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The 4 hallows stared at the crown with great interest. They were curious about how such a small thing was able to create such a magical effect. All the hallows were used to see fighting and war but had never truly seen something that could be used for anything other than direct battle.

Ren looked at the four hollows and asked, "Which one of you wishes to go first?"

They looked at each other before all their looks focused on Tier. Seeing her own friends/sisters want to use her as the test dummy made Tier laugh out loud. She knew that they did not think of it as testing and merely wanted her to go first since they respected her but Tier still saw it that way. Tier took the Crimson Crown from Ren and place it atop of her head.

"Ok. All you need to do is focus on your own mask and think about it breaking partially off. You can use just your mind or your reiatsu if it makes it easier.

Once you feel the energy leave your body, just let it. You will need to become your Arrancar form before you focus on the energy. This is why most Arrancar lose the reiatsu for their transformation and end up being weaker than they were as hollows.

Once you have shifted, focus your leaked energy within your hand. Form your zanpakuto with your mind in your ideal shape. Once it is formed, the entire process will be complete."

She let out a breath to calm herself down before she broke her mask with her own reiatsu. The part of her mask that she lost was the portion that formed a small crown around her head as well as the bone armor on her body.

She could feel the reiatsu leaking out of her body but Harriebel was not worried. She could feel her body changing. First, her tail left her. Then her weapon. Finally, her sharkskin changed into human/shinigami skin.

Tier had olive skin, aqua green eyes, thick eyelashes, and short golden blonde hair. The remnants of her Hollow mask consisted of the sides of her face, her mouth, and an extensive area below and around her neck extending down to, and also covering, her nipples.

Once she felt that she was not long changing, Tier directed all of the energy that was floating around her into a sword. Tier was trying to think of a shape for her weapon. And the first thought that occurred to her was a shark tooth.

The zanpakuto that ended up being created was a short-ish sword with a wide body in the shape of a fang. The sword had the unusual feature of being hollow in the center only seemed to be the edges of a sword.

With her zanpakuto formed, the transformation was complete. Tier Harribel was no longer a Vasto Lorde but now a full-blooded Arrancar.

Seeing their leader had changed so drastically, the 3 subordinates looked at Tier with a bit of worship in their eyes. Ren on the other hand was focusing on the fact that the woman was not naked with a human body. While her mask remnants did cover her nipples and parts of the top of her breasts, the mask did not hide anything else.

Ren decided to leave it be for the moment since he did not have any clothes to give them. Emilou and Franceska began to argue about who would get to go next since both saw how beautiful Tier was and wanted to be next.

Tier passed the crown to Cyan after the pair could not come to an agreement after a few minutes. Cyan repeated the same process as Tier. Her change was much more dramatic than Tier's since she was an Adjuchas and was closer to an animal than a human.

Cyan lost her snake body and turned into a thin and petite woman with green hair. The only part of her mask that remained was a small portion that resembled a 3-piece hair clip. Under her right eye were 3 pink dots in a line. Cyan had her hollow hole in the middle of her abdomen. Her zanpakuto was a sai.

Cyan threw the crown onto Emilou's head since the hollow seemed like she would try to pick a fight if she was not chosen next.

When her transformation ended, Emilou had heterochromia, one sky blue and one amber eye, with the latter having a red ring around it. Emilou's mask fragment was on the top of her head, with a horn in the middle. Emilou's Zanpakutō consisted of a pair of bracelets strapped to her arms.

The last to get the crown was Franceska. The proud lioness was upset about being the last to receive the crown and was pouting on the ground when Emilou threw it at her.

Franceska was a dark-skinned, green-eyed Arrancar with long, thick, wavy brown hair and large breasts. Her Hollow hole was positioned mid-way between her navel and breasts. Her mask fragments formed a three-sectioned crown around her head and a thick necklace. Her zanpakuto took the form of a western longsword.

'A snake princess/assassin, a tomboy fighter, and an Amazon warrior. Each one of them has a very different fighting style but work so well together and are so loyal to Tier. Now I need to earn their loyalty as well.'

Ren released his bankai and as it returned to its sealed state. Ren removed his haori and passed it to the women. They looked at him questioningly until they realized that they were no longer hollows and naked.

The women tore up the haori to make temporary shirts and skirts. Ren told them that he had extra shinigami uniforms at the base so just asked them to wait until they returned before wearing proper clothes.

Soon, the group was off in the direction of the home base and the start of a brand new adventure for most of them.