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'''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6374158/1/Paladin Paladin]''''' (posted on [[Fanfiction.net]]) is an [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]] ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Fanfic]] in which Light's gambit to kill all the F.B.I. agents fails because  {{spoiler|Beyond Birthday (who had used the commotion over Kira to escape prison) kidnapped Raye Penber and Naomi Misora. Raye and Naomi}} going missing allows L to move in on Light sooner. Meanwhile Ryuk finds himself in trouble and so makes Light [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|an offer he can't refuse]]... [[Crack Fic|Crack with plot]] [[Hilarity Ensues|ensues]]

Stopped updating after chapter 13 due to the author protesting fanfiction.net's changes to their rules regarding Fiction Ratings. A 5-chapter long mirror is [http://archiveofourown.org/works/640789/chapters/1161779 available] at [[Archive of Our Own]].

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* [[Accidental Kiss]]
* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[Alone with the Psycho]] – Naomi gets this twice, as does L, and this happens to Light too, but it is naturally a subversion...
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]
* [[Always Save the Girl]]
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]
* [[Author Appeal]] – [[Rooting for the Empire|Light Yagami]], [[Action Girl|Naomi Misora]], [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Nineties Anti Heroes]], [[Survival Horror]]
* [[Ascended Extra]] – Naomi, Zellogi.
* [[Backstory]] - for Near,  {{spoiler|based off L: Change The World}}, also for Mikami  {{spoiler|explaining why his father is absent from his life...}}
* [[Badass Cape]] – Light wears one in his "Ruling the World" fantasy
* [[Batman Gambit]]
* [[Big Bad]] –  {{spoiler|Beyond Birthday}} in the first arc,  {{spoiler|K in the second arc.}}
* [[Big Brother Instinct]] – in a [[Pet the Dog]] for Light
* [[Big Damn Villains]]
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]
* [[Boy Meets Ghoul]]
* [[Boys Love]]
* [[Brain Bleach]] - L would like some, plz k thx.
** Ryuk trying to have [[The Talk]] with Light...
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]
* [[Breather Episode]] - ''Kira no Nakama'' where [[Villains Out Shopping|the cast goes off to watch]] ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' together.
* [[Briar Patching]] – {{spoiler|[[Springtime for Hitler|attempted, and ends in an]] [[Epic Fail]]}}
* [[Brick Joke]]
* [[Butt Monkey]] – Light, Naomi, L, Matsuda...
* [[Cat Fight]] - a half genderflipped example.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] –  {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gift|the deal...]]}}
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]] -  {{spoiler|Rin Bukimi, Misa-Misa...}}
* [[Chess Motifs]]: White King (Light), White Queen ({{spoiler|Naomi}}), White Bishop (Mikami), White Rook (Rem), Black King (L), Black Queen ({{spoiler|Kimiko Kujo}}), Black Knights (Mello and Matt), Black Bishop (Near), Black Pawn ({{spoiler|Hideaki Suruga}})
* [[Chew Toy]] – Near.
* [[Co-Dragons]] -  {{spoiler|Naomi Misora and Teru Mikami}}
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]
* [[Colliding Criminal Conspiracies]]
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]] The Series.
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]
* [[The Corrupter]] – Light
* [[Cosmic Horror Story]]
** [[Lovecraft Lite]]
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]
* [[Cough-Snark-Cough]]
* [[Cower Power]]
* [[Crack Fic]]
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[The Dark Side]] – come to the Dark Side, we have [[Portal (series)|Cake]].
* [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]]
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]
* [[Dead Person Impersonation]] - Not As Planned, [[Blatant Lies|honest.]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Light, L, Ryuk, Zellogi, Naomi,  {{spoiler|Beyond}}... Let's just say it's a World of Snark.
* [[Demoted to Extra]] - the Kira Taskforce.
* [[Designated Girl Fight]] – Naomi and Rin Bukimi the psycho nurse.
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]] - [[Up to Eleven]]
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]
* [[Did Not Do Research]] - [[Hollywood Psych|the depiction of]] [[Art Major Biology|various science "facts"]] may or may not be true. (In the case of one [[Half Human Hybrids|plot point]] most definitely NOT...)
