NOTE: I DO NOT OWN DANGANRONPA, DANGANRONPA V3, OR ANY CANNON CHARACTERS. THEY ALL RESPECTFULLY BELONG TO SPIKE CHUNSOFT. (Don't really know if this is needed, but might as well get it out of the way. Apologies.)

Convicted. Charged. Confined.

Those labels were what Akamatsu Kaede, the SHSL Pianist, had been made to bare. For unintentionally murdering Amami Rantarou, with an ironic intent to end the killing game. Betting that if she'd kill the Mastermind, just before the kill countdown could reach zero, she'd save everyone. Everyone would be set free, and would be able to return home. Free of this...nightmarish reality.

However, her high hopes were easily destroyed. Amami was dead by her hand. The Mastermind was still alive. And she was about to pay the price for her failure, her drastic action, her sin. With the duration of the whole class trial just hammering down, over and over, on what she had done.

Despite this damnation, she forced her nearly shattered character, to smile though waterfalls of tears. To still project her cracked voice, towards the 14 other students, whom she considered all to be her 'friends'. Urging them on, with her specifically focusing on Saihara Shuichi, the SHSL Detective. Saying she believes in him, and that Saihara should also believe in himself. Believe in his talent, and his abilities.

Death unfortunately, wielded by a half black and half white bear animatronic, lost its patience. Casting forward a neck leash, with the circular end opening up wide. Before it found the sweating Pianist's neck, and latched on and around. Pulling her ruthlessly into the air, preventing her fingertips from touching Saihara's distraught and reached out hand.

Then her execution ground was revealed to all who were watching. A humongous piano, with multiple ropes hanging to the side on small platforms. Said platforms and ropes being for the Monochrome Bear's children, the Monokubs. The platforms purpose being to obviously stand on, while the ropes were to pulled up and down.

After making the blonde girl labeled accused and 'guilty', soar through the air, the metal leash brought dropped her down onto the piano keys. Moving up right after to connect itself to a set pulley system above. While the background was invaded by a forceful wall of spikes. The Monokubs quickly made their way to their platforms. While the Monochromed Bear placed itself 30 or so feet away from the piano. Wearing a outfit similar to one of a musical conductor, a instructing baton in hand. It waved it left and right while moving from side to side twice, testing out the cubs' obedience. The five of them responded in turn, pulling at their respective ropes.

Akamatsu was forced onto her feet with the tips of her shoes barely touching the piano keys. Followed by the metal collar on her neck seemed to tighten its connection to the upward pulley. Making the poor girl instinctively try to dig her fingers behind the metal, try to pull it off.

'It was an useless action.'

And just seconds after, did the execution begin. The SHSL Pianist was lifted up, right or left, and then down. Her feet pressing into each piano key her body hung over. The Monokubs' individual pullings of the ropes being the factor on which key she would land on. The red, yellow, and pink half colored three, directed Akamatsu left and right. While the blue and green half colored two made her go up and down. Over and over, with their 'father' directing them with ease. With now, a sudden crowd of other monochromed bears being an audience.

The pace was slow at first, giving the blonde girl a few seconds of relief before she'd lifted up again. But the crowd of bears began to get inpatient, and began to voice their dissatisfaction on the tune that was being made. Which made the speed of the hanging process go much faster. In just a blink of an eye, the slow pace transcended onto a sprinting like-fast pace. The girl being particularly dragged and then her feet dropping down for just 3 seconds. With the collar' seeming to tighten and squeeze more and more, sealing off pockets to small intakes of air by an increasing number. The color of her face turning darker and darker. Inching closer and closer to death.

'Her suffering was to much…'

With the intervention in the form of a button being pressed however, the blonde was brought onto the keys one last time. Even though the cubs were about to pull down on their ropes once again, a held up paw halted them. An red lighting shaped eye letting itself shine a second, evilly staring at the victim, whom was staring right back. The Monochromed Bear, ignoring the rioting and throwing of foods and junk from the crowd behind, had froze in place. A deep rumble sounding out and into a chuckle, before a series bursted out. Keeping it's paw out while the baton stayed low, it's head slowly turned upward. Giving the pulley sort of system a stare. Before the leash connected to the metal collar, found itself disconnecting automatically. Retracting upward while the girl fell forward on the piano keys, hands going to her neck. Wheezing and coughing out saliva and in air. Her violet eyes peering over the front edge, seeing an apparent bottomless pit.

Just as she was regaining her breath, her attention was drawn back. Snapping her head to look behind, eyes widening as the wall of spikes was about to tip over. And onto her.

'Don't stop, send her down here…'

She almost let out a low powered scream at the sight. But the surface underneath her suddenly gave away. Flipping downward with no really object for her to grasp onto. Her body rolling off and down into the dark abyss, as if it was a ragdoll.

Dry eyes from crying numerous tears feeling more moisture ready to spill. Mouth opened wide emitting the strongest scream she could muster. One hand remaining on her neck, while the other had its respective arm wrapped around herself. Legs wildly kicking at the air in terror. Innerly and fully taking back her earlier statement, if she did make it, she didn't want to die.

As she fell to her next apparent demise, she couldn't notice that she wasn't the only one descending

After watching the whole ordeal play out, one peculiar thing- the intervener made its way towards the bottom of that said pit. Bright eyes being dimmed down, due to the simple pressing and twisting of the right hand's two fingers' tips. Their location being underneath the right sideburns' associated hair. Though the certain groupage of hair could barely be called a sideburn at all.

'She'll be in an okay condition…'

Proceeding down long corridors, the intervener could not stop the frown forming on its' lips. Nor could it prevent the heavy intaking and outaking of air. Along with both now lowered hands clenching and unclenching over and over. Stomping and stomping.

