Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Gennai walked in to the dining room and met the gaze of each worried child before speaking.

"She'll be just fine. She was just a little weak from using so much energy." He explained. There was a collective sigh of relief.

"So…what exactly is she?" Izzy asked.

"And why did you say you'd been looking for her?" Kari asked.

"Is she another Digidestined like me?" Jon questioned. Gennai put his hands up.

"Whoa, I can only answer so many questions at once, children. Have some patience and I'll explain." He said, sitting down at the head of the table.

"I really wish you would." Tai muttered, looking away. Gennai sighed and ignored the kid.

"Have any of you heard of Pyrokenisis?" he asked. They all shook their heads.

"Pyro is Latin for fire." Tai muttered.

"That is correct."

"Since when do you know Latin, Tai?" Jon asked.

"My mother studied it in high school." Tai answered with an indifferent shrug.

"I know kenisis is the ability to control things with your mind, kind of like ESP." Izzy mentioned. Gennai shook his head.

"Kenisis and ESP are two different things. Yes, both deal with supernatural abilities of the mind, but ESP is psychic ability, the power to read minds. Kenisis, on the other hand is the power to control things or call upon Earth elements with your mind."

"So Pyrokenisis is the ability to control fire?" Matt asked. Gennai nodded.

"Janeene has that ability. It is very, very rare and incredibly hard to learn how to control. Janeene would amaze most Pyrokentics three times her age. She has more control over her abilities than most of the masters. How she got her control without a mentor is beyond her or me. She has unfathomable information in her mind on Kentics, other mental abilities, the Digital World, and Digimon, but how that information got there is something that has been left a mystery. She was found as a baby on the side of the road outside of a small town in the United States by a young couple and was raised by them, with no knowledge of her powers."

"The reason I have been looking for her is because of her information. Just as you children were seen in a prophecy, she was, too, as the Created."

"Created?" The kids echoed.

"The legend says that she was created by the forces of the Digital World to store all the knowledge of the Digital World and the Digimon with in it. Just like a computer will make back-up files of the data stored in it's hard drive, the Digital World made a back up of all it's data in the form of a human."

"Okay, now I'm confused." Mimi whined suddenly.

"Mimi…" Tai moaned, "Were you even paying attention?"

"I was!" Mimi protested, "I just don't know computers well enough to understand!"

"It's like this, Mimi. Computer systems all have a back up file incase some how the place where all of it is stored is put in danger. The Digital World is no different. Its back up came in the form of a small blonde girl with the ability to control fire with her mind." Izzy explained to Mimi, stopping Tai from about having a nervous break down from Mimi's ditzy antics, "Does that make more sense now?" Mimi thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Keep in mind, children, that is just the legend. Whether or not it's true…that has yet to be determined. So, yes, in a way she is a Digidestined, but at the same time, she's not; she has no Digimon, or crest, but she does have a Digivice. Not having a Digimon, though, she had to have a kind of a defense mechanism in order to survive in the Digital World, hence the Pyrokenisis. I do know for sure that she is here to help you defeat the Dark Masters."

"Do you think she was created?" Matt asked thoughtfully, speaking for the first time since they had arrived. He narrowed his eyes at Gennai, as if he was thinking the man would lie to them in some way. Gennai pondered Matt's question for a long while.

"It is feasible, but at the same time she acts too much like a normal child to have been created."

"Yet she did say she knew where she was and what Digimon were when we met her, then stated she didn't know how she came across this knowledge. It's almost as if the information was planted in her." Izzy added. Gennai nodded, agreeing with Izzy's theory.

"In any case, she is here to help you children, so I would appreciate if you would treat her as one of the team." All the kids moved their heads agreement, "Well, it would be best if you all got some rest. I have no idea when Janeene is going to be awake, so getting some sleep now would be the right thing to do." Tai yawned loudly and stretched his arms over his head.

"Now that you mention it I am pretty tired." He said. There were muttered agreements from around the table, kids and Digimon alike. The group gathered their things and headed for the room where all the sleeping bags had been laid out. Matt lingered behind the rest of the group, hands shoved his in pockets and eyes diverted to the ground in thought. Jon looked over his shoulder at Matt and stopped walking.

"Something wrong, Matt?" he asked. Gabumon noticed neither of his partners were following and doubled back. Matt looked up at Jon through his tousled blonde bangs.

"Just thinking." He said softly. Jon crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the doorframe.

"What's up?" Matt sighed and halted near the door.

"It doesn't feel right."

"What doesn't?" Gabumon asked.

"Created? Doesn't that sound a little off to you guys?"

"Well the thought of being a Digidestined sounded a little off to me, too, but now look where I'm at." Jon said with a shrug.

"Well it would explain how she knows so much." Gabumon stated. Matt shrugged.

"Maybe it's just me then…" he trailed off, looking back down at the ground.

"No, I think that there's more to it than that." Jon said. Matt gave Jon a mean glare from under his spiky blonde bangs.

"Why are you even asking? Since when did you start caring about me anyway?" he snapped.

"I never said I did." Jon countered with a sly smirk.

"That's what I thought." Matt snarled, starting to walk away. Jon grabbed his arm in order to halt the boy.

"I still want to know what's bothering you."

"Shove off." Matt growled, brushing Jon's hand off his arm.

"You afraid to face me, Matt?" Jon cat called as Matt walked away. Matt balled up his fits at his sides and spun on his heels to face Jon again.

"Look, Jon-" Matt started to say, until Gabumon stepped between the two.

"Stop this now! You two are starting to make me really angry." He said, looking at the two of them.

"Gabumon…this is between me and him." Matt said, his voice becoming edgy as he clenched and unclenched his fists. At this point all activity in the room had stopped and all eyes were on the three by the door. Gennai emerged from where ever he'd disappeared to and stopped dead in his tracks in the hallway, about ready to break up any ensuing fight.

"I don't care. You're both my Chosen, and why or how doesn't matter. We're supposed to be a team, and your constant bickering isn't helping us get any closer to the Dark Masters. Matt, I know you're jealous that you have to share me with some one, but you have to remember I'm not a pet! I'm your friend, as well as Jon's, so if you still have a problem with that, then I suggest you back up and take a look at yourself. You need to start acting your age." Gabumon chastised. Matt's shoulders slumped in defeat and he slowly nodded his head.

Jon started to say something when Gabumon pointed a red claw at him.

"And as for you," he started.

"M-me?" Jon squeaked, his eyes growing wide.

"Jon, no one likes to be antagonized all the time. I realize your intentions are good, but you also need to see that sometimes you do cross the line and hurt people with your words, Matt included. You are putting your own personal battles first, and it's affecting the rest of the team. All we are trying to do is save the Digital World, and all you want to do is play Lone Wolf. Like I said, I am your friend too, but if you keep this up I will take Matt's side." Jon sighed, grumbled under his breath and nodded. He extended his hand out to Matt. Matt just looked at it.

"I may be a jerk sometimes, but still have a sense of honor. Truce?" He explained. Gabumon smiled. Matt sighed and took Jon's hand.

"Truce." Matt agreed. They let go of each other's hand and Jon walked back in to the room with Gabumon in tow. Matt looked up at Gennai.

"What?" Matt asked, still a little irked at being chastised like that.

"Some day both of you learn that fighting and anger won't solve everything." Gennai answered.

"You deliberately put Jon and I together, didn't you?" Matt accused.

"I've told you before, I wasn't the one who chose you. You were all chosen because of the strongest personality traits you had four years ago. But…" Gennai said thoughtfully, "It is a rather strange coincidence that you two have a personality clash." He added as he walked by Matt. Matt watched the strange man walk away.

"Humph…"