A/N: This fanfic was bought about by idle daydreaming. I was thinking of how different characters from different franchises would handle the Dark Souls universe, when I realized that Kobeni Yonomori from Engaged to the Unidentified had a backstory that blended perfectly with the plot of Dark Souls. Enjoy!

It was a cold spring morning in Japan. Kobeni yawned as she walked to school with Hakuya and Mashiro. Hakuya made a concerned face.

"Kobeni. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Kobeni muttered sleepily. "I was up late trying to finish that report that's due tomorrow..."

"Will you be okay in P.E. like this?" Mashiro piped up as the sky began to darken.

"I'm never okay in P.E.," the red-haired girl mumbled. "What about you, Mashiro? Is your report doing okay?"

"What?" Mashiro started. "Oh, right! Um. Yaaawn, that report sure is tough," Mashiro said with an exaggerated stretch.

"You 'did a little thing,' didn't you?" Mashiro chuckled sheepishly.

"Yes, but only good enough to pass!" Mashiro added. The tiny girl looked up as thunder rumbled. "Looks like a storm is coming. I though the forcast said it was going to be clear today."

"It was sunny a second ago," Kobeni replied. "We'd better hurry up so we don't get soaked." The Mitsumine siblings nodded, and the three of them began to pick up the pace.

THE PATH OF FIRE, OR THE PATH OF DARK. WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE?

"Probably fire. Wait, what?" Kobeni began to look around in confusion. The trio stopped.

"Kobeni. Is something wrong?" Hakuya asked.

"I don't know. I heard a voice I didn't recognize, saying something about fire and darkness, and to choose between them."

"I didn't hear a thing," Mashiro said.

"Neither did I," Hakuya said. Suddenly his eyes widened, and he lept towards Kobeni.

"Kobeni, look-" was all he got out when a bolt of lightning struck down and enveloped his fiance.

KOBENI YONOMORI. YOUR TALENTS AND ABILITIES ARE NEEDED.

"Talents? Abilities?" Kobeni looked around, but could see nothing but pitch black darkness. "What for?"

TO SAVE A WORLD IN PERIL.

"Save the WORLD?!" Kobeni exclamed in shock. "I think you have the wrong person! All I'm good at is housework and cooking!"

THERE IS NO MISTAKE. YOU ARE ONE WHO STRADDLES THE BORDER BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

"No, but..." Kobeni started, then stopped. "Are you talking about when Hakuya saved me?"

YES. NOW COME. THERE IS LITTLE TIME LEFT, SO REMEMBER WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY. RING THE TWO BELLS OF THE PARISH ABOVE, AND THE BLIGHTBOG BELOW. TRAVERSE THE SERPENT'S FORTRESS TO REACH THE LAND OF THE GODS, ANOR LONDO. NAVIGATE THE DARKROOT TO FIND THE COVENANT OF ARTORIAS. FROM THERE TRAVEL THE FLOODED CITY OF NEW LONDO. THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL MEET ME.

"Okay, but how do I even do that? And who are you?"

I AM DARKSTALKER KAATHE, THE PRIMORDIAL SERPENT. AS TO YOUR LACK OF PHYSICAL PROWESS, MY WORLD WILL SEE TO THAT. FOR NOW, THOUGH, I RECOMMEND YOU START WITH MAGIC.

"I can't use magic!"

YOU WILL LEARN. NOW, I WILL GUIDE YOU WHEN I CAN, BUT MY LINK WITH YOU WILL BREAK FROM TIME TO TIME. SEEK OUT SOLAIRE OF ASTORA, AND HE WILL ASSIST YOU. Kobeni felt herself falling. GO FORTH, CHOSEN UNDEAD.

A/N: Chapter 2: Undead Asylum Part 1 is being released at the same time as Chapter 1. Future updates will be irregular at best, though I will try to release at least 1 chapter per month.

A/N 2: Due to a formatting error, I ended up with a wall of text when I published this. I have since corrected this error.