HoennChampionShipping

HoennChampionShipping is the het ship between May and Steven Stone from the Pokémon fandom.

Pokémon alpha Saphire and Omega Ruby
May is the heroine of the Hoenn games. Steven Stone is an billionaire heir and actual champion of Hoenn, that wanders around the region collecting precious stones. They first encounter each other when May was collaborating with  the Devon coorporation, and she is tasked by the president of the company, Joseph Stone, to deliver a pack to his son. She takes a boat to the island he is, and finds Steven  exploring a cave. When she approaches him, he asks what she thinks of the old inscriptions in the wall that depicts powerful legends. He is pleased with her answer, and after she delivers a pack to him, he gives a TM as a gift as he leaves the cave, hoping to see her again one day.

They encounter each other casually again in the beachside, near Mauville city. Steven recognises and approaches May and while they talk, they are also approached by the mythical Pokemon Latios or Latias, who was asking the help of the couple. They both mount the Pokémon and the Pokemon leads them to the Southern Island, where Steven says that it seems they are dreaming. There they they pair together to save the Pokemon friend's, who was captured by the villanous team Aqua and Magma.

As the journey progress, they have an encounter again with in a bridge near the rustic town of Fortree. They are stopped by an invisible thing, and Steven shows her the Devon Scope that can see beyong invisible things. And while they adventure in the route that seems like a safari, Steven also gifts her a mega stone, saying that he likes her so much.

Later, Hoenn enters in a cataclismic scenario, and Steven Stone calls May to help him to solve the issue. He invites her to his house, and let her stay ther until she is ready to fight the villains. When everything is over, May fights against the champion who she discovers that is nothing else than Steven himself. She defeats him and becomes the champion herself, and he is glad and congratulates her.

In post game evens in the Coordinator events, the trainer Wallace comments that his Steven "must be gnashing his teeth over missing today's Contest Spectacular" that May was participating.

Episode Delta
Some time later, a meteroid is coming in collision to the planet. Steven calls May to meet him in Devon corporation. There she meets Steven and his father, and May decides to go to stop the meteroid on space and fight the dangerous Pokemon, as Steven heads back to Devon to assist and coordinate her journey to the space.

In the end of the story, after being bittersweet with the events of the meteroid and discussions which he had with other characters, Steven decides to leave Hoenn for an adventure in another region, andhe  lets a letter and a gift for May in his house, with his favourite Pokemon inside a Pokeball as a gift for her.

Fanon
Hoennchampionshipping is one of the most popular shippings of Pokemon games. It's the most popular ship for May from the games, and alternates with Originshipping between first or second most popular ship for Steven Stone.

Fanfictions and headcanons often explore May's reaction upon seeing his letter saying he left, and their reencounter after his journey. Other fictions also explore a new adventure of them together in a new region. Considering the role playing aspect of Pokemon games, there's no comfirmed relationship for the playable character and most npcs, so the relationships and events during the adventure are up to the player's imagination, filling the blanks of the story. The ship is only possible if May is chosen as the protagonist, otherwise Brendan will fulfil her role if the male playable character is chosen.

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