Word Count: 65,000ish
Warnings: There is more talk about the war with Aizen that I wrote around in Nexus. There are mentions of character deaths during the war, but they're mostly minor. Should also be noted that there's some definite Shuuhei/Yumichika subtext, and off camera Hitsugaya/Hinamori.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: Crossposted to kurosaki_clinic, bleach_yaoi, ren_x_ichi, and asterisk_plus. Please ask if you want to share it :)

Dedication: To my wonderful beta Shelagh, for putting up with my writing process and for drawing the amazing art that goes with my stories. She keeps me on the path of reality when my feet try to take me down sugar plum lane.  And for Sara, our partner in fangirling and BL love, for helping us stay silly and sane.  And I suppose even for my husband, who has had to endure my mental love affair with Renji, my extended hours on my laptop writing this beast, and my ups and downs while writing it.  One night we got drunk and he let me read all my fics out loud to him in one night (yes, even all of Nexus) - my voice was ruined the next day, but we had a great laugh. He laughed in all the right places, and wouldn't let me chicken out and stop reading at the sexy bits. :)

And as always, to all my fellow Renji/Ichigo fangirls/guys out there. We know it's impossible, we know it's silly, and we know it's damned hot!

A/N: I said Nexus ate my life - I was wrong. So very wrong. The idea for Apotheosis came to me while I was still writing Nexus, and I scribbled down a couple pages of notes as I went along.  Nexus was posted at the end of August, and it's now December.  I've only taken a handful of days off writing this story - I even took my notebook to work and scribbled lines and scenes as they came to me.  This is definitely an obsession.  And I loved every minute of it. I hope you all do, too.


Chapter 1 - Resurgence (posted Dec 1/06)
Chapter 2 - Appreciation (posted Dec 1/06)
Chapter 3 - Duty (posted Dec 4/06)
Chapter 4 - Trepidation (posted Dec 6/06)
Chapter 5 - Turmoil (posted Dec 8/06)
Chapter 6 - Conscience (posted Dec 11/06)
Chapter 7 - Reinforcement (posted Dec 13/06)
Chapter 8 - Integrity (posted Dec 15/06)