~*~Naraku~*~ was originaly a human named Onigumo, a thief who named himself after a spider demon/ogre.He had been paralysed and was being taken of of by Kikyou.He was jealous of how Inu-Yasha was with Kikyou.The local demons one day came and devoured his flesh under the promise that if they had his soul that they would make him powerful. This is how Naraku the yokai was born.He is Inu-Yasha's greatest enemy.