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Theory: Naraku was originally going to resurrect Sango to kill Inuyasha
I know I already wrote this, but I'm gonna expand on it now and really flesh it out. So I theorize that Naraku was originally going to resurrect Sango, not Kohaku, to kill Inuyasha. Why? Well, let's start from the beginning. It's pretty obvious why Naraku "just happens" to be walking around the exterminators' gravesite. He's going to implant a shikon shard in one of them, so they will kill Inuyasha for him. He was probably going to pick Sango. If that was the case, it would explain why he was so surprised that she was still alive. He was probably going to pick her because he had seen how strong she was. Just a few hours before, she had delivered the first blow to the gigantic spider demon they were exterminating. One of the other exterminators immediately remarks something around the lines of "Sango is truly the village's best!" Her own father includes her in the village's top five fighters and says that she vies for the top rank. Naraku would want someone as skilled as she to kill a troublesome hanyou for him. Now let's compare her to Kohaku. While their father also includes him in the top five and says how he also vies for top rank, it is obvious that this is not actually the case. Kohaku immediately calls him a liar and not even Sango (who has been trying to boost her brother's confidence until this point) will agree with their father. As well as this, when exterminating the demon, Kohaku gets tangled in the spider silk. Of course, this is his first mission, but Naraku would not know that. He would only see two siblings, one experienced and the other not. It was only after Sango learnt the truth and turned against him that Naraku would have considered Kohaku as a second resort. But note even then, he does not use Kohaku to fight, but rather as a bargaining chip to get Sango to still do the dirty work for him. He still has more confidence in Sango's ability to fight than he does in Kohaku. So that is why I believe that Naraku originally intended for Sango to be his puppet, not Kohaku.