::Chapter II::
'I do not understand this…' Naraku thought to himself as he watched Inu Yasha and Kagome hurry through the woods of the Soul's Forrest. He had been watching them for quite some time, trying to figure out just what Inu Yasha's most vulnerable weakness would be.
The entire thing with the lost souls haunting the gloomy forest was of course not true. Naraku had simply started a rumor stating that a small child had once wandered into the forest one night, trying to search for his mother who had entered the forest much earlier who had gone into pick berries for their dinner's desert and had not been found till days later. The young child was found lying there dead and pale as ever. Troubled powers and souls were sensed there when a miko had been asked to see if she could sense anything. Of course, the villagers believed it and it spread throughout the small settling as fast as any gruesome rumor would. It didn't take a demon to do that.
Naraku had taken the hood of his disguise off and his long locks of black hair were caught in gusts of windy breezes that settled throughout the forest. The wind was quite possibly the most blood-chilling suspense there. He ran his fingers silently through his long, dark hair.
'Inu Yasha…he seems to care for this human girl. Interesting. Maybe then, it is possible to get more "help" from Sesshomaru after all.' He thought, as he watched Inu Yasha take her hand and gently lead her through the frightful woods. He didn't let this get his guard up, though. This was the miko who was able to greatly damage he, Naraku. He would most certainly put this situation into serious consideration as far as to how he would handle it.