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''Thirteen Days'', available on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4106593/chapters/9253861 Archive Of Our Own]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11304595/1/Thirteen-Days FanFiction.Net]], is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail {{Fanfic}} by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/PrinceDarcy/ PrinceDarcy]]. Starting a little while after Higuchi's death and the task force's seizing of the Death Note, Light finds his plans completely derailed when [[NotSoDifferent L decides to test the Death Note by using it himself]]... Which [[XanatosGambit may or]] [[OutGambitted may not]] turn out to be better than Light's original plan.

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''Thirteen Days'', available on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4106593/chapters/9253861 Archive Of Our Own]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11304595/1/Thirteen-Days FanFiction.Net]], is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail {{Fanfic}} by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/PrinceDarcy/ PrinceDarcy]]. Starting a little while after Higuchi's death and the task force's seizing of the Death Note, Light finds his plans completely derailed when [[NotSoDifferent L decides to test the Death Note by using it himself]]...himself... Which [[XanatosGambit may or]] [[OutGambitted may not]] turn out to be better than Light's original plan.



* CassandraTruth: Misa suggests to Light that L might [[NotSoDifferent not be that different from Kira after all.]] Light disagrees at the time, but he's been giving the idea a lot more thought since.

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* CassandraTruth: Misa suggests to Light that L might [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark not be that different from Kira after all.]] Light disagrees at the time, but he's been giving the idea a lot more thought since.
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* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's "testing" the Death Note.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's "testing" the Death Note.]]



* EasilyForgiven: Light acts like this is the case after L kills Kosuke Gōto, to have an excuse to stay around headquarters and see what happens. [[spoiler:This doesn't last.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: Light acts like this is the case after L kills Kosuke Gōto, Gōto, to have an excuse to stay around headquarters and see what happens. [[spoiler:This doesn't last.]]



* NotMeThisTime: Kosuke Gōto wasn't killed by Misa, though all the other heart attack victims are.

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* NotMeThisTime: Kosuke Gōto Gōto wasn't killed by Misa, though all the other heart attack victims are.
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** “How would you define ''murder,'' Light-kun?”

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** “How "How would you define ''murder,'' Light-kun?”Light-kun?"



* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's "testing" the Death Note.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's "testing" the Death Note.]]



* EasilyForgiven: Light acts like this is the case after L kills Kosuke Gōto, to have an excuse to stay around headquarters and see what happens. [[spoiler:This doesn't last.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: Light acts like this is the case after L kills Kosuke Gōto, Gōto, to have an excuse to stay around headquarters and see what happens. [[spoiler:This doesn't last.]]



* NotMeThisTime: Kosuke Gōto wasn't killed by Misa, though all the other heart attack victims are.

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* NotMeThisTime: Kosuke Gōto Gōto wasn't killed by Misa, though all the other heart attack victims are.
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--> ''No, no, no, this can't be happening. How? Just what did that that bastard pull?''

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--> ''No, no, no, this can't be happening. How? Just what did that that bastard pull?''
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L attempts to throw suspicions back on Light by [[spoiler:trying to make the task force believe the thirteen day rule isn't real]], which is ''true'', but he tries to convince them by [[spoiler:writing names in the Death Note without their knowledge.]]
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* IKnowYouKnowIknow: In typical Death Note fashion.

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* IKnowYouKnowIknow: IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In typical Death Note fashion.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Soichiro specifically sees [[spoiler:L making one criminal commit suicide]] as this.



* OralFixation: "Ryuzaki stared at the monitor for a solid forty seconds before removing the pen, which he had apparently gotten to second base with, from his mouth."



* RedemptionInTheRain: The rooftop scene in chapter 7 looks like this, since it sets the reader up to believe [[spoiler:L couldn't bring himself to kill again, even to save himself.]] Turns out to be inverted when [[spoiler:he turns out to have been very much aware he wasn't going to die, and was just trying to make Light ''think'' he hadn't written another name.]]

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* RedemptionInTheRain: The rooftop scene in chapter 7 looks like this, since it sets the reader up to believe [[spoiler:L couldn't bring himself to kill again, even to save himself.]] Turns out to be inverted when [[spoiler:he turns out to have been very much aware he wasn't going to die, and was just trying to make Light ''think'' he hadn't written another name.]]]]
* RulesLawyer: L learns how to make use of the rules of the Death Note about as quickly as Light.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SerialKillerKiller: L. Misa's still acting as Kira, as well.
* SidekickExMachina: L's plan to [[spoiler:convince Matsuda and Soichiro that he'd proven the thirteen day rule to be false]] probably would have worked if Rem hadn't [[spoiler:played along with Light's plan and lied on his behalf.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: L, Rem and Watari, for now. At the very least, their canonical deaths were averted.
* TameHisAnger: Aizawa manages to restrain himself from punching L in the face when he very clearly wants to. Light's almost disappointed.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In order to make sure the Death Note is working properly, [[spoiler:L specifies that one of his victims, who was due to die by firing squad, survives the initial volley and needs a mercy kill.]]
* ThisCannotBe: When [[spoiler:L doesn't die when he should and Light doesn't know what's happening.]]
--> ''No, no, no, this can't be happening. How? Just what did that that bastard pull?''
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Soichiro's reaction to [[spoiler:finding out L had continued using the Death Note and tried to push suspicion back onto Light with false evidence.]]
* UnintentionalBackupPlan: The entire fic is this to Light.
* VillainousBSOD: Light when L [[spoiler:doesn't die.]] He barely keeps it together.
* WorthyOpponent: Light actually finds L ''more'' interesting now that he's [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil getting less and less moral.]] He had to ''remind'' himself that L dying as quickly as possible was the best option.
* XanatosSpeedChess

