Yes—but it takes the entire length of the original Naruto and Naruto Shippuden for him to come back for good.
At the Valley of the End, Naruto and Sasuke fight one last time. Exhausted and defeated, Sasuke finally admits he lost. Naruto’s refusal to give up on him breaks the cycle of hatred. Sasuke apologizes—the first real emotional surrender he’s shown since childhood. does sasuke come back to the leaf village
After being revived by Orochimaru, Sasuke declares he wants to become Hokage—but in a revolutionary, dictator-like way. It’s not until he speaks with the resurrected First Hokage, Hashirama, that he begins to understand the village’s painful cycle of war and sacrifice. Yes—but it takes the entire length of the