while putting him down, he becomes envious of those who gain the things he never really had because of the state he was born in.
The other candidates I make will follow these patterns to an extent.