FleurDeGrenadeShipping

FleurDeGrenadeShipping is the het ship between Grant and Viola from the Pokémon fandom.

Canon
Grant and Viola are the first two gym leaders that the trainers of the Kalos region must face in order to challenge the other 6 gym leaders and thus be able to participate in the Pokémon League, Viola first and then Grant. While Viola specializes in Bug-type, Grant specializes in Rock-type. Although in the games they don't interact at all, they have in the anime at least once.

Pokémon The Series: XY
All starts in the episode "Breaking Titles at the Chateau!", where Ash, Serena and their friends go to the Battle Chateau in the Kalos region. Nico wants to have a battle with any knight who offers himself so a boy named Baron Farrell accepts the challenge. After the battle between Nico and Farell finishes, Viola then meets up with Ash and the others and tells them that the reason she is here is because she has a Duchess rank and came to compete, then everyone enters a room full of trainers where Grant is seen hanging on the wall.

Right away Grant falls off the wall and Viola introduces them to him, he also has a title of Duke. Grant wants to battle Viola, but they have to wait as Ash has a battle with Chester pending. Finally, once said battle is over, Viola decides to take a photo of Ash and his friends for his victory, but suddenly Grant proposes a battle to Viola to which she accepts. In their battle, Grant uses his Onix and Viola uses Surskit, in her fight she uses the same moves and strategies as before, but Onix manages to dominate the battle using Rock Tomb and Rock Polish. Due to the great speed that he acquires, using a Flash Cannon, Onix knocks Surskit out with one blow and manages to win the battle, granting him the title of grand duke. Ash and his friends were perplexed by the great battle they witnessed.

Later, when Grant was about to leave, Ash asked him for a battle when he rose to the rank of knight, Grant gladly accepts, but first asks him if he is challenging the Cyllage gym, to which he replies yes. Viola confesses to everyone that Grant is the Gym Leader and that he specializes in Rock-type Pokémon, to which Ash and the others are shocked by the news. Grant tells Ash that his Pikachu is very strong and will be looking forward to it at the gym for his battle. Outside the Battle Chateau Nico and Chester say goodbye to Ash and the others rapping, wanting to see each other again.

Many episodes later, in "Rocking Kalos Defenses!" from the XYZ series, Grant and Viola appear in the company of the other gym leaders of the region and the famous trainer Diantha to face the Lysandre's Giant Rock that was heading towards Anistar City, forming the "Kalos Defense Line" that according to Grant, it was just a big wall that had to be scaled.

Finally in "Forming a More Perfect Union!", both Grant and Viola advance through the defensive line to go to the Lysandre's Giant Rock Machine and rescue Chespie. In the company of their Pokémon, they fight against the roots that appear in the soil of the region, to leave free passage for Ash and Alain. When almost all other Gym leaders are tied by the giant roots, Grant orders his Onix to use Rock Tomb in the roots. But when Viola came with her flying Vivillon to try to help, one of the roots hit Vivillon's butterfly legs, making it release Viola. She is falling to the ground, but Grant breaks her fall by lunging at her and hugging her as they both roll over each other in the ground. But once again the giant roots attack again and this time it wraps and binds both at once. As they are carried away by the roots, Viola and Grant encourage Ash and Alain to continue on their way to retrieve Chespie.

Both Viola and Grant are finally freed from the giant roots when Chespie is rescued. Then he combines his Pokémon's attacks with those of the other leaders to try to destroy Lysandre's Big Rock Machine without having the expected result. Lysandre also tries to kill them with the machine, but they are protected by the Pokémon's shield moves. A Zygarde core, named Squishy by Bonnie, was in Bonnie's bag, along with its pair, named Z2. Initially, Z2 did not believe in humans, but seeing that the humans have been tirelessly fighting to save the world from Lysandre's Big Rock Machine, Squishy finally manages to convince Z2 that the humans are closer than ever. So, Z2 decides to summon together with Squishy all the Zygarde cells on the planet to merge and transform into 100% Zygarde.

Viola, Grant, and all the Gym Leaders witness the epic battle between Zygarde and Lysandre's Big Rock Machine. Finally, with the machine crippled, Zygarde decides to destroy it using its most powerful iconic attack: Core Enforcer. With it, the machine is completely destroyed, with Lysandre the villain dying instantly. After this battle, everyone feels happy that the world's greatest threat has been annihilated. Although not seen, it is implied that Viola and Grant have gone to their respective homes, as have all the Gym Leaders.

Fanon
This ship is popular in the XY fanbase. The Kalos region is inspired by France, a country considered "The country of love", so the ships were not long in coming.

Out of all the friends they've met, Viola happens to get along with Grant the best, causing fans to ship them to each other for their moments. For this reason, shipping works better in anime than in video games. However, since both were only in the XY season, they are not usually talked about in the fanbases of other seasons.

Some of the known alternative ships of both are other gym leaders, Elite Four members and even champions.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Grant/Viola tag on FanFiction.net
 * Grant/Viola tag on FanFiction.net