It has been several weeks since Gohan's last match on LAW, being back and hearing the crowd's reactions backstage is more than enough to pump up the young competitor. As he stands backstage, waiting for his cue, he watches the monitors waiting for the dog food commercial to finish. As the commercial finishes, a crew member gives him his signal and Gohan takes his spot and lightly jumps up and down as his cues approaches.
"Ladies and gentlemen..." Gohan hears the announcer began the match introduction.
"Tonight's match is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from the mountains of Japan. Weighing in at 165 pounds, The Prodigy... Gohan"
His entrance music begins to play. Spoiler
As soon as his name was called, Gohan's feet moved on their own. He burst through the backstage curtain and at the top of the entrance ramp waved to the audience to his left, then to his right. The crowd cheered as they saw the young competitor in his new in-ring gear. Spoiler
As he made his way to the ring, he raises his fist and it garners further cheers from the crowd. Once at ringside, he takes the steel steps up to the ring and ducks between the top and middle ropes and into the ring. He gives the crowd a bow and a dashing smile before heading to his corner to prepare for his opponent.
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The music kicked in shortly after Gohan had made it to the ring, announcing that his opponent would be approaching the ring. Spoiler
Just as soon as the call of "HATE ME!" resonated, he started walking up towards the ring, bursting forth with all his impressive size as the announcer begun. "AND HIS OPPONENT! FROM HAWKESBURY, CANADA! STANDING IN AT AN IMPRESSIVE 7 FEET AND 3 POINT 2 INCHES! WEIGHING IN AT 273 POUNDS! XANDER SCARROW! ...EEEEXCEEEESSSSSS!!!!" Spoiler
At the call of his name which mirrored the timing of the bass drop, he rose his fist victoriously without speaking a single word. This was his first match at LAW, but he'd been used to the cameras and crowd for a long time running now, and hardly even looked around to acknowledge the people around him, his fist remaining raised as he walked. Once he reached the stage, he opened his hand, which turned out to be at the perfect height for the second rope, grabbing firmly onto it as he pulled himself up, one foot meeting the edge of the ring and hoisting him up before he stepped over the top rope, letting go of the middle one as he brought his hands together, audibly cracking his knuckles.
"Gohan, right? The promotion has to hate your guts to put you against a guy more than a hundred pounds over you. I won't hold it against you if you wanna forfeit."
He spoke in a tone that made it clear he was talking down to the Japanese man rather than offering genuine concerned as he turned towards the announcing table, waving his hand in a "move it along" sort of gesture, encouraging them to let the match begin.
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Gohan watched as his opponent walks towards the ring. What started out as an average-sized man at the top of the entrance ramp slowly evolved into a tower as he approached the ring. Any normal person would have been intimated to be facing such a specimen, but Gohan was the opposite. He was quite excited for the challenge and if we're being totally honest, possibly even a little bit aroused.
As Excess cracks his knuckles, Gohan can't help but examine his opponent's impressive physique. Gohan's eye level doesn't even make it past the man's massive pecs, which means Gohan's height probably doesn't even make it past Excess's neck. Excess's muscles ripples through his shirt which can barely contain them. Gohan's mind starts to wander and a few intrusive thoughts were about to enter when Excess address him.
"Hate me?" He thought, "Those guys gave me just what I asked for... and then some." Gohan smirks and responded, "Well, you know what they say! The bigger they a--"
Excess didn't care for Gohan's retort. He turned away and gestured for the match to begin. "Impatient, okay... maybe I can use that." Gohan thought.
As the bell rang, Gohan would have normally gone for the lock up, but deciding to use his opponent's own impatience against him, he stood his ground and took a defensive stance--preparing himself to counter Excess's first move.
