I have extremely bad news. My external HD seems to have crapped out and it had everything on it, including the emulator i was using to play this game. I don't think I'll be able to complete this challenge until I can figure out how to get it working again if thats even possible.

I did beat edea though, using a party of Ninja, (squall) White Mage (Irvine) and Black Mage (Rinoa).