A/N I do not own or profit from Don't Look Back which is owned by the parties who hold rights to it. Lyrics are in Italcx

Don't look back

A new day is breakin'

It's been too long since I felt this way

I don't mind where I get taken

The road is callin'

Today is the day

It had felt so good to be on the road. The road that would take him away from the memories of Kagome. He had not felt this good in a long time. The long runs took his mind away from hisanger and grief and allowed to concentrate on the feeling of the wind blowing his hair and exhiliration of his leaps into the clouds. It had been so long, so long

I can see

It took so long to realize

I'm much too strong

Not to compromise

Now I see what I am is holding me down

I'll turn it around

There was nothing to be done about Kagome. He would have to move on to a new place, a new purpose and a new dream. Before Kikyo and the Jewel he had no dreams, no hopes only day to day survival. He could not return to those days. Musashi had been his childhood home. His move to his forest had been based on the attraction of jewel. It was only Kikyou and Kagome who brought him back in contact with humanity for the first time in one hundred forty years. Each contact had been ended in tragedy. First, the Hojo had tried to kill him after the death of his mother. Then Kikyo had killed him and died herself. In his latest contact, Kikyo had died yetagain. Kagome who had promised to stay by his side forever had run off with his brotherHe would be very cautious about exposing his heart in the future..

I finally see the dawn arrivin'

I see beyond the road I'm drivin'

Far away and left behind

He only had a vague idea of where he was going and what he would do when he got there. Still the road ahead must be better than what he had left behind He had already left Musashi and gone through Kai since he had left Kaede's village. Some of his old instincts were beginning to return. He traveled only at night and found trees to hide in during the day. Human habitations, their roads and fields were things to be avoided. Running into the ever present samurai could only bring trouble.

It's a new horizon and I'm awakin' now

Oh I see myself in a brand new way

The sun is shinin'

the clouds are breakin'

'Cause I can't lose now, there's no game to play

When he finally reached the foothills of Mount Fuji, he stopped to assess the direction his life would take. What skills did he have? He had always been good at killing things. In this era there seemed plenty of opportunities in that area. Over the last year his ability to kill had increased exponentially with the addition of Tetsusaiga to his armory. He knew that he could not use his beloved sword against humans, but he had killed many humans who attacked before Kikyo and Kagome had forbidden him to do. But where could he go to apply the skills which he had developed. He would have to find a warlord who was willing to accept the assistance of a hanyou. He had never paid any attention to human rulers. They all seemed alike to him. All ready to kill hanyous. Something Kagome had told him at the start of the quest came to mind when they had assisted that Takeda warrior from Kai in assisting the princess. Kagome had gushed over him when she thought the samurai was Odo Nobunaga. The warrior had dismissed Kagome's comment and called the man the Great Idiot. Kagome had seemed so sure. She seemed to know something about the future. Despite what happened between them Inuyasha still trusted her judgment.

I can tell

There's no more time left to criticize

I've seen what I could not recognize

Everything in my life was leading me on

but I can be strong

When night came he set off again. He would find this Nobunaga. He had heard that the daimyo had a castle in Nagoya which was located in Owari. There was nothing left on the road for him on the road he had just traveled His future was only a few days ahead of him. He would have to trust that he had role to play when he arrived.

I finally see the dawn arrivin'

I see beyond the road I'm drivin'

Far away and left behind

He finally arrived in Owari province. As the sun rose he could see huge dust clouds ahead of him forming a line of march towards the south.. Far ahead he could see the banners of Odo Nobunga fluttering in the breeze over an abandoned Buddhist temple. The daimyo was outnumbered at least 10 to 1 by the approaching troops . A evil grin spread across Inuyasha's face. If he could help the warlord escape disaster here maybe there would a place for him beside the Great Idiot.

He lept forward and touched sky , he was on his way to a New Life.