

Sometime after Tekken 2, Michelle found a unnamed baby girl who had been abandoned in a ruined Native American settlement. This ending is likely non-canon, as in Tekken 3 she goes to Heihachi Mishima to talk about Ogre's danger only to be kidnapped by Heihachi for her pendant.

Upon returning home, Michelle casts the pendant into the ocean so that it can no longer cause any trouble. However, unknown to her, Ganryu had fallen in love with her. After defeating Ganryu, she rescues her mother and returns home. She had entered the tournament to rescue her mother. In Tekken 2, Michelle's mother had been kidnapped by Ganryu, who was working for Kazuya.

Although she did not win the tournament, Michelle was still satisfied that another fighter (Kazuya Mishima) defeated Heihachi. Michelle defeated Kunimitsu and secured the amulet. Michelle also encountered Kunimitsu, a treasure hunter that was seeking the pendant. Michelle entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament to seek vengeance on Heihachi for the murder of her father and tribe. When the Mishima Zaibatsu forces had left, Michelle's father gave Michelle the pendant before killing himself. Her father was killed along with the rest of the tribe by Heihachi Mishima's Tekken Force, who were searching for a treasure, a pendant that allegedly could control and subdue the wrath of Ogre. Michelle Chang is a native American from Arizona, and is also the foster mother of Julia Chang.
