The Ultimate Death Note Fanfiction Archive
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Focus: Anime/Manga Death Note, Since: 03-31-09
Founder: Ratt9 - Stories: 407 - Followers: 2 - id: 68561
An archive of all the very best Death Note fics I've found here on Fanfiction. This community includes Death Note fanfics of any genre, any rating, any number of reviews, any characters, any completion status, and any length. Really, the only requirement here is good writing. I hope you find something you enjoy! |
Beautiful Devices by ErmengardeSecret reviews
Later Light Yagami would wonder why he did it. He would stand naked in front of his mirror and examine the harsh red marks imprinted upon his skin. As he traced the thin little lines he would wonder why he had done it. Why he had let L do it to him...
Death Note - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 11,240 - Reviews: 93 - Favs: 80 - Follows: 107 - Updated: 6/25/2011 - Published: 11/23/2008 - L, Light Y.
Whispers in the Dark by Disguise of Carnivorism reviews
Light Yagami's path is gilded with sorrow and death, his foot-steps drowned in blood. Angel of death, drinker of souls... his touch withers and destroys with the power of the gods. /super abandoned. last half unedited/
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 8 - Words: 27,465 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 5/20/2011 - Published: 4/17/2009 - Light Y., L - Complete
Who'll Toll the Bell? by Disguise of Carnivorism reviews
Fragments of a shattered spyglass...
Death Note - Rated: K+ - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,520 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/31/2010 - Light Y. - Complete
He Handed Down A Death Sentence by SunMoonAndSpoon reviews
Mello finds out that he has HIV.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,487 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/23/2007 - Mello, Near - Complete
This Page of Everlasting Depression by Diluted Thoughts reviews
Mikami Teru had never kept a journal.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,292 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 2 - Published: 7/9/2008 - Mikami T. - Complete
An Elephant Never Forgets by SunMoonAndSpoon reviews
A few of the orphans who remain alive after L’s death get together to watch a home movie they dug up of L as a child, and they struggle with the concept of L as a human being instead of a golden idol.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,364 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 6 - Published: 5/4/2009 - L, Near
108 Bells by Serria reviews
Light meets his ever present stalker at a New Year's festival. The bells bid farewell to the past year, but the question lingers: which will be the one to claim the new tomorrow? L/Light
Death Note - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,978 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 83 - Follows: 15 - Published: 12/27/2008 - Light Y., L - Complete
The Week It Rained by Bialy reviews
Things had changed, and one of those things was Matsuda. A look through Ide's eyes after the Kira Case concludes. Mildly AU. Slight spoilers. IdexMatsuda.
Death Note - Rated: M - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 7 - Words: 8,474 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 1/2/2010 - Published: 11/14/2009 - Ide H., Matsuda T.
The Train Is Not A Metaphor by Bialy reviews
For phollie. There are worse things than death, and one of them is the consequences of cheating it. And there's the devil himself in L's smile as he says, 'this way'. L and Mello after their stories end. Spoilers. Bad language. Ongoing.
Death Note - Rated: M - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 6 - Words: 18,619 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 34 - Updated: 3/2/2011 - Published: 4/12/2010 - Mello, L
The Brave Ones by Bialy reviews
Five moments that might have happened, somewhere between the cracks and at the edge of the shadows. Matt, Ide, L, Misa and Mogi, on quiet days and in sunlit rooms. Oneshot. Inspired by phollie.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,297 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 3 - Published: 2/8/2010 - Complete
Sunshine by Bialy reviews
Somewhere on the edge of things, out where the finishing point of dusk brushes dew from the tips of stems of grass, a boy is sitting. It is Christmas day. L before he is L. Oneshot.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,310 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 24 - Published: 12/23/2008 - L - Complete
The Art Of Growing Up by Bialy reviews
Matt and Linda and things that might have been, lost between the lines. Oneshot.
