Quote Originally Posted by vivi_ultima
You will get Dead Pepper eventually.

Red Chocobo can't cross sea so you can't get Ultima Weapon with it, you need to have at least Black Chocobo (I'm sorry if I'm wrong).
You don't have Black Chocobo in IX...Black Chocobo is in VII, and nuu...Red Chocobo can cross the ocean, just that it cannot fly like the Gold Chocobo in IX.

I think after you change your Chocobo into some other others like blue or whatever...you start to get Dead Pepper.