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]] - yeah, Kira just wants to be your fweind.
** [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - ''Damn fire extinguisher!''
* [[Distress Ball]] -  {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie|First Naomi had it, then L picked it up,]] [[Break the Haughty|and now it's Light's turn...]]}}
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]
* [[Does Not Like Guns]]
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]?
* [[Doomed Hometown]] – for [[Chew Toy|Near.]]
* [[Dream Within a Dream]]
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] - What fandom do you think this is?
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]] – a m/m example…
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Easy Amnesia]]}}
* [[Enemy Mine]]
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]
* [[Evil Gloating]]
* [[Evil Mentor]]
* [[Evil Overlord]] – in Light's "Ruling the World" fantasy
* [[Evil Overlord List]] – Beyond obviously hasn't read it. "...my options will not be limited to fight hand to hand with [knives] or blow up the planet."
* [[Evil Redhead]] – Mukido Bukimi
* [[Evil Versus Evil]] - the entire story...
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]
* [[Evilly Affable]] -  {{spoiler|Beyond}}
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]
* [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]] – Rin and Mukido Bukimi
* [[Face Palm]]
* [[Fake-Out Make-Out]]
* [[Faking the Dead]] - though not intentionally.  {{spoiler|That message should have read "L is Dead, has Amnesia, or is trapped under something heavy."}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero]]}} –  {{spoiler|Naomi.}}
* [[Fan Disservice]] - for one anything involving Shinigami and sex in the same sentence...
* [[Fever Dream Episode]] - ''Faustus'' in which  {{spoiler|Light has [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|horrendous nightmares]] [[They Would Cut You Up|while being vivisected by K's people.]]}}
* [[Flashback Nightmare]]
* [[Foe Yay]] – Light and Naomi and Light and L.  {{spoiler|Beyond and Naomi, Beyond and L...}}
* [[Forced to Watch]] –  {{spoiler|Beyond does this to Naomi and L...}}
* [[Freak-Out]]
* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires|Friendly Neighborhood Shinigami]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]
* [[Four Lines, All Waiting]] – the dangers of trying to take on the ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Ensemble]]...
* [[Freudian Excuse]] - Beyond blames his "condition" on his [[Training from Hell]], he also blames L for the death of [[Dead Little Sister|A]].
** and Light... you'd be [[Axe Crazy]] too if you were [[Surrounded by Idiots|smerter than everyone else]] and they [[Not Now Bernard|still treated you]] [[Just a Kid|like a kid...]]
* [[Gambit Pileup]]
* [[Gambit Roulette]]
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] – Ryuk does this for Light.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]
* [[Good Doc Bad Doc]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Good Thing You Can Heal]]}}
* [[Gorn]] - it's rated M for a reason...
* [[Gut Feeling]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Half Human Hybrids]]}} - see  {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]
* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]
* [[His Name Is--]]___
* [[Hollywood Hacking]]
* [[Humanity Is Insane]]
* [[Hurricane Kick]]
* [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]
* [[I Know You Know I Know]]
* [[I Meant to Do That]] - uh [[All According to Plan]].. yeah.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]
* [[I Want Grandkids]]
* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]
* [[Idiot Ball]] - Well here's the equation: [[A God Am I]] + [[Pride]] + {{spoiler|[[Shonen Upgrade]]}} + [[Heroic BSOD|BSOD]] + [[UST]] - [[There Are No Therapists|Therapists]] = Walking into Slasher-lair alone.
* [[Imagine Spot]] – Light's "Ruling the World" fantasy
** "What am I, your slave?"
* [[The Immune]] - Near...
* [[Improvised Weapon]] - [[Combat Pragmatist|steaming]] [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|hot]] [[A Handful for an Eye|coffee...]]
*  {{spoiler|[[In the Blood]]}} -  {{spoiler|see [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]
* [[Insane Troll Logic]] - an instance where it comes to the "right" conclusion...
