Why was Kakashi Hatake doing all of the hard work in the episode when they first fought Zabuza?


Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were standing back, and Kakashi was fighing Zabuza
all by himself. Why?




At that time, the members of Team 7 has just passed from the Academy, they
were just kids. Sakura couldn't help much because she was very weak, she
hadn't learnt medical ninjustsu to reinforce her punches. Sasuke may have been
a bright child but he was still an amateur and he hadn't awakened his
Sharingan. Even if he had awakened it, Zabuza was a formidable opponent, one
of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. And Naruto didn't know any jutsu other than
Shadow Clones, and he didn't have control over Kurama's power. But Naruto and
Sasuke did fight against Haku if not Zabuza. It's obvious that the strongest
team member Kakashi should fight against Zabuza since he's so strong.

P.S. I think you have not watched the Naruto series and you've only watched
the Shippuden series.