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* GrayRainOfDepression: It rains on what everyone thinks is [[spoiler:L's last day alive.]] It pays homage to the famous rooftop scene from the anime.



* InnerMonologue:

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* InnerMonologue: Light, as the POV character, is prone to these.



* ManipulativeBastard: L and Light, though Light's been primarily taking cr

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* ManipulativeBastard: L and Light, though Light's been primarily internally taking crcredit for L's own machinations seeming like they're going his way thus far.
* MassOhCrap: When the task force realizes L's used the Death Note. [[spoiler:Both times.]]
* MasterActor: Light. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in his self-congratulatory inner monologue more than once.
* MoralMyopia: L seems to think just about everything's fine if he's doing it to catch Kira.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: L implies this when he says that [[spoiler:Light would have "lost his alibi" even if L had died and the thirteen day rule had been supposedly proven true.]]
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: L.
* NotMeThisTime: Kosuke Gōto wasn't killed by Misa, though all the other heart attack victims are.
* OminousMultipleScreens: L has these [[spoiler:counting down to what everyone thinks will be his death.]]
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The task force spends a lot of time not accomplishing anything. Justifiable, since they all think L's dying, and Light's specifically warned Misa to be especially cautious so that they ''can't'' make any headway until L's out of the way.
* PolitenessJudo: Light makes a lot of decisions based on what "Ryuzaki's friend" would be expected to do.
* RedemptionInTheRain: The rooftop scene in chapter 7 looks like this, since it sets the reader up to believe [[spoiler:L couldn't bring himself to kill again, even to save himself.]] Turns out to be inverted when [[spoiler:he turns out to have been very much aware he wasn't going to die, and was just trying to make Light ''think'' he hadn't written another name.]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Averted. [[spoiler:All five of L's victims were death row inmates who he set to die on the days of their executions. Three of them he actually [[LoopholeAbuse wrote down to die ''via'' their intended execution.]]]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Averted. [[spoiler:All five of L's victims were death row inmates who he set to die on the days of their executions. Three of them he actually [[LoopholeAbuse wrote down to die ''via'' their intended execution.]]]]]]]] Played straight when he implies [[WhatTheHellHero he'd kill his own former employees if they tried to set the authorities on him... maybe.]]



* GoodIsNotNice: L.

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* GoodIsNotNice: L. The "good" is debatable.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: L's willing to do anything to catch Kira. Anything.
* HiddenEyes: When L is confronted about [[spoiler:using the Death Note again]], Light can't see his eyes for much of the conversation.
* {{Hypocrite}}: L, full stop. He's repeatedly called out on this.
* IKnowYouKnowIknow: In typical Death Note fashion.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When some members of the task force decide to leave, L makes sure they're aware that there will be serious consequences if they tell the police he's committed murder. Light thinks he's bluffing and that he wouldn't use the Death Note that way, and L assures him... [[FalseReassurance that he wouldn't use the notebook.]]
* InnerMonologue:
* IWasJustJoking: When L's thinking of how best to test the Death Note, Light jokingly asks if ''he's'' Kira. Averted later when Aizawa asks L the same question seriously.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Subverted. [[spoiler:L's victims are all convicted criminals already on death row, who he kills, at the earliest, a few hours before their execution.]]
* KarmaHoudini
* ManipulativeBastard: L and Light, though Light's been primarily taking cr

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* DoesntLikeGuns: Light reminds L he's not supposed to be carrying a gun in Japan when L reveals one of his [[GambitRoulette potential plans]] for the Death Note was to let Light write in it and shoot him if he tried to write any name in it other than the one L told him to.

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* DoesntLikeGuns: Light reminds doesn't miss the chance to remind L he's not supposed to be carrying a gun in Japan when L reveals one of his [[GambitRoulette potential plans]] for the Death Note was to let Japan.
* EasilyForgiven:
Light write in it acts like this is the case after L kills Kosuke Gōto, to have an excuse to stay around headquarters and shoot him if see what happens. [[spoiler:This doesn't last.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Seems like what L's planning to do. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]
* FalseFriend: Light to L, and vice versa.
* FalseInnocenceTrick
* GainingTheWillToKill: L has a hard time psyching himself up to commit his first direct murder, and says
he tried wanted Light to write any name in be there so he wouldn't have to do it other than alone. Averted afterwards, when he realizes [[TheUnfettered doing it didn't actually bother him.]]
* GoodCopBadCop: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Light, who at one point thinks that he's playing
the one L told him to."good cop" to L's "bad cop".
* GoodIsNotNice: L.

