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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4769735/1/Constant_Temptation Constant Temptation]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1686155/Dragonrider4000 Dragonrider4000] is an AU ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' fic told in the ancient tradition of the [[Out of Character|OOC]] / [[Slash Fic|slash mode.]] [[Fandom -Specific Plot|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 [[Master of Disguise|changing his appearance]] he is protected from the powers of the Death Note. Even with the combined forces of Kira, Wammy's House, and {{spoiler|[[The Mafia]]}} at his disposal will L be able to put a stop to {{spoiler|Beyond}}'s reign of terror?

* [[The Aloner]]: L

* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]

* [[Anything butBut That]]

* {{spoiler|[[Archnemesis Dad]]}}: Souichiro Yagami.

* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Light}}, kind of, sort of. {{spoiler|[[Axe Crazy|He has no qualms about killing]] but has toned it down a bit for L's sake.}}

* [[Badass Teacher]]: {{spoiler|Light}}

* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Light's [[Rousing Speech]] [[Talking Your Way Out|breaks Jason of his conditioning.]]}}

* [[Beta Couple]]: or rather, "Beta Threesome" of Matt x Mello x Near

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Beyond}}

* [[Big Screwed -Up Family]]: Wammy's House

* [[Brains and Bondage]]: Light is ''very'' into bondage and he teachs L how to play.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: [[Cold -Blooded Torture|poor,]] ''[[Fate Worse Than Death|poor]]'' [[Jerkass Woobie|Light.]]

* [[Broken Ace]]: Light, L, {{spoiler|and Beyond.}}

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Light with his father.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: {{spoiler|Ryuk, and for a time Light is stripped of ALL of his weapons.}}

* [[CCalling Listthe Old FodderMan Out]]: {{spoiler|SeveralLight [[Originalto Character|Original Characters]]Souichiro and aB fewto members of the Kira TaskforceL.}}

* [[CoolCold-Blooded TeacherTorture]]: {{spoiler|Lightcourtesy of B.}}

* [[CostumeCool PornTeacher]]: {{spoiler|Mello, Matt, and Near'sLight}} punishment. See above.

* [[DarkCostume FicPorn]]: kind of a given with {{spoiler|BeyondMello, Matt, and Near's}} behavingpunishment. inSee characterabove...

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Both Light and L.

* [[Denied Food Asas Punishment]]: {{spoiler|B}} to his prisoners.

* [[Distress Ball]]: {{spoiler|Light picks it up almost immediatly after [[Karma Houdini Warranty|he decides he doesn't really want to be Kira anymore.]]}}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Light explains to L that he has gotten so good at acting and secret keeping because [[StraightInvisible Gayto Gaydar|he is gay]] and trying to conceal it from his extremely homophobic father... ([[Don't Explain the Joke|also he's Kira]] but [[Memory Gambit|he doesn't know that at the time]]).

* [[Don't Tell Mama]]: The trio find themselves in a position where [[Crowning Moment of Funny|they have to confess to spying on L and Light...]]

{{quote| '''Near:''' Are we sure we want to do this?<br />

'''Mello:''' It's not like you to have doubts.<br />

'''Near:''' I don't usually face such definite trouble.<br />

* [[Doorstopper]]: 102 chapters. It's not a fanfic, it's a NOVEL and totally worth the read.

* {{spoiler|[[Earn Your Happy Ending]]}}

** Rather the ruthless crimes of {{spoiler|Beyond and his gang}} are so terrifying and [[ItsIt's Personal|personal]] that {{spoiler|[[Enemy Mine|the former Kira taskforce is willing to accept help from and stop pursuing Kira.]]}}

* [[Elaborate University High]]: Wammy's House

* [[Enemy Mine]]: L, Kira, and {{spoiler|the mafia}} against B and his followers.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]

* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: {{spoiler|B}} 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 Thethe 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, {{spoiler|Rem}}

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Light, {{spoiler|Jason}}

** [[The Obi -Wan]]: Wammy

* [[Flaw Exploitation]]

* [[Forced to Watch]]: {{spoiler|B}} sends L live feeds of his torture sessions.

* [[Freudian Trio]]: [[The McCoy|Mello]], [[The Kirk|Matt]], and [[The Spock|Near]].

* [[Genre Shift]]: Romance -> Horror -> Action Movie -> Romance.

* [[Gorn]]: Courtesy of {{spoiler|B}}

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: {{spoiler|B}} gives one to Light after {{spoiler|torturing his father.}} [[Moment of Awesome|Light doesn't even flinch.]]

* [[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 Realization]]: "If I kept going ''now'' I'd be a monster!"

* [[Hero Harasses Helpers]]: L tries to drive his allies away because [[ItsIt's Not You, ItsIt's My Enemies|he's afraid they will be targeted.]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Jason (but [[Unexplained Recovery|he gets better]]), Rem}}

* [[Hollywood Hacking]]: all over the place but mostly done by the trio.

* [[Humanity Ensues]]: {{spoiler|Ryuk is caught and punished for interfering in human affairs. This is his punishment. Ryuk decides it was totally worth it when Watari shows him how to make apple pie.}}

* [[Hurt /Comfort Fic]]

* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: L and Light

* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: L

* [[It Got Worse]]

* [[It Runs in The Family]]: In the right learning environment Sayu is just as smart as her brother. {{spoiler|Also Light inherited his [[Axe Crazy|axe-craziness]] from his father.}}

* [[ItsIt's Personal]]: To get to L, {{spoiler|Beyond}} [[ItsIt's Not You, ItsIt's My Enemies|is targeting all of L's allies,]] that is EVERYONE that L has ever had contact with.

