Task 2: In the Observatory

(I KNEW he was going to do a hiding mole which is exactly why I picked it up off of the ground first, but whatever)

-*With another flex of muscle, Hide would come to realize that he would be unable to move, hiding Kham's own element since Kham knew he was doing the hiding mole technique after seeing it done a couple times before he had provided the appropriate countermeasure without killing the kid. That comes later... The diamond sphere exploded indeed, which was weird I coulda sworn they were indestructible... no matter, whether or not Kham knew what Hide was planning was not clear at this moment. He did say he could read minds to a ceartian degree. Kham appeared above Hide with his heel raised in the air muscling through the explosions as if they didn't even touch him*-

"Making Shaped explosions on the fly? Impressive... But what can a shaped explosion do as an attack? Jace will teach you that"

-*He brought his heel down upon Hide who was hopefully stuck in the ground, cracking his skull and whatever else in the ground for miles and miles on end kicking up large chunks of boulders and stone that flew as high for the diamond dragons to eat, Hit or miss, he signed turning the resulting dust storm to a silver diamond one in which said fragments would track Hide fly into him and hold him in place thereafter*-

(With Hide's hiding mole, he softens the area around him then escapes. Unlike Deidara's, it isn't limited to traveling only through the ground)

~For some reason, Hide found himself unable to move his own body, and when he glared upward, all he saw was the heel of Mahk-x crashing down at him. He stared with one eye closed, but his crimson eye well activated, allow him to take in everything happening right now, at least to the point where he could react in one way or the other. He bit his lip, hard enough that blood began to drip into his mouth, mixing with his saliva to create a puddle of blood in his mouth. Even if its a low amount, blood contains carbon, and swishing this around in his mouth, Hideyoshi successfully created a wad of watery clay in his mouth. Unable to move, he simply exhaled from his mouth, blowing a red bubble of dyed clay, which would explode, of course. The series of events took place all within the moment, giving Hide enough time to detonate the bubble, blasting him diagonally toward the ground. He narrowly escaped Mahk-x heel drop, however, the ensuing earthquake that took place shortly after would send Hide into a crevice about a kilometer away, beat up and mangled. He didn't know what it was that was keeping him from moving. If it was a genjutsu, him biting himself would have solved it. If it was anything else, he didn't know.~
"Ugh... not yet. Not this easy... "
~He muttered as he spat out some blood. His body was damaged from the destruction of the field due to Mahk-x's heel drop. However, he would clench his fists, and dig his finger nails into the palm of his hands. He couldn't move, but he managed to force some type of movements on himself. He was slowly working himself to his feet, appearance hopefully masked by the dust storm. He could see the diamond shards scattered throughout the dust storm, and assumed it was part of Mahk-x's doing. Even if his hypothesis was correct, it wasn't much he could do. He stuck his hands into the pouches under his cloak, making sure to be cautious of what was around him. He had something planned, or maybe, the plan was already in motion.~

(Gotcha, my bad... CARRY ON!)

"Turning your blood into clay, you impress me everyday Hideyoshi. And you're always planning, not a movement wasted."

-*Mahk-X's voice was cloaked in the silver dust storm making it look like a massive silver wind attack scattered amongst the battle field, it instantly stopped revealing a Mahk-X clone for every silver shard that was in the air there were millions of them that would pounce on hide like Peins to Jaryia just landing on him with their sheer weight would crush his bones*-

"But can you stop a foe who is just plain stronger than you?"

"I don't know-"
~The Mahk-x's came crashing down on Hide, but his body dispersed into sand, allowing him to bypass the ensuing carnage. He wasn't able to move and create the handsigns for the Vola Marco form, but he did carve the seals into his hands when he dug his nails into his palms a moment ago. It was this quick thinking that brought Hide this far, but Mahk-x was right. He could plan forever, but if his explosions aren't hurting Mahk-x, then he would be doing nothing but wasting time, or delaying the inevitable. Beneath the ground where the Mahk-x clones landed was a Hideyoshi clone, planted while the dust storm was going on. Its head popped out the ground and looked up at the Kages, forming a tiger handsign with his hands.~
"But regardless, I don't go down without a fight! No matter how one-sided it is!"
~It was then that the clone exploded, engulfing everything within a couple hundred meters in a humanoid shaped explosion. It wasn't modeled exactly like Mahk-x, for it still had to be condensed into a sizable variant. Hide only hoped this bought him some type of time while he reformed in the air, above the explosion site.~

"Your blind determination has run OUT!"

