"Three of the future elites gathered in one place," Yuki said with a chuckle, before bowing his head and making a gesture that was vaguely spiritual with his left hand, "may our careers all be momentous, regardless of how well these exams go for us."<br/><br/>He had no idea of 'Hozuki' was actually a great clan, but he knew better than anyone else that a ninja was not defined by their clan any more than any individual could define an entire clan.<br/><br/>"And thank you for the use of the lake, future Mizukage," he said as he raised his head from his brief prayer.  Though the lad had no illusions in his head that such a person becoming a Kage was possible, but he also knew there were probably a dozen other people with the same ideas in their heads.<br/><br/>Hell, he had wanted to be Hokage and then Kazekage when he was a kid.  Now, he figured it suited him much better to be in a advisory or training position.  He had learned a lot from living in two villages, though he hadn't heard a thing about any Hozuki clan.  Makoto seemed to know something, though, so it didn't suit him to be anything but gracious.<br/><br/>Just like surviving in the field, this was all a strategy that could go wrong at any minute...