"It's not quite right. Poor kid."

Myde was standing on a small hill looking at the sky. It was only a couple hours after Elena's funeral.

"Myde, are you coming?" Yazoo asked. He and Reno were waiting for Myde so they could leave.

"This… is rain… it's raining." Myde told them, water running down his cheeks.

"Myde…" Yazoo trailed off, not sure how to deal with the other's tears.

"Yazoo let him be, this isn't the first time, nor will it be the last. He's going to do the same thing for all of us, when our time comes," Reno said. He was being oddly introspective. "Due to the same scientists that made you, he's going to last just as long as you will. Prolly. Come on."

"But…" Yazoo was torn between leaving Myde alone by going with Reno or staying to make sure nothing happened to him. "Myde?"

"I'm… Fine. I'll be fine. Its just rain." Myde didn't move.

"For one of his first partners, Rod, well, he was like an older brother to the both of us. Myde, well, when he saw the grave, he blamed himself. This same thing happened." Reno looked at Myde who was still standing on that hill. "Give him a bit. He'll be fine."

"Alright, but we're coming back when he calls, right?"

"That or if it gets dark. Whichever's first."

The two left, leaving Myde alone on the hill.

"Aerith, what do I do? I want to go to him and say something, but I can't. I know I can't. It'll be for the worse if I do," Elena said. (She and Aerith are in the Lifestream.)

"There's nothing you can do Elena," Aerith replied. At Elena's sad face, however, she pulled the younger woman close and said, "But I can give you a chance to say good bye to him."

"Thank you." Elena stood there for a moment staring at Myde's unmoving form. "What did you mean by 'say good bye'?"

"Well, since he's got high amounts of stagnant Mako in him, he won't die naturally. He'd have to be killed. Probably by an ex-First Class Soldier. I'm sorry, but until he's killed by something, you won't be able to see him." Aerith gave the straight answer, since Elena was a Turk and didn't want any sugar coating.

"So I should probably say goodbye to him huh?" Elena smiled sadly as Aerith drew part of Myde into the Lifestream with them.

"Okay, field of flowers. Great; Cloud was right, it's vaguely creepy the first few times," Myde said.

"Hello Myde," came a voice from behind him.

"Oh, Aerith, so you're the one who dragged me into this."

"Myde, I'm only doing this for a friend who wants to say good bye. You know I wouldn't bug you."

"Alright. Let's make this fast then." He felt someone hug him from behind.

"Myde, I'm so sorry. I never wanted this to happen," came the person's voice.

"E-Elena?"

"Yes. I'm so sorry," she said, tears running down her cheeks and her grip tightening around his waist.

"It's not your fault. I couldn't protect you. It's my fault." Myde felt the tears run down his face as he said those words. "It's my fault. They were after me. You weren't supposed to…die." He never wanted to be that weak again, unable to protect the one he loved.

"It's not your fault. I made the mistake and it nearly cost you your life. I just wanted to say I'm sorry and… good bye, for now." Elena loosened her grip on the other Turk. She slapped his back once and said cheerfully, "Beat the crap out of Reno for me, will ya? I want you to move on with your life, and not be alone. I'll see you again someday, alright? Don't worry about me. I've got Aerith to talk to and can torment Zack, as he's around here somewhere."

Myde had to smile at that. This was the Elena he knew. Fun loving and enjoying life. Or After Life.

"Bug some people for me, will you Lena? I've got some Turks who need watching over," Myde said, a smile quirking at the corners of his mouth.

"That's the spirit. We'll see each other again someday, Myde, just wait."

The field disappeared, leaving Myde standing on the small hill in the graveyard once again. It was starting to get dark, so Myde had spent more time in the Lifestream than he had thought. He started walking, knowing that Reno would probably get him as soon as the sun had set anyway. It was time to make sure that Reno realized his feelings about their newest recruit and to make said recruit realize his own feelings.

Complete! Sorry about that... I didn't want to kill Elena and I kind of like the ending more than leaving it off at the end of 2.