"That battle... it was tougher than anything we had ever done up until then."

He glances up at the aurora thoughtfully. They won, but in the process they lost Kairi. So Sora set out to bring her back in spite of the danger. The power he used to bring her back came at a terrible cost. Sora disappeared.

"That was what? Almost two years ago? Time flies," Riku sighs, "Anyway, it's... really cool to see for myself how Mickey managed to beat back those guys," he says, a little cheered by the thought, "I appreciate you bringing it back to me."