Ace is the son of a demon, hated and despised by his entire race, and of a human named Rouge who was killed by them out of revenge. Growing up alone, with no place to feel at home and orphaned, he meets Sabo, a human orphan with whom he forms a brotherhood. Sometime later, they are taken in by the Monkey D. family, demon hunters who, despite Ace being half-demon, accept and raise him.
When Thatch, his good friend, finds what seems to be the key to opening a portal to the underworld, he is killed by a demon who had been sealed long ago, and the key is stolen.
Pursuing Teach, Ace finds himself at an immense tower in the middle of the city a kind of bridge between both worlds. Once inside, after fighting demons that weren't much of a challenge, he is almost impaled against a wall by a human.
Ace would never say they were friends, not at that moment, not even allies, since the human tried to kill him many times for being half-demon, but he wasn't the only one seeking revenge. Ichiji, as he introduced himself (after Ace, by bothering him constantly, managed to get it out of him), once they reached a kind of trust, told him that his father had murdered his mother in the middle of a ritual to gain more power, and since Judge was now working with Teach, he was going after him to kill him.
Ichiji was also a demon hunter, but Ace had never heard of him and Ace knew almost everyone. He suppose that "almost" was important.
After going through the tower together (Ace didn't trust a human alone in a place full of demons, though he didn't really care much if something happened to him, there was a spark in Ichiji's eyes that Ace couldn't ignore, and he was interested in getting to know him more), both achieve their revenge, and when the tower collapses, they take care of the remaining demons in a competition to see who could kill more of them.
Killing Teach didn't bring Thatch back, but Ace hoped his friend could rest in peace.
"So, do you live around here?" Ace asked, walking beside Ichiji, stepping on blood and demon remains on the ground.
Ichiji wasn't a man of many words, luckily, Ace loved to talk.
"There's a great café nearby, they have the best desserts, if it's still standing, Interested in going?"
"I don't usually accept dates with demons, but if you're paying, I wouldn't mind."
Ace smiled with all his teeth. Having been stabbed three times by him hadn't been so bad after all.
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