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Pizza Tower x Shonen Jump: Shonen Skyscraper:
CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of the End
A familiar-looking UA High stands tall against the backdrop of the rising sun. The birds chirp, the grass seems especially green, and a sense of calm... is about to get SHATTERED.
Izuku Midoriya stumbles out of the school’s main gates, his uniform disheveled and his face etched with exhaustion. He wipes sweat from his brow, sighing deeply.
"Man... today was brutal. Even All Might’s training wasn't that intense..."
He clutches the strap of his backpack weakly before glancing toward the dorms—only for a sudden gust of wind to kick up dust in front of him.
"Deku-kun~!”
A faint giggle echoes in the air—playful yet ominous.
Izuku, too tired to deal with this, hurries back to his dorm. He quickens his pace, not even turning around to acknowledge the creepy-cute voice. His muscles ache, his brain feels like mush from exams, and all he wants is to collapse onto his bed—
CRASH!
The dorm door swings open before he can even touch it... revealing absolute CHAOS inside.
“W-WHAT?! Who—?!"
Every drawer is yanked out. His All Might posters are torn. Even the secret stash of hero notebooks under his floorboard? Gone.
A single playing card flutters down from the ceiling, landing at his feet—it’s a Joker card with Shonenface’s smug S-logo grin drawn on it in glitter.
"Nice place ya got here! SHAME IF SOMEONE... blew it up?"
The voice giggles maniacally from god-knows-where.
"Bet you didn’t see THIS coming~!"
SHOOOM!
A massive face teleports RIGHT into his face. Izuku can't recognise it, until it looks like… a floating, smiling Shonenface, its S-shaped body pulsating with neon colors like an old Jump magazine cover! It leans forward menacingly.
(HEY! Just a quick note! I kinda don't know how to put images on here, so if you wanna know what Shonenface looks like, download the picture of him from here ok byeeee)
“Hey hey heeeyyy~! It's ya boiiii—THE ULTIMATE JUMP BOSS!! Didja miss me?! ...Nah? Too bad!’
It gestures grandly as reality itself distorts behind it—a colossal skyscraper erupts from the ground in the distance, piercing through clouds like some kind of manga spine come to life.
“Now, LISTEN UP!!! You got ONE WEEK before I NUKE this place with my FINAL CHAPTER LASER!! Why? 'Cuz it's CANCELLATION SEASON, baby!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!”
“WHAT THE..?!"
Izuku stands there, a mix of horror and anger rushing through him. The sight of his home and friends threatened is one thing, but... the idea of losing all the accomplished dreams he's cherished? That's a nightmare.
“You—you're bluffing! You can't just...delete a whole world!"
Shonenface's maniacal laugh booms across the skies.
"Oh, but I caaaan! I’m the supreme Jump Boss! I’ve erased more worlds than All Might has saved people from villains!"
He holds up a pointer stick menacingly.
"And you wanna know why?"
Izuku didn't know what any of what he said was, but he was curious.
“Why?”
Shonenface grins, the neon glow behind him intensifying. He leans in, as if sharing a secret...
"It’s all about ratings, kid. The mangas have gotta make money, right? And right now, YOUR WORLD is the lowest seller on Jump's board!"
He clicks his tongue in disappointment. "Sorry, kid. But nobody cares about your 'heroes' these days. You're BORING!"
Each word feels like a blow. Izuku had worked so hard to reach this point, only to be told his world is BORING? It stings.
"But—but people love All Might! They love heroes! You can't just... destroy that!"
Shonenface snorts in amusement. "Please! All Might's old news! Nobody cares about your overpowered glory boy. All anyone wants now is edgy anti-heroes and quirky slice of life romcom harems! So good luck, kiddo! You're gonna need it! Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
And with that, he leaves to the Shonen Skyscraper and readies the laser.
"YOUR LASER WILL FIRE IN T-MINUS 168 HOURS. DESTINATION: UA HERO ACADEMY."
Izuku's hands tremble—partly from exhaustion, partly from rage. His dream—his friends' futures—All Might's legacy... being treated like some failed manga series?!
“...No. Not like this."
CRACKLE. OFA surges through him in flickers of green lightning.
"MY WORLD ISN’T SOME STORY FOR YOU TO CANCEL!! I’LL PROVE IT—EVEN IF I HAVE TO CLIMB THAT WHOLE DAMN TOWER MYSELF!!!"
Shonenface laughs.
"OH HO HO~! Then get climbing, 'Deku'! Maybe I’ll even throw in a filler arc if you survive the first boss!"
The ground trembles as the Shonen Skyscraper’s neon signs flicker ominously. "T-MINUS 167 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES… TICK TOCK, HERO!"
Izuku clenches his fists, gritting his teeth. He doesn’t care if this is a trap—he has to stop Shonenface before it’s too late.
"Alright... First step—I need backup."
He goes back to UA to rally his friends. He bursts through the dorm walls, but for some reason, Bakugo, Mineta, All Might and Eri weren’t anywhere to be found, but he didn’t care.
“MIDOBRO!!! WE JUST HAD THAT DRYWALL INSTALLED! DON’T BURST THROUGH IT LIKE A MADMAN! IT’S SO NOT MANLY!”
“Oh, come on, Kirishima! You can just install it again! Anyways, listen up! There’s a skyscraper that needs destroying, and if we don’t destroy it in a week, it’ll fire a nuclear laser, killing us all! Who’s with me?”
1-A looks over the surface, only to find nothing.
“What are you talking about, Midoriya, kero?”
“BUT IT’S RIGHT THERE!!!”
“I think you need some rest, Midoriya.”
“IDA, IT’S RIGHT THERE!!!”
But they were all gone before he could say that last line. Then, he felt a piece of paper in his pocket. He folded it open to see the message:
“DEAR THREATENED LOSER, JUST WANTED TO LET YA’ KNOW THAT THE SKYSCRAPER CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THREATENED BY MOI! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA! NOW HURRY UP! -SHONENFACE”
Izuku punched the wall in anger.
“THAT SON OF A BITCH. I’LL MAKE THAT SKYSCRAPER COLLAPSE, BRICK BY BRICK, WINDOW BY WINDOW, WITH OR WITHOUT A PARTNER!
So, without a partner, Izuku made his way to the Shonen Skyscraper. But just as he feels like he’s close to the doors...
THUD!
A small, pink-haired girl suddenly slams into him at full speed.
"Wah!”
It's Anya Forger, looking utterly determined with Bond trotting beside her.
"...I heard ‘peanuts.’ Where are they?"
Izuku blinks in utter confusion, momentarily derailed from his heroic determination. "P-Peanuts?! Uh, sorry kid, I don’t have any—wait, WHY are you here?! It's dangerous! And who even ARE you?"
Anya stares at him with big unblinking eyes—then points at her, then Bond, and finally, the Shonen Skyscraper looming in the distance.
"I'm Anya! That's Bond! That bad guy stole my peanuts! Stole ALL my peanuts! Must climb skyscraper to punish!"
Bond barks in solemn agreement.
"O-Okay… so we BOTH have personal grudges against a sentient logo."
He straightens up, green lightning flickering.
“...Wanna team up?”
Anya nods vigorously, her tiny fists clenched with determination.
“Team-up time! But you owe me peanuts after we win.”
Bond barks twice in agreement before suddenly sniffing the air—his ears perk up.
[T-MINUS 167 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES]
Somewhere on Floor 1 of the Shonen Skyscraper... They make it to the first level of the tower, Might Gutter.
Pizza Tower x Shonen Jump: Shonen Skyscraper: CHAPTER #1: THE BEGINNING OF THE END (END)