Disclaimer: Trinity Blood was created by Sunao Yoshida.

The next chapter of Christmas: L. This was posted at a later date than planned due to a bad link, apparently.


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He had his orders and he was determined to complete them, even if it killed him. For he was Petros, and Petros was a determined man.

He was always willing to do as the Cardinals of the Church requested of him, the most prominent being Cardinal Caterina. She had sent him on a variety of missions, such as tackling the impossible clog in the bathroom drain, or dealing with the feral dust bunnies in the closet, and he dutifully undertook them, despite not being directly under her department's jurisdiction.

He opened up the box of candles and set to work, readying the cathedral for the next Advent service. They were beautiful blue and just perfect for the church.

Petros opened up box after box, going about from candelabrum to candelabrum and putting the candles in a row; he sang one of the many Christmas tunes he could think of as he set up. He did notice when the color switched, and he looked in horror at the purple candle now in his hand. He set the candle down and searched the box, then all of the rest of the boxes, only to find purple candles in each one of them.

Petros panicked, invoking the powers of the lord and asking him why there were no more blue candles left. He seemed to be thinking for a bit before finally receiving a stroke of genius.

Petros removed the blue candles and repositioned them so that there were an equal number on each side of the altar. Then he proceeded to put the purple candles in on each side so there was an equal number.

Once again he was at a loss for words when there were not enough candles for the candelabrums. He checked each of the boxes again, dismayed when they all turned up empty. He sat down heavily in the front pew, many thoughts running through his head.

He didn't want to upset or disappoint the Cardinal, and thereby invoking the wrath of God, by neglecting these empty candlesticks. He thought about removing the evidence and pretending that he had no clue where the offending candlesticks had spirited off to. But that was dishonest, and the lord would frown upon such dishonesty.

Besides, he was Petros, and Petros always did as the Cardinals instructed him to do.


Father Tres stepped down the hallway, when he began to hear the fast approach of footsteps. Within minutes, the android component of the AX had one of his guns pointed directly in the face of the now-pale Brother Petros.

"Requesting answer: Where are you going, Brother Petros?" The priest asked, replacing the gun in its holster.

"I want to know where I can find some blue or purple candles." Brother Petros stated, standing impressively in front of the AX member. "I was asked a request by Cardinal Caterina to decorate the cathedral in the center of Rome."

Tres' eyes stared down the Brother before replying. "New orders have been issued. That cathedral you have been decorating is set for demolition by the church, and has been for the past two months."


Upon receiving his new assignment from Tres, and obtaining the needed candles, Petros finished setting the final candle in its place next to the altar. He sat back into the pew just as Sister Paula ran in.

"There you are! Where have you been? You have just missed the biggest chance to capture a bunch of vampires who managed to use some anti-UV gel to infiltrate the area!"


Meanwhile, Cardinal Caterina dismissed Asthe and Ion, who were staying for the Christmas celebrations, and turned back to a waiting Father William.

"So, you sent him on one of your 'impossible and life-threatening' missions again?" The Professor asked, smirking around his pipe. The Cardinal returned his smirk with one of her own.

"It certainly keeps Petros out of our hair for a while. Honestly, the Inquisition attacks anything that moves without getting the facts straight."