"Get her! She ran down this way!" One of them screamed, waving a saber in the air. "Come on, you rats, eighty-million Beri!"
"Shut up! You want to attract every bounty-hunter wannabe in the city?! I'm not splitting the prize money any more than we already are!"
Both of them were knocked down as their boss slammed his knuckles in an 'x' across both of their heads. "Stop yelling and keep running! Before we even think about splitting the bounty, we need to catch the demon first!"
"Sorry cap-" he began, before stopping, clutching at his throat and panicking. "c-c-ap'n..." he managed to get out, before his eyes rolled back in his head, collapsing. The other two stared at each other in horror, their men slowing down slightly at the sight, before another panicked gag came from the small crowd of bounty hunters.
"The devil's fruit!" One of them screamed, before falling with the sounds of bones popping.
"Come on! We need to find her and knock her out quick- before-"
"Clutch!"
And the captain was alone, surrounded by the bodies of fellow bounty-hunters. He glanced one way and then another, before spying the little girl's head peeking out of an alley, he pulled a knife and ran forward towards her as fast as he could... And promptly fell forward, as two small arms sprouted from the ground in front of him, tripping him. Before he could pick himself up, he felt dozens of small arms growing from his neck, gripping his head. "You won't get me that easily," he growled, bringing his knife up.
"Gah-!" Robin shrieked, a sudden spurt of blood appearing on her left arm. The bounty-hunter got up, grinning evilly.
"Heh, think you're so powerful just because of the fruit? Every user has a weakness. If you live long enough to find it, and I think I've just found yours. Now then, why don't you take a nice, long, nap while I collect your bounty?" Robin threw her hands forward, wincing as more blood came from the left one, trying to restrain him again, but with another flick of the knife, they disappeared in a 'poof' of ethereal flower petals.
He reached forward and grabbed her head, lifting her up to make eye contact. "I'm about to be rich~!" The captain threatened.
"Get im'"
"Huh?" The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was the sight of a rather large log coming rather close to the side of his head.
Robin stared, bewildered, at the group of children beating up the bounty hunter. When they had finished, one of them walked up to her, smiled, and offered her his hand.
"Are you alright?" He asked, looking at the gash on her left arm and the more shallow strike on her right.
She stared at his hand in confusion, before she got over the shock, standing up and bobbing her head in a quick bow of thanks. "Yes, thank you for getting rid of that mugger. I'm fine. G-goodbye." She turned to leave, but before she could get anywhere, a hand grabbed her shoulder, turning her back toward the group of children.
"Fine?! That monster cut up your arms!" A girl with blue hair shouted angrily, gesturing at the blood on her arms. "You need medical attention!"
"N-no, really, I'm fine. It's worse than it looks." Robin assured, raising a hand and waving in an attempt that was meant to look playful, forcing a smile on her face and not allowing the wince of pain to show.
"Vivi!" The kids' attention shifted suddenly to a man with massive golden locks. "What did I say about attacking adults!"
The blue-haired girl's face tightened into a determined expression. "He was attacking that little girl!" She gestured to Robin, whose eyes widened at suddenly having far too much attention on her. She looked at the man, wearing the colors of the royal army, decorated lightly in gold. A government official, definitely, in one shape or another. She quickly pulled the turban further down on her head, hoping to cover as much of her face as possible.
"Even so, you should have called the guards!" He chided. His face became more sympathetic as he turned to Robin. "Now then, dear, I'm so sorry about what happened, I'll make sure the marines take that criminal to justice. Let's get those wounds treated."
"N-no thank you. The marines it's... It's not that bad, I'm fine!" Robin assured, backing out of the group of kids slowly, before turning and running all-out away from him.
Igaram narrowed his eyes, turning toward one of the royal guard who had ran up. "Alert his majesty that Vivi is fine, I'll explain everything later. However, I want you to bring a few guards and arrest this... miscreant, for mugging children. And get one of the royal doctors if you can, or try and find a nearby doctor. One of the children was wounded."
"Yes sir! What about the rest of them?"
"...Rest of them?"
"The alley next to this is littered with unconscious men, armed men."
"...Littered?"
"Yes sir-"
Igaram frowned. "Deliver my orders, I'll investigate this personally..."
"Yes sir!" The guard ran off, leaving Igaram with the kids. "Vivi, stay here, I'll have a word with you when this is over... and good work. You too, Kohza, fine leaders are always ready to protect their people. Just leave it to the adults, alright?!" He turned toward the alley, jogging to catch back up to the girl, but she had already disappeared into the crowd of Alabasta.
"Hm-mi-mi-mi." He looked down at the road, seeing the small drops of blood. "Not serious, huh?"
He followed the trail across the road and into another alley, seeing a glimpse of her, still running, just out of sight again. He frowned slightly, turning down another path, and worked his way around in order to cross paths with her. No one knew the streets of Alubarna like he did, after all. "Ah, here you are!" She skidded to a halt, her eyes wide and scared, she reached up and pulled the turban further down, to shield her face as much as possible, before turning and running as fast as she could away. "Alright, girl, stop right now. You need those cuts taken care of, and by now, this running is beginning to get suspicious!"
"Leave me alone!" She shouted behind her as she ran on.
Two guards had caught up to him, followed by a doctor. "She's just run into the alley way here, you two stay here, I'll cut her off." Igaram announced, before launching himself onto the roof of the building
He ran forward, before flipping himself off the edge of it and landing in the alley below, just in front of a panicking girl. "Now then, it would be irresponsible to send you off without dressing that wound, especially as a friend of the Princess." He frowned, as it seemed his words just made her even more terrified. She clutched at the turban, nearly pulling it apart in order to hide her face.
"Sir!" The two soldiers and the doctor closed in, covering the exit.
"Now then, just show the doctor your arm, and then we can bring you home."
She shook her head, glancing back and forth between the two of them, still hiding her face with the cloth.
"Sir!" Another soldier shouted, rushing as fast as he could. "Get away from her!"
Igaram narrowed his eyes, "What is it?"
"Sir, that's the Demon-Child of Ohara, worth eighty-million Beri!"
Igaram and the two soldiers backed up, as the girl seemed to freeze in place. She stared at the soldier who delivered the news and let the cloth fall. He gulped, and then, as she crossed her arms, he began to choke, a dozen little, bleeding arms wrapping around his throat. Igaram's eyes darted from the girl to his soldier, and gave a little hiss of irritation.
He gave a quick blow to the back of her head, and she slumped forward, unconscious, the soldier doing the same.
"C-captain Igaram, sir?" One of the other soldiers asked.
"...Tell his majesty we have an interesting prisoner. And get both of them medical attention. As soon as you've cleaned and dressed her wounds, I want you to put Seastone cuffs on her."
"Yes sir!"
This was not how the King had planned his day to start out.