Interesting/Frustrating Iifa Tree

Just basically venting here and spreading some Ozma level one challenge frustration. Im sittin in the Iifa tree for the first time trying to get past the manditory Zombie battle while on the leaf. I already got Zidane in the zombie status which was a pain to begin with. So anyway iv been having pretty bad luck trying to finish these 2/3 Zombies off. But heres the worst one yet...

I get the preemtive strike on 2 Zombies!!! Im thinking sweet definetly going to beat them this time. I have Dagger throw an elixer on one of them, then attempt to have Vivi kill Dagger. Dagger/Eiko arent strong enough to commit suicide. So for whatever reason Vivi doesn't deal Dagger enough damage to kill her. So i have Zidane go in to finish the job on Dagger. Once again he doesn't deal enough damage to kill her.:confused: So the only Zombie left acts and kills Eiko, good. I have Vivi act to kill Dagger off this time, but sadly the Zombie acts before Vivi does and kills Dagger. Vivi then since Dagger is dead, kills Zidane.....restart.

*Not to mention those tree looking enimies on the to the leaf tend to use sweep and wipe up my party before i can flee

I was sooo mad, perfect battle setup couldnt have asked for better. A preemtive strike on 2 Zombies!! Come on seriously. Anyways thanks for listening to my little stint on some crazy issues going on on this battle. Heres to wishing i can finally get past these Zombies and complete the level one Ozma challenge.

Anyone one else have any battle stories from trying to do the Ozma challenge. Im sure they are interesting!