Constant Temptation

Constant Temptation by Dragonrider4000 is an AU Death Note fic told in the ancient tradition of the OOC / slash mode. It begins with the standard Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc but quickly deviates into something with more original content. As L and Light come to a mutually beneficial arrangement, one of L's old enemies uses all the hype over Kira to escape from prison, intent on destroying L and all he holds dear and because he keeps changing his appearance he is protected from the powers of the Death Note. Even with the combined forces of Kira, Wammy's House, and  at his disposal will L be able to put a stop to  's reign of terror?

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Constant Temptation provides examples of:
"Near: Are we sure we want to do this?
 * A Day in the Limelight: for Sayu and Sachiko, Ryuk, Watari.
 * A Million Is a Statistic:
 * Abusive Parent:
 * Acceptable Breaks From Canon:
 * Accidental Pervert: Mello, Matt, and Near just happened to start watching L and Light's bedroom activities.
 * The Aloner: L
 * Alternate Universe Fic
 * Anything But That
 * : Souichiro Yagami.
 * The Atoner:, kind of, sort of.
 * Attractive Bent Gender:
 * Badass Family: Wammy's House
 * Badass Longcoat:
 * Badass Teacher:
 * Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work:
 * Because I Said So
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Subverted.
 * Beta Couple: or rather, "Beta Threesome" of Matt x Mello x Near
 * Big Bad:
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: Wammy's House
 * Boys Love
 * Brains and Bondage: Light is very into bondage and he teachs L how to play.
 * Break the Haughty: poor, poor Light.
 * Broken Ace: Light, L,
 * Broken Pedestal: Light with his father.
 * Brought Down to Normal:
 * C-List Fodder:
 * Calling the Old Man Out:
 * Caught with Your Pants Down
 * Cold-Blooded Torture:
 * Cool Teacher:
 * Cool and Unusual Punishment:
 * Costume Porn:  punishment. See above.
 * Dark Fic: kind of a given with  behaving in character...
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Both Light and L.
 * Demoted to Extra:
 * Denied Food as Punishment:  to his prisoners.
 * Despair Event Horizon: my God, yes.
 * Dirty Cop:
 * Disguised in Drag:
 * Distress Ball:
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: Light explains to L that he has gotten so good at acting and secret keeping because he is gay and trying to conceal it from his extremely homophobic father... (also he's Kira but he doesn't know that at the time).
 * The Dog Bites Back:
 * Don't Tell Mama: The trio find themselves in a position where they have to confess to spying on L and Light...
 * Don't Tell Mama: The trio find themselves in a position where they have to confess to spying on L and Light...

Mello: It's not like you to have doubts.

Near: I don't usually face such definite trouble.

Matt: That is the one thing we can guarantee will happen. We still in agreement over who to confess to?

Mello: Light?

Near: Light."


