"Wonderful." Tia listened to Aaroniero report. "Not that I am upset. More than one rumor gets around when you are the only woman Espada. And yes, I will not send Melony and Lolly. I will see you later, Aaroniero."

"What was that all about?" Grimmjow asked from where he was sitting at the foot of her throne. Today he offered to help her with her work and for once, she accepted.

"Circci's dead." Tia noted, turning her attention Ulquiorra who just entered with a subject at his side. "And what may I help you-"

"How?" Grimmjow wanted to know everything."

"Nnoitra ran her through. Now, what can I do for you?" Tia asked the Vasto Lorde standing miles below on the ground. He had orange skin and his whole hollow mask had the looks of a kind of shelled Insect. On his face was a smug smile that only widened as he spoke. "I am Kaakua Kurra. I reign over a part of the Forest of Menos. I have come to appeal to you, Harribel."

"And what do you want?" Tia frowned at his casual adress. "Do I have to kick your ass out of here? Or do you have more respect for your Queen?"

"Why?" Grimmjow needed more details.

Tia sighed. "Age old fight. Vasto Lorde. I see you are not going to address me properly. Speak anyhow...Trash."

"We in the forest of Menos find it unfitting for you to be the Queen of our world." Kaakua stated, stepping towards the throne. "Where as I have won the Majority vote."

"Well." Tia glanced at Grimmjow and Ulquiorra who was . "This is the Electoral College. You lose. And why, may I ask you find me suitable for this position. And I would be very careful what you say. I am a Vasto Lorde as well as an Arrancar. Unlike yourself."

"You forced our world into isolation and are causing many of my subjects to-"

"Your subjects?" Tia glared down at this hollow who thought he had any power. "This is my world and I am its Queen. I am the Goddess. Why must every hollow come in here and declare that I am unsuited? For weeks on end, that is all I have been hearing."

"And as a woman, it is not your pla-"

"Cero."

Grimmjow's eyes were blinded by Tia's yellow energy. "Ouch….What a way…"

"To get rid of Sexist Jerks." Ulquiorra knew he would be seeing spots for the rest of his life at this rate. Most every hollow who came in to the throne room was blasted apart by Tia due to their sexist remarks. The only reason that this occurred was due to the lack of Female hollows in the world as a whole. And those who were Female usually did not make it past Adjeches level and were ultimately eaten by the males. Which just made Tia more upset by the Sexist way of her world. "And so… we have no more appointments today."

"Great." Tia slumped in her throne. "The day is-

"And what happened to Circci and Gantabeinne?"

"Both of them are dead." Tia said with a yawn.

"Wait…" Grimmjow only heard of one croak, not two. "What happened to Gantabainne?"

"He attacked after Circci was killed and Aaroniero took care of him."

"Don't the two of them know how short we are on Fracciones?!"

"Yes. You are correct… That is why Aaroniero said not to send any one else.. He is smarter than the two give him credit for; however, I do not blame Nnoitra and Szayel for ridding of the Pravion. Besides, their deaths open a few more spaces for replacements."

"Tia." Ulquiorra began, walking up the base of the throne. "The Pravion Espada were only created because they were the previous Espada and had no place in the Espada. It was a mere vanity title."

"Yes. However, I feel as if we should keep the three orders. The Numeros, Pravion and the Espada."

"And are you going to be creating anymore Numeros with the Hyroguko?"

"No, Ulquiorra. Not at this time. However, if you two wish to assist me, I am considering coming up with guidelines for the Auditions for new Espadas. We are only six. And I know we are need of ten. Not to keep things the same as it were in Aizen was on the throne. However, we need replacements to create our orginal strength if something were to happen with Soul Society."

"True." Grimmjow agreed, "And who can audition?"

"Anyone who can get a recommendation from an Espada. Even the most simple of hollow can audition if one of us finds talent in them."

"And…" Ulquiorra hated to ask, but he knew what Orihime had her heart set on, she would get. "Would the auditions allow Orihime a fair chance?"

"I do not see why she cannot audition. Take in mind, I shall be picking from the Vasto Lorde and Adjches classes, mostly. And, Fracciones can be recommended as well. However, those who cannot evolve will be second choice."

"Thank you, my Lady." Ulquiorra could not wait to tell Orihime the wonderful news. If he could train her to battle Adjches, she would surely have her place in the order. "And, how shall we conduct these audition. Many hollows who have their masks removed, becomes more powerful. And some do not. Even though they have more Riatsu. One perfect example of this is Zommari Rureaux had more Riatsu after his mask was removed than Szayelaporro and yet Zommari was not as powerful nor did he have as many individual talents. You, Lady Tia have a smaller Riatsu than myself and yet you have more Individual talents."

"True." Tia never quite understood how she was ranked like she was. When Ulquiorra released his sword, his black/green Riatsu spread for kilometers and yet, she was ranked higher than he was. "So, what you are saying is that the Riatsu can change drastically or stay the same after our masks are broken, staggering results in a way. So, it is up to myself to properly order the new Espadas."

"Yes and there are those who will no evolve farther, such as Grimmjow Fracciones since he ate pieces of them."

"So, we have a difficult task ahead of us." Tia summarized. "And how shall we conduct these auditions. Will they be Riatsu based or Talent Based?"

"I think that…" Grimmjow glanced around at the very nice palace he was sitting in. "It would be safer to audition talent wise since I do not want to spend the next five years fixing this place up. And as Ulquiorra says, Riatsu levels change after a mask is broken. So, we just pick our top…"

"Four." Tia hoped that the group on earth was figuring out how to rid of Yammy.

"Four and then break their masks…then assign an number."

"But if we do it that way," Ulquiorra did not want to step down from his position. "They may rank above us."

"No. That is highly unlikely." Tia understood his concern, "but according to my calculations, there should be no Arrancar that should rank higher than us. We have been around longer and so, we have consumed more souls. So any one of the hollows out there has to have been created after us. So…do you see where I am going?'

"Yes. Those created after us have to be weaker."

"And…" Grimmjow had to put this out there. "You won't select Hollows who collide with us… Let's say…a Dog Hollow might not be the best choice."

Tia nodded, "I will refrain from…" She snickered a little. The idea of Grimmjow being chased down the hallway by a Dog Hollow was quite amusing. "Adding any predatory kinds."

"Wonderful." Ulquiorra had no idea what kind of hollow he was, but hoped there wasn't a kind of thing that like to eat his kind. "And what kinds do we have so far? Just so I can make a list."

"Good idea, Ulquiorra. We have, by number. Five. A Squid Hollow. Four. A Butterfly Hollow. Three. A Cat Hollow. Two. Praying Mantis Hollow. One. A… Ah…" Tia glanced down at Ulquiorra. "Ah… something Hollow."

"Noted. Next?"

"Zero. A Shark Hollow."

"Thank you. Now, if you don't mind my saying… isn't it kind of strange?" Ulquiorra had to point it out. "You're going out with Grimmjow… and cats tend to not like water. No?"

"Not unless it is a big cat." Grimmjow defended himself. "Big cats like tigers like water, Emo."

"Emo. Emo. I don't care. What else shall I put on the list besides, make posters?"

"Don't make posters." Tia liked the idea but, "I don't want Soul Society to view us as weak and incomplete. The selections for the Auditions shall be done quietly and discreetly."

"As you wish." Grimmjow muttered, liking the idea of sneaking around and observing hollows from a far. "I shall see you later for dinner."

"What?" Tia cried a second after he disappeared. "Ah… fine, fine, Grimmjow. I shall come to dinner if that is what you want. Ulquiorra. You are to take his guard post for the evening. Thank you."