When Things Change...

'When Things Change...' is the not the standard run-of-the-mill Dragon Ball story that's found in most pages on this wiki. Its about something different, something new, something that's changed after a long time...


 * INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY*

*THIS STORY IS SET AROUND 600-500 YEARS BEFORE THE EVENTS OF DRAGON BALL (AGE 143-219)*

Birth
In most ways, I was an ordinary boy. Born to a couple, of low level Saiyan warriors, I just had a power level of 14. 14 was considered pretty low, but since my parents were low class warriors, nobody expected more. I weighed a exactly 2.78 kg, was 18 inches tall. The medic said I was a fairly healthy baby with no birth defects, which was lucky, since my father had sickle cell disease, which causes fatigue easily.

We lived on the planet Nerio A-4, which was a colony of the Saiyans, in the Nerio star system. The Saiyan race had colonised more than 200 planets, making it one of the most superior races, in the present day MS 0302+17 supercluster. Nero A-4 was not a large planet, about the size of a medium sized asteriod, with a radius of 110 km, and a population of a few thousand Saiyans (4023, from AGE 140 census).

Our ruler, King Honos, resided in the far away planet of Vegeta, named after the first King of the Saiyans, King Vegeta I. He lived around in BEFORE AGE 700-800. He was the first Super Saiyan, and a great hero, though he turned he could not control his power. His own strength burned him up, and he died an unworthy death. The names of the planets the Saiyans conquered, were usually taken from ancient Kings, princes, or present day heroes. Nerio was the son of Vegeta I, though he was a weak minded ruler, with no talents. Perhaps that was why all the planets in this half dead star system was given the name Nerio.

The Nerio star system was one of the poorest systems in the galaxy. Life for the Saiyans was hell there. Life for the natives was even worse than hell. It was a savage system, where Saiyans hunted natives for their pleasure, with nothing else to do.

The Grand Army consisted of a total of 2,348,560 infantry soldiers, 321,000 techies and 80,000 scientists and support staff. The General? A mot**rfu**er named Tabaco. He was the crown prince, and a fu**ed up leader. His great strategies and tactics made us lose the Battle of Nyx, the Battle for Rhea B-12 and the War Against Letoians, losing a total of 870,000 soldiers. Awesome guy, huh?

My father's name was Lieutenant Cumber and my mom's was Oka. I had 2 sisters, Tarwi, aged 16, and  Kale, aged 9. We stayed in a small 3 bedroom cottage. Life pretty much sucked here, and I knew my life would suck a lot in this shit hole.