Word Count: 65,500ish
Warnings: This is a future fic. I'm inventing things as I go here, so don't expect everything to be exactly as it is in current canon. Character development and all that good stuff. 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 at once (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)
Chapter 9 - Discord (posted Dec 18/06)
Chapter 10 - Quality (posted Dec 20/06)
Chapter 11 - Acknowledgement (posted Dec 22/06)
Chapter 12 - Affirmation (posted Dec 25/06)
Chapter 13 - Fortification (posted Dec 27/06)
Chapter 14 - Proposition (posted Dec 29/06)
Chapter 15 - Determination (posted Jan 1/07)
Chapter 16 - Resolve (posted Jan 3/07)
Chapter 17 - Consequences (posted Jan 5/07)
Chapter 18 - Metamorphosis (posted Jan 8/07)

Additional Information - Ichigo's vital statistics (posted Dec 24/06)
Additional Information - Apotheosis Theme Song (posted Jan 6/07)
Additional Information - Layout of Renji's quarters in Soul Society (posted Jan 6/07)
Additional Information - the Apotheosis soundtrack (posted Nov 26/07)


Halloween Omake (posted Oct 31/06)

Apotheosis Art by Shelagh
Apotheosis Fanart by LJ people
Apotheosis Fanfic by LJ people

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