Swords and Guns of L'Amour

Gunfight at the Yagami Farm

           

The 11 assassins charged the farmhouse, yelling at the top of their lungs. Jimmy and Karen reacted by firing their Winchester and double-barreled shotgun, respectively. Jimmy cocked the rifle's lever again, moving to the left to try and draw some of the assassins away from Kazuma and Karen-standard strategy, divide and conquer. He fired once, twice, three times at the 5 assassins he had met earlier. Karen, meanwhile, was dealing with the six newcomers. And right now she was wishing she had her own Winchester as well as the one she gave to Jimmy. She had to fire both barrels and then load. And it's not that easy when six people are trying to kill you all at once!

Kazuma, meanwhile, was locking swords with Kaitou. The two skilled swordsmen battled each other while the bullets and shot pellets whizzed around them, coming from the weapons of Jimmy and Karen. CLANG CLANG CLANG! Steel met steel as the two swordsmen fought each other. And that wasn't the only sound coming from them. "Come on, Kazuma, where's that aggressiveness you're known for?" Kaitou taunted him. "Come on, try to kill me!"

"You wish!" Kazuma shouted back. He took a big swing at Kaitou, which the thief dodged.

BANG! chk-chk, BANG! Jimmy took a shot at the incoming assassins. He would have liked the bullets to hit them, but no such luck. They kept dodging him! He had hit one, but it was a glancing blow, which wasn't even good enough. Dadgummit! He thought. "Just die already!" He cocked his next shot and fired at the big feller, who was giving him the most trouble. Kazuma and Kaitou were fighting a good distance away, and Karen was hiding behind the fence, while Jimmy was standing right in front of the farmhouse. He continued to fire as much as he could until he heard the clicking of his rifle trigger, indicating he was out of bullets. Not a great time to run out! But luckily he had an ammo belt that Karen had given him. With no other choice, he had to duck behind the fence, where Karen was.

"Any luck?" She asked him.

"I wish," he replied. "Cover me, I've gotta reload."

"It's not that easy, I need to reload too," Karen shot back.

"Goddammit, you would have had more luck if you were armed with single-shot Springfield!" Jimmy replied.

"Oh, hobble your lip, Jimmy!" She shot back. "Are you done with that yet?"

"Almost!" He replied. Karen herself reloaded and fired a shot at the incoming assassins. The assassins scattered from her shot. "Done!" He said. With his rifle fully reloaded, he leapt over the fence and with the index finger on his right hand, fired a shot at a charging assassin. This time, the assassin reacted the way Jimmy had wanted him to. The assassin dropped his sword, clutching his chest in pain and doubled over. He was dead. "Finally!"

Inside the farmhouse, Sakura waited for the fighting to end. She had watched the other 6 assassins show up and when the shooting and fighting began, she had ducked beneath the window, trying to keep cover until the fight ended. Why was this going on? Why had Kazuma's enemies come to America? What did they want? They had just wanted to be left alone to make a new life here. Suddenly, a bullet whizzed through the house. A voice from outside could be heard, saying, "Sorry!"

"Gomen nasai!" came another voice. But right now, Sakura was scared out of her wits, trying to keep it together as the two sides fought just outside the farmhouse.

"Come on!" Said Jimmy. Already two assassins were dead. A man around his age and an older feller that he had met at the saloon.

"I'm not sure if this is helping, Jimmy!" Karen said to him.

"Are you sure, because it's keeping them at bay," Jimmy replied. Technically, he was right. The assassins were unable to get anywhere near the farmhouse. Too bad neither Jimmy nor Karen could hit them! "Dammit! I can barely see anything in this smoke!" Jimmy said.