Really? The "Bigger they are the harder they fall" thing? Xander sighed at this and turned to the announcer table as if to say "Really?" before the bell rung and Gohan took on a defensive stance. But alright, if that's what the kid wanted then Xander was going to show him just how little that bit they feed small kids to make them feel like less of bottom of the food chain scrub really rang true. He walked up to Gohan, cracking his neck to the left and rolling his shoulders which made his muscle mass ripple further before stopping in front of the young man, leaning down and forward so He could look Gohan right in the eyes.
"Alright, alright... if you're confident then sorry for assuming... and sorry about the ribs."
Then before Gohan could ask him what he meant about the ribs, he would straighten his back out, simultaneously bringing up a foot in a crescent kick aimed directly at Gohan's left side with his right foot, aiming to kick him off his feet and launch him into the ropes to bounce back from the impact. If he succeeded in this, when Gohan bounced towards him he would catch him by the arm and fling him overhead to land onto that same side, smashing him into the center of the ring.
The bell rings signifying the beginning of the match. As Excess walks toward Gohan, the arena lights seemed to dim as his opponent loomed over him. The eager competitor has to tilt his head all the way up just to maintain eye contact with his opponent. The sight was truly overwhelming and the thought of how challenging it'd be to get this win excited Gohan even more.
As Excess finished speaking, Gohan was about to respond when he realized the ring was starting to shake. He looks down to see Excess's right foot coming right at him. Thankfully, the giant's incredible size meant a decrease in speed so Gohan was able to take several steps back just in time to avoid the kick.
Once Gohan regains his footing, he immediately lunges forward and aims a fist directly at Excess's midsection, hoping the giant would at least double over so that he could take him down with a DDT. But instead...
"Fffff--" Gohan began to say as his fist was forced open upon impact with Excess's abs. Shaking the pain off his hand, he attempted another direct strike to his opponent's midsection.
The dodge was a welcome surprise. Maybe this little guy wasn't going to be just a walk in the park. It was like the challenge of having to swat a fly; you had to catch it first. He was going to have a little bit of fun, maybe even give it the illusion that it had a fleeting chance before properly crushing it. That could be fun, right?
Then the smaller man lunged himself at him, and Excess couldn't help but grin. Did this guy have a death wish? He aimed a punch at his abdomen and the taller man responded in kind by flexing his muscles, tensing up and taking the blow with little fanfare. Seeing the other man back up and shake his hand in pain amused him, but not as much as did the attempt at a second strike towards his midsection. "You've got a good punch, but you're aiming for the wrong spot." He teasingly encouraged as the second blow came, though this one managed to knock a bit of wind out of him as he was mid-sentence. Still, he wasn't going to take that without retaliating.
Immediately after the hit, he would raise his leg again, this time aiming a kick at Gohan's head. He was going to knock him down with a roundhouse kick and then he'd see what he'd do next. Maybe he would put him into a submission hold, or make him realize how mismatched they were in weight-classes by tossing him about. Either way, that kick had to hit first, and as Gohan would see firsthand, this one came much faster than the first.
The second punch did it! It caused the giant's resolve to falter. Gohan smirked as his opponent let out a quick breath after his fist connected with Excess's chiseled abs.
As Gohan was getting ready to look up and accept his competitor's half compliment, he felt a sharp pain on his cheek. His entire body wanted to shift in the direction of the kick with his head being the first to follow and his spit involuntarily following. As his body starts leaning, Gohan snaps out of the daze and plants both of his feet on the ground. Gohan looks up at Excess and wipes any remaining trickle of spit off of his mouth as he smirks and raises both of his fist.
"Not bad..." Gohan began saying. "That was a go--" and before Gohan could finish his sentence, adrenaline made its final rounds through his system and his body began processing all the pain he received from that kick. Gohan's knees buckled beneath him and on wobbly legs, started moving forward involuntarily, only to be stopped by Excess's massive pecs. With Gohan's arms now hanging limply beside him, his face planted firmly on Excess's sculpted chest and his mouth hanging slightly open as gravity slowly pulls him downwards, it's safe to assume Gohan is vulnerable to whatever Excess's next move is.
