My name is Rokuha Yuuji. I am 11 years old, a 4th year of Botenzawa Elementary School. I like to work in my grandfather's garden because I like different flowers. My father told me, from his intuition passed down by my grandfather, "to not show your true self" and "to be prepared for anything".

I did not prepare for a freak accident. Pieces of a building broke off from an explosion, and began to fall on me. Time slowed down and my thoughts went to my grandfather. Grandfather was a soldier who fought overseas; when he came back, he pursued peace above all else and lived with a family. And a shadow approached Japan. For some reason, a shadow of war.

I didn't look for anything special, but some reason, grandpa and I attracted some special "guys". Some "good guys". Before a flash, I saw a robot.

"Tono (殿), I'm glad that I found you. You're safe!" Someone spoke to me. I was surrounded in light, and in front of me were the bad ones. My body was covered in a blue garment and I wore a helmet.

"Yeah for now! Um, who are you?" I was told to be in the robot.

"My name? Its in your Mun Brace. Look at your arm." I did what the voice asked and on my wrist was a piece of armor with some dial on it. It covered my wrist and hand. On the dial was a name in katakana.

"Gatt?" I was confused, and then I heard my grandfather scream below. I saw him through a panoramic screen through the "light", which zoomed on my grandfather's angry face.

"It can't be: It's a Delegate of Courage (権限勇者). Gatt?! Why are you here?!"

"Grandpa," I spoke back, believing that my voice will reach. "You know what this is? This robot?"

"Gatt, you must've…even if its fate. It's not time. Damn it..don't tell me."

"But Rokuha-san!" The voice surrounding me pleaded to my grandfather.

"You can't! This is a different world. He is my joy. He is just a child!"

"He is Tono, therefore, he must decide."

Was I called "Tono"? I could not process this until later-I was told that Gatt could not function without "his lord's" guidance. All I know is that the city was exploding around me; people were evacuating and running on the city roads below. Squeezing my teeth together, I leaned forward and the enemy came closer.

"Stop it! Why are you shooting us?!" I rammed into the enemy-a purple robot-and it flew paces back. I was told by Gatt that it was a lowly soldier of the Dominators. Those lowly soldiers were everywhere, attacking the city. I saw this many times as I accompanied Gatt "into battle", and each time, I used my brace to summon the Tiger Rail and Dragon Aero. Gatt combined to become a larger robot - Gattmun! These Dark Dominators descended on Earth to start fights with the military and to nest at facilities. I was told that I must find and command Delegates of Courage to fight these Dominators, who wish to conquer star upon star for their Emperor. Outside of that, I still went to school until I was called. It was still unbelievable; in class, I tried to push it out of my mind. This war. Grandfather was a "tono" too, a Master of the Delegates, before me. This happened before?! He was sweating and looked scared, pleading with Gatt to find another leader, but Gatt said I was chosen. An invasion also happened when grandfather was a child; he was told that Gatt was an old-time relic that held mystical powers, passed down my lineage.

After the battle ended, I looked down at my feet a lot. Even my classmate, a girl named Amakusa Rei, was concerned for me. But she even listened to my silly story.

"I saw a blue robot," Rei said. "The news showed other robots attacking the city, so I know it's real."

"Were you scared?" I asked her, rather than ask what she thought if I knew the blue robot.

"I was. It looked like something from a movie, like when a giant dino monster attacks the city."

"I was too." I remember squeezing my knees. I wanted to tell her something else. I wanted to tell her that I was inside the blue robot and then when I heard his voice, I felt a little bit of courage. Not yet. Not yet. Instead I told her, "Hold your mother's hands tightly. Let's keep eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, and going to school."

There was another classmate, a transfer student; while his face is soft with a rough stare, he'd make any thug student grow chill. Tokusa Shion.

When I went into Gatt again, I faced a fierce red foe with four arms and three blue eyes. I felt a fright. An electric shockwave attacked me, striking Gatt's frame.

"What kind of hit is that? It burns…like he wants to kill me." We clashed sword against club.

"What are you doing? I thought we were friends!"

"A friend indeed. This boy follows the Dominators. Yuuji, face your rival!" Gatt said.

"But why?! Are you being controlled?"

Another boy, Master Shion replied back, "You and I are fated to fight, Rokuha. I will purify this world through battle! I will devour you and Gattmun!"

I am not alone. I would find other Delegates of Courage like Sherwood and Harrier Biwa, who made me braver. I still often question if I should fight. Grandfather was still worried about me, but told me that a man honors and consoles his home. I rather just read books and sleep at my desk when I do homework, but sometimes my body moves on its own. I don't have many friends; seeing Gatt and the others and their fidelity, seeing my family and classmates in danger, seeing Shion walking around like a classmate while working with the Dominators, I can't help it. Should I make it right?

One time, I approached Togusa alone sometime after we first fought. I was still in disbelief. His eyes were unfriendly, but he gave out a smile.

"You were not afraid of me. That's what makes you worthy. I can respect you, Rokuha." He also told me that he joined the Dominators out of his own free will.

"I am going to eat you another time." A thrill of battle? One time, I asked Gatt, "Can the Dominators control people?"

"Young Tono...maybe, maybe he was adopted?"