-*Kham said standing far above Hideyoshi with his hands placed down in front of him, the clones on the ground were just decoys our real mahk-x was in the air observing all of this from a far, and boy was he impressed however Hide still had a long ways to go if he was going to make that mahk-x sized explosion. But for starters, a little pain to get the mind flowing. Kham palm thrust below and this is what occurred*-

~Before Hide could completely respond, Mahk-x already blasted a wave of sheer force down at Hide. While he didn't want to take the damage of the technique, he couldn't use his Marco form against that type of attack, for it would scatter the sand that made up the form for miles. He probably wouldn't recreate himself for months. He took the blast like a fucking genin could and crashed into the dense soil beneath him. He had quite a few broken bones and broken ribs after the impact, and he was lodged into the earth quite deeply, a few kilometers even. He spat up some blood, and used his kekkei genkai to soften the earth encasing him into clay.~
"Ugh, even with constant planning, If I don't have the means to beating him, then I can't win.."
~Laying in his own clay, one eye closed from wincing in pain, Hide stared through the whole he was in, at Mahk-x who was high in the air above him.~
"How do I beat people who are this much stronger than I am then?"

-*Mahk-X appeared next to Hide and gripped his head by tugging on his hair he fed a smidget of his chakra into him against Hide's will of course causing all types of pain, traffic and frustration on his chakra network the pain would be intense, it was as if Hide was going to implode from this earth*-

"Direct my chakra... expand your chakra network to accommodate my chakra, since you are obviously incapable of completing this task we will do it the sadistic way, I'm a big fan of this method. NOW DO IT"

-*He continued to feed a little bit of his chakra into hide, if he fed him any more it would cause hide to die permanently this was all he could take now, unless Hide started demanding more. This would only increase the pain Hide was already in, but the results would greatly benefit our genin*-

~Feeling the intense pain coursing through his body, Hide had no choice but to suck it up, and try to accommodate for Mahk-x's massive chakra as well as his own. He clenched his eyes as he allowed the chakra to course through his body, focusing on his chakra network so that it didn't expand so much that it ripped from holding Mahk-x's chakra. His hands came together and formed a seal, helping Hide's concentration for this task. It was painful, but once he got the hang of how to concentrate to accommodate, it became more simplistic.~

"When faced with adversity you persevere, but when faced with pain... you buckle? Why is that?"

-*Mahk-X's harmful chakra would send tears through Hide's flesh as it seems that his chakra network was not expanding nearly enough to handle the flow of chakra so much greater than his own, at this rate if he didn't do something quick he was going to die. Kham looked down and realized he was signing to cope, no... he has to do this himself. Kham smacked down Hides hands in frustration*-

"The root of the chakra in your body is your heart, accept that pain is only someone trying to impose limitations on your body, you know your limits do not let me hinder you further. Cope with the mind, expand through the heart... Do this or die here."

~He gagged in pain, and he was still a bit confused on what to do. He knew he had to cope with the chakra, but was that done? He didn't have time for hints, or for a strategy. It was his body, and he had to do it on his own. He exhaled, then inhaled deeply, causing abdominal pain on his body. The chakra coursed through his heart, and Hide continued to breathe deeply. His gags from pain where lessening as he mentally started to cope with it and as his heart beats were becoming louder as he focused on trying to expand his heart; his chakra system.~
"Cope with the mind..."
~He thought as his heart beats continued. He could literally feel the pain and chakra going through his heart, but he knew he would have to accept the pain and continue with it. There were no tricks or strategies that needed to be done. He just had learn to accept it.~
"Expand through the heart.."
~The heart beats coming from Hide would slowly become regular heart beats as Hide;s heart continued to expand for the chakra coming through it. He had to remain calm, and make sure not to get overcame completely by the foreign chakra.~

-*Hides fluids and entrails would be all over Mahk-X's face and body... that much he was used too. Hide exceeded in expanding his chakra network for better chakra control. He would still need practice on how to use it, but he would have one more thing for him to do before he sent him to Jace.*-

"Well done Hideyoshi... I will commend you, but if you cannot make the explosion that I required of you right now. Then I will kill you where you stand. You have earned the knowledge of the rings but will you earn your right to continue your struggle as a ninja?"

