Akihiko nodded, smiling slightly at the show of courage that the Clan Mechwarrior had just shown.<em>At least these Clanners have some honor and dignity, unlike those lily livered rookies...</em>He thought darkly as he remembered their cowardice and them changing sides just to save their own skin.<br/><br/>"You are indeed honorable, Mechwarrior Hatsune... let us commence this battle." He said as he pulled at his control stick, moving back and towards the side to avoid the salvo of six Medium ER Lasers that was gunning for his Mech. Three of them missed, but two of them dug against his Mech's left leg, melting some of the armor there and the third singed the base of his<em>No-dachi</em>'s foot.<br/><br/>He grinned as he took aim, and fired his ER Medium Laser in reply, before moving back slightly to fire his ER PPC and a salvo of MRMs from one of his launchers, the heat spiking in the cockpit making him feel as if he was in a sauna right now.