History Fanfic / WeAllNeedAHero

** First is Sayu proclaiming Light is a better person on a few occasions, when canon showed he is sociopathic and is a far more brutal and ruthless Kira than she is.
** Sochiro assuring that his children can’t be mass killers and if they are than he never really knew them. Sayu is Kira in this fic and Light is Kira in Death Note.
** Sayu’s motivation to be Kira is so her family doesn’t drift apart, Kira’s emergence does nothing but drift her family apart.

* SadisticChoice: For Sayu, her choices are either use the death note regularly and continue killing or give up ownership of the Death Note, loosing all memories of the it and possibly have ryuk give the notebook to someone much more worse or maybe even her brother. And she can’t just not use at all as Ryuk expects her to use it or he’ll write her name in his book. One way or the other her choice will effect the world.

** Sochiro assuring that his children can’t be mass killers and if they are than he never really new them. Sayu is Kira in this fic and Light is Kira in Death Note.

“We All Need A Hero” is a Manga/DeathNote fanfic AU Created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/TheWhiteDeath/pseuds/TheWhiteDeath/ TheWhiteDeath]] where Sayu Yagami finds the Death Note instead of Light.

* CasualKink: Downplayed: In chapter 7, Sayu’s friend Tsuru makes a comment about how them being front row at the Misa-Misa concert; that they can squeeze her feat, with Sayu jokingly commenting how she didn’t know she was into that sort of thing.

* CasualKink: Downplayed: In chapter 7, Sayu’s friend Tsuru makes a comment about how them being front row at the Misa-Misa that they can squeeze her feat, with Sayu jokingly commenting how she didn’t know she was into that sort of thing.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Sayu, her whole motivation is wanting to make a better world for her brother and father to stay with there family, since the emergence of Kira, there family has drifted further and further apart, and she genuinely cares about doing the right thing no matter if she views herself as monster because of it. In fact the reason she didn’t let Ryuk take the Death Note Back in chap 1 was because he considered giving it to Light.
** Also the fact that chap 8 [[spoiler: reveals that she was pretty ready to kill herself once Kazue came close to the truth about her rather than face her family for the monster she is.]]

** As a direct result of the previous change, Naomi Misora death is avoided as she doesn’t need to avenge her husband's death. Furthermore, she wouldn’t have the theory of Kira being able to kill outside of a heart attack, because Sayu learned Raye's identity through less dramatic means than a violent busjacking. Whether she may have a role in the story has yet to be seen.

* {{Gaslighting}}: Light is quick to dismiss Kazue’s claims for believing Sayu to be Kira by lying to her, dismissing her beliefs as fresh emotional wounds and being embittered from there break up that she would drag Sayu into it.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Light certainly isn’t helping his case by lying to Kazue, his defensiveness of Sayu makes a lot of sense, especially for those who may have a younger sibling. Also factoring in while Kazue’s perception skills are good, the proof she has against sayu is sketchy and minimal at best as if they here to added in a court off law, the case would likely be dismissed by the court due to a lack of evidence.

** Even when innocent in this universe, Light still demonstrates being one. [[spoiler: Most noteworthy being how he emotionally black mailed Kazue when she brought her theory about Sayu being Kira to him and flat out lying to her face to debunk her theory more effectively, gaslighting her argument into nothing but her being bitter and slandering Sayu in order to spite him. Coldly saying she isn’t family because of it, driving Kazue to tears.]]

* GasLighting: Light is quick to dismiss Kazue’s claims for believing Sayu to be Kira by lying to her, dismissing her beliefs as fresh emotional wounds and being embittered from there break up that she would drag Sayu into it.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Light certainly isn’t helping his case by lying to kazue, his defensiveness of Sayu makes a lot of sense, especially for those who may have a younger sibling. Also factoring in while Kazue’s perception skills are good, the proof she has against sayu is sketchy and minimal at best as if they here to added in a court off law, the case would likely be dismissed by the court due to a lack of evidence.

