''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6080793/1/ Monster]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1663904/amour_tue_lentement amour tue lentement]] is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' AU and [[DarkFic Dark]] Light/L SlashFic. [[IdentityAmnesia Ryuuzaki, the police secretary and errand boy]], [[ForgottenFriendNewFoe suddenly finds himself pursued by unknown enemies]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast haunted by a past]] [[EasyAmnesia he can't remember.]]

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!! ''Monster'' provides examples of:
%%* ActionHero: L has his moments. Also Mello.
%%* AlmightyJanitor: L the secretary.
%%* AlternateUniverseFic
* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler: After Misa kills L, Light rubs out the name so hard with the death eraser that it bores a hole in the page.]]
* AxeCrazy: This version of Light Yagami flips out and becomes physically violent at the drop of a hat.
* AwfulTruth: To his horror, L learns that before he lost his memories he was [[spoiler: Kira's accomplice and lover. Though it's slowly revealed that it's slightly more complicated than that...]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The reason why there are gaps in L's memories is because Misa KILLED him in a jealous rage. Light brought L back with a Death Eraser he received from Ryuk.]]
%%* BadassBiker: Mello
%%* BadassBystander: Aizawa
%%* BadassDriver: Aizawa
%%* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: When L went to infiltrate Kira's operation...]]
%%* BodyguardingABadass: Much to his displeasure Aizawa gets stuck babysitting the amnesiac L.
%%* CarChase: The action begins with one.
* CarvedMark: When [[{{Yandere}} Light]] kidnaps L again he carves an "L" into his hip. L muses it's a "two percent chance that the L was for Lawliet, and a ninety-eight percent chance it was for "Light's"."
%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: What side is [[spoiler: Mello]] on again?
%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Misa to Light.
* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler: Light rediscovers L because Aizawa just happened to drive by where Light (a wanted fugitive who has been declared dead) happened to be out jogging.]]
%%* CrazyJealousGuy: Light to L.
%%* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Aizawa to the amnesiac L.
%%* CuteAndPsycho: Light and Misa.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: L, Light, Misa, Mr. Yagami.
%%* DarkFic
%%* DeadpanSnarker: L, Mello, Light, Ryuk.
%%* DistressedDude: L
* DonutMessWithACop: It becomes Ryuuzaki's job to get the dougnuts (and [[GeniusSweetTooth not eat them]]).
%%* DysfunctionJunction: Uh, yeah...
%%* EasyAmnesia: For L
* EnigmaticMinion: Ryuk [[spoiler: he sticks around Light despite [[EvenEvilHasStandards being disgusted by him]] (even more so than in canon) and for some reason he gave Light the death eraser.]]
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards: When ''Ryuk'' warns L about Light.
%%-->'''Ryuk:''' You should watch out for your friend there. Freaking insane.\\
%%'''L:''' ...What do you mean?\\
%%'''Ryuk:''' Heh. You don't know? He [[spoiler: killed his own mother.]]
%%* EvilOverlord: Kira
%%* FakingTheDead: Light Yagami disappeared years ago and was declared dead.
* FetishizedAbuser: Light is a toxic {{yandere}} toward L -- emotionally dependant. jealous, and overall unhinged. Yet, he and his relationship with L are portrayed as cute.
%%* GenreShift: Detective / Suspense -> Suspense / Action-Adventure
%%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Mello and L.
%%* HitmanWithAHeart: Mello
%%-->'''Light:''' You may report back now...is there anyone else in the car?\\
%%'''Mello:''' Yeah.\\
%%'''Light:''' Oh. Kill him. (Hangs up)\\
%%'''Mello:''' [[YouWillBeSpared I think I've fired enough shots today.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: As far as Ryuuzaki knows he's just the secretary and police errand boy.
%%* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Misa to Light.]]
* InMediasRes: The story begins with L having IdentityAmnesia and a DarkAndTroubledPast.
%%* InspectorLestrade: Mr. Yagami
* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler: After L found Kira he didn't particularly care about such details as turning him in seeing as he was just solving the case for his own amusement and had become rather fond of Light. [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse After learning this Light became rather insistent]] [[WeCanRuleTogether that L remain at his side.]]]]
%%* ManipulativeBastard: Light. Count on Misa and Near as well.
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: In a moment of desperate panic Light killed his own mother.]]
* MoodSwinger: Light is much more unstable here than he is in canon [[spoiler: because he murdered his mother]].
%%* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Light is even more cavalier about it than in canon.
%%* MysteriousPast: L
%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Kitamura and Near.
* PromptFic: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/topic/75103/25974122/1/ L x Light generator challenge]] "The theme of this story: dark romance. The main characters: courageous secretary and infamous outlaw. The major event of the story: destruction."
%%* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Misa x Light x L
* ReformedButRejected: The taskforce gives the amnesiac Ryuuzaki a hard time [[spoiler: because they believe he betrayed them.]]
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: when L comments on Misa's enthusiasm for killing criminals [[IdiotBall Light asks]]:
-->'''Light:''' Is it a crime that someone else is as committed to cleansing the world as I am?\\
'''L:''' Yes, actually, it is. That's called mass murder.
%%* RightHandHottie: L is a sexy secretary.
%%* SanitySlippage: Light
* ShoutOut: To ''Anime/CodeGeass'' -- because of his tactical genius Light gets the nickname Light [[Anime/CodeGeass Lamperouge]] and one of the names Mikami sees on a crowded street is [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi]].
%%* SlashFic: It's Light/L.
%%* StockholmSyndrome: L with Light.
%%* TomatoInTheMirror: Ryuuzaki is L [[spoiler: and he's also Kira's accomplice]].
%%* TookALevelInBadass: '''''EVERYONE!!!'''''
%%* VillainousBreakdown: Light has them often.
%%* WeCanRuleTogether: Light to L.
%%* WomanScorned: Misa
%%* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Light prefers to call it "cleansing the world."
* WoundedGazelleGambit: When [[spoiler: Misa calls up the police she downplays her involvement, claiming that she was "so scared" of Kira...]]
%%* {{Yandere}}: Light for L and Misa for Light.
%%-->'''Light''' (coming at L with a knife) L, I'm not losing you again.
* YouGetMeCoffee: after losing his memories "Ryuuzaki" becomes the office boy who gets coffee and [[DonutMessWithACop doughnuts]] for Aizawa and Matsuda. LaserGuidedKarma?
* YouWillBeSpared: Mello spares Aizawa in a PetTheDog moment and Light spares L insisting that [[WeCanRuleTogether they can rule together]] and later [[spoiler: brings him back to life with the death eraser after Misa killed L in a jealous rage]].
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