 * Doorstopper: 102 chapters. It's not a fanfic, it's a NOVEL and totally worth the read.
 * Easily Forgiven:.
 * Rather the ruthless crimes of  are so terrifying and personal that
 * Elaborate University High: Wammy's House
 * Enemy Mine: L, Kira, and  against B and his followers.
 * Evil Counterpart:
 * Evil Versus Evil
 * Eviler Than Thou:  somehow makes Kira look like a decent human being.
 * "Failure to Save" Murder: Light blamed himself for being unable to protect Taro and the others from his father.
 * Fan Art
 * Finger in the Mail
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Hero / Team Mom: L
 * The Lancer / Team Dad: Light
 * The Big Guy: Mello
 * The Smart Guy: Matt
 * The Chick: Near,
 * Sixth Ranger: Light,
 * The Obi-Wan: Wammy
 * Flaw Exploitation
 * Forced to Watch:  sends L live feeds of his torture sessions.
 * Freudian Excuse: Light.
 * Freudian Trio: Mello, Matt, and Near.
 * Genre Shift: Romance -> Horror -> Action Movie -> Romance.
 * Gorn: Courtesy of
 * Guilt Complex:  See Freudian Excuse.
 * Hannibal Lecture:  gives one to Light after   Light doesn't even flinch.
 * Harmless Villain:
 * Has Two Daddies: Light and L to the trio and
 * Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?: Lampshaded, see Does This Remind You of Anything? above.
 * He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Heel Realization: "If I kept going now I'd be a monster!"
 * Hero Harasses Helpers: L tries to drive his allies away because he's afraid they will be targeted.
 * Hero Secret Service: The Taskforce, Wammy's House, and.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hollywood Hacking: all over the place but mostly done by the trio.
 * Humanity Ensues:
 * Hurt Comfort Fic
 * I Just Want to Be Loved: L and Light
 * I Just Want to Be Normal:
 * Always Need What You Gave Up
 * I Just Want to Have Friends: L
 * In the Blood:
 * Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery:
 * It Got Worse
 * It Runs in The Family: In the right learning environment Sayu is just as smart as her brother.
 * It's Personal: To get to L,  is targeting all of L's allies, that is EVERYONE that L has ever had contact with.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Light and Mello
 * Karma Houdini Warranty:
 * Kid Fic: Light and L are something like surrogate parents to the trio and
 * Kirk Summation: Light to Beyond, Beyond responds with Shut Up, Kirk
 * Lamarck Was Right: In the right learning environment Sayu is becoming just as smart and confident as her brother.
 * Lighter and Softer: Yeah really, (in terms of character interpretation at least, see Draco in Leather Pants)
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: Along with most of the main cast tons of OCs are introduced to be slaughtered.
 * The Masochism Tango: Light and L.
 * Master of Disguise:
 * Mercy Kill: "NOT FAIR!"
 * The Messiah: L.
 * Mind Rape:  is a master at it.
 * Must Make Amends:
 * My God, What Have I Done?
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * Light's motive in becoming Kira is RetConned to be much more personal. He seeks to bring justice to the world because
 * No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
 * Not So Different: Light and L and
 * Not So Stoic: Light after he
 * Odd Friendship: ?
 * Open-Minded Parent: Wammy
 * Original Character: Jason, Eleanor
 * Overlord, Jr.: In this ficverse
 * Overprotective Dad: Wammy. Also in this fic
 * Papa Wolf: Wammy, Light, L...
 * Past Victim Showcase: After  Both times the protagonists are Forced to Watch via video feed.
 * Playful Hacker: Matt.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain:
 * The Power of Friendship
 * The Power of Love
 * Power Trio: Mello, Matt, and Near.
 * Promotion to Parent: Light and L are Parental Substitutes for the Wammy's kids.
 * Psychologist Teacher:
 * Punch a Wall: Mogi after the taskforce learns that
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech
 * Redemption Equals Sex
 * Redemption in the Rain: a certain scene from episode 25 is brought to mind when
 * Reset Button
 * Revenge by Proxy:  targets everyone L has ever had any form of contact with in order to draw him out.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
 * Samaritan Syndrome: both Light and L.
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * : Light
 * Seme: Light. Very.
 * Shoot the Dog:
 * Shut UP, Hannibal
 * Shut Up, Kirk:
 * Slash Fic
 * Sorting Algorithm of Evil
 * Start of Darkness: In Backstory, Light's motivations are made more personal than just a crusade against criminals and evil in general.
 * The Stoic: L and Light. When Beyond takes  hostage, and is giving Light, his father, and L "The Reason You Suck" Speech and how he's going to force them all to watch as he gives   a slow, painful Cruel and Unusual Death Light's response is to apathetically examine his fingernails, snark back at Beyond, and then screw up Beyond's carefully laid plans   However Light breaks down in a Not So Stoic moment immediately afterwards.
 * Stuffed Into the Fridge:
 * Super-Hero School: Wammy's House
 * Survival Horror
 * Tenchi Solution: Mello x Matt x Near.
 * To the Pain
 * Token Evil Teammate: Light and Mello
 * Too Kinky to Torture:
 * Torture Cellar
 * Tough Love
 * Trauma Conga Line: well, everyone.
 * Troubled Fetal Position
 * True Companions: L and his allies. He has more friends than he thinks.
 * Villains Out Shopping: When not purging the world of evil, Kira enjoys
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: Light with his father,  with L.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Light/Kira
 * Wimpification: Subverted, Dragonrider manages to make the pairing Light/L without L losing any points in Badass.
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Light/Kira is retconned to be one.
 * X Meets Y: Death Note meets Angel meets X-Men meets Saw.
 * Yaoi Guys: Light and L. Also Mello, Matt, and Near.
 * X Meets Y: Death Note meets Angel meets X-Men meets Saw.
 * Yaoi Guys: Light and L. Also Mello, Matt, and Near.