Death and His Shadow

Death and His Shadow is a Death Note Fanfic on Fanfiction.net by an user named sugarswirls. It is a Alternate Universe Fic in which L is a Psychopomp who wants to take Raito's soul after he dies... but there's a problem. He doesn't die.

This is a really decent AU fanfic which includes most of the main and supporting casts from the original series, but often in different roles. Hasn't been updated for a while, but hope dies last.


 * A God Am I - Raito, of course, altough somewhat justified this time. And L does a good job holding him back. Well... a better job, then Ryuk.
 * Artifact of Doom - Interestingly enough, not in Raito's hands this time.
 * Cannot Spit It Out - Raito. Just... say that you love L.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl - Boy. L. Oh, boy.
 * Deadpan Snarker - L, but Raito has his moments as well.
 * Deal with the Devil - In a way.
 * Even the Guys Want Him - Raito, of course.
 * Hallucinations - That's what everyone thinks about Raito and "Ryuzaki"
 * Ho Yay - Tons of it
 * Love Triangle -, also very heavily hinted
 * Moment Killer - L, when
 * Morality Chain - L for Raito. Really.
 * No Medication for Me
 * Not-So-Imaginary Friend - L, of course.
 * Posthumous Character - Mello and Near.
 * Psychopomp - L, Near, Matt.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning -
 * Satan -  of all people.
 * Shinigami - Well, of course they're here as well.
 * Shipper on Deck - Sayu
 * Sleep Cute
 * Talking in Your Sleep - Raito.
 * The Antichrist - More like Anti-Kiras. Three of them.
 * There Are No Therapists - Averted.
 * Videogame Culture - Matt, hoo, boy.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome? - Come on. He kills people by snapping his fingers
 * What the Hell, Hero? - L likes giving lectures to Raito if he makes something inmoral.
 * You Can See Me? - Of course that's how Raito's and L's relationship starts. Also, Matt. Hilarity Ensues.