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Light and Mello

* [[Kid Fic]]: Light and L are something like surrogate parents to the trio and {{spoiler|Eleanor.}}

* [[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 [[Alternate Character Interpretation|character interpretation]] [[Black and White Morality|at least]], see [[Draco in Leather Pants]])

* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Light and L.

* [[Mercy Kill]]: "NOT FAIR!"

* [[The Messiah]]: L.

* [[MindA RapeMillion Is a Statistic]]: {{spoiler|Beyond}}[[Rule of Empathy|Kira is aredeemable... masterBeyond atis itnot. ..]]}}

* [[MustMind Make AmendsRape]]: {{spoiler|LightBeyond}} afteris hea givesmaster upat on being Kirait.}}

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]

** Light's motive in becoming Kira is [[Retcon|RetConned]] to be much more [[ItsIt's Personal|personal]]. [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|He seeks to bring justice to the world because]] {{spoiler|his father killed his past boyfriends and [[ItsIt's All My Fault|he could do nothing to protect them.]]}}

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]

* [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]]: {{spoiler|again courtesy of B.}}

* [[Not So Different]]: Light and L and {{spoiler|B}}

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Light after he {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill|kills]] [[Self -Made Orphan|his father.]]}}

* [[Odd Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Ryuk and Watari}}?

* [[Open -Minded Parent]]: Wammy

* [[Overlord, Jr.]]: In this ficverse {{spoiler|Mello is the heir to the British Mafia.}}

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Wammy. Also in this fic {{spoiler|Souichiro is the [[Knight Templar Parent|evil version of this trope.]]}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Wammy, Light, L...

* [[Past Victim Showcase]]: After {{spoiler|B tortures Souichiro. And later after B tortures Light.}} Both times the protagonists are [[Forced to Watch]] via video feed.

* [[Playful Hacker]]: Matt.

* [[Politically -Incorrect Villain]]: {{spoiler|Souichiro Yagami is made into a raging homophobe.}}

* [[The Power of Friendship]]

* [[Power Trio]]: Mello, Matt, and Near.

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Light and L are [[Parental Substitute|Parental Substitutes]] for the Wammy's kids.

* [[Psychologist Teacher]]: {{spoiler|Light}}

* [[Punch a Wall]]: Mogi after the taskforce learns that {{spoiler|Light really was Kira all along and that L was protecting him from prosecution.}}

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]

* [[Redemption in Thethe Rain]]: a certain scene from episode 25 is brought to mind when {{spoiler|Light decides L is more important to him than his crusade.}}

* [[Reset Button]]

* [[Revenge Byby Proxy]]: {{spoiler|Beyond}} targets everyone L has ever had any form of contact with in order to draw him out.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|After Beyond brutally murders Misa, killing Beyond becomes Rem's only goal.}}

* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]: both Light and L.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: {{spoiler|Mello and Light.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Self -Made Orphan]]}}: Light

* [[Seme]]: Light. ''[[Running Gag|Very.]]''

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]

* [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: {{spoiler|Taken rather literally.}}

* [[Slash Fic]]

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]

* [[Start of Darkness]]: In [[Backstory]], [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Light's motivations]] [[Freudian Excuse|are made more personal]] than just [[Retcon|a crusade against criminals and evil in general.]]

* [[The Stoic]]: L and Light. When Beyond takes {{spoiler|Souichiro Yagami}} hostage, and is giving Light, his father, and L [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and how he's going [[Forced to Watch|to force them all to watch]] as he gives {{spoiler|[[Da Chief]]}} a slow, painful [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] Light's response is to apathetically examine his fingernails, [[Deadpan Snarker|snark back at Beyond]], and then screw up Beyond's carefully laid plans {{spoiler|by [[Cutting the Knot]]. Protip: When your victim for [[Mind Rape]] is a [[The Sociopath|Sociopath]] with [["Well Done, Son" Guy|daddy issues]] who [[Mercy Kill|can kill from a distance, holding his father hostage]] [[Shoot the Dog|isn't going to give you the result you're looking for.]]}} However Light [[Villainous Breakdown|breaks down]] in a [[Not So Stoic]] moment immediately afterwards.

* [[Super -Hero School]]: Wammy's House

* [[Tenchi Solution]]: Mello x Matt x Near.

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: [[Serial Killer Killer|Light]] and [[The Mafia|Mello]]

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: {{spoiler|Subverted}}

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: well, everyone.

* [[True Companions]]: L and his allies. [[The Aloner|He has more friends than he thinks.]]

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: When not purging the world of evil, Kira enjoys {{spoiler|playing harmless S & M Bondage games with his life-partner and teaching math to young geniuses.}}

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Light with his father, {{spoiler|Beyond}} with L.

* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Light/Kira {{spoiler|before his [[Heel Face Turn]].}}

* [[Wimpification]]: Subverted, Dragonrider manages to make the pairing [[Seme|Light]]/[[Uke|L]] without L losing any points in [[Badass]].

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Light/Kira is [[Retcon|retconned]] to be one.

* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' meets ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' meets ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' meets ''[[Saw]]''.