Hello, anon, and thank you very much for the lovely comment! ♥ I'm really, really glad you liked it. (Sorry for the angst in the ending, though. That was pretty hard to write, but it's where the story had to end up.)
As for your question, Gokudera stopped the second sniper much in the same way he eventually stopped the first--by figuring out where he was (he calculated the trajectory of the bullets, I think) and blasting the shit out of him before he could hit them. Surprise was really the only element the two gunmen had on their side. (Incidentally, the reason sniper #2 never showed up the first two times is because he bailed once his partner got killed. He would have done the same thing the third time too, except he didn't want to face his boss without having offed at least one of the Vongola first. That wouldn't have gone well for him. XD)
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As for your question, Gokudera stopped the second sniper much in the same way he eventually stopped the first--by figuring out where he was (he calculated the trajectory of the bullets, I think) and blasting the shit out of him before he could hit them. Surprise was really the only element the two gunmen had on their side. (Incidentally, the reason sniper #2 never showed up the first two times is because he bailed once his partner got killed. He would have done the same thing the third time too, except he didn't want to face his boss without having offed at least one of the Vongola first. That wouldn't have gone well for him. XD)
Again, thanks so much for the comment! :)