Author's Note 1: It turns out the list on the website I copied these 100 Ways from only had 98 items. They were mis-numbered there. So I added a #99 and #100 of my own. Enjoy these last two Ways, everyone, and thank you for sticking with me through them all!

Author's Note 2: Way 99 makes reference to events from Season 2 Episode 14 "Pu'olo."

Way 99
Be willing to show her you have emotions, too.

Steve gets his thousand-yard stare going, and it's like nothing can get through to him.

Not facts about their current case.

Not Danny's rants about this, that or the other thing that's on his mind.

Not even mention of Catherine.

Because when it comes right down to it, Steve's got way too much on his mind these days, and it sometimes makes it a little hard to climb out of the pool of his own thoughts. His mind is like a steel trap; once it grabs hold of something and decides it wants to keep it, Steve just can't pry his brain off the thought at hand.

It really sucks sometimes, especially when your partner starts giving you odd looks like you've gone off the deep end as he always suspected you would.

It also really sucks if it means you get caught with your pants down – figuratively, thank God, rather than literally – and the guy you're supposed to be tailing gets a good head start on you.

Which results in your partner punching you in the bicep, and just…ow.

So they go on one of their typical car chases, the Camaro cornering like a dream as usual, and in the end they roll to a stop with Danny out of the car and shooting before Steve even gets the thing in Park.

They catch the guy.

They save the day.

They go home.

And Steve's left alone with that thought his mind won't let go of.

Was he telling me the truth? he keeps asking over and over again now that Joe's gone.

Did he lie to me just to keep his word to my father?

What if Shelburne is a real person and not a made-up figure to confuse the Yakuza?

What if Joe just wants to drop out of sight, get off the radar, to protect himself and me and whoever or whatever Shelburne is?

What if I've just let the only clue to the real truth behind my father's investigation fly out of my life forever?

The thing is, Steve can hide what he's feeling pretty darn well, and all things considered, none of this is really the end of the world. He's helped make peace with Adam Noshimuri, and he's resting assured now that Joe truly didn't kill Hiro. Things went well, except that Joe's gone.

In some weird way, it's like losing his father all over again, so it's difficult to keep the emotion out of his eyes when Danny strolls into his house like he always does, walks up to him and just looks at him.

Steve tries that thousand-yard stare again, but he can see in Danny's face it's not working.

So when Danny holds his arms open wide, and tilts his head a little to the side in invitation, Steve just goes.

He doesn't have to say anything; that's not how they roll, anyway.

But he doesn't have to hide his emotions from his partner. He can just let Danny soak them up through the fabric of their shirts as they hug, until his mind is at ease.

At last.

It's funny how the man who uses words like weapons knows when he doesn't need them at all.

Warning: Way 100 assumes two MAJOR CHARACTER DEATHS have already occurred.

Way 100
Abide by her wishes about things important to her.

It shouldn't have happened this way.

Neither of them should be gone.

But they are.

Kono feels a tear trickle out of her eye. Then one from the other eye. Before she knows it, they're streaming down her face, the two pieces of paper in her hand fluttering to the floor as the torrent of emotions consumes her.

She feels a hand on her shoulder, looks up to find tear-filled eyes looking back at her.

Chin is here.

He can make it all better somehow. He always has, ever since she was a little girl.

But no. The look on his face says this time, he can't.

He stoops to pick the papers up off the floor.

"It's," she hiccups and puts a hand over her mouth. "Their final wishes."

"I didn't know they wrote them out for themselves."

She shakes her head. "They didn't. They wrote them out for each other."

Chin frowns, leans back against the large computer table, and reads the first letter, from Steve.

Hey, guys,

I figure there's no way Danny's updated his will, no matter how many times he's said he should with me as a partner. But if something ever happens to us – trust me on this, I know we'll go at the same time – do me a favor.

Look after Grace. Make sure she never forgets her Danno, and how much he loved her.

Look after yourselves. Danny's always been convinced the pipeline would do you in, Kono, and that one of your computer gadgets would take control of your mind someday, Chin.

His family's going to want his body returned to New Jersey, I know they are. But I also know for sure he asked to be cremated. So keep a little bit of him behind for me, and scatter those ashes in the water behind my place.

Something tells me he won't really mind and hey, even if he does, I'm the one he's going to come after.

Thank you to both of you. For everything.

Steven J. McGarrett
Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserves
December 22, 2011

Chin looks up at Kono, who's managed to stifle her tears for the most part, then holds the other piece of paper up to read.

Oh, my God, he got me killed, didn't he. That's the only reason you're reading this right now. Don't worry, he'll get his in the Hereafter.

There's a couple things I want to make sure you do for Steve, because he's the kind of guy without the foresight to plan this stuff for himself, you know what I'm saying, right? I know I can count on you two for this.

Chin, make sure nobody forgets his name. That man was a legend in the making, and if I'm right about he usually operates, he probably died like legends do, too. Never mind the sidekick who just happens to be standing too close.

Kono, get them to name some surfing competition after him or something, will you? The man could ride a wave like nobody's business and yeah, I know enough about surfing to know he was pretty damn good.

Please look after my daughter. Don't let her forget her Danno.

And, you know, being the leave-no-mark-behind kind of guy he was, Steve probably wanted to be cremated. I figure he most likely wants to be scattered out over the water somewhere around this island he kept trying to force me to love.

Well, there was one thing about this island that I think he loves more than anything else, and that's his home. So even if he wanted to be scattered over the Arizona or something, do me a favor: keep a little bit of his ashes aside and let them go in the water behind his house, will you?

Something tells me he'd want it that way.

You two, take care of each other. And make sure they spell my name right in the Obits.

Love,
Danny

Chin looks up at Kono. She nods, a small smile on her face. He does the same. Without a word they walk out of Five-0 headquarters, the eerie silence they leave behind telling the tale of the brothers who will darken its halls and rooms no more.

Two days later…

Chin Ho Kelly places his HPD uniform hat on his head and pulls it down until it's snug. Kono straightens her dress blues and holds out a hand to him.

He gives her a small Hawaiian-made exotic wood urn, while he keeps a second one. They aren't any bigger than eggs, but they are large enough to carry out the partners' final wishes for each other.

Chin looks down at his bare feet, and his uniform pants that are rolled all the way up to above his knees. He notes Kono's are the same. They move as one, Chin chanting a Hawaiian blessing quietly as they wade further into the water behind the McGarrett home.

When the blessing is complete, Chin and Kono uncork the urns and let the last of the ashes of Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams scatter into the breeze and melt into the water. As the last of the dust trails away, less than a mile offshore, a humpback whale sails out of the water and slaps back down, creating waves that quickly reach their legs.

Just as the whale's tail rises out of the water to give it a mighty slap, overhead a seagull swoops in, seems to hover over the whale, and then starts squawking madly at it when the spray of water it creates actually gets the bird wet.

Kono bursts out laughing and Chin grins from ear to ear.

Maybe the whale isn't Steve, and maybe the seagull isn't Danny.

But if you can laugh when you've just let go of the most trusted friends you've ever had, then it's the best you can hope for.

"Good-bye, Steve," Kono says, her voice breaking. "Good-bye, Danny."

"A hui hou kakou," Chin whispers. "Until we meet again."

The cousins watch the whale and the seagull continue their battle until they fade into the horizon. It is a tale that soon becomes Legend on Oahu, the names of two fallen heroes never forgotten as each generation passes it on.

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