Death Note - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,750 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 2 - Published: 4/26/2010 - Matt, Linda - Complete
Something Like Grace by Bialy reviews
Maybe they each need the other to save them. Or, if they're past that, to keep them hanging on. Matsuda/Sayu, fifty sentences based off prompts from the lj community.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,492 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 44 - Published: 7/31/2008 - Matsuda T., Sayu Y. - Complete
Storm Front by Bialy reviews
Growing up happens - in stages, in bursts - to everyone. L in five moments, from boy to man, through the eyes of the closest thing to a father he has. Oneshot, flashfic, no spoilers.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 932 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 43 - Follows: 4 - Published: 8/24/2011 - L, Watari - Complete
In Passing by Bialy reviews
A collection of ficlets centering around the taskforce and SPK, the under valued members of the Kira investigation.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 9 - Words: 7,045 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 12/26/2008 - Published: 8/30/2008
Bare by Bialy reviews
The night Matt joins up with Mello, and pledges his life to him for good. Vague spoilers. Oneshot.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,476 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/22/2008 - Matt, Mello - Complete
missed realities (anthology) by youremyqueen reviews
This is a collection of drabbles and short fics written for various prompts or as gifts for people, and will include many different characters and ships. (lxlight, misaxtakada, misaxlight, etc.)
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,367 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 10/31/2013 - Published: 7/12/2013 - L, Light Y., Misa A., Takada K.
afterimage by youremyqueen reviews
You meet him in a church. He has black eyes and thin fingers that scribble over the pages with a leaky pen. He is crossing out lines in The Holy Bible and rewriting them in his own hand. His penmanship is not very good. (l/light, creepy fic for halloween!)
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,711 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 27 - Follows: 3 - Published: 10/31/2013 - L, Light Y. - Complete
They Say Your Life Passes Before Your Eyes by irrivexed reviews
A small moment in time can encompass a wealth of memories. L-centric. Spoilers up to Volume 7 and Episode 25. Warning for major character death.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,031 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 4 - Published: 6/8/2008 - L, Light Y. - Complete
Faith of an Atheist by Serria reviews
L, the man of countless empty names strives to feel alive in his world of constant calculations and investigations. He has a faith in Light Yagami that he doesn't know how to justify. Will this belief lead him to a final truth before the end?
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,589 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 95 - Follows: 8 - Published: 5/9/2007 - L, Light Y. - Complete
Burdens of a Late Night Job by Serria reviews
A four AM quarrel leads Ryuuzaki wondering if it is okay that his feelings and actions aren't always consistent, especially when it concerns the Kira suspect Light Yagami.
Death Note - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,145 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 87 - Follows: 14 - Published: 5/2/2007 - L, Light Y. - Complete
L is for Lucifer, L is for Lamb by Serria reviews
Light knows that L is his mortal enemy. But is Ryuuzaki his friend? He struggles with these inconsistencies on a fateful, rainy day. Rated for language.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,735 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 107 - Follows: 10 - Published: 4/10/2007 - Light Y., L - Complete
Justify by Serria reviews
After all, only the righteous have what it takes to take justice... and justify it. The ballad of Light and L from start to finish. Oneshot.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,850 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 51 - Follows: 8 - Published: 12/18/2007 - Light Y., L - Complete
Golgotha by Serria reviews
Near has defeated Light and goes through with his threat of putting the mass murderer in solitary confinement. Through the cold and darkness, Light still clings to Kira as a pillar of righteousness with unwavering belief. Alternate ending, one shot.
Death Note - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,882 - Reviews: 33 - Favs: 103 - Follows: 8 - Published: 8/3/2007 - Light Y., Near - Complete
Between the Black and White by Serria reviews
When L captures Light, he finds himself unwilling to relinquish his kindred spirit to the police, and instead has other plans to make Kira atone for his crimes. But the saga of Shinigami, genius intellect and old memories - BB - has only just begun.
Death Note - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 11 - Words: 103,652 - Reviews: 471 - Favs: 598 - Follows: 618 - Updated: 2/19/2010 - Published: 7/3/2007 - L, Light Y.