"Just you wait," he grinned. "This time it may be a little different." Only a few paces later, and the path, now little more than a game trail, ended abruptly between the gatelike personage of two massive trees. From there the earth seemed to dip down, and at the middle of the clearing sat the mother tree. The massive tree - its species unknown even to Kurama, dominated the huge clearing, its trunk alone enough to dwarf most of Hogwarts. It watched them as they entered the clearing, and he bowed to it respectfully.

"I hoped to introduce you to the mother of this forest," he said to Kusuriyuri with a smile.