Hi,
You must have missed it. It's called in the file "step" of the view "checkout" on the line:
echo $this->cart->displayButton($checkout_next_button,'next',$this->params, hikashop_completeLink('checkout&task=step&step='.$this->step+1),'if(hikashopCheckChangeForm(\'order\',\'hikashop_checkout_form\')){ if(hikashopCheckMethods()){ document.getElementById(\'hikashop_validate\').value=1; this.disabled = true; document.forms[\'hikashop_checkout_form\'].submit();}} return false;','id="hikashop_checkout_next_button"');
it is defined in the file components/com_hikashop/views/checkout/view.html.php in the function "step".
You would have to redefine that function (copy/paste it) in the "step" file of the "checkout" view so that you could override it in the view and don't loose your changes when updating.