{{quote|'''Rem:''' Teru, think about what you're doing! What do you think will happen if you kill [L]?
'''Mikami:''' Then no one will oppose God.
'''Rem:''' Your right, he's his opposite... Think that over...
'''Mikami:''' L is Lucifer... God's Enemy... God's opposite... If he loses his opposite... then it will offset the cosmic balance, and His Works will lose their meaning. God will go mad... and then... the Apocalypse!
'''Rem:''' So you see, it's a bad idea to kill L.
'''Mikami:''' You are wise Rem-sama.  }}
* [[Instant Death Bullet]] - [[A Wizard Did It|the death note did it...]]
* [[Irony]]
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]:
{{quote|'''Naomi:''' Why is it that [[All the Good Men Are Gay|all the good men I know are gay]], [[Cartwright Curse|dead]], [[Serial Killer|serial killers]], or [[No Social Skills|social retards]]? <br />
'''Light:''' Hey, I'm not a social retard!  }}
* [[It Got Worse]]
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]
* [[Jerkass]] - Light and Beyond. Also Ryuk and Zellogi seem to be on a mission to annoy Light as much as possible.
** Mello promises not to laugh... much...
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] - Light (with his [[Morality Pet|Morality Pets]]...)
* [[Just Between You and Me]]
* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]
* [[Light Is Not Good]] - nope, he's not.  {{spoiler|But he's the closest thing to [[The Hero]] [[Crapsack World|that this world has...]]}}
* [[Lima Syndrome]]
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]
* [[Local Hangout]] – [[Running Gag|the ultra secret meeting place at the Café.]]
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
*  {{spoiler|<s> [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]</s> Light I Am Your [[Overly Long Gag|Gret-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great]] Grandfather}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]] - Light, of course.
* [[Meaningful Name]] – Mukido ("reckless, aberrant") Bukimi ("uncanny, weird, eerie"), and Rin ("stern, severe") and Naomi's parents Isamu ("courage") and Katsumi ("victorious beauty"). the last two are also [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] (''[[Macross Plus]]'' and ''[[Silent Moebius]]'') as well as common Japanese names which I thought sounded cool...
*  {{spoiler|[[The Mole]] - Aizawa}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]]}}
* [[Mind Screw]]
*   {{spoiler|[[Mirror Universe]]}} –  {{spoiler|though it's not exactly one to one, there's several things that are flipped, strange, or barckwards..}} and [[Reality Subtext|canon subtext]] makes for many [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] moments.
* [[Mobstacle Course]]
* [[Morality Pet]] – Sayu  {{spoiler|and Naomi}} for Light.
* [[Multitasked Conversation]]
* [[My Beloved Smother]] - Katsumi, Naomi's mother.
* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]
* [[Neck Lift]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]] - Beyond
* [[No Sympathy]]
* [[Noble Demon]] - Light
* [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken]]
* [[Not Helping Your Case]]
* [[Not Me This Time]]
* [[Not So Different]]
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]
* [[Oh Crap]]
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]] - [[Earthshattering Kaboom|"...Now do you really want to see me outdo Kira?"]]
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]] – Meanwhile, in the Shinigami realm...
* [[Omniscient Morality License]]
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]
* [[Original Character]] - ([[C-List Fodder]]...) Also Naomi's parents are mentioned in the manga but are never shown at all. So I introduced them as [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]].
* [[Overprotective Dad]] – Isamu, Naomi's dad
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] – Shinigami speak in bold.
* [[Pass the Popcorn]] - (pass the skulls)
* [[Passive-Aggressive Kombat]]
* [[The Plague]]
* [[Poisonous Friend]] – Mikami to Light, Light to Naomi.
* [[Politeness Judo]]
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]] – the [[Shinigami]]
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]
* [[Revenge]]
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]
* [[Sadist Show]] - [[Jerkass]] saturation is over 9000!
* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Secret Legacy]]}}
* [[Security Blanket]] – [[Shinigami|Zellogi]] and his blankie...
* [[Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Shiny New Australia]]
* [[Ship Tease]] – see [[Foe Yay]]
* [[Shipper on Deck]]– Katsumi is trying to hook up Naomi and Light, while Ryuk is trying to get Light to admit his feelings for L.
