Ch.06: Training with a Dora Milaje

The internship week is about to start. All students from class 1-A are going to their respective locations to spend all this time improving their weak points.

The BakuSquad is texting out since early morning, all of them excited and sending pictures on their way to the heroes that will take care of them. Even Sisipho posted one, although she's only at her home.

Mandla and Sisipho got to their cabin in the forest to start the internship. It was one of the first things the woman owned when she arrived from Wakanda. A place close to nature like this reminds her of home and is perfect to work out her quirk.

Also, it's the place she passed most of Sisipho's infancy. With such a strong and at the same time debilitating quirk, the quiet and peaceful place was perfect to teach the girl how to deal with the heightened perception about everything.

The private forest is also a reservation, where all animals are free and protected, just like in Wakanda, where humans and the wild live together in union and equilibrium. The big cabin is in the middle of a clearing with the perfect amount of space to train freely without a worry about hurting or being disturbed by nobody.

The family only goes there for vacations or training, passing most of the time in their apartment in the big city, where Orion Ashido is now. Sadly he won't accompany the family during this internship week because of his job, as the CEO of Stark Industries headquarters in Musutafu, Japan.

Sitting down on the porch of the cabin, Sisipho is looking between her phone and the road before her. She's worried about Katsuki because he didn't answer any of her texts, not even the ones on their private chat.

Sighing in annoyance, Sisipho stood up and walked to the rail, leaning over it. She's using a big green gown and some tight shorts under it, which is too small to show. That's the outfit she likes the most to use at house, only that and barefooted. Her curly hair is tied loosely in a low ponytail.

Pouting, the impatient girl just waited.

When her senses felt her mom's car, Sisipho frowned at the unexpected presence coming with her. 'No fucking way...'

In a few minutes, an ash-blonde boy got out of Mandla's car. Sisipho's eyes widened in shock and she yelled at the duo, feeling betrayed.

"Why any of you told me anything?!" she crossed her arms, stomping the floor with her feet.

"Because you would be annoying me nonstop?" Katsuki's answer was predictable.

"Umama?!" she faced the woman.

"Ahmn... Surprise?!" Mandla said humored and got closer to kiss the pouting girl. "Katsuki contacted me a few days ago. I didn't expect him to choose me actually."

"I didn't expect you to choose me, Miss Ashido." he said all blushing.

"Umama, he's just a fanboy! Why did you choose him?!" she fake cried just to taunt the boy.

"SHUT UP, I AM NOT!"

"I can tell you two are just as loud as Eijirou and Mina, huh? T'Chala have mercy!" sighing, she faces her daughter again. "Honestly I wouldn't send a request to anyone besides you, intomba. However Katsuki fought pretty well against a Dora Milaje technique, so I got curious to see what more he can do."

Mandla is telling the truth, the boy has good skills and she wants to explore them more. After showing Katsuki the guest room, the woman ordered both to start running around the clearing as warm up, while she organized the groceries.

Outside, the duo is already challenging each other, now wanting to see who is the faster.

"Eat shit, turtle boy!" Sisipho laughed, getting ahead of him.

"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN WITCH."

Katsuki is sure that this was the best decision he could've made about the internship. He has a perfect acknowledgment of his quirk and is pretty much very strong since he works on it since kid. So spending this week focusing on strengthening his body and combat skills will be the perfect match.

And the bonus is running just before his eyes.

Green is definitely a color that suits her perfectly. Sisipho is glowing in the natural sight, her baggy gown dancing around her body, her feet enjoying the earth's touch, and her gorgeous skin shining like gold on the sun.

'Definitely a good damn decision...' he sighed dreamily watching the girl laughing when she managed to pass him again. 'Sisipho is just so beautiful... Fuck my life!'

After a few turns around the clearing, both fell on the grass, panting hard.

"Did I tell you two to stop?!" Mandla came out of the cabin in her workout suit. The teens shivered before her menacing and serious posture.

"You'll regret so hard choosing her." the girl whined to him in a low tone. "Welcome to hell~!"

"UP! NOW! I WANT BOTH RUNNING MORE 30 LAPS!" she yelled at the duo.

"YES, UMAMA!" holding Katsuki's hand, Sisipho forced him to run again, not wanting the boy to get scolded.

With a lot of struggle, the duo completed her request. However, Mandla didn't let them have a break. Carrying some dolls made of logs and pads with her quirk, she put one in front of each teen.

"Head! Abdomen! Calves! These are your targets always. Break their minds! Stop their organs! Don't let them run away!" Katsuki noticed that when Mandla is this into the training a thick accent makes a presence on her words.

This turns the woman into an even more menacing person.

Following her orientation, both started hitting the dolls with kicks first. As the targets are tall, it's very difficult to reach the head with the foot. At least, to Katsuki's flexibility.

"DEFEND!" out of nowhere, the dolls started to move, catching him by surprise. Controlling the logs, Mandla made both attacks on her interns. "Don't be weak, defense also means fight back!"

It's strange to fight against a bunch of logs, but also is painful. Sisipho and Katsuki made the best they could against it, the failed attempts of defense leading to some bruises.

After hours of training, Mandla sent them inside to take a bath and wait for the lunch she'll prepare.

Hissing in pain, Bakugou walked around the second floor of the cabin, where are all the bedrooms. The place is very spacious and ample, the big hallway is an open square, and is possible to see all doors at the same time, with the stairs to the ground floor being in the center of it.

Looking around he could see some objects and decorations that aren't from Japan. Different types of masks, tokens, spears, shields... All are full of colors and symbols. This only makes him even more interested in African culture.

His eyes fell on a slightly open door. Inside he was able to see Sisipho sitting on her bed, doing something to her hair.

Katsuki approached the room and knocked at the door.

