History FanFic / MonsterADeathNoteAU

* ActionHero: L has his moments. Also Mello.
* AlmightyJanitor: L the secretary.
* AlternateUniverseFic

* 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.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: What side is [[spoiler: Mello]] on again?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Misa to Light.

* 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

* DysfunctionJunction: Uh, yeah...
* EasyAmnesia: For L

* 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.

* 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.]]

* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Misa to Light.]]

* InspectorLestrade: Mr. Yagami

* ManipulativeBastard: Light. Count on Misa and Near as well.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Light is even more cavalier about it than in canon.
* MysteriousPast: L
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Kitamura and Near.

* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Misa x Light x L

* 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."

* {{Yandere}}: Light for L and Misa for Light.
-->'''Light''' (coming at L with a knife) L, I'm not losing you again.

* FiveManBand
** BigBad and EvilGenius: Light
** TheDragon: Mikami
** TheBrute: Ryuk
** DarkChick: Misa
** SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: L and Mello]]

* FetishizedAbuser: Light is a toxic {{yandere}} toward L -- emotionally dependant. jealous, and overall unhinged. Yet, he's portrayed as cute.

* AntagonistInMourning: Understated [[spoiler: after Misa ''killed'' L, Light rubbed out the name so hard with the death eraser that it wore a hole in the page.]]

* 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...]]

* BastardBoyfriend: Light to L

* DomesticAbuse: Light

* EnigmaticMinion: Ryuk [[spoiler: he sticks around Light despite [[EvenEvilHasStandards being disgusted by him]] (even moreso than in canon) and for some reason he gave Light the death eraser.]]

* 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 ]].

* 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.]]]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: Ryuuzaki is L [[spoiler: and he’s also Kira’s accomplice]].

* DomesticAbuser: Light

* [[spoiler: 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.]]

-->'''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.]]

-->'''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.]]

* [[{{Patricide}} Matricide]]: [[spoiler: In a moment of desperate panic Light killed his own mother.]]

-->'''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.

* FiveBadBand

* XMeetsY: ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Identity]]''

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* AntagonistInMourning: understated [[spoiler: after Misa ''killed'' L, Light rubbed out the name so hard with the death eraser that it wore a hole in the page.]]

* 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"."

* DonutMessWithACop: It becomes Ryuuzaki's job to get the dougnuts (and [[GeniusSweetTooth not eat them.]])

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:

* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide:
-->'''Light:''' Is it a crime that someone else is as committed to cleansing the world as I am?
-->'''L:''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Yes, actually, it is. That's called mass murder.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6080793/1/ Monster]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1663904/amour_tue_lentement amour tue lentement]] is a Death Note 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.]]

** SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: L, Mello, and Matt.]]

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

* XMeetsY: ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''[[TheBourneSeries The Bourne Identity]]''

* XMeetsY: Manga/DeathNote meets ''[[TheBourneSeries The Bourne Identity]]''

* {{Yangire}}: Light and Misa.

-->'''L:''' Yes, actually, it is. That's called mass murder.