* [[Shout-Out]] - ''[[H.P. Lovecraft|Shadow Over Innsmouth]]'', ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', ''[[Dexter]]'', ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', ''[[Code Geass]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', ''[[Resident Evil]]'', ''[[Firefly]]'', ''[[Doctor Faustus]]'', ''[[Kill Bill]]'', ''[[Captain Planet]]'' ... Also let's just say I imagine Beyond being played by [[The Dark Knight|Heath Ledger]]... also Beyond watches ''[[Teletubbies]]'' like a certain [[Doctor Who]] villain..., Zellogi is also known as Chief [[Peanuts|Linus]] the [[Shinigami]] and he talks about ''[[Fight Club]]''...
** Obligatory reference... [[Star Wars|Join me and together we will rule the galaxy!]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]
* [[Slash Fic]] – Light x L, L x Light [[OTP]], also got Light x Mikami, hints of Light x Matsuda, and the het option of Light x Naomi.
* [[Soap Within a Show]] - the events that Ryuk kicked off in the human world is just a big [[Soap Opera]] to most of the [[Shinigami]]...
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]
* [[Spanner in the Works]] –  {{spoiler|Beyond and Light are screwing up each other's plans...}}
* [[Spin-Off]] - ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6450542/1/Possessing_Humans_A_Guide Possessing Humans: A Guide]'' The [[Shinigami]] get together [["Faux To" Guide|to create a guide to]] [[A Boy and His X|possessing and raising a human pet.]]
* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]
* [[Starboarding]] – So far looking like Naomi --> Light --> L, Matsuda --> Light --> L, Mikami --> Light --> L, and Beyond --> L
* [[Story Arc]] – the first one featured Beyond Birthday, and now we're beginning the second one...
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]] –  {{spoiler|Sorry Misa.}}
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] / [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] - Framing fanfic chapters with song lyrics is a long and ancient tradition...
* [[Take That, Audience!]]
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]] – Beyond certainly seems to think so.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Tall Light And Snarky]]
* [[Tangled Family Tree]]
* [[Team Pet]] – the [[Shinigami]]
* [[Tears of Blood]]
* [[Tempting Fate]]
* [[Tenchi Solution]]
* [[Terms of Endangerment]]
* [[There Is No Such Thing as Notability]] - I think it's the best thing ever, but I wrote it so I'm a little biased...
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]
* [[Took a Level in Badass]] - Light is beginning to shed his canon role of [[Non-Action Guy]] and Matsuda in Chapter 12.
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]] -  {{spoiler|Light has gained some more power and unfortunately it's going to his head...}}
* [[Torture Cellar]]
* [[Transparent Closet]] – Everyone knows, Light. ''EVERYONE.''
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]
* [[Ultimate Evil]] –  {{spoiler|the Shinigami King.}}
* [[Unstoppable Rage]] – can't leave out Matsuda's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] now can we?
* [[Unusual Euphemism]] - Cooking Club. That is all.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]
* [[Villains Out Shopping]] – [[Two Gamers on a Couch|Light and Ryuk]] play ''[[Mario Kart]]'' together.
** Later we have a literal [[Shopping Montage]]
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]] – Light, [[Running Gag|What a nice young man...]]
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[Villainous Rescue]]
* [[The Virus]]
* [[Visible Silence]]
* [[Vomiting Cop]]
* [[We Can Rule Together]]
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]?
* [[What Were You Thinking?]]?
{{quote|'''Matsuda:''' [[Violation of Common Sense|...and people call ME an idiot!]]}}
* [[...Who Needs Enemies?]]
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]?
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]?
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]
* [[Worth It]]
* [[Yawn and Reach]]
* [[You Are Grounded]]
* [[You Didn't Ask]] - Well for starters, Kira's followers are under the mistaken impression that he controls the Shinigami...
* [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]
* [[Your Worst Nightmare]]
{{quote|'''{{small-caps|I will not permit such Evil to exist in My World.}}'''}}

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