As the intervener passed more pairs and pairs of ceiling embedded lights, the pace it was going forth slowly increased. Along with the strength placed behind each time a foot met the floor. Reaching a 8 placed stairs going down leading to a set of double doors, the stomps turned into fast steps. A sudden gentleman front nature guiding each step down, with the left hand planting against the nearby wall. Sliding down as the intervener went. Before it pulled off and was reposistoned on the left door, as its kin pressed against the right. With one hard push, the doors opened. And were made to stay open for a selective time, as both hands reached downward along a crouching body. Simultaneously grabbed ahold of two floor attuned door stoppers, and shoved them into the bottom of each door. Pressing in with great strength, before their respective arms were pulled back and dropped back to hang at the sides. With the body standing back up.

'She'll be injured, untrusting, and hopeless…'

Continuing on, needing to only walk 15 feet in length or so before reaching the next set of double doors. The intervener gained thoughts, thinking back to the events leading up towards the trial. The moments where Akamatsu was subtiling building up her plan,piece by piece. Hearing Shuichi's own plan, deciding to push the vent down so something could roll on through, setting up those books to create a pathway, then actually getting her hands on and stashing the shot put ball. Clever and a high risk, but she should've went over her odds, more carefully. If she did, she would have or could have seen that her plan would likely fail. But all that built up hope, on it succeeding, along with the driving reason being to get herself and everyone out of there. It just...blinded her. Blinded her with hope's positivity. From any source of negativity involving the plan.

The intervener shook its head, having its arms automatically push open the next set of doors when close proximentation was reached. Doing the same with the floor door stoppers as with the previous pair. Before scanning the following room's surroundings.

Trash upon trash littered a half of the room's length and width, forming a mountain pile. Most of it being building materials used to construct the school and grounds above. While the rest were room furnitures, tossed away pillows, broken toys, and the usual pieces of what defined trash. Some pieces of glass were also present, a majority from bottles that were crushed in bags, holes being ripped open by other glass shards or by how hard the bag hit the ground. Upon taking sight of said shattered glass, the dim lit trash room not being a real problem, Akamatsu nor the pushed Monokub, the blue one, were located near any.

Speaking of them, the intervener immediately sprinted over, not minding the bags and meat and other items his shoes crushed or climbed up. Telling from his sight that neither of their stomachs and legs were brutally harmed. The reason being the recently placed bags serving as their second fall break, no sharp or potential to be sharp objects being seen. Though there were some pieces of the girl's vest that were banged up, and lightly torn. The reason might be where she landed on the mountain pile, before the bags as the second fall break.

After reaching them both, It checked them over fully. Wiping off some rotten food pieces off their backs, while looking for any major injuries. Finding out that besides some bruises and scrapes, the girl was fine. While the Monokub on the other hand, had a small hole pierced in its shoulder. The cause not being anything from around there, telling by sight. Which left the metal spiked wall, and the green cub, as the causers of the injury. The latter must've wished to kill 'his' brother by pushing him in the path of the former, but the way he was pushed gave one spike the opportunity to pierce. However, there was no rip, so this bear must've been facing sideways. Because after the spike would've pierced through, the falling direction of the bear would have made 'him' push off it. As well as how hard the green one pushed. Anyways, the wound won't be that much trouble to fix, or at least patch up.

After examining them both thoroughly, along with checking to see if the human of the two was alive, the intervener guided his arms underneath Akamatsu. Specifically the back of her heavily bruised neck and her legs. And then slowly lifted her up. Eyes focused on her wet cheeks, and her nearly cut off point of breathing. Staring at her for some seconds before it also picked up the blue Monokub as well. Sliding 'him' onto Akamatsu before leaning it's body back a bit. Adopting a position similar to man beginning to struggle with carrying something. While the weight of them both actually, caused no big strain on It.

Turning around carefully, the intervener began walking from whence it came. Opting to do a full mechanical check up on the Monokub, while also planning on how It would deal with Akamatsu now she was down here.

'Thankfully, she IS alive, and perhaps she won't be a problem…'

If there was one thing more certain, than these two still being alive/visibly functional, it would be:

That the plan and layout, has ultimately changed.

A/N: Hello Readers, with an Author's Note and whole new fanfic instead of an update for my other stories!

Long story of explanation: For sometime, I've had to deal with a family member being in the hospital for the majority of my time in hiatus. Not being able to focus or put my attention towards writing because I wasn't able to. However, two weeks or so ago, my said family member had got out. And I've been putting most of my attention towards taking care of him, helping him out with tasks he isn't able to do on his own, such as cleaning up the apartment here, or shoving away snow here and there. He's getting better after his surgery, specifically leg surgery thwt admittedly, I was to worried about. But he's family, and I needed to take care of him. You know? So I hope most of you don't hold anything against me. I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen, and boys and girls.

Now...for the reason why I've posted this up instead of an update for Danganronpa-Mindset or Ultimate Gingerbreads(beyond what I've already said). Is because a certain someone gave me a request list of Fanfics that I could change(and tune a bit on my end). So seeing as its almost the end of the year, I've decided to post this first part for a new story idea. One I've been wrappin my brain around along with those I've already worked on, and some more ideas I usually think about. So I've started this. And I hope that my requester sees this, and finds some enjoyment from it.

For updates? Like my other stories now: Hoping at least weekly or two weeks update. If not, whenever I can.

Anyways, thank you all for reading this introduction to my Different Mastermind AU for Danganronpa V3, and thank you all for taking the time to read this Author's note. And in the future, and as of now, I hope you all find some entertainment from this(the story). So...I wish you all a entertained reading. See ya.