"Come in, Kat. Feel at home, I don't mind you in my room." she said smiling gently while focusing on the mirror before her.

"Hm..." her room is very colorful, with a lot of yellow, orange, and red tones. Strong colors that remind him too much about Mandla's costume.

Beside the door, at the left, there's a studying table, some shelves, books, and a big mirror. On the right, there are two doors, one to the bathroom and the other to the closet. In front of these is a large bed full of pillows, plushies, and comforters, a big window behind it, facing the forest.

"The fuck are you doing?!" he asked while sitting on her bed too, curious about the white cream she was putting on her hair. "This shit smells good."

"I'm moisturizing my curls. Different of you, I need to do this to keep my hair healthy." he only frowned, watching her fingers covered in cream brushing in the locks and the curls gaining a shining spring form.

"Why tho?" Sisipho giggled with his genuine interest in learning more about her.

"Your hair is straight, it doesn't make any curve, so everything you put on it will get over all strands without problem, smoothly. Do you think this is possible in a strand with so many curves?"

"So you do that to move the moisture overall hair equally?" she nodded, happy that he got it. "Cool... Can I do this on you too?"

Sisipho is surprised by his request, but nodded in agreement, flushed with his fascinated expression seeing her stretching the curls and them bouncing back to a place like a perfect spring.

Moving a bit more closely, she hold his hand and put a bit of moisturizer cream on his fingers. Katsuki tried to replicate the same movement she did before, grabbing a lock of hair between his fingers and gently passing the cream on it. When he felt all moisturized equally, he let go and the curls bounced back to place.

"This is so cool..." his slightly pink cheeks and shining eyes made Sisipho's heart skip a few beats, pounding hard on her chest. No one ever got so amazed by her hair, mostly thinking of it as a weird thing. However, he's looking at it as if it's a world's wonder.

"Surely it is, but it gives me a lot of work to take care of."

"Hm... First time I'm seeing you using your hair wet." still charmed by her, Katsuki can only think about her immutable beauty.

"It's the best way to brush my curls and after that training, I was in need."

Katsuki laid down a bit, leaning his back on the wall, watching silently as she finish doing her hair. In the end, her curls got all shiny and defined. Also very fragrant, with a sweet smell of red fruits that matches so well with Sisipho.

Again he's lost in her details. She's now using another gown and her legs are still exposed, just like he likes. He blushed at this thought, feeling like a pervert because he was always observing her features nonstop and he just can't change this.

"So how was the first day of training for you?!" she asked, laying over her stomach and holding her face up to him, feet dancing up to the ceiling.

"Compared with today, the one we did before the Festival was just a joke! I'm fucking sore!"

"You saw nothing... It'll get worst when she starts the quirk lessons. Last time I ended up in the hospital."

"Holy shit!" they laughed at it.

"Why did you choose her, Kat? Are you this whipped?!" she said showing him her tongue.

"Fuck you, Choco! I won't let the chance of training with a fucking Dora Milaje just pass by and do nothing."

"Siiiimp~!" grabbing one of the pillows on the bed, Katsuki started to hit her on the head. "STOP! MY HAIR YOU FUCKER!"

"STOP CALLING ME SIMP THEN!"

"BUT YOU ARE ONE!"

"NO, I AM NOT, FUCK YOU!"

Also grabbing a pillow to defend herself, Sisipho and Katsuki started a pillow war. Between laughs and whines, the duo made a mess inside the room, the feathers inside the pillows exploding to every corner.

"Kids, the lunch is..." both were frozen by the dark aura coming from the door. Slowly pulling the pillows down, both gulped at Mandla's gaze. "Clean this up and go down to eat. Both will do lessons after lunch as punishment. AND NOTHING OF QUIRKS TO DO IT."

Both whined when she walked away and kept blaming each other for it until they collected all feathers and put them back on the pillows. Sisipho quickly closed them off and they got down to eat.

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In the late afternoon, after some lessons about quirks and heroes, Mandla made the duo read a book about it too before evening, their free time. The mood is calming and relaxing, the only sound being of the pages being passed and the wind at distance.

During this period, Katsuki and Sisipho got deep into their reading, their brains turning off completely about the world around them. However, a different movement inside the blonde's eyesight got his attention.

The boy is sitting on a small couch and Sisipho is on the other one before him. Looking up in her direction, he frowned at the sight.

"Since when do you have a cat?" he asked low, to not get Mandla's attention in the other room.

"Huh? Oh! Hi little one~!" she said in a tiny voice to the black cat that immediately accepted her touch, purring loudly. "Don't mind him, some animals come here randomly once in a while. It's normal."

"And you just let them in? What if they are sick or have rabies?"

"Then we care for them? My mom is very rigid about this, is an obligation we have with the nature of caring about the small and weak ones as an equal. So don't even think about being rude to them, got it?"

"Weird shit..." he frowned. Only now noticing the timid change in her appearance, because of her hair that naturally dried out and got back to the voluminous aspect he likes so much.

By having these thoughts again, Bakugou felt defeated. If there's something he likes is being in control of everything and this right now is getting out of it.

Katsuki isn't dumb or stupid, he knows well what's happening, even though it's the first time he's feeling like this for someone. It angers him that he needs to deal with feelings now, while he's taking an important step toward his career as a pro hero.

But he's also content liking a person as incredible as Sisipho. A strong girl in all ways possible, that's gorgeous inside and out. Different, singular, and just stole his heart away at first glance, without trying a thing.

However, Katsuki Bakugou doesn't have even a little bit of willingness to let her know about the existence of said feelings. No, he doesn't want anything with it.

Not now, not ever.

stubborn brat 🙄 and yes, i know, i love illustrations, blame me i'll fill up this book of it, just deal with it 😎small mentions to marvel bc i just love it ;-;see ya~!