* AlasPoorVillain: Kazue Kitamura has a in-universe revelation of this when she figures out Sayu Kira’s motivation in her head.
--> Piece by painful piece, it all fell into place. Kazue could now recognize Kira’s actions as those of a lonely and neglected child, trying desperately to fix the world so Daddy could come home to them.

* BlackMail: In order for Raye to give the FBI Agents names, the Kira puppet Sayu uses threatens the life of his fiancée Naomi and everyone he knows.

** Even when innocent in this universe, Light still demonstrates being one. Most noteworthy being how he emotionally black mailed Kazue when she brought her theory about Sayu to him and flat out lying to her face to debunk her theory more effectively, gaslighting her argument into nothing but her being bitter and slandering Sayu in order to spite him. Coldly saying she isn’t family because of it, driving Kazue.

* AlasPoorVillain: Kazue has a in-universe revelation of this when she figures out Sayu Kira’s motivation in her head.

* FridgeHorror: As Kazue points out, as merciful as Sayu Kira is in comparison to canon light, the implication are still pretty horrific. Basically if you are found innocent in the court of law your neck is on the chopping block still from an anonymous kangaroo court and court of public opinion even if you may be innocent. A very dystopian reality.
--> What gets me is how Kira says he won’t kill you if you turn yourself in…but really, you’re only safe if you’re found guilty and sentenced. If you’re actually innocent and the court acquits, then suddenly you’re back on the menu because you ‘escaped justice.’ And that’s not getting into how Kira’s trying to replace the court system with a panel of anonymous strangers on internet forums.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Inverted. Sayu is so aggrieved by the idea of her older brother wasting his incredible potential on an unrewarding police career that she's willing to embark on a one-girl war against crime to prevent it. As she tells Ryuk, she'll kill as many criminals as it takes to keep Light from throwing his life away like Sayu feels their father is doing.

* FridgeHorror: As Kazue points out, as merciful as Sayu Kira is in comparison to canon light, the implication are still pretty horrific. Basically if you are found innocent in the court of law your neck is on the chopping block still from an anonymous kangaroo court and court of public opinion even if you may be innocent. A very dystopian reality.
--> What gets me is how Kira says he won’t kill you if you turn yourself in…but really, you’re only safe if you’re found guilty and sentenced. If you’re actually innocent and the court acquits, then suddenly you’re back on the menu because you ‘escaped justice.’ And that’s not getting into how Kira’s trying to replace the court system with a panel of anonymous strangers on internet forums.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Inverted. Sayu is so aggrieved by the idea of her older brother wasting his incredible potential on an unrewarding police career that she's willing to embark on a one-girl war against crime to prevent it. As she tells Ryuk, she'll kill as many criminals as it takes to keep Light from throwing his life away like Sayu feels their father is doing.

* OcStandIn: Deputy-Director Kitamura's daughter was only mentioned in passing as a possible Kira suspect being investigated by Mogi in canon. In this story she gets a name and joins the main cast. Kazue Kitamura is a classmate of Light's who's helped the NPA with forensics work in the past. She and Light start dating as they begin university together, which leads to both of them getting L's personal attention as his top two Kira suspects. Kazue reluctantly joins the task force after the Sakura TV incident to help examine the Second Kira's tapes for clues.

* MeetCute: Sayu first encounters Misa Amane by coincidence. Her classmates invited her to a Misa-Misa concert in Roppongi, an because they arrived early enough to be standing in the front row, Misa was able to spot Sayu in the crowd and recognize her as Kira. Misa slips Sayu a message inviting her backstage once the show is over using a piece of her Death Note to tell Sayu that she's the Second Kira.

* BrilliantButLazy: It's implied that Sayu's become so accustomed to prodding Light into doing her homework for her that she's had little reason to display her true potential in school. But once she starts her career as Kira and can only rely on herself to keep ahead of L and the police, Sayu's forced to dig deep and draw upon reserves of determination and skill even she didn't know she had. Her plan to thwart the FBI agents is actually more complex than what Light attempted in canon, since she needed to insert extra steps to find and expose the agents' identities without incriminating herself in the process.