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* AccidentalTruth: Misa suggests to Light that L might [[NotSoDifferent not be that different from Kira after all.]] Light disagrees at the time, but he's been giving the idea a lot more thought since.



* BeserkButton: The task force doesn't take kindly to L [[spoiler:justifying murder.]]

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* BeserkButton: BerserkButton: The task force doesn't take kindly to L [[spoiler:justifying murder.]]



* ClearMyName: Light's plan is for Rem to kill L after thirteen days so his fake rule

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* CassandraTruth: Misa suggests to Light that L might [[NotSoDifferent not be that different from Kira after all.]] Light disagrees at the time, but he's been giving the idea a lot more thought since.
* ClearMyName: Light's plan is for Rem to kill L after thirteen days so his fake rulerule will be "proven true," giving him and Misa airtight alibis. [[spoiler:It isn't working out for him.]]
* ConsummateLiar: L and Light. Rem has been lying outright as well, for the sake of going along with Light's plan to exonerate himself and Misa.
* CouldntFindAPen: L makes his [[spoiler:first]] victim draw a capital "L" on the floor of his cell in blood to have an immediately recognizable cue that he had, in fact, been controlled by the Death Note as he'd written.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Watari's had about half a chapter in the spotlight so far, though it is through a conversation with Light.
** Misa has only been in one chapter so far, but that chapter deals with little else.
* DemotedToExtra: Aizawa and Mogi left the task force after L first used the Death Note. Ryuk's also only appeared in one chapter, though that's unavoidable with him being attached to Misa, who Light isn't spending much time around.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Averted. [[spoiler:All five of L's victims were death row inmates who he set to die on the days of their executions. Three of them he actually [[LoopholeAbuse wrote down to die ''via'' their intended execution.]]]]
* DoesntLikeGuns: Light reminds L he's not supposed to be carrying a gun in Japan when L reveals one of his [[GambitRoulette potential plans]] for the Death Note was to let Light write in it and shoot him if he tried to write any name in it other than the one L told him to.

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* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's testing the Death Note.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's testing "testing" the Death Note.]]



* BadPowersBadPeople: The task

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* BadPowersBadPeople: The tasktask force seems to feel this way about the Death Note and its use.
* BatmanGambit: It is a generally canon-compliant Manga/DeathNote fic. These are a given.
* BattleOfWits: Between L and Light. See above.
* BeserkButton: The task force doesn't take kindly to L [[spoiler:justifying murder.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: The similarities between L and Light are getting more obvious as time goes on. Even Light's noticing.
* BlatantLies: Light accuses L of [[spoiler:trying to frame him as Kira.]] Subverted in that [[spoiler:that was ''nearly'' what L was trying to do when he tried to convince the task force the thirteen day rule was fake without ''actually'' proving it, albeit with it considered that he's [[JerkassHasAPoint actually right about Light anyway.]]]]
* ClearMyName: Light's plan is for Rem to kill L after thirteen days so his fake rule
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* AccidentalTruth: Misa suggests to Light that L might [[NotSoDifferent not be that different from Kira after all.]] Light disagrees at the time, but he's been giving the idea a lot more thought since.
* AllAccordingToPlan: Light repeatedly affirms himself in his internal monologue that things are ''definitely'' still going exactly how he wants them to. [[spoiler:Even when they're not.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
** “How would you define ''murder,'' Light-kun?”
* AscendedExtra: Watari, who barely even has any dialog in the original adaptation, is playing a larger role thus far, having a few one-on-one scenes with Light.
* AssholeVictim: Kosuke Gōto, the [[spoiler:first]] person L writes into the Death Note, killed five people, including his own wife and child. [[spoiler:The following four are all death row inmates, one of whom killed twelve kindergarten-age girls.]] L [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't feel all that bad about about how he's testing the Death Note.]]
* BadBoss: L. When the task force [[WhatTheHellHero understandably freaks out at him]] for using ''Kira's murder weapon'', he goes as far as to [[ImpliedDeathThreat rather unambiguously threaten to write their names down if they try and get him arrested.]]
* BadPowersBadPeople: The task
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''Thirteen Days'', available on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4106593/chapters/9253861 Archive Of Our Own]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11304595/1/Thirteen-Days FanFiction.Net]], is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail {{Fanfic}} by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/PrinceDarcy/ PrinceDarcy]]. Starting a little while after Higuchi's death and the task force's seizing of the Death Note, Light finds his plans completely derailed when [[NotSoDifferent L decides to test the Death Note by using it himself]]... Which [[XanatosGambit may or]] [[OutGambitted may not]] turn out to be better than Light's original plan.
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