Memoirs of a Diaper Boy

 

Chapter 17

Money, Money

 

“Ian, I talked to Dr. Alison last night and she agreed to have you talk with Mr. Morita about you helping Brad out with his training. If he agrees they’ll let you change gym classes.” I was told when I came down to breakfast about a week after I had talked to her about helping Brad out.

 

“OK. Did they say what time I was to meet with him?” I asked as I sat down.

 

“I’ll be dropping you and Brad off at school in about twenty minutes.” I just nodded at this since I knew that Brad normally had a morning class as well as his normal one a couple of times a week.

 

Did they say if I’ll need to bring my own equipment?”

 

“They didn’t say. I’m going to assume that you’ll be borrowing some of the equipment the school has.” I just nodded at this while I served myself a lighter portion of food than I normally would.

 

“What do you think you’re doing here Miller?” Yoshi asked when he saw me sitting in the bleachers waiting from Brad to get dressed back into his school clothes.

 

“Waiting for someone.” I replied while sizing him up a bit in case he was stupid enough to try anything.

 

“Well, wait for them somewhere else. You don’t belong here.”

 

“And I should care what you think why?” I asked.

 

“Because, one should always do what their superior tells them to.” As much as I tried to stop myself, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at this statement. For some reason though, my laughing seemed to set Yoshi off. I guess Yoshi thought he was moving fast enough with the sword he had to catch me by surprise but I proved him wrong by grabbing hold of it before it even came close to me.

 

“Are you really sure you want to do this?” I asked as Yoshi struggled to pull the stick out of my hand.

 

“Let go.” I heard him mumble under his breath.

 

“OK.” I replied as I let go of the stick as Yoshi was pulling on it. Causing him to go stumbling back and land on his ass.

 

“Anything else?” I asked as I got up to go over and join Brad who had just walked into the gym after having gotten dressed. Since I had my back turned, a mistake on my part, I didn’t see Yoshi motion to a group of the older students that had just showed up for their class.

 

“Watch out!” Brad called when he saw Yoshi coming at me from behind. I know I surprised everyone watching when I managed to grab the sword Yoshi was swinging at me, yank it from is grasp, and as Yoshi stumbled past me I turned a round in a full circle and planted the kendo stick outside the back of his head. I decided not to pull the swing since Yoshi was wearing full gear. The next thing I know, I was surrounded by five other people I think the whole fight lasted about twenty minutes. I will admit that I was going to have some good sized bruises the next day, but I couldn’t remember when I had such a good work out.

 

\“ENOUGH!!”/ I heard a voice yell behind me as I started to square off against the last of the five people still standing. On hearing the yell, I immediately lowered the Kendo stick I had “borrowed” from Yoshi and bowed to my opponent. After doing this, I turned and bowed to the gentleman standing behind me. I will say that I was surprised to see about two dozen people in Kendo gear sitting in the bleachers behind me. I was even more shocked to see both my mom and Dr. Allison standing off to the side watching as well.

 

 \“My apologizes sir.”/ I said while bowing and offering the stick to the gentleman I assumed was Yoshi’s grandfather.

 

“Go grab a shower and meet me in my office in thirty minutes.” Dr. Allison said stopping what Mr. Morita was about to say.

 

 “Yes ma’am.” I murmured before heading off to the shower room as Mr. Morita took control of the class that I interrupted with my little display.

 

“So how long had everyone been watching ?” I asked Brad as I got dressed in my gym clothes fifteen minutes later.

 

“They started coming in about five minutes after the demonstration started. Though Mr. Morita, Dr. Allison, and mom had just shown up when Mr. Morita put a stop to it. I can’t wait to see the tape of this though. ”

 

“What demonstration? That was a fight pure and simple. I just hope mom and dad don’t get to pissed by all this.” “They won’t be or at least not at you. Like I said, this was just a demonstration.” Brad explained as we walked back out into the gym. We both got a major surprise when the entire class stopped what they were doing and bowed to me. I was lucky enough to have the presence of mind to return the bow.

