A Manga/DeathNote FanFic by Sjezza. In it, Light becomes mute after an accident with criminals on his 15th birthday. While it opened his eyes, Shiro is out for revenge. The strange shivers concerning those heart attacks aren't helping either.

It can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4070233/1/bSpeechless_b here]].


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!This fanfic provides examples of the following tropes:

* ArtifactOfDeath: The Death Note, of course.
* AssholeVictim: Shiro.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Kira contemplates this when Light is attacked by Shiro
* [[spoiler:BrainWashedAndCrazy: Due to Kira using the death note as a MindControlDevice]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Kira towards Light. [[spoiler:What's the point of making a guy forget a girl he dated when he broke up with her and she's moving? Not that Light knows he has a crazy guy obsessing over him.]] Subverted since he doesn't show this to anyone.
* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday]]: Light was stabbed by Shiro and lost his voice as a result on his birthday no less.
* DistressedDude: Light most of the time. He had been abducted by multiple people including the good guys and now he is set [[spoiler:to die.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: Kira.
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside: Light struggle against the death note trying to make him get L's name and go to Kira]]
* {{Foil}}: Katsu and Jori served this for Light.
* GeniusSweetTooth: It's a Death Note fic. Of course this will be here.
* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:After Kira messes with Light's memories, he sets things up so that he heals a lot faster than normal. This is viewed as a HarmfulHealing, as it shows that Kira has used his powers on Light and the only other people who have been subjected to his abilities are dead, meaning that Light may very well die soon.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower: For someone who was supposed to die that day, Light has enough will to fight even in his BrainwashedAndCrazy state.]]
* IllKillYou: Kira is now obsessed with killing L.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Light, in regards to his meeting Kira.
* LifeEnergy: Apparently what the Death Note uses to kill people. Rather ironic.
* LivingBattery: Light unknowingly acts as this to the Death Note.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:How Kira views his action of writing down Light's name in the Death Note.]]
* MoralityChain - To some extent, Light is this for Kira and L.
* {{Reconstruction}}: More or less
* SanitySlippage: Kira give indications at the beginning of being unstable but in later chapters, he's snapped.
-->Ryuk was pretty much used to it by now. The kid had cracked and would often whisper to himself without realising it.
* SilentSnarker: Light shows shades of this.
* [[spoiler: SparedByAdaptation: Misa Amane wasn't involved with Kira at all; Likely Kira never killed the murderer responsible or something like that. Other characters involved with canon Kira is likely spared too since the readers will learn who is Kira when Light is still in high school.]]
* TheStationsOfTheCanon - Even though it's a deviation, there's still the first murders Light (originally in canon) committed, Lind L. Taylor incident, the bus incident, the FBI agents' death
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Played with. Little being known about the workings of the Death Note. There are two key points known by Shinigami play a key role in Light's ability [[spoiler:to sense the Death Note being used]] while someone else is the owner. Ryuk reseached what was known because he was bored.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: Light can sense when [[spoiler:the Death Note is used although he doesn't realise it at first. Explained by the Death Note establishing a PsychicLink to him in the beginning.]]
* TheSpeechless: Light, as a result of the incident that changed his views regarding criminals.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. A psychologist shows up the first chapter although his profession isn't listed until the second. He also keeps in touch with Light.
* VillainousBSOD[=/=]VillainousBreakdown: Kira.
* WhamLine: Light nails L with one of these when he meets him for the second time, [[spoiler: after Kira alters his memories. He had already meet L by a different name but failed to recognise him, leading L to realize that Light had come face to face to Kira and must know his since Kira took the trouble of making Light forget. Oh, and Light may be dying!]]
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: Kira seems to be this towards L and a lot of people including Light's ex (even though she had moved and they broke up) for Light.]]
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