-*Kham brandished his cosmos destroyer, the epic hammer that can smack planets in and out of orbit. The simple manifestation of said hammer would cause Hides very foundation to quake, but if he learned anything from Mahk-X it's that pain is only temporary, it comes with battle... therefore it is nothing but an obstacle*-

~His body would tremble upon the summoning of the cosmos destroyer, which would trigger pain on the various gashes on his body. However, it wasn't the pain that was important, but the task at hand. Pain was merely the obstacle on the path to accomplishing his goal. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a large wad of clay, instantly shaping it to form Mahk-x with his left hand. He then switched it with his right hand, giving it extra power, as it will be needed to make the explosion weigh close to where Mahk-x did. He tossed the Mahk-x shaped claydol into the air, and instead of poofing into a larger variant, like most of his creations do, this one just exploded. However, it was a collected explosion, for it didn't burst outward then condense to form something, it exploded right into the shape of Mahk-x, and since the explosions are being compacted to fit within this humanly figure, they were all stronger and it was this strength that added to the weight of the Mahk-x bomb. It rushed down at Mahk-x at a jaw dropping speed, looking as cool and collected as the kage was.~
(Kind of like this but more fiery.)

~ Just from the way it looked, one could tell that it was going to extremely powerful.~
"The Mach Bomb, faster than all the others.."

I have to see it!

-*Mahk-X thought, he had to observe the density and the physicality of the bomb, it was easier to Hide now... but could the bomb measure up? The Bomb collided with Mahk-X such a concussive devastating explosion it was! It sounded like a sonic boom slamming into fiberglass. The density was a bit off, since no one could make anything as dense as Kham infused with the PC without the PC but Kham would let Hide off. However surviving the explosion was a difficult task within itself. But Kham emerged with visible physical damage to his body the first and he emerged coughing from all the smoke and debris but quickly regained composure*-

"Well done... would you like to know about the rings now?"

-*Kham said as he awayed his Cosmos destroyer*-

~As the smoke cleared Hideyoshi was a few dozen meters away, blown away from the force of the explosion. He got up coughing, extremely exhausted from this entire ordeal, but it was going to pay off. He just knew it would.~
"Heh, yeah... that would be nice.."
~He said breathing heavily. He tried to catch his breath as Mahk-x would probably begin to tell him about the rings. The suspense was killing him.~

"Have you ever considered what other forces are implemented into battle? Fear, Resolve, Love even... these rings manipulate the power of ones own will and manifests them into several flames according to the colors of the rainbow, their powers alone are formidable but if you augment them with your abilities possibilities are endless. My ring hosts the power of the Cloud Flame, its property? Propagation, capable of making things larger, and in more plenty. Amplifying the power of certain things by that same token. Observe..."

-*Mahk-X back flipped into the air and his ring lit a blaze, what a glorious blaze of black flame it was that lit his whole hand but still it was a lot less then martas flying resolve Kham slammed the ground with a global fist, the ring propagated the muscles making his arm move like a piston similar to jugo increasing the power even more... times 10 the results were devastating. it seems that Mahk-X was full of surprises*-

~After taking so long to catch his breath, he was blown off his feet not too long after. He really wasn't catching any breaks. However, that ring bestowed great power, and that was only one type of ring. If what Mahk-x said was true, then there were 6 more rings with different abilities. It peeked his curiousity, greatly.~
"Ugh.. So, would I be able to obtain one of those rings? Or does it involve fighting you again?"

"All you have to do, is pledge alliance to me and all my endeavors. And become one of many people who are in my 'family'... It's a mafia, like those old school black and white movies with the gang members but instead of guns they use the rings and these."

-*Mahk-X reached inside his pocket and pulled out a small cube, tossed it around and put it back inside his pocket. He didnt want to get into the box weapons now thats Cross' line of fire*-

"Mafia eh...?"
~Hideyoshi thought about, and how much fun this could be. It would mean he would get to meet new people, although he didn't really care for that part, but it would also mean he could not only repay Mahk-x for training him, but possibly get stronger out of it as well.~
"You did alot for me, despite almost killing me a few times, so joining your familia would probably be a good way for me to repay ya, and maybe get something in return.."
~He said with a chuckle then a smile. His hand staggered out, like he was going to shake on it.~

-*Kham clenched hands, with Hide and by the same token warped him to Jcae's place with hopes that Jace would welcome him and train him as well. Hide would feel like he was being shot through hundreds of dimensions.*-