 

“OK that was totally weird.” Brad said once we were out of ear shot.

 

“Tell me about it. But at least that proves they aren’t going to hold a grudge against me.”

 

“OK Mr. Morita would you like to explain what happened this morning? I though we agreed that the utmost caution was going to be used. If that was your idea of utmost caution, Then I’m not impressed.” Dr. Allison said coldly

 

“Nor am I I don’t know what stunt my grandson was trying to pull but I can guarantee you that isn’t what I had planned. The boys involved weren’t even the ones I had chosen for the demonstration. I will admit though that from what I had seen of the tape Ian does show great skill. Do you know who trained him?”

 

“That would have been my maternal grandfather , Hirosito Katsumoto.” I said coming into the office with Brad behind me.

 

“You were trained by Hiro Katsumoto?”

 

“From the time I was Four till I was Nine.”

 

 “And what Rank do you hold?”

 

“I was presented with my Black Belt shortly before I came back to the states to live with my father and his family.”

 

“That’s not possible. You would need to be at least Fourteen before you could test for your Black Belt.”

 

 “Normally that would be true but my Grandfather had called in some favors and they agreed to let me test early. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the paperwork with me that proves this.”

 

 “Here you go Ian. I noticed these by the front door when I got home earlier.” My mom said while pulling a large envelope from her purse. I nodded my thanks as I took the envelope and then handed it over to Mr. Morita.

 

“Ok now that’s been taken care of whet do you plan on doing with the boys involved with the misunderstanding this morning?” my mom asked calmly. Though seeing the look on Brad’s face I could tell this was an act.

 

“All of them with receive a one week suspension. Since Ian was unaware of what was going on he will not be included in this. I would however suggest he take the rest of the day off to rest up and if I may suggest you might want to have him checked out with his doctor to make sure everything is normal.” My mom just nodded at this knowing this was going to be she could get. On looking at Mr. Morita, I could tell that this matter was far from closed and the people involved where going to have hell to pay.

 

 “I’m really sorry about all this mom.” I said trying to accept the blame for what had happened.

 

“You don’t have anything to be sorry for. It’s us adults that should be apologizing to you for not being more careful” my mom told me as she helped me into my booster seat. Even with my high tolerance for pain I winced at this.

 

“The first thing we’re going to be doing is stopping by your dad’s office to see if either he or Dr. Moran has the time to check you over.”

 

“Hey honey, what’s up?” my dad asked as we walked into the office.

 

“Just needing to get Ian checked out real quick. There was a serious misunderstanding with the demonstration this morning.”

 

“What kind of “misunderstanding”?” we were asked as my dad led us back to an exam room.

 

“Some other students decided to handle the demonstration themselves and from what I saw of the tape they weren’t holding anything back. The major problem was they started this before Ian was in any kind of protective gear.” My mom explain. It was about this time I had hopped up on the exam table and had removed my shirt. Both of my parents looked at me in shock as they saw the mass of bruises that were starting to form.

 

Damn.” my dad muttered as he started looking me over. Thirty minutes later the exam ended with my dad saying that nothing was broken but I was going to be sore for a couple of weeks and until the bruises were fully healed I was to have no strenuous activities.

 

“Aren’t we going home?” I asked my mom one afternoon a couple of weeks after the problem with my Kendo demonstration.

 

“Not yet. Nana called earlier and said that she needed to talk to you about your trust funds and get your signature on some papers.”

 

“But I thought she was handling everything?” I asked.

 

“She is for the most part but the courts still need to get your name on some stuff not to mention that the judge handling your father’s estate needed to talk to about some things as well.” I was told. On hearing my father being mentioned made me want to suddenly punch a hole in something. I guess I scared Jason a bit with the look on my face since it seemed like he was ready to wet his pants.

 

“Aunt Mary, if this is concerning Ian, why did you need me to come as well?”

 

“Because Ian insisted that a trust fund be started with part of the money from his Maternal Grandfather’s estate. So we need to get your signature as well. I already talked to your Aunt and Uncle about this and your aunt will be meeting us there.”

 

Do my parents know about this?”

 

“I don’t know. It’ll be up to you, your aunt and uncle to say something.” The rest of the trip downtown was pretty quiet.

 

“Ian, if you’ll follow the gentleman here He’ll take you to the judge that’s handling you father’s case. Mary you’ll want to be there as well.” Nana told us once we had the greetings out of the way.

 

“Jason I’ll need you to stay here once your aunt gets here I’ll need you both to sign some papers.” About this time his aunt was escorted into the room.

 

“Well now that is timing.” Nana said with a smile as she waved to a seat next to the one Jason was sitting in. I just smiled at this knowing the shock Jason was in for. I just wish I could have been in the room when the bomb was dropped.

 

“Your honor, the Miller’s are here.” I heard his secretary say into the intercom when my mom told her who we were.

 

“Thanks, Jean send them on in.” I heard the voice reply.

 

I almost crapped my pants when we entered the room and the judge stood up to greet us. I don’t remember ever having seen such a large man in my life to that point.

 

“I’m going to assume that you both have been informed of the reason for this meeting?” my mom and I were asked once we had all taken a seat.

 

“Yes, sir.” I replied.

 

“Now I have to say that I haven’t had a more complicated case in quite some time. Now According to your father’s will he was leaving everything to his surviving family member. In this case, you and your half-brother. Now this is were it becomes complicated since the will makes no mention of you at all not to mention all the problems surrounding where the money came from. The FBI and IRS have finally gotten that part cleared up and after all the penalties and such have been taken out and such it still leaves a very sizeable sum to be divided. The problem I’m having is that the FBI has insisted that all the money go to you because of pending criminal case against your brother. Needless to say that I’m getting quite a bit of static from his guardians concerning this Now I’ve already talked to them and they of course are demanding that all the money be turned over to them and let them handle it. Now what I’d like to know from you is if I were to rule in your favor how would you handle this new found wealth?”

 

I looked at my mom for a moment to try and gauge her reaction to this and just got a small nod. I took a deep breath before answering.

 

“I don’t want anything to do with the money. As far as I’m concerned, that money is tainted and the less I see of it the more I’d like it. However, if you were to decided to rule in my favor and turn the money over to me I’d set up a foundation or something and have it all given away in some fashion that would have some good come from it.”

 

“I see. That’s just about what your lawyer had told me when I told her what I was thinking of. But you do realize that I’m talking about a rather sizeable sum. It would take some time to give it all away.”

 

“Just out of curiosity how much are we talking about?” my mom asked. In reply, the judge wrote down a figure then handed it to my mom.

 

“I think he’s right Ian. You could keep some of it and still have plenty left over to start a trust.” She said while handing me the paper the amount was written on.

 

“It could be a hundred times this and I still wouldn’t want a dime of it. He could give it to my half-brother and his family and let them choke on it for all I care.” My mom nodded at this since she knew my feelings on this matter. The judge though seemed rather shocked that I was willing to walk away from an estate worth almost Ten Billion dollars.

 

“I see. Well, I’ll let your lawyer know in a few days what my decision will be. Thank you very much for your time.” We were told as he rose to escort us from his office.

 

“I’m Proud of you Ian. I know that a lot of people would have changed their minds in a heart beat and done all they could to get a ruling in their favor.”

 

“I know. I just figured that with what I’m getting from my grandfather what would I need any more money for. To be honest, With all the rich people I’ve met over the years, I’ve never got the feeling that many of them have been all that happy with having it. I just hope I’m not making a mistake with giving Jason as much as I am.”

 

“I’m sure he’ll be fine. I doubt his aunt and uncle will let it go to his head and I’m sure that if you see it starting to change him you’ll slap him down a few notches before it goes too far.” my mom told me with a smile. I couldn’t help but smile as well since I knew she was right.

 

“Is there a problem?” I asked with a slight smile when I saw that Jason and his aunt staring into space outside of the office Nana was using.

 

“They’re just a bit shell shocked is all. I mean it’s not every day that you learn that you just became the recipient of a Five Billion dollar trust fund.” Nana said from the doorway with a smile.

 

“They should see it from my end I’m sure you remember what I was like when found out how much I was worth after adding up what your father, and my maternal grandfather left me not to mention what I was going to adding from the rewards from the government.”

 

“Good point. Anyway, I’ll need to get you to sign some papers to make everything official. By the way, how did things go with Judge Tyler?” My mom and I were asked as we sat down

 

“He said he would get back to you in a few days concerning his decision.” my mom said handling the answer.

 

“And what did you tell him about your feelings on that matter?” Nana asked as she spread some papers out.

 

“I told him exactly what I told you when you first told me about it. I told him that I didn’t really care one way or another. But if he decided to turn the funds over to me then I was going to set up a charity trust with the money.”

 

“What did you say when he asked you’d do if he were to give it to your half-brother?”

 

“I told him that I would go along with that, but I hoped they choke on it.”

 

“Please tell me you didn’t use those exact words. He didn’t, did he?” A glance at both my mom’s and my face told Nana what she wanted to know.

 

“I guess I shouldn’t be to surprised. Well, let’s get those papers signed.”

 

“Hey Jen, why don’t you guys come over for dinner tonight?” my mom asked as we all left the courthouse.

 

“Yes, thank you. Is there anything you’d like us to bring with us?”

 

“Not that I can think of.”

 

“OK, what time would you like us to be over?”

 

“We normally eat about 6:30 or 7:00. So I’d say about 5:00 or 5:30 That‘ll give the kids some time to horse around a bit before dinner.”

 

“That would be fine. It’d give me some time to break the news to Brandon about the little twist from this afternoon.” I just smiled at this.

 

“We’ll see you then. Also you might want the kids to bring their swim trunks with them.” Jason’s aunt just waved in acknowledgement at this suggestion. I guess she was still a bit overwhelmed by everything that had taken place.

 

Given what time it was by the time my mom and I got home it made me glad that I didn’t have any homework for the night. Of course I was a bit distracted from what the judge had told my mom and I. I didn’t really feel that I was going to have to worry about it since I doubted that I would see one dime of my father’s estate. This, of course, suited me just fine. After a quick diaper change and jumping into some workout clothes, I headed out back where Brad was waiting for me. Seeing that he was already practicing some of the basic moves I had already shown him, I decided to just watch him for a few minutes I had to admit that he was coming along quite well since I had taken over helping him train. Seeing a chance to have a little fun, I put on my gloves and walked up behind my brother and moved to strike him on the shoulder. I was more than a little please to have the move blocked and have Brad turn and make two quick moves against me. That I was able to block them didn’t matter to me.

 

“You’re getting better. You would have scored some points with those in a match against someone on you’re level. Speaking of which, I talked to Mr. Morita earlier this week and we both feel that you’re ready to screen for your next belt.”

 

“Really, that would be great. Thanks.” I was told excitedly.

 

Don’t thank me you’ve earned it.” I replied with a smile of my own.

 

“Well, let’s go up and get changed Jason and his family are going to be joining us for dinner.”

 

“OK, By the way, how did they react to the little surprise of yours?”

 

“About how we figured they would.” I laughed.

 

 The rest of the evening went by quickly. To this day, I’ve always been surprised by how different Jason’s aunt and uncle are in their personalities compared to his parents. They didn’t have any problems with seeing Jason wearing any of my Speedos on the few times that we’ve decided to go swimming on a moments notice. Another thing that had caught me by surprise was the first time I had spent the night at their place Jason and his cousins spent most of the night lounging around in either their underwear, or, in Jason’s and one of his cousin’s case, their diapers. This of course is another story.

 

Chapter